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Post by agent69 on May 24, 2021 13:55:47 GMT
Given all the problems in the world, I'm not going to get over excited about the use of individual words.
However, I would like a ban on people who wave their hands / arms around excessively when they're talking.
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Post by adrianc on May 24, 2021 14:36:14 GMT
However, I would like a ban on people who wave their hands / arms around excessively when they're talking.
Waving your hands around while talking bollocks = Testiculation...
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Post by westcountryfunder on May 24, 2021 14:48:11 GMT
I think he might be aware of a lesser-known definition of the word 'super'. 
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Post by keitha on May 24, 2021 14:51:39 GMT
There used to be a Professor on TV, Can't remember his name but he couldn't talk without moving his hands
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Post by jonno on May 24, 2021 15:22:38 GMT
There used to be a Professor on TV, Can't remember his name but he couldn't talk without moving his hands Erm.....................................was that Mr Corbett? 
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Post by keitha on May 24, 2021 15:36:51 GMT
There used to be a Professor on TV, Can't remember his name but he couldn't talk without moving his hands Erm.....................................was that Mr Corbett? No, I want to say Heinz Wolf but ...
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Post by jonno on May 24, 2021 15:39:08 GMT
Erm.....................................was that Mr Corbett? No, I want to say Heinz Wolf but ... No, not a Wolf; a Bear I think 
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Post by travolta on May 24, 2021 19:12:50 GMT
Lovely thread. Makes me feel like Ariadne.
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Post by baboonery on May 24, 2021 20:16:30 GMT
There used to be a Professor on TV, Can't remember his name but he couldn't talk without moving his hands Magnus Pike?
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Post by moonraker on May 24, 2021 20:30:33 GMT
The cyclist Bradley Wiggins also moves his arms around a lot when providing expert comment on TV. Quite distracting. I felt like asking the producer to tell Brad to sit on his hands.
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Post by nooneere on May 24, 2021 21:34:46 GMT
I am sick to the back teeth (yes I still have some) of hearing the word “Super” . Nobody can just be pleased or happy or find something easy or difficult it must be “Super “ excited etc. Just watch any live program or YouTube video and everything is “Super” . Next time you hear it make a mental note of how many times it is said. So far I’ve got 15 in a 20min video. You observations would be interesting. With the greatest respect Godanubis I am concerned that you have incipient dementia. According to the Oxford dictionary, the adjective "super" is 'informal, becoming old-fashioned', while the Cambridge dictionary likewise describes it as 'old-fashioned informal'. I had to use these dictionaries to check my own impression that the heyday of "super" as a standalone adjective was the swinging sixties. Anyone suddenly trying to eliminate this word needs to ensure they have a home-help. The twenty-first century equivalents I believe are "cool" and "awesome". To be fair, though, I believe your grumpy old brain might be registering the use of "super" as a prefix, as in the "super-excited" you cite - yes that is the new normal. Thus, the modern adjectives can be extended as "super-cool" and "super-awesome". For anyone too young to understand the word "old-fashioned" in my dictionary quotes, it means "retro". This entire thread is actually super-retro.
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Post by Godanubis on May 31, 2021 20:30:26 GMT
Wait till next printing . Next two words overused are “basically and literally “ Just watch BBC and “super” used several times in cookery,gardening,medical and live broadcast in a couple of hours . |
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Post by blender on May 31, 2021 21:36:31 GMT
Wait till next printing . Next two words overused are “basically and literally “ Just watch BBC and “super” used several times in cookery,gardening,medical and live broadcast in a couple of hours . Will you still be supernatural, my Lord, or how should we define or describe your greatness? The word I really hate in cooking shows is 'crispy'. What's wrong with the adjective 'crisp'?
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Post by Godanubis on May 31, 2021 22:49:42 GMT
I think the “y” is supposed to make it more attractive. The “Y” is like adding “Super” . As if the adjective is insufficient in the shortened form and we must be made aware of the extra quality of whatever.
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Post by blender on Jun 1, 2021 6:43:41 GMT
I think the “y” is supposed to make it more attractive. The “Y” is like adding “Super” . As if the adjective is insufficient in the shortened form and we must be made aware of the extra quality of whatever. Then I must prepare to hear 'supercrispy'.
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