Verbal Faux Pas, Jargon, Cliches, Boganisms, etc

[doug85]

Tony Leonard on 3AW just now: "Carlton fans who are upset, let us know by sending us a Twitter!"

Not a faux pas but a funny comment
Tim Lane: "Carlton showing their deficiencies here.......they're not good at defending, and they're not good at scoring!"
Leigh Matthews: ".......so what are they good at then?"

Hahaha that is gold!!!

 

[Registered User]

This one isn't much, but I thought it was kinda funny.
A 3aw talkback caller today meant to say that she listens to the station all the time:
"I listen to 3aw 24 plus."

Plus what? 24 hours plus podcasts? Plus repeats of stuff she records?
Eh, ya hadta be there

 

[buddyruff]

According to Richo, Chris Langford played on all the great forwards such as 'Lockett, Ablett and Dunstall'.

 

[Bumpswithagrin]

Just heard Archie Thompson say after Melbourne Victory's win that 'the moons are aligned'

 

[MisterMarcus]

I think Richo had another "these games never fail to disappoint" after the Cats/Hawks game....

 

[cammo78]

There was a radio show called the gospel about 10 years ago starring a few footy players including Nick Riewoldt.

They decided to have a bit of innocent fun and play a word association game.

Nick Riewoldts response to the word 'homosexual' - "DIE"

I remember that. Caused a fair amount of grief at the time.

Can you imagine he'd said it these days. Would be just about strung up.

 

[Bumpswithagrin]

Not a footy one, but the newsreader on SEN today read out a story about Camilla Parker Bowles' brother dying only he pronounced it 'Bowels'

 

[Registered User]

BT said "fraudulent slip" on 3aw again last weekend.

 

[doug85]

I remember that. Caused a fair amount of grief at the time.

Can you imagine he'd said it these days. Would be just about strung up.

And rightly so lol.

I was shocked when I heard that.

Hopefully he's grown up a bit and isn't so bigoted.

 

[TerryWallet]

According to Richo, Chris Langford played on all the great forwards such as 'Lockett, Ablett and Dunstall'.

Took me a good 30 seconds to figure this gem out lol

Richo, you klutz

 

[Hawthorn United]

Intra club matches count right?

 

[Registered User]

I know a guy who always says "demographics" when he should say "logistics".
For example: "I'm trying to work out the demographics of getting all my family and friends to Bendigo for the weekend."

 

[eggtardo]

Took me a good 30 seconds to figure this gem out lol

Richo, you klutz

I still haven't worked it out.

Ha, just did ....magnificent

 

[Registered User]

"Langford played on Dunstall"

Yeah, well, they did play intra-club practice matches

 

[Spongebob]

I was just getting in the car this afternoon and I am surei heard Bluey McKenna refer to:

"the white elephant sitting in the corner of the room"

ABC774

 

[Liam Boy]

In one of the SA Showdowns a few years back Glenn Jakovich said that if Port Adelaide could be "cool, calm, and collective" they'd win the game.

 

[BlueBen]

Michael Christian on Triple M last night described Melbourne as having the "whereforall" instead of "wherewithal".

Danny Frawley butchers the language at times - he obviously doesn't understand the went/gone distinction, given his constant use of "should have went".

Another fairly common one is commentator use of "bought" instead of "brought" when talking about what a player or coach is providing for his team.

 

[Registered User]

Yep, Spud has what I call the classic bogan "SG/DC" syndrome. For example:

"I seen him, so I give him a hand. He done when he come over "

 

[cammo78]

Eddie McGuire to Kane Cornes this evening - "you should have two rubs being an old c**t"

 

[puntnut]

Rompingwins: Gibson will probably ice his fist
Bruce: It's a become a weapon hasn't it over the last few years

 

[Registered User]

Sam Fisher:
"we've set no floor to what we can achieve this year"

How low can they go?

 

[Registered User]

Crawford "wrote" this article for the Herald-Sun this week:
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/a...ng-start-to-2014/story-fni5f1tu-1226904439332
The article contains this line: "I like and respect ‘Dimma’, but surely his comment was just rhetoric that not even the fans wouldn’t believe."

He was asked today on The Sunday Footy Show if he knew what "rhetoric" meant. Not only does he not know what it means, he couldn't even spell it. It highlights what a scam ghost-written articles are.

 

[Registered User]

Wayne Gardner on Wheel of Fortune, a million years ago:

"Can I buy a vowell?"

Host: "Yes."

Gardner: "ok.....'c'.."

Ha.

They showed on Ch 7 last night

 

[Registered User]

Hardwick did a 'funny' ramble on the weekend, which I couldn't make sense of.
If someone can put it on here it'd be a pissa.
They played it on 3aw tonight

 

[MisterMarcus]

Was it Tony Shaw today on 3AW talking about Richmond's backup ruckman "Stephen Orrenson".

Finey on SEN this morning. "The head is sacrosanct, which means it is inviable....inviolable...in...un....inviolatable......er.....it can't be violated!"