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What are the kids calling it these days?

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  • 06-04-2018 6:12pm
    #1
    DunnoKidz
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    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?


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    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    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".


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    eyerer
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    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


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    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    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!


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


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    DunnoKidz
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    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.


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    sKeith
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    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.


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    looksee
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    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.


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    sKeith
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    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.


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    looksee
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    I'm sorry I asked :D


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    garancafan
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    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.


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    DunnoKidz
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    garancafan wrote: »
    The presence of the lemon makes # what it has been for centuries - sharp.
    :D
    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? :D


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    clairewithani
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    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.


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    Jellybaby1
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    Good Lord, this reminds me of the sketch of Dave Allen trying to teach a child how to read the clock! Hilarious! :D


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    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    Jellybaby1 wrote: »
    Good Lord, this reminds me of the sketch of Dave Allen trying to teach a child how to read the clock! Hilarious! :D



    This one?


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    Jellybaby1
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    Yup! Love it!


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    DunnoKidz
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    Omagosh, made me spit tea out my nose! :D


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    Rubecula
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    the great Dave Allen, always a hero.


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    #19
    prinzeugen
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    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.


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    Jellybaby1
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    '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!


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    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    Bad meaning very good. The logic eludes even my fertile imagination.

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


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


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    ytpe2r5bxkn0c1
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    looksee wrote: »
    'Alludes' Srameen?!!! What is the world coming to!

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


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    DunnoKidz
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    "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!


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    #25
    DunnoKidz
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    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 :D :pac: :pac: :pac:



    (excuses myself :o)


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    #26
    Jellybaby1
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    "My bad" That is supposed to mean "My fault"

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


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    Rubecula
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    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. :o


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


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    #29
    DunnoKidz
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    cobham wrote: »
    I keep hearing phrase "any way, shape or form" = really annoys!:mad:

    Blast from the past :D ...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)


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    campingcarist
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    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!


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    lardzeppelin
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    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...


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