What are the kids calling it these days?

DunnoKidz

All those pretentious words, new marketing phrases and politically correct expressions are chafing the old nerves.

Just saw an advert for a brand new invention - a "Handsfree Carry-on," created especially for busy mums who jet around the world. :rolleyes:
......ya mean a Backpack? (haven't they been around for ages?)

Heard any new phrases that make you :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes: roll the eyes?

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

DunnoKidz wrote: »

All those pretentious words, new marketing phrases and politically correct expressions are chafing the old nerves.

Just saw an advert for a brand new invention - a "Handsfree Carry-on," created especially for busy mums who jet around the world. :rolleyes:
......ya mean a Backpack? (haven't they been around for ages?)

Heard any new phrases that make you :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes: roll the eyes?

Isn't that a robotic suitcase that follows you around?

I'm still struggling with "Retweet" and "hashtag".

eyerer

Pierce Big Someday wrote: »

Isn't that a robotic suitcase that follows you around?

I'm still struggling with "Retweet" and "hashtag".

Especially abbreviated hash tags, like you're supposed to know what it stands for

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

eyerer wrote: »

Especially abbreviated hash tags, like you're supposed to know what it stands for

You see there's the rub. I don't even know what you mean by an abbreviated hashtag nor that hashtags actually stand for anything.

You young whippersnappers!

DunnoKidz

I haven't comprehended hashtags yet :eek: now it's abbreviated? (shakes head)
How exactly does one abbreviate a number/pound # sign? (looks confused)

DunnoKidz

Heard the phrase "non-consensual relations" recently. :mad:

...Sugar coating rape and molestation as "relations" is wrong on so many levels.

These people need to get real, seriously.

sKeith

DunnoKidz wrote: »

I haven't comprehended hashtags yet :eek: now it's abbreviated? (shakes head)
How exactly does one abbreviate a number/pound # sign? (looks confused)

Lets say we have a set of fruit in a bowl, an apple, a banana, and a lemon.

Fruit={apple,banana.lemon}
the hashtag of Fruit would be
#Fruit which we know equals 3

Maybe the abreviated hashtag has something to do with how many times a twiterer has twittered about the twit being tagged.

looksee

sKeith wrote: »

Lets say we have a set of fruit in a bowl, an apple, a banana, and a lemon.

Fruit={apple,banana.lemon}
the hashtag of Fruit would be
#Fruit which we know equals 3

Maybe the abreviated hashtag has something to do with how many times a twiterer has twittered about the twit being tagged.

Hang on a minute, is that then #Fruit
or #Fruit which we know equals 3

I am still not following it? Noooo my brain has fried, I can't even explain what it is I don't understand.

sKeith

looksee wrote: »

Hang on a minute, is that then #Fruit
or #Fruit which we know equals 3

I am still not following it? Noooo my brain has fried, I can't even explain what it is I don't understand.

#Fruit equals 3, the cardinality of Fruit.

If we where to added an orange and a plum to the bowl, then #Fruit would be equal to 5.

looksee

I'm sorry I asked

garancafan

sKeith wrote: »

Lets say we have a set of fruit in a bowl, an apple, a banana, and a lemon.

Fruit={apple,banana.lemon}
the hashtag of Fruit would be
#Fruit which we know equals 3

Maybe the abreviated hashtag has something to do with how many times a twiterer has twittered about the twit being tagged.

The presence of the lemon makes # what it has been for centuries - sharp.

DunnoKidz

garancafan wrote: »

The presence of the lemon makes # what it has been for centuries - sharp.

sKeith wrote: »

Lets say we have a set of fruit in a bowl, an apple, a banana, and a lemon.

Fruit={apple,banana.lemon}
the hashtag of Fruit would be
#Fruit which we know equals 3....

if someone adds whipped cream, does it become #ambrosia?

clairewithani

DunnoKidz wrote: »

Heard the phrase "non-consensual relations" recently. :mad:

...Sugar coating rape and molestation as "relations" is wrong on so many levels.

These people need to get real, seriously.

With you on that. Trying to make it sound like not the crime it is.

Jellybaby1

Good Lord, this reminds me of the sketch of Dave Allen trying to teach a child how to read the clock! Hilarious!

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Jellybaby1 wrote: »

Good Lord, this reminds me of the sketch of Dave Allen trying to teach a child how to read the clock! Hilarious!

This one?

Jellybaby1

Yup! Love it!

DunnoKidz

Omagosh, made me spit tea out my nose!

Rubecula

the great Dave Allen, always a hero.

prinzeugen

Experience to describe doing something. Its everywhere, TV ads, the names of attractions etc.

Apparently you "experience" a coffee now not drink one.

I shop in a shop, I don't "experience" a shop.
I travel by bus, I don't "experience" a 83.
I watch a TV show or film. I don't fecking "experience" the fecking thing!!

Lazy twats.

I would like to take the person that came up with the term to a "gun experience" so they can "experience" being shot. Then they can "experience" a hospital.

Jellybaby1

'Space' for a room.

"This is a big space"
No it's not! Its a flippin' big ROOM! It is a ROOM with lots of SPACE!

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

Bad meaning very good. The logic eludes even my fertile imagination.

As for "sick" meaning excellent or awesome...

looksee

'Alludes' Srameen?!!! What is the world coming to!

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

looksee wrote: »

'Alludes' Srameen?!!! What is the world coming to!

I have no idea what you are referring to.;)

DunnoKidz

"Relevant" when describing a person.

"Is she relevant to today?" ...ya mean, is she cool enough for you?
"Are you relevant to this meeting?" ....what ya mean is "you are not needed here."

Facts and opinions may not always be relevant... but people always are!

DunnoKidz

Pierce Big Someday wrote: »

Bad meaning very good. The logic eludes even my fertile imagination.

As for "sick" meaning excellent or awesome...

looksee wrote: »

'Alludes' Pierce Big Someday?!!! What is the world coming to!

or maybe illude - cos that would be sick :pac: :pac: :pac:



(excuses myself )

Jellybaby1

"My bad" That is supposed to mean "My fault"

Where do they get that from? I mean, really?

Rubecula

Jellybaby1 wrote: »

"My bad" That is supposed to mean "My fault"

Where do they get that from? I mean, really?

always thought they meant good when they said bad.

Oh well **** happens.

cobham

I keep hearing phrase "any way, shape or form" = really annoys!:mad:

DunnoKidz

cobham wrote: »

I keep hearing phrase "any way, shape or form" = really annoys!:mad:

Blast from the past ...I remember grandad always saying "not in any which way, shape or form."

He also used "you kids are goin'ta drive me to drink"



(his grandkids must've been real brats)

campingcarist

Pierce Big Someday wrote: »

Isn't that a robotic suitcase that follows you around?

I'm still struggling with "Retweet" and "hashtag".

You're struggling with it - I hven't a clue what it means!

lardzeppelin

It's not just the kids...
Listen to the radio to find dressed up verbiage...
Apparently, there is a make of car called 'Mer-say-days', and another called 'Say-at', things are said to be "untenable", just what in the name of Clapton is that all about, "OMG" (or oh my God, if you're getting down with the yoof of today) annoys me nearly as much as common use of the f word (not that I'm a prude or anything) but wouldn't "great googly moogly" or "oh my giddy aunt" put a smile on the face of a conversation recipient?... Oh yes, we're not going to the bank, we're going to a *financial hub*, really, I mean really really?, and though it's not my place to offend but 'gender fluidity'!..but on the the bright side, as much of a man as my anatomy suggests, I would be favourably disposed to calling in once a month for a particularly' heavy flow', mmmm, let's see how well that gender fluidity goes down with an employer...

Esel

That is the correct way to pronounce Mercedes... just sayin', like.

garancafan

campingcarist wrote: »

You're struggling with it - I hven't a clue what it means!

I've solved that one - I don't twitch!

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

garancafan wrote: »

I've solved that one - I don't twitch!

Until you reach the age when you twitch whether you want to or not.

Esel

Pierce Big Someday wrote: »

Until you reach the age when you twitch whether you want to or not.

Would it be correct to say you were/are a twitcher?

lardzeppelin

Esel wrote:

That is the correct way to pronounce Mercedes... just sayin', like.

I'm English, and worked in the motor trade for 30 years, and we called them mer-say-diz, as did my mate who was fleet sales manager for Portfield Mercedes on the south coast, I can't say any of the dealers or motor factors over here have used that inflection in my dealings with them... I've only heard it on the radio of late, but if you've heard it before I'll take your word...

Yester

"Bite me" I know it's an americanism and it's supposed to be an insult to the person you say it to. What does it mean?

looksee

It means 'please go away and stop annoying me, I really don't care about you'.

Or words to that effect.

You will find a more succinct translation here https://www.urbandictionary.com/

Warning, don't look that up if you have a delicate disposition!

campingcarist

garancafan wrote: »

I've solved that one - I don't twitch!

And I thought a twitch was a twit with an itch.

lardzeppelin

....and *twerking*, which I thought was 'tweeting while you were at work'...

Rubecula

lardzeppelin wrote: »

I'm English, and worked in the motor trade for 30 years, and we called them mer-say-diz, as did my mate who was fleet sales manager for Portfield Mercedes on the south coast, I can't say any of the dealers or motor factors over here have used that inflection in my dealings with them... I've only heard it on the radio of late, but if you've heard it before I'll take your word...

in Germany I only head it said as Mer say deez,,


edit here is the official advert

lardzeppelin

Rubecula wrote:

in Germany I only head it said as Mer say deez,,

Yep, I can get behind that...and Janice's song is a copper bottomed classic... Thanks for the reminder... (thumbs up emojee)

Jellybaby1

lardzeppelin wrote: »

....and *twerking*, which I thought was 'tweeting while you were at work'...

The first and last time I heard reference to twerking was when I saw Helen Mirren do it either on Youtube or it was mentioned on a TV programme. I thought it was unpleasant to say the least. Others may not agree. Not looking at anyone in particular mind! :rolleyes:

garancafan

Jellybaby1 wrote: »

The first and last time I heard reference to twerking was when I saw Helen Mirren do it either on Youtube or it was mentioned on a TV programme. I thought it was unpleasant to say the least. Others may not agree. Not looking at anyone in particular mind! :rolleyes:

Utterly tasteless and adolescent.

twignme

I was involved in a conversation where a couple of people referred to things as ‘gas’. At my age, gas is something that produces faintly embarrassing results, but it appears now to be a description of fun and hilarity.
Just wait until you are older, junior. Then tell me it’s hilarious.

garancafan

twignme wrote: »

I was involved in a conversation where a couple of people referred to things as ‘gas’. At my age, gas is something that produces faintly embarrassing results, but it appears now to be a description of fun and hilarity.
Just wait until you are older, junior. Then tell me it’s hilarious.

Awww - don't agree. I can recollect in the early sixties,"gas" being used (fairly widely) to as meaning "fun / amusement"; but then, then that would have been in Ireland, not in that definitive source of the (modern) English language - the US of bloody A.

bottlebrush

I'm like and she was omg like and then I was like . . .

twignme

garancafan wrote: »

Awww - don't agree. I can recollect in the early sixties,"gas" being used (fairly widely) to as meaning "fun / amusement"; but then, then that would have been in Ireland, not in that definitive source of the (modern) English language - the US of bloody A.

But back then something was ‘a gas’, not just ‘gas’. The ‘a’ makes a whole world of difference.:)

bottlebrush

Another word that has crept in is 'dropped' for example I heard a music reviewer refer to a band that had just dropped an album ie recorded. I used to drop the odd album myself in the good old days - vinyl smashed in pieces on the floor!

garancafan

twignme wrote: »

But back then something was ‘a gas’, not just ‘gas’. The ‘a’ makes a whole world of difference.:)

Both "gas" and "a gas" were in use. You made reference only to "gas".

garancafan

A "scoping" exercise.

No reference is made to the particular technique/instrument that might be involved.

Are we talking about a microscope, ophthalmoscope, periscope or what?

I'm inclined to the view that the most appropriate instrument for the Harvard Business School groupies would be the proctoscope.