Verbal Faux Pas, Jargon, Cliches, Boganisms, etc

[Registered User]

Do you think Hurricane should be added to the thread title?

HA. It's a word I never thought about until I saw it here.
I vaguely remember the English guy Malcolm Stewart on 3aw saying "hurrik'n"

 

[Wayne Dwop]

Check out a few older people who weren't brought up with American crap forced on them every day. In the days of tent camping the first thing packed was the kerosene powered Hurrik'n lamp.

 

[Registered User]

Yes, I guess many words have changed over the years. As the saying goes, if English didn't 'evolve', we'd all be talking like a Shakespeare play; or, going back further, we'd sound half-German, talking middle or old English.

Geoff Poulter said on radio a while ago that the pronunciation of "debut" has changed. It apparently used to "d'boo", but now it's "dayboo", or even "daybyoo". I reckon the latter is the dumb bogan way

 

[Wayne Dwop]

You are right RU, language will always evolve but I will always draw the line at,

My bad..(bad what? memory, I forgot the next word?)
I've never had so fun (so much fun maybe)

Calling one of these things a "booey".

 

[Registered User]

ha, "booey". The American stuff shits me. For example, "era" should be pronounced "eera", not "erra", like the Yanks do.
"Era" is "era", and "error" is "error"; they ain't the same.
It seems to be rife amongst footy people, I assume because they all watch American sports these days

 

[peternorth]

epa

 

[Mockcockpit]

Language changes but as long as Andrew Symonds still pronounces googly as "googerly" Strine will still live on.

 

[peternorth]

the propensity for people to refer to tennis players by just their first names is annoying.

how about how players are "bundled out".

 

[Bulldog Joe]

You are right RU, language will always evolve but I will always draw the line at,

My bad..(bad what? memory, I forgot the next word?)
I've never had so fun (so much fun maybe)

Calling one of these things a "booey". View attachment 452782

Jim Courier on the tennis really infuriates every time he talks about a player being "booey'd" by a good shot or result.

 

[Bristol]

Just flicked on SEN halfway through a discussion re some player coming back to Victoria (probably Sloane or Tom Lynch or someone, why tf should I care, it's January)

Anyway, caller says: "He should come back .... he's got a lot of roots around here"

I wonder how he knows about Sloane's night life.

 

[peternorth]

pete siddle on a grandstand quiz show - Louisy-ville

 

[richoatthedisco]

Greg Matthews: "expousing"

Tim Lane says "hurrik'n". Well there you go.

Tim Lane says "corta" instead of "quarter".

 

[RedmanWasHere]

Tim Lane says "corta" instead of "quarter".

Why did I think Michael Voss?

 

[peternorth]

mick mcguane - he was contented

 

[FreddyTwoShoes]

Mark Waugh - 134 kps (kay-peez) per hour

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[Spongebob]

Hmmmm...news.com.au

Craig Moore handed immediate exit after being blamed for Roar shirt number emarrassment

 

[FreddyTwoShoes]

Andrew Symonds, pondering the no-ball resulting from having too many fielders outside the circle - "who foots the blame for that one?"
Dude, you foot the bill or you accept/take the blame.

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[Dogs_R_Us]

Just flicked on SEN halfway through a discussion re some player coming back to Victoria (probably Sloane or Tom Lynch or someone, why tf should I care, it's January)

Anyway, caller says: "He should come back .... he's got a lot of roots around here"

I wonder how he knows about Sloane's night life.

This word causes so much sfellowing these days, to the extent that the perfectly good word "route" is oftenly coyly pronounced "rowt" just so as, you know, people won't sfellow. (It's "rout" that's pronounced "rowt")

 

[Bulldog Joe]

This word causes so much sfellowing these days, to the extent that the perfectly good word "route" is oftenly coyly pronounced "rowt" just so as, you know, people won't sfellow. (It's "rout" that's pronounced "rowt")

But that is not what is meant. He is not looking for travel directions.

What they are meaning is that his family connections are in the area. His Roots are in Melbourne/Victoria.

Obviously the expression should be "his roots are here.." Expressing as lots of roots just makes him appear to be Jake Stringer.

 

[Dogs_R_Us]

But that is not what is meant. He is not looking for travel directions.

What they are meaning is that his family connections are in the area. His Roots are in Melbourne/Victoria.

Obviously the expression should be "his roots are here.." Expressing as lots of roots just makes him appear to be Jake Stringer.

Exactly. But you've misinterpreted my post, which was an aside on how the word "root" is now sfellow-worthy, no matter the context.

 

[Registered User]

This word causes so much sfellowing these days, to the extent that the perfectly good word "route" is oftenly coyly pronounced "rowt" just so as, you know, people won't sfellow. (It's "rout" that's pronounced "rowt")

When I was young I saw some Lauren Bacall movie -- I think Key Largo -- which included a line of hers that went something like this: "I didn't have much of a home. George...gave me roots, and the roots took hold"
Being young, I really thought she was talking about sex

 

[Registered User]

"100%" is becoming the new "yes, absolutely"

"Are you looking forward to round 1?"
"100%"

"Do you rate his leadership?"
"100%"

 

[Registered User]

Here's another quirky one I've only just noticed: some people, particularly journos, begin many answers with, "yeah, it's an interesting one...."

Barrett and Connolly are 2 who do this

 

[Blugazi]

Glenn 'Probably' Maxwell.

 

[Bumpswithagrin]

Newsreader on SEN this morning saying that someone was riding 'roughshed' over something.