Hard News: The Public Address 2012 Word of the Year - and Decade!
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Gangnam Style. No question, sexy Lady.
Psy Makes $8.1 Million By Ignoring Copyright Infringements Of Gangnam Style
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Refute
Because so many people are now saying "I refute that" when they mean "I deny that".
But actually I think the best one's been nominated upthread. Descriptive of so many things this year, it has to be:
Omnishambles
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Hebe, in reply to
There are a whole lot of very expressive words we no longer use, such as ‘beaut’ and ‘groovy’.
I treasure "as silly as a two-bob watch".
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Sacha, in reply to
Because so many people are now saying "I refute that" when they mean "I deny that".
quite, and now people think denial is proof
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Hebe, in reply to
Because so many people are now saying “I refute that” when they mean “I deny that”.
+++1
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Hebe,
Awfullest word use: closure. Don't they mean acceptance?
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BenWilson, in reply to
Because so many people are now saying “I refute that” when they mean “I deny that”
Confusing refute and dispute?
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Woty–“slaughtered” –they got slaughtered on Voddy and coke
or “Dotcom”Wotd–“i ..................” as in phone, mac, pad, pod etc for daily common usage and seemingly endless repetition throughout the 2000s
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Geoff Lealand, in reply to
Or, as my father used to say, 'I'll be there in two shakes of a lamb's tail'.
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Hebe, in reply to
‘I’ll be there in two shakes of a lamb’s tail’.
Mine too. Now there’s a fine summer thread starting…
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a political one:
ABC
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Hebe, in reply to
Woty–“slaughtered”
Word of the 80s I recall. Along with the other carnage similes for having a lovely time: "wasted", "w(h)acked" etc
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Hebe, in reply to
a political one:
WOTD: micro-polling (more a conceptual framework for political decison-making than a word, I know)
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Paul Williams, in reply to
Or, as my father used to say, 'I'll be there in two shakes of a lamb's tail'.
I've a favourite, 'rattle your dags' (incidentally, I can advise that the phrase 'dog tucker' is not well understood in Australia).
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Geoff Lealand, in reply to
Good idea. One which used to completely confuse me as a child was Wigwam for a goose's bridle
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According to wikipedia, it is an Australian term for None of your business
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Hebe, in reply to
Wigwam for a goose’s bridle
Our parents must have been siblings!
Not on your nellie was often used too. -
Islander, in reply to
ood idea. One which used to completely confuse me as a child was Wigwam for a goose’s bridle
The saying that completely confused me as a kid was "Close your mouth or a bus'll fly in..."
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I mistakenly thought that "cracking a fat" was farting. I was set right on that after one particularly embarrassing gaffe. No one ever wants to know that you've cracked a particularly stinky fat.
ETA They become distinctly alarmed when you say that it's "silent but violent"
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Geoff Lealand, in reply to
Well, rumours are that my father sired children beyond his immediate family!
Another one: If you don't eat your crusts, your hair won't curl
Ben: silent but deadly?
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BenWilson, in reply to
That's even worse, considering the misunderstanding.
Another one: If you don't eat your crusts, your hair won't curl
Yes, that had me stuffed, since I wanted straight hair.
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My favourite oldie-but-goodie, when speaking of someone overly pious, is that he or she "wouldn't say 'bum' for sixpence".
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honestly, folk angling for a 'Words from Last Century' category... :)
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Geoff Lealand, in reply to
Well, last century was only 12 years back ;-)
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Ian Dalziel, in reply to
by the olfactory wall...
...when you say that it’s “silent but violent”
well that's the thread goodwind...
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