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Verbal Faux Pas, Jargon, Cliches, Boganisms, etc
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Two Hundred Centremeter Peter
2000 millimetre Peter.
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Jordan Dawson has ''double more'' the inside 50s of any other Crow.
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Thought someone would have gone there, but anyway Front Bar, Daniher " my wife has a bit of blood come out of it...." 
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Justin McInerney on the Swans big crowds this season: " ... we were just saying before, the grow of the game up here is amazing ..."
JB: Nik Cox is ambidextrous on both sides
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He actually has 4 sides now which is groundbreaking
It was unbelievable.
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I've noticed a big bogan thing of ending a lot of sentences with a superfluous, "to be honest".
A trained interviewer would respond with -
“So everything up to now has been a lie? ”
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I've noticed credentialists - usually State-school educated 'professionals' who were the first of the family to go to uni - answer questions with 'so.....". Can't fool us.
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exactly. The speaker has no idea what the true meaning behind the statement is
Dogs_R_Us
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“So…” as the first word in the answer to a question has become standard over the past 5-10 years and has replaced “Well…”
Sorry to say I’ve caught the disease
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yeah nah so i did used to say it but now i don't to be honest“So…” as the first word in the answer to a question has become standard over the past 5-10 years and has replaced “Well…”
Sorry to say I’ve caught the disease
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It seems like just another way to waffle and say nothing useful rather than give a direct answer, always a popular tactic of politicians and bureaucrats.
Interviewer: What is the cause of diabetes?
Expert: So research tells us that people over 180cm who live in the outer suburbs and don't get enough sleep, probably because of various reasons, tend to be more likely to drive when they are overtired... blah, blah, blah.
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I reckon that's mostly a millennial thing. It's even worse with the millennial accent.“So…” as the first word in the answer to a question has become standard over the past 5-10 years and has replaced “Well…”
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Hutchy pronouncing the word "chasm" as chaz-em.
The phrase "in and around" is the latest trend. "In and around the ball" (Wot??) "In and around the contest", etc.
The cretin Tom Morris said he'd been speaking to people "in and around" Dustin Martin.
The cretin Tom Morris said he'd been speaking to people "in and around" Dustin Martin.
Had it replaced “speed on the ball”?
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FOOT CANDY
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Daniel Hoyne from Champion Data is big on jargon. "Accuracy in front of goal" and "what he does with ball in hand" are 2 of his go-to phrases. Imagine saying that in a normal conversation with humans: 
"Wow, Dan, Cozy Pickett's going good, hey?!"
Dan: "Yes, Macka, I like his accuracy in front of goal and what he does with ball in hand"
"Wow, Dan, Cozy Pickett's going good, hey?!"
Dan: "Yes, Macka, I like his accuracy in front of goal and what he does with ball in hand"
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To be fair, he's just using the common lingo your average SEN listener understands.Daniel Hoyne from Champion Data is big on jargon. "Accuracy in front of goal" and "what he does with ball in hand" are 2 of his go-to phrases. Imagine saying that in a normal conversation with humans:
"Wow, Dan, Cozy Pickett's going good, hey?!"
Dan: "Yes, Macka, I like his accuracy in front of goal and what he does with ball in hand"
