Verbal Faux Pas, Jargon, Cliches, Boganisms, etc

[tugga]

How about "the natives" especially when they "are restless".

Dwayne and Hamish enjoy using this.

Interestingly these "natives" never seem to appear at the MCG or Docklands, but they are frequently sighted in Perth, Adelaide and Brisbane on Saturday night.

i have heard this said heaps for vic teams.

 

[gadj1976]

I was in a meeting just then and a work colleague was mentioning a document suppository rather than a document repository.

 

[kickazz]

I was in a meeting just then and a work colleague was mentioning a document suppository rather than a document repository.

 

[Dogs_R_Us]

I was in a meeting just then and a work colleague was mentioning a document suppository rather than a document repository.

Haha, yes I’ve seen that elsewhere

 

[Registered User]

Damo Bazza uses .....

Damo: "let's park it, couch it, frank it, unpack it, then drill down on it."

 

[Dogs_R_Us]

Garry Lyon: “This is a whole nother challenge…”

 

[Registered User]

Gerard Healy: "that's a limitating factor"

 

[Dogs_R_Us]

Hame: “Chances have been far and few between”.

 

[kickazz]

Hame: “Chances have been far and few between”.

Haha.

But when applied to the Demon's dominations of the second half of the 1950s it's probably semantically correct!

 

[peternorth]

tim watson added an "ation" to a word this morning in what can be described as an attempt at sounding intelligent (not to say he isnt). Ive gone through the podcast and I think it's been edited out haha. it was in relation to the brownlow and how it could be changed

 

[gadj1976]

An article on Adelaide premiership player Ben Hart

Ben Hart

Age

49

Ht

190cm

Wt

83kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

14.0

4star

K

10.2

4star

HB

3.8

3star

M

3.8

4star

T

1.6

4star

No current season stats available

D

14.0

4star

K

9.6

4star

HB

4.4

4star

M

2.2

3star

T

0.8

3star

wanting to come back to the coaching ranks, speaking on what makes him an asset to be poached by rival clubs this off-season;

“Relationship building is where I come from and communication,” Hart said.

 

[sosos]

Mitch Marsh:
“I just can’t believe it, it’s unbelievable.”

Say that again?

 

[Registered User]

How about all the times commentators say "Mish March"?

 

[Dogs_R_Us]

How about all the times commentators say "Mish March"?

They’re better off saying Mitchell Marsh.

 

[sosos]

Kayo Ashes Cricket commentator by the name of Isa Guha just let us in on what Brett Lee is getting up to after a stint in the box.....

View attachment Ashes moment.mp4

 

[sosos]

Jim Maxwell blissfully unaware on ABC's Ashes radio cricket commentary:

"Malan with his wristies...."

 

[kickazz]

Jim Maxwell blissfully unaware on ABC's Ashes radio cricket commentary:

"Malan with his wristies...."

Maybe he knows something we don't?

 

[Registered User]

Talkback caller: "we need to be immunated to enter a pub..."

 

[Chief]

Talkback caller: "we need to be immunated to enter a pub..."

The pub is where you go to GET immunated!

 

[sosos]

Talkback caller: "we need to be immunated to enter a pub..."

I miiight get immunated. But I refuse to get vaxinised.

 

[MauroFogheri]

Gerard Healy on the Olympics: "Are the slopes in China normal?"

 

[Pistol Night]

Jim Maxwell blissfully unaware on ABC's Ashes radio cricket commentary:

"Malan with his wristies...."

Dawid Glascott

 

[Registered User]

talkback caller: "it was a disappalling effort"
Here's an old by Jon Ralph: "this is not the time for false humidity"

 

[peternorth]

conversations. 2022 buzz word?

 

[Registered User]

It's a sad time. I fear the horse has well and truly bolted on the new tautology, "RAT test". Yes, folks, we've got another "PIN number" or "ATM machine" scourge that'll probably be with us for years