Verbal Faux Pas, Jargon, Cliches, Boganisms, etc

[peternorth]

Similarly, commentators referring to AFL teams, or sporting teams Australian, without the word "the". For example.....

...... are playing Melbourne Victory....

I for one prefer "are playing the Melb Victory".

 

[Spongebob]

Matthew Richardson, talking about Richmond's shocker: "I'll give it a few weeks to see if it's a trend or just a little blimp"

Possible

 

[MC Extra Dollop]

Quoting from memory, but last night talking about Luke Hodge, Robbo did the classic: "He's unrivalled as a leader in the game today...Selwood's the other one..."

 

[peternorth]

Frawley - "he come back"

 

[peternorth]

Someone from Melbourne united when asked about an nbl team from china - "....futuristically"


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[Teflon Dons]

Brad Johnson suggested changing the colour of the Toyota logo at the 'G as it gave the bomber's an advantage because you couldn't see Tipungwuti.

 

[Registered User]

On Saturday's Off The Bench, Hutchy said "plauditudes" instead of "plaudits"

 

[General Soreness]

On Saturday's Off The Bench, Hutchy said "plauditudes" instead of "plaudits"

That's a pretty handy portmanteau.

 

[Gibbsy]

Brad Johnson suggested changing the colour of the Toyota logo at the 'G as it gave the bomber's an advantage because you couldn't see Tipungwuti.

You are kidding!

 

[Dannnnnnnnnn]

Brad Johnson suggested changing the colour of the Toyota logo at the 'G as it gave the bomber's an advantage because you couldn't see Tipungwuti.

He actually said that?

* me.

 

[Teflon Dons]

He actually said that?

**** me.

You are kidding!

As a joke though. Nothing wrong with a little casual racism at the footy

All in the spirit of the game

 

[Bristol]

"Intended target", rampant in football commentary, is surely a tautology?

I can see the tautology in this one, but also where it makes sense.

I know a target generally means having one target, but if a player has multiple options (multiple options; another case of tautology?) to kick to, then he'd have an array of targets. At the point when he kicks the ball, he's intending to only kick to one target of this array: his intended target.

This theory is void if there's only one player to kick to.

Maybe I'm wrong. I see where you're coming from though.

 

[Registered User]

Mark Allen: "Ali Fahour has resig-naited"
Spud: "Fashionado"
NRL player, Josh Addo-Carr: "recognisation"

 

[groggm]

I'm sure it's not his first appearance in this thread, but I had the pleasure of listening to Glen Jakovich a couple of weeks ago on Perth radio and his comments on Sandilands getting injured again in his return game:

"I think mother nature has finally caught up with him.."

Presumably he meant father time but who knows..

 

[Sweet Jesus]

Have people seen the footy-themed Woolworths ad?



I just saw a new version during the Essendon v St Kilda game and they've added a rhyming couplet that ends with a "plate of canapes".

Except the voiceover pronounces it "can-apps" as opposed to "can-appays".

Seriously. A plate of canapps. Does it get more bogan?

 

[Trucker Tiger]

Robbo comments on the phrase "dead man walking" being put to Eade in a press conference:

“You can better phrase when you are talking about a coach and his future.”

 

[Registered User]

Talkback caller today, talking about the Lethlean and Simkiss sacking: "what's the problem? They're all consulting adults"

 

[MC Extra Dollop]

Have people seen the footy-themed Woolworths ad?



I just saw a new version during the Essendon v St Kilda game and they've added a rhyming couplet that ends with a "plate of canapes".

Except the voiceover pronounces it "can-apps" as opposed to "can-appays".

Seriously. A plate of canapps. Does it get more bogan?

In fairness, I sort of took it as self-aware "I have nowhere left to go with these pissy rhymes" style joke.

 

[Sweet Jesus]

In fairness, I sort of took it as self-aware "I have nowhere left to go with these pissy rhymes" style joke.

Canapps.

What the **** are "canapps"?

 

[MC Extra Dollop]

Canapps.

What the **** are "canapps"?

I'm not arguing...it just seems like Flight of the Conchords style humour to me.

 

[Sweet Jesus]

I'm not arguing...it just seems like Flight of the Conchords style humour to me.

You're far too generous. It's people being thick as two planks.

They actually think "canapes" is pronounced "canapps" because they are absolute morons.

 

[Registered User]

Matthew Richardson: "it was a zig-sawing match..."

 

[Bristol]

Tom Rehn for Croc: "Robbie Gray just invents things that don't exist!"

 

[Sweet Jesus]

I've been gone from Australia for a while.

Is this level of hardcore stupidity standard? Are people getting dumber generally?

 

[iluvparis]

I've been gone from Australia for a while.

Is this level of hardcore stupidity standard? Are people getting dumber generally?

In a word...

...Yes