New AFL Vernacular

[boyOboy]

I hate unnecessary usage of the apostrophe. I despise it when I see "CD's for sale!" in a shop.

"CD is for sale!" - What, only one?
OR
"The 'for sale' of the CD." I didn't know that it belonged to the CD!

Grrrrr!

Well in this case the apostrophe shows that it's a contraction of 'compact discs' and not the acronym 'CDs'.

 

[Cyclonus]

Well in this case the apostrophe shows that it's a contraction of 'compact discs' and not the acronym 'CDs'.

No.

 

[Sweet Jesus]

Well in this case the apostrophe shows that it's a contraction of 'compact discs' and not the acronym 'CDs'.

Like U'S'A'.

Which is never written like that ever.

 

[boyOboy]

No.

Like U'S'A'.

Which is never written like that ever.

Ok you got me.

 

[raskolnikov]

This is one of my most hated errors. I'm a bit of a grammar Nazi on myself, but tend to let things from other people slide. That is one I just can't let go. That, and the word "versed"

'loose' instead of 'lose'

 

[aflcliche]

'insipid' - anyone use that in everyday life?

'obviously' when something isn't actually obvious

 

[Sttew]

'insipid' - anyone use that in everyday life?

I quite like "insipid". A bit classier than "shit", i.e., "His performance today was insipid" -v- "His performance today was shit".

 

[RelaxMax]

"Does that make sense?" - A rhetorical question often added to the end of each sentence in a Ross Lyon presser.

Presser - Press conference

"Does that make sense?" - we played like shit

 

[RelaxMax]

Sacrosanct. The head is sacrosanct.

Has anyone else used this word in everyday life?

No but only because I'm waiting for an opportunity to throw it in around the lunch table

 

[Aussie_boy]

'Big Fish'- A term used when a non-destination club is rumoured to be going after a big name as they have cap space free on the back of one of their own big name players going elsewhere/retiring. Generally these 'big fish' moves never eventuate.

 

[HahnPremium]

"Strong rumours suggest....."
An unwittingly ironic oxymoron perpetrated by our grand talentless football hack journos of today.

 

[SHLJ]

"Hotting" up instead of "Heating". I've only started hearing this in the last 1-2 years, definitely from Hutchy a few times

 

[jakson68]

Backflip- When a club say "I guarantee that this player wont be traded, he will sign with us or go to the draft"
Then gets traded
Or, we will not take pick 19, it is 12 or nothing.
Then takes pick 19.

 

[Hawthorn United]

"Don't argue".

It's a fend off, but one commentator started saying don't argue and now it's commonly used.

 

[Prem87]

Meters gained.

Guy runs 20m shanks it 60m = 80m gained.

 

[Hawthorn United]

Gut running.

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[Borussia Teeth]

Gut running.

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Dodgy curry?

 

[Hawthorn United]

Dodgy curry?

This is gut running.

 

[Borussia Teeth]

This is gut running.

Looks like plain old, ordinary running to me. Long distance running, even.

 

[RussellEbertHandball]

Not sure if this has been mentioned, but, "WEAGLES WEB"...
Definition: Fox Footy take an overhead shot of an Eagles game. They pick out a handful of players, completely ignoring other players in that immediate area, they play join the dots, add some graphics and.... The Weagles Web!
It's a **** en zone! That's all it is Kingy!

Gerard Healy having to invent a new saying every year when he finds a new tactic. He came up with Clarko's cluster in 2008 and has been trying to come up with something new ever year ever since then, but Weagles Web is the only one that has stuck.

 

[Roylion]

"Culture" - the catch all excuse to explain why players either want to leave or want to go to various clubs.

 

[Sttew]

"Does that make sense?" - we played like shit

No, "Our performance was insipid".

 

[Samthegun]

Often referred to as a "grocer's apostrophe".

Lemon's. Lime's. Orange's.

Arrrrghhhh's!

Errr...

 

[Stopher]

'Crazy good'

Look, we could just put a heap of stuff Dwayne Russell says in here.

 

[Footy 1st]

Looks like plain old, ordinary running to me. Long distance running, even.

Would 'ordinary' long distance running cause someone to s**t themself...out the front of their shorts?