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The 'Waxing Lyrical' Fad

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  • 25-08-2013 2:18am
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    the deftone
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    Did anyone else notice this? It was like people had learned a new phrase and were dying to let everyone hear it. Seemed to start about a year ago, it was all over news articals, radio shows, even football pundits were 'waxing lyrical' about this and that 'set play'

    It seems to be tapering off now thank god, it was driving me fecking nuts.

    Anyone else notice any other language fads coming and going?


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    dxhound2005
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    I wonder will Mayo bring their A game to Croke Park today and will the Tyrone players take their All Ireland medals out of their back pockets.


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    Sinfonia
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    the deftone wrote: »
    Did anyone else notice this? It was like people had learned a new phrase and were dying to let everyone hear it. Seemed to start about a year ago, it was all over news articals, radio shows, even football pundits were 'waxing lyrical' about this and that 'set play'

    It seems to be tapering off now thank god, it was driving me fecking nuts.

    Anyone else notice any other language fads coming and going?
    Happens a lot really, I usually become aware of it on AH in fact.
    Hard to recall them all as they come and go; 'Red tops' (in reference to tabloid newspapers) was one that I remember well for some reason.


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    Billy86
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    Sinfonia wrote: »
    Hard to recall them all as they come and go; 'Red tops' (in reference to tabloid newspapers) was one that I remember well for some reason.
    The Wire really was quite influential, eh? ;)


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    ladiesman216
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    Since i was 'Knee high to a grasshopper'...........drove me fcukin mad when I heard someone say it...apes!


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    Sinfonia
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    Billy86 wrote: »
    The Wire really was quite influential, eh? ;)

    Haha, took me a minute...

    "Got them yellow tops!"


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    paddylonglegs
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    Didn't really get "for the win" or FTW when it first came in. Still don't really get it to be honest.


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    PickledLime
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    'Waxing lyrical' and 'set play' are fad terms now? :confused:

    Alternatively, welcome to speaking the English language!


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    Wacker The Attacker
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    Mispronunciation of words gets on my wick in a big way. Particularly when it gives the sentence in which it is contained a completely different meaning.


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    Billy86
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    Wacker The Attacker wrote: »
    Mispronunciation of words gets on my wick in a big way. Particularly when it gives the sentence in which it is contained a completely different meaning.
    A bit off topic, but then/than drives me spare: "it was bigger then a house". Then a house what? What did the house do?

    There are some other similar ones that I can't think of right now also. Hopefully they become a fad, but I doubt it. ;)


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    dirkmeister
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    "Going forward" bugs me



    Also,the misuse of the word "literally" has really taken off.i heard a piece on the Last Word last Friday where they were discussing bad grammar and punctuation.The lady presenting said that "punctuation has literally gone to the dogs". I was very confused.


    Oh,and footballers saying "obviously" during interviews.


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    the purple tin
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    One phrase that has really taken over football and is here to stay is 'at the end of the day'.
    Next time you watch a match count how many times the commentators, managers and players say it.


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    Billy86
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    One that's died off a lot when referred to American "The US of A" .


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    the deftone
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    the purple tin wrote: »
    One phrase that has really taken over football and is here to stay is 'at the end of the day'.
    Next time you watch a match count how many times the commentators, managers and players say it.

    Another good football one is "to be fair...."


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    Frito
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    And there was me thinking this would be a pics or gtfo of coiffured treble clefs and minims in posters crotch(et)s.
    Though I'm probably thinking of lyrical waxing.


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    iguana
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    dirkmeister wrote: »
    Also,the misuse of the word "literally" has really taken off.

    So much so that it's no longer abuse. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-23729570


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