mint Posted October 16, 2011 Share Posted October 16, 2011 Was it Woolybanana who recently spouted steam about words and phrases he can't stand? There, I tried to use a "new" metaphor but this article is faintly amusing:http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/banned-list-the-war-on-words-2371397.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooperlola Posted October 17, 2011 Share Posted October 17, 2011 I love Giles Coren's little phrase![:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russethouse Posted October 17, 2011 Share Posted October 17, 2011 I had to read that two times to get the gist.....[:P] It doesn't have to be a cliche to make me shout at the TV or despair at text ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powerdesal Posted October 17, 2011 Share Posted October 17, 2011 He objects to cliches but uses ....''happening dude''...., just what on earth is a 'happening dude' ????????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnOther Posted October 17, 2011 Share Posted October 17, 2011 I think the full cliche is 'what's happening dude' but some drop the pronoun in an attempt to appear 'uber-cool', usually with the reverse effect.'b.ollocks on stilts' I do like will definitely find an opportunity to use [:D][:D][:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooperlola Posted October 17, 2011 Share Posted October 17, 2011 [quote user="powerdesal"]He objects to cliches but uses ....''happening dude''...., just what on earth is a 'happening dude' ?????????[/quote]I think you need to read it again, Steve. What I think he was trying to say (and clearly, failed!) is that those who understand the phrase might be impressed by the verbose, whilst the "fuddy duddies" who prefer clear English will recognise the pretentious. Well, that's how I read it, but then I'm no happening dude myself.[:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woolybanana Posted October 17, 2011 Share Posted October 17, 2011 Concerning the example of the diminutive Antipodean chanteuse, who, by the way had a superb antipodean, a pearl of its kind too often exposed before swine, one must take a tad of strong umbrage at what that Coran chappie wrote, for the replacement phrase lacks style, class or even wit unless used too frequently by ignorant followers of verbal fashion, and is an example of the nefast influence of brutalist clarity as propounded by the Plain English Society, also known as the Society for the Propagation of Crass, Boring Language for the Effectively Illiterate.In other words, for Sweets who has a first in Ling., Coran's talkin borrox. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cooperlola Posted October 17, 2011 Share Posted October 17, 2011 [quote user="woolybanana"]Coran's talkin borrox.[/quote]Maybe. But on stilts.[:)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulT Posted October 18, 2011 Share Posted October 18, 2011 I do like the Independent - they treat their readers as adults and quote what people write or say and do not resort to ***, @@@, !!! to replace some of the letters in a word or resort to 'crossword clues' so that you can work out what the word was.Also liked Corens comments.Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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