Cliched Phrases on Boards

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I'm new enough to the site but certain phrases are used way too much on here. My top 3 are:

1. Jesus wept.
To quote Brian Clough whoever, wherever came up with that in real life 'needs bloody well shooting'.

2. Christ on a bike.
See my response to phrase 1.

3. 'That's about as funny as a burning orphanage'.
This phrase ceased to be funny at the turn of the millennium, through overuse.

Any boards cliched phrases annoy you?

bodhrandude

Yer Maw?

dxhound2005

Blame whoever wrote the Bible for Jesus Wept.

After asking where Lazarus had been laid, and being invited to come see, Jesus wept.

nullzero

Atari Jaguar.

odyssey06

Not a good idea to be weeping while cycling a bike.
Hayfever?
Wind?
Maybe goggles are needed.

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dxhound2005 wrote: »

Blame whoever wrote the Bible for Jesus Wept.

After asking where Lazarus had been laid, and being invited to come see, Jesus wept.

Interesting.

Still after 2,000 years it's served its purpose

Maradona wept after losing to West Germany in 1990 WC final. Why not Maradona wept. A lot of famous people have wept in more recent times.

Allinall

Source?

jam_mac_jam

Religion of peace is one i don't like.

dxhound2005

Allinall wrote: »

Source?

A post that Abe Lincoln put on the Internet.

odyssey06

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Interesting.

Still after 2,000 years it's served its purpose

Maradona wept after losing to West Germany in 1990 WC final. Why not Maradona wept. A lot of famous people have wept in more recent times.

Like the Captain Picard face palm?
Thats more of a boards / online meme.

The first two phrases you mentioned were a thing way before boards.

jimmii

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Interesting.

Still after 2,000 years it's served its purpose

Maradona wept after losing to West Germany in 1990 WC final. Why not Maradona wept. A lot of famous people have wept in more recent times.

No one reached Jesus levels of fame though. I guess Beckham came pretty close. If the Rock cries one day then maybe that will be the modern version.

Eduard Khil

Woke

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odyssey06 wrote: »

Like the Captain Picard face palm?
Thats more of a boards / online meme.

The first two phrases you mentioned were a thing way before boards.

They first two were before boards but overused on here, big time. Lack of imagination in description on here.

Captain Lugger

I’ll wait.

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jimmii wrote: »

No one reached Jesus levels of fame though. I guess Beckham came pretty close. If the Rock cries one day then maybe that will be the modern version.

I understand that but for every poorly missed shot on goal in a match someone will say Jesus Wept. Or for a stupid statement on the Late Late etc.

We're creative people in this country in our use of language. Why do we resort to such cliche.

dxhound2005

Bit ironic (people used to say The Ironing) to repeat a thread about Cliched Phrases. Not for the first time.

https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=111349434

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Eduard Khil wrote: »

Woke

Woke and snowflake are often used as a cover all. I don't mind woke personally. Think snowflake is used as a put down for someone you don't agree with, often in a bullying way.

TP_CM

'Thinly veiled' sometimes annoys me. It kind of puts a poster down without attacking whatever point or question they're raising. Sometimes it's required though!

bodhrandude

'Straw man arguments' is one you often see in AH and CA.

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TP_CM wrote: »

'Thinly veiled' sometimes annoys me. It kind of puts a poster down without attacking whatever point or question they're raising. Sometimes it's required though!

I find some posters can use language, which sails close to the border of censure, but they are skilled in not crossing the line.

They're usually experienced, almost professional 'boardsies'. They seem to have infinite time to reply and always have the last word!

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bodhrandude wrote: »

'Straw man arguments' is one you often see in AH and CA.

Yes. A great term in 'debate'.

dxhound2005

I for one, welcome our new Chinese overlords. Great bunch of lads.

odyssey06

bodhrandude wrote: »

'Straw man arguments' is one you often see in AH and CA.

To be fair there are a lot of straw man arguments there too

Burt Renaults

Eduard Khil wrote: »

Woke

The go-to word for the perennially tiresome.

Arghus

Burt Renaults wrote: »

The go-to word for the perennially tiresome.

It's a handy one really - lets you know that what follows is bound to be gibberish.

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Not on boards, I'm a bit off topic here.

On Gaelic games commentary the panels are constantly using the word alluded instead of mentioned. 'As Donal óg alluded to earlier'.

“Cohorts” (everyone seems to use it at every opportunity since Covid started)

Or

“Caveat Emptor “(motor forum, when people want to sound like they know more than they actually do)
;-)

banie01

Some Blow-in spouting shíte about clichés?
Fúck that for a game of soldiers!
I'm not going to be lectured on my leet-speak by some poncey newb!
FFS like! I mean I didn't come up the foyle in a bubble!
If this lad winds his neck in, we could be sucking diesel in a jiffy!

Now!
Onwards and upwards MoFos!!!

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Again not so much boards but society in general..

'going forward'

'window of opportunity' around the time of the peace process in the mid to late 90s.

Kenny Cunningham 2005-2012 approx 'possibly so'

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External Association wrote: »

Again not so much boards but society in general..

'going forward'

'window of opportunity' around the time of the peace process in the mid to late 90s.

Kenny Cunningham 2005-2012 approx 'possibly so'

wait until yous hear some rugby commentry.....buzzword central :yawn:

Eduard Khil

Eduard Khil wrote: »

Woke

This one badly grinds my gears. Lads using "woke" to describe notions of civil rights that have been around since at least the late 1960s.

It's all down to the "PC lobby", you see. There was no "fairness" when they were kids, and that's as it should be.