Verbal Faux Pas, Jargon, Cliches, Boganisms, etc

[Registered User]

Nathan Brown on Triple M: "it's the natural evolving door of a club"

Ok, it's not that bad, but kinda funny

 

[Registered User]

Brad Scott: "they would walk over broken coals for the club"
Ah well, I suppose it would still hurt

 

[MisterMarcus]

Greg Baum mixes his metaphors in The Age today:

"Australia shot itself in its Achilles heel"....

 

[Adelaide Hawk]

Bill Brownless last week: "North Melbourne are better than what they are".

 

[Bumpswithagrin]

Mark Ricciuto when talking about his information about Hird having to stand down said it came from a 'creditable source' (and he said it twice ).

 

[BlueBen]

People pronouncing "asterisk" as "asterIKS".

 

[childeric]

People pronouncing "asterisk" as "asterIKS".

That's very galling

 

[Registered User]

Tony Shibeci, doing the voice-over at the MCG for the soccer, got mixed when trying to say 'amazing spectacle', and said "amazicle"

ha

 

[Registered User]

Capper:
"I was abducted into the hall of fame"

ha

 

[Registered User]

SEN talkback caller: ......"they've been charged with disresprute..."

SEN newsreader: "Hyson Deppell"

 

[Registered User]

Tony Schibeci: "..they're trying to garnish some support..."

Brodie Grundy: "it's been a bit of a world-wind so far"

ha

 

[NSWCROW]

Tom Harley - " Farmers union ARSE coffee

 

[ozgamer]

Caro: "Essendon will definitely lose draft PENALTIES"

 

[Ahern2Boof]

People pronouncing "asterisk" as "asterIKS".

I just pronounce it as Essendon.

 

[childeric]

I just pronounce it as Essendon.

Robbo pronounces Essendon as "Essedon"

 

[Mr Meeseeks]

That's very galling

Well done

 

[icrow32]

I think it was during show with the interview with "The Weapon", and Bruce Mcavanye was speaking with Leigh Matthews and Matthews made the comment along the lines of..."well thats there IT" instead of "IP" (intelectual property), Bruce could hardly keep himself from laughing but he let it slide and changed the topic prertty quick

 

[Registered User]

Richo: "...that's the crutch of the issue."

Mark Thompson: "everyone's emotional......he started to welt up when I mentioned the players."

Unless the guy he was talking about has some sort of psychosomatic skin problem, I think he meant to say "well up"

 

[childeric]

"Midrift" instead of midriff

 

[Registered User]

Brian Lake: "a few of our guys have nickelling injuries"

 

[Bumpswithagrin]

I don't know who it was but I heard someone on SEN yesterday say that a certain player had added another feather to his bow (as opposed to a string in his cap presumably )

 

[Beerfish]

I'm sure I've heard a couple of media types say primry final in the last few days.

 

[Registered User]

Chris Johnson on 3aw: "Richmond pulled some cats out of their hat during the season"

Steven Silvagni: "Walls was a tough taskmasker"

 

[Kaatman]

Jack Zeibell
"There are question marks being asked"

 

[MisterMarcus]

Drew Morphett at the cricket, called Graeme Swann "Nathan Lyon".

Hearing "So Nathan Lyon comes in to bowl" at about 12:30pm made me have a heart attack.... "F**k me, we've lost like 8/20 in half an hour....or Clarke's DECLARED only 250 ahead with 8 sessions to go!"