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ddeubel
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I just posted up a nice presentation and commentary on my blog about the Buzz Words of 2008. The one that drives me bananas is "in the tank" a kind of replacement for "on the take".... also pregorexia (being thin while pregnant)
You can see the Buzzwords HERE.
DD
http://eflclassroom.ning.com |
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MollyBloom
Joined: 21 Jul 2006
Location: James Joyce's pants
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| Posted: Thu Jan 01, 2009 10:03 pm Post subject: |
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making the beast with two backs.
 -who ever thought that up needs serious help |
Shakespeare in Othello |
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samcheokguy
Joined: 02 Nov 2008
Location: Samcheok G-do
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| Posted: Thu Jan 01, 2009 10:44 pm Post subject: |
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| MollyBloom wrote: |
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making the beast with two backs.
-who ever thought that up needs serious help |
Shakespeare in Othello |
a)I didn't know it was the Bard of Avon
b) I still think it is gross.
c) I think Shakespeare could have used some mental help. Titus A. would give Tarentino a stiff one. |
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IMF crisis
Joined: 27 Mar 2008
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| Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 12:20 am Post subject: |
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| Not sure if this qualifies as a euphemism, but I got tired of "jumped the shark" after hearing it just once. I've never heard a lamer attempt to sound hip. For the while there, it seemed like people were saying every TV show had "jumped the shark" just because they wanted so badly to use that ridiculous phrase. |
You do know the origin of the phrase, don't you? |
Yup. So? |
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RACETRAITOR
Joined: 24 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul, South Korea
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| Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 1:23 am Post subject: |
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| IMF crisis wrote: |
| RACETRAITOR wrote: |
| IMF crisis wrote: |
| Not sure if this qualifies as a euphemism, but I got tired of "jumped the shark" after hearing it just once. I've never heard a lamer attempt to sound hip. For the while there, it seemed like people were saying every TV show had "jumped the shark" just because they wanted so badly to use that ridiculous phrase. |
You do know the origin of the phrase, don't you? |
Yup. So? |
I think it's a very apt phrase. |
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peppermint
Joined: 13 May 2003
Location: traversing the minefields of caddishness.
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| Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 3:36 am Post subject: |
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| samcheokguy wrote: |
| MollyBloom wrote: |
| samcheokguy wrote: |
making the beast with two backs.
-who ever thought that up needs serious help |
Shakespeare in Othello |
a)I didn't know it was the Bard of Avon
b) I still think it is gross.
c) I think Shakespeare could have used some mental help. Titus A. would give Tarentino a stiff one. |
Rabelais used a very similar phrase about 70 years prior, and after reading snippets of Gargantua and Pantagruel, it's likely the tamest image in it. |
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samcheokguy
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| Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 4:10 am Post subject: |
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| that WAS a crazy read. |
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poet13
Joined: 22 Jan 2006
Location: Just over there....throwing lemons.
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| Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 7:17 pm Post subject: |
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| I have yet to figure out what "jumped the shark" means. Anyone care to spell it out? |
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Underwaterbob
Joined: 08 Jan 2005
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| Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 7:43 pm Post subject: |
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| poet13 wrote: |
| I have yet to figure out what "jumped the shark" means. Anyone care to spell it out? |
Happy Days. In a notoriously bad, late season episode the Fonz literally jumps a shark on waterskis. |
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IMF crisis
Joined: 27 Mar 2008
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| Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 8:00 pm Post subject: |
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| poet13 wrote: |
| I have yet to figure out what "jumped the shark" means. Anyone care to spell it out? |
This is one of the reasons why it is a bad phrase. The Fonz "jumping the shark" is nothing like Napolean "meeting his Waterloo" or Julius Caesar "crossing the Rubicon." Those were events people should know about. A shark-jumping episode from a mediocre sit-som should hardly be common knowledge. |
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SHANE02
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| Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 9:53 pm Post subject: |
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OMG! It actually came from Happy Days? I allways hated that "Jumped the Shark" thing. God how weak. What's next? Let's make some new obscure trendy bullshit phrase.
Could be fun.
He did an Elvis = died on the toilet |
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ReeseDog
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| Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 10:47 pm Post subject: |
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| samcheokguy wrote: |
| Titus A. would give Tarentino a stiff one. |
Wonderful play. |
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blackjack
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Rusty Shackleford
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| Posted: Fri Jan 02, 2009 11:31 pm Post subject: |
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| SHANE02 wrote: |
OMG! It actually came from Happy Days? I allways hated that "Jumped the Shark" thing. God how weak. What's next? Let's make some new obscure trendy bullshit phrase.
Could be fun.
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I find it to be quite an apt expression. It was popularised by either South Park or Family Guy. I forget which one. I guess you're just not up with what the hip kids are saying these days, Grandad |
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poet13
Joined: 22 Jan 2006
Location: Just over there....throwing lemons.
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| Posted: Sat Jan 03, 2009 12:04 am Post subject: |
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| I always thought it was an Australian thing cause the first time I heard it was from an Oz guy....lame either way. |
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