Society & Culture Over-used words/phrases

[kfc1]

"Carelled" is one I'm sick of hearing, especially from commentators (namely BT and Bruce). WTF is it even supposed to mean?

https://www.google.com.au/search?cl...rceid=opera&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&channel=suggest

 

[treefingers]

http://begthequestion.info/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Begging_the_question

I genuinely never knew that.

 

[Caesar]

Unless they've taken a Logic course at uni I don't think anybody does, until someone corrects them.

 

[Poseidon]

I never knew that either. Thanks nicky

But seriously if anybody ever corrected me on that I would fight them.

 

[nicky]

I never knew that either. Thanks nicky

But seriously if anybody ever corrected me on that I would fight them.

No!

Let's join forces and fight against peasant bastardisation like I've been doing with 'irony' for all these years.

 

[Macca19]

I say 'too easy' way way too much

 

[Illinois Nazi]

No!

Let's join forces and fight against peasant bastardisation like I've been doing with 'irony' for all these years.

That would be totally ironic.

 

[Poseidon]

No!

Let's join forces and fight against peasant bastardisation like I've been doing with 'irony' for all these years.

Irregardless of the hate we'll receive?
Begs the question: why?

 

[Caesar]

Lots of phrases change meaning over time depending on how the majority of people use them. e.g. "that's a moot point" originally meant "that's open to debate". Now it means "that doesn't matter".

Language evolves, it's not a big deal.

 

[Kram]

"Carelled" is one I'm sick of hearing, especially from commentators (namely BT and Bruce). WTF is it even supposed to mean?

Jack Watts is an expert at it.

 

[Cruyff14]

Irony is tricky cos it kind of has two meanings.

 

[Run n Spread]

When talking about a comeback or underdog: "But somebody forgot to tell" or variation of

i.e. With the blues 30 points up and playing well in front of their home crowd all was on track. But somebody forgot to tell........................... who then came back etc etc

A high rise apartment was being built in suburbia. But Battler Joe never read the script ..............

Seriously wtf does it even mean? Tell them what?

 

[childeric]

" (insert word here) is good for football"

BTW, in regard to other posts on this page I think the term is "coralled" as in confined or hemmed-in

 

[Makedonija]

Any of these words/phrases lol.

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[kenneje]

A word I hear a lot at the moment is 'swag'. A lot of my mates are repeat offenders and it makes me hate each and every one of them.

 

[kenneje]

Add to the list 'hipster'.
Cracked sum it all up.

http://www.cracked.com/video_18560_why-its-time-to-stop-calling-everything-hipster.html

 

[childeric]

Phrases used in job ads probably deserve a thread of their own e.g. "hit the ground running"

 

[Catfish Alley]

A word I hear a lot at the moment is 'swag'. A lot of my mates are repeat offenders and it makes me hate each and every one of them.

As in free stuff that you get from marketers? What else do you call it?

 

[triplejdude]

A word I hear a lot at the moment is 'swag'. A lot of my mates are repeat offenders and it makes me hate each and every one of them.

I'm guilty of using swag and YOLO in an ironic way

 

[childeric]

"Let's agree to disagree"

 

[The Speaker]

"Let's agree to disagree"

"No!"

 

[SugarShane]

I hate when footy commentators use the term 'Mercurial' to describe a great mark or goal. It doesn't mean anything like that.

 

[RedmanWasHere]

I hate when footy commentators use the term 'Mercurial' to describe a great mark or goal. It doesn't mean anything like that.

I see your 'mercurial' and raise you a 'majestic.'

 

[Coolangatta]

Running hard.

I'm looking at you Bruce McAvaney.

Obvious troll is obvious, serious cat is serious, any shit like that.

 

[Cruyff14]

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