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People using the word squad latety anyone else notice?

  • 27-07-2015 7:11pm
    #1
    bigpink
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 4,552 ✭✭✭


    On Facebook and in the media outside of sport


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  • #2
    mikom
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,391 ✭✭✭✭mikom


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUk5bUQNj00


  • #3
    NachoBusiness
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,389 ✭✭✭NachoBusiness


    I always said squad car etc.. what are ya on about, exactly?


  • #4
    brevity
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,707 ✭✭✭brevity


    Never heard this one Chief.


  • #5
    Zaph
    Registered Users, Subscribers, Registered Users 2 Posts: 47,365 ✭✭✭✭Zaph


    Never heard of it until it was mentioned on the radio this morning. The presenters had never heard of it either, and tbh I'm still none the wiser as to how it's used.


  • #6
    PLL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 893 ✭✭✭PLL


    Do you mean people describing their group of friends as their squad?


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  • #7
    melted_face
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 138 ✭✭melted_face


    squad goals etc. used only by the most unoriginal of ppl
    its like when the hangover came out and every pack of cnuts started calling themselves "the wolfpack" .
    itll blow over soon, they all do.


  • #8
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    What do you mean? The word is valid for a team, a group of soldiers or a group of people having a particular task. What other meaning is being used?


  • #9
    NachoBusiness
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,389 ✭✭✭NachoBusiness


    Daniela Gorgeous Rally wrote: »
    What do you mean? The word is valid for a team, a group of soldiers or a group of people having a particular task. What other meaning is being used?

    He said outside of sport though.


  • #10
    GLaDOS
    Moderators, Regional East Moderators Posts: 23,239 Mod ✭✭✭✭GLaDOS


    I only saw it today for the first time here.

    I'm still not sure what it means. But I hate it.

    Cake, and grief counseling, will be available at the conclusion of the test



  • #11
    4zn76tysfajdxp
    Closed Accounts Posts: 27,944 ✭✭✭✭4zn76tysfajdxp


    NachoBusiness wrote: »
    He said outside of sport though.

    Soldiery isn't a sport, unless you consider man to be the greatest game of all.


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  • #12
    El_Dangeroso
    Users Awaiting Email Confirmation Posts: 5,620 ✭✭✭El_Dangeroso


    mikom wrote: »
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUk5bUQNj00

    Oh god, I know every generation says this but young people like stupid things.

    No, it is the children who are wrong.


  • #13
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    NachoBusiness wrote: »
    He said outside of sport though.

    Yes, all my definitions applied outside sport. Teams are not exclusive to sport.


  • #14
    NachoBusiness
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,389 ✭✭✭NachoBusiness


    Charley Flat Suspicion wrote: »
    Soldiery isn't a sport, unless you consider man to be the greatest game of all.

    Ah, I thought when he excluded sport he was excluding all squads / teams of people.

    Sure that's even worse so. Why would the use of squad in such contexts suddenly be an issue?


  • #15
    eet fuk
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 263 ✭✭eet fuk


    I like it. I don't see why it would bother anyone.


  • #16
    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 32,688 ✭✭✭✭ytpe2r5bxkn0c1


    The OP needs to give examples of what he means. But I suspect he just piggybacked on the discussion the squad on the radio were having and they had no examples either.


  • #17
    AnonoBoy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,559 ✭✭✭✭AnonoBoy


    ScienceNerd wrote: »
    I only saw it today for the first time here.

    I'm still not sure what it means. But I hate it.

    How is that considered news even by the terribly low standard of celebrity news? Two people went to New York and met some people that they knew. They took photos of these events.

    Big f*cking whoop.


  • #18
    Harry Palmr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 40,061 ✭✭✭✭Harry Palmr


    Must be a goon
    squad


  • #19
    Eugene Norman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,191 ✭✭✭Eugene Norman


    AnonoBoy wrote: »
    How is that considered news even by the terribly low standard of celebrity news? Two people went to New York and met some people that they knew. They took photos of these events.

    Big f*cking whoop.

    Because they had squad goals.

    Can't you people read? SQUAD GOALS. That's what made it an important news event.


  • #20
    Eugene Norman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,191 ✭✭✭Eugene Norman


    The whole celebrity news thing,always a joke is getting even more risible. You just publish somebody's Twitter feed a day later.


  • #21
    NachoBusiness
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,389 ✭✭✭NachoBusiness


    Well, no disrespect (yeah right) but I would have heard that crowd (Huberman et al) refer to each other as "the gang" and "the guys" quite a bit over the years.

    So, is 'the squad' the new version of that?


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  • #22
    seamus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 68,190 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    22 posts in and I still have no fncking idea what a "squad goal" is supposed to be.


  • #23
    LDN_Irish
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,188 ✭✭✭LDN_Irish


    NachoBusiness wrote: »
    Well, no disrespect (yeah right) but I would have heard that crowd (Huberman et al) refer to each other as "the gang" and "the guys" quite a bit over the years.

    So, is 'the squad' the new version of that?

    Yeah kind of. There's also a "craze" to post a picture or vid of something, for example someone might post a pic of a "power couple" and tag it #relationshipgoals or worse, someone nightpost a pic of a group of friends all with almost matching expensive cars with the tag #squadgoals and I can't explain why but it's the most irritating thing ever :(


  • #24
    Turtyturd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,400 ✭✭✭✭Turtyturd


    Still trying to get my head around the fact that group of clowns referred to themselves as a wolfpack.


  • #25
    AnonoBoy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,559 ✭✭✭✭AnonoBoy


    Eugene Norman wrote: »
    Because they had squad goals.

    Can't you people read? SQUAD GOALS. That's what made it an important news event.

    Oh...... I get it.
































    ......... nope. Don't get it.


  • #26
    AnonoBoy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,559 ✭✭✭✭AnonoBoy


    Turtyturd wrote: »
    Still trying to get my head around the fact that group of clowns referred to themselves as a wolfpack.

    Wait... who?

    Are you still annoyed by The Hangover film?


  • #27
    siblers
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,781 ✭✭✭✭siblers


    It's a british term for a group of friends, you'll come across it one the likes of The Lad Bible
    Screenshot_2015-04-29_at_9.06.36_PM.png


  • #28
    Turtyturd
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 28,400 ✭✭✭✭Turtyturd


    AnonoBoy wrote: »
    Wait... who?

    I don't know, but I read it on this thread so it must be true.
    Are you still annoyed by The Hangover film?

    Yes, it stole 90 minutes of my life.


  • #29
    Osborne
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 310 ✭✭Osborne


    Who else would you grab a "cheeky Nandos" with? While wearing a pair of Nike Huraches and sporting a lovely top knot I might add.

    Fcuk off.


  • #30
    PizzamanIRL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,147 ✭✭✭PizzamanIRL


    Another thing I've been seeing is 'goals af' which means 'goals as ****', which means 'this is one of my aims in life'.

    It's crazy (and stupid) what some stuff can be shortened down to.
    eet fuk wrote: »
    I like it. I don't see why it would bother anyone.

    It's more the people using it for the sake of using it because it's the new 'cool' thing to say.


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  • #31
    Mardy Bum
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,674 ✭✭✭Mardy Bum


    AnonoBoy wrote: »
    How is that considered news even by the terribly low standard of celebrity news? Two people went to New York and met some people that they knew. They took photos of these events.

    Big f*cking whoop.

    That article is everything* that is wrong with the world.


  • #32
    KERSPLAT!
    Closed Accounts Posts: 31,152 ✭✭✭✭KERSPLAT!


    What's the craic. Will someone let me know what this is all about so we can decide if it should be locked or not...

    :/


  • #33
    Son Of A Vidic
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,370 ✭✭✭✭Son Of A Vidic


    Well I've no idea, so my vote is for the lock.


  • #34
    Eugene Norman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,191 ✭✭✭Eugene Norman


    See no reason to lock it. It will probably die in a few more posts anyways.

    Tl;Dr

    Squad is a sucky neologism.


  • #35
    bigpink
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 4,552 ✭✭✭bigpink


    Ireland getting closer to chav uk land


  • #36
    melted_face
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 138 ✭✭melted_face


    A squad is a group of friends


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  • #37
    NachoBusiness
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,389 ✭✭✭NachoBusiness


    KERSPLAT! wrote: »
    What's the craic. Will someone let me know what this is all about so we can decide if it should be locked or not...

    :/

    Who's we?

    The mod squad?


  • #38
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 13,712 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    The squad car from the barracks will be passing byembye


  • #39
    ToddyDoody
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,417 ✭✭✭ToddyDoody


    There's also 'the firing squad', if that has any relevance here.


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