Many adverts are using the word 'love' in a slightly neologistic way: "love film", "love ice cream" and so on. It's ambiguously a question and a command, with subtle associations of "you won't be cool unless you buy this". Lazy and irritating as hell. If some wannabe advertising whizz-kid came to me with an idea for using that phrase for my product I'd kick him out of the window.
I'm also sick of seeing the phrase "doctors hate her" in those nasty little ads on websites.
Apologies if this one has been cited, but I'm not wading through 267 replies to find out:
"You didn't let me finish..." -- the classic about-face tactic used when someone discovers he's alienating his listener and wants to turn himself around.
If you can't be true to what you say you believe, "shut up".
Apologies if this one has been cited, but I'm not wading through 267 replies to find out:
"You didn't let me finish..." -- the classic about-face tactic used when someone discovers he's alienating his listener and wants to turn himself around.
If you can't be true to what you say you believe, "shut up".
I don't quite understand this. Could you give an example?
Apologies if this one has been cited, but I'm not wading through 267 replies to find out:
"You didn't let me finish..." -- the classic about-face tactic used when someone discovers he's alienating his listener and wants to turn himself around.
If you can't be true to what you say you believe, "shut up".
I don't quite understand this. Could you give an example?
An example:
Someone railing against Obama for all sorts of things, most of which are beyond his control or even connected to anything he has proposed. You interrupt the speaker with, "Wait a minute! None of that has anything to do with President Obama!"
The person draws back a second and then exclaims, "You didn't let me finish.....blah-blah-blah...", all of which is a recant on what he was just ranting about.
"Tell us how you REALLY feel" followed by self-congratulatory laughter.
This is usually uttered by a 'newesperson' intreviewing someone with strong opinions. The interviewee says something like "I think so-and-so is the worst president this country has ever had and should be impeached!"
its really lame and long ago lost any humorous quality. like "I'm shocked, shocked" its lost its freshness - long time! bruce
When American sportscasters call the winners of various American domestic sports championships the "World Champion", as in "your World Champion St. Louis Cardinals" or the "World Champion Los Angeles Lakers".
You can't be a world champion unless you have beaten representatives from across the world, like the World Cup in soccer, or the World Athletics championships.
Being champion of the NBA makes you the best team in the United States (and a little bit of Canada), not the world.
When American sportscasters call the winners of various American domestic sports championships the "World Champion", as in "your World Champion St. Louis Cardinals" or the "World Champion Los Angeles Lakers".
"It was amazing!" This word drives me nuts. Over-used to the point that it doesn't mean anything anymore. If you like something, it must be amazing.
I've asked a few people, "Was it really amazing? Did it amaze you?" They didn't know how to react. I guess because they didn't think before they spoke. Either that, or I'm a jerk. Probably both.
"Eye-popping". I read that phrase on the cover of the Lost in Space (1998) VHS. It hasn't gone away. It sounds dumb, but it just hangs on. Every special effect seems to be described as 'eye-popping'. I wish they'd just look realistic again but 'eye-popping' is what the kids want so that's what we give 'em!
"It was amazing!" This word drives me nuts. Over-used to the point that it doesn't mean anything anymore. If you like something, it must be amazing.
I've asked a few people, "Was it really amazing? Did it amaze you?" They didn't know how to react. I guess because they didn't think before they spoke. Either that, or I'm a jerk. Probably both.
"Eye-popping". I read that phrase on the cover of the Lost in Space (1998) VHS. It hasn't gone away. It sounds dumb, but it just hangs on. Every special effect seems to be described as 'eye-popping'. I wish they'd just look realistic again but 'eye-popping' is what the kids want so that's what we give 'em!
"Tell us how you REALLY feel" followed by self-congratulatory laughter.
This is usually uttered by a 'newesperson' intreviewing someone with strong opinions. The interviewee says something like "I think so-and-so is the worst president this country has ever had and should be impeached!"
its really lame and long ago lost any humorous quality. like "I'm shocked, shocked" its lost its freshness - long time! bruce
It's still funny when DeForest Kelly uses it. (paraphrasing for Star Trek II)
