Health & Fitness Words or phrases that make you cringe

[Proper Gander]

Footy related:

Shake ‘n bake
Arches the back
Puts the jets on

Non-footy related:

Democracy sausage
Border force
Aussie Batt’ler
Buns of steel

 

[Scythe]

Demon Spirit

 

[Scythe]

Just about anything that has a hashtag before it

 

[Scythe]

Growth Mindset

 

[Proper Gander]

Growth Mindset

Oh God yes - in fact virtually anything that emerges from pop-psychology or workplace training

 

[Proper Gander]

Innovation chamber (a new one catching on at work - means four people and a whiteboard)

 

[Proper Gander]

Footy related:

Generational talent (15 new ones seem to emerge every year)

 

[Scythe]

Fortune favours the brave, specifically when repeated ad nauseum by Dwayne Russell

 

[Scythe]

Got a feeling this is going to be my new favourite thread

 

[Proper Gander]

Got a feeling this is going to be my new favourite thread

Yeah that one is totally cringe

 

[Headless]

Fingers in many pies.

 

[Proper Gander]

Fingers in many pies.

Weird vision that one conjures

 

[Proper Gander]

This is not so much cringe as annoying

“Lock the ball in their forward 50”

It seems to me that logically the only way to do this is to kick a whole lot more behinds than goals.

 

[Proper Gander]

One I heard on Bigfooty. Actually I’ve never heard it anywhere else.

Nose beers.

Makes me squirm every time

 

[Proper Gander]

Hokball

 

[Bluelegs]

Hokball

 

[Crimson Azure]

Like bees to the honeypot.

Never seen a bee approach any container of honey I've had. Until I'm proved wrong I can't subscribe to this idea.

 

[Proper Gander]

Tha one is particular to Bigfooty.

I really cringe when posters use daggy misspelling to evade the swear-filter. Not because it’s against the rules but because it looks so dumb.

Schitt, Fcuk etc.

Oh dear

 

[Crimson Azure]

Melbourne

 

[Proper Gander]

Since when did everyone on Bigfooty start saying “move the needle” every other post?

 

[Bluelegs]

Since when did everyone on Bigfooty start saying “move the needle” every other post?

I've noticed Gerard Whateley has recently developed an infatuation for the term 'Long suit'.

 

[Proper Gander]

I've noticed Gerard Whateley has recently developed an infatuation for the term 'Long suit'.

What does that mean? I’m sure it’s not clothing related. Is it something to do with cards?

 

[Bluelegs]

What does that mean? I’m sure it’s not clothing related. Is it something to do with cards?

He says it like "this is your long suit." To mean something you're exceptionally good at.

 

[Bluelegs]

He says it like "this is your long suit." To mean something you're exceptionally good at.

long suit

1. Someone's long suit is a special skill or strength they have: 2. Someone's…

dictionary.cambridge.org

 

[Proper Gander]

long suit

1. Someone's long suit is a special skill or strength they have: 2. Someone's…

dictionary.cambridge.org

So a card game analogy.

Exactly like strong suit, only with long in it instead.

That one is new to me. I’ve always known it as strong suit