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    #1322
    rushfan
    Registered Users Posts: 970 ✭✭✭rushfan


    To be Pacific about it


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    #1323
    Dakota Dan
    Registered Users Posts: 3,764 ✭✭✭Dakota Dan


    Martina1991 wrote: »
    I know a guy who talks with a slight American accent despite the fact he's from Sligo.

    Says things like "Awesome, gross, sweater, sidewalk, elevator".

    I think its from having no social life and watching every American TV show under the sun. :rolleyes:
    I wonder where people get the word guy from, maybe you should practice what you preach.


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    #1324
    cheekypup
    Registered Users Posts: 73 ✭✭cheekypup


    Miley Byrne wrote: »
    Something I've heard a lot in the last year or two is when someone answers a question with "Yeah, no...."

    What the f'*k is that all about?


    "You must find the commute very tough, do you?"

    "Yeah, no, I don't take much notice really"

    This has bugged me for the last two years or so, listening to interviews on radio and tv and also when talking to people in person and on the phone. I've pulled a few people up on it and asked them why they said "yeah, no", their response was "Did I?"

    I started to think people were saying it to shorten "Yeah I know" but if some people don't realize they've said it could be a bad habit that's caught on.

    It doesn't bother me as much anymore.


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    #1325
    Your Face
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,277 ✭✭✭Your Face


    Dakota Dan wrote: »
    I wonder where people get the word guy from, maybe you should practice what you preach.

    Maybe you should do some research, guy.


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    #1326
    rushfan
    Registered Users Posts: 970 ✭✭✭rushfan


    Sometimes said at the start of a sentence "Lookit,..........
    ......................"


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    #1327
    Bob Harris
    Registered Users Posts: 3,461 ✭✭✭Bob Harris


    Whataboutery...what about fcuking off.


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    #1328
    Schwanz
    Closed Accounts Posts: 898 ✭✭✭Schwanz


    Ah well


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    #1329
    MysticMonk
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 903 ✭✭✭MysticMonk


    "at the end of the day"


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    #1330
    OldNotWIse
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,468 ✭✭✭✭OldNotWIse


    "It's all to play for"


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    #1331
    filbert the fox
    Registered Users Posts: 809 ✭✭✭filbert the fox


    rushfan wrote: »
    Sometimes said at the start of a sentence "Lookit,..........
    ......................"

    you know then you've got to them.

    So........


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    #1332
    cantdecide
    Registered Users Posts: 11,465 ✭✭✭✭cantdecide


    rushfan wrote: »
    Sometimes said at the start of a sentence "Lookit,..........
    ......................"

    Where did that all come from? One day people might say 'Look,...' then the next, everyone was saying 'Lookit,....'.


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    #1333
    bonzodog2
    Registered Users Posts: 6,214 ✭✭✭bonzodog2


    Bum fluff


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    #1334
    MysticMonk
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 903 ✭✭✭MysticMonk


    "Going forward"


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    #1335
    Realt Dearg Sec
    Registered Users Posts: 10,865 ✭✭✭✭Realt Dearg Sec


    Your Face wrote: »
    Maybe you should do some research, guy.

    I'm not your guy, friend.


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    #1336
    trashcan
    Registered Users Posts: 3,985 ✭✭✭trashcan


    optogirl wrote: »
    Chapelizord

    Otherwise known as "the Lizard"


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    #1337
    Ipso
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,995 ✭✭✭Ipso


    TerrorFirmer wrote: »
    One thing I could never understand is the people who put an 'r' into Chicago. Making it Chicargo, for some reason.


    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhoticity_in_English


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    #1338
    GreeBo
    Registered Users Posts: 27,161 ✭✭✭✭GreeBo


    3x + 4y - 3


    Hate that one.


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    #1339
    Roger Hassenforder
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,555 ✭✭✭Roger Hassenforder


    GreeBo wrote: »
    3x + 4y - 3


    Hate that one.

    ya, I cant figure it out, it makes no sense...


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    #1340
    Hamadeusentman
    Registered Users Posts: 735 ✭✭✭Hamadeusentman


    I know this has been mentioned and posted before but the expression “in terms of” is making me extremely angry, so much so I shout at the radio or television set of late. Today an rte reporter said “he was in his late teens in terms of his age”. I mean come on, that is downright unacceptable but it is a fair reflection of the poor standard of journalism on the airwaves these days.


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    #1341
    eviltwin
    Registered Users Posts: 17,495 ✭✭✭✭eviltwin


    You only regret the children you don't have, not the ones you have.


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    #1342
    The Rape of Lucretia
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,440 ✭✭✭The Rape of Lucretia


    whisky_galore wrote: »
    'Thoughts and prayers.'

    Well its either that or 'hearts go out'.

    The world of feigned sympathy wouldnt function without these pat crutches.


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    #1343
    Your Face
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,277 ✭✭✭Your Face


    Realt Dearg Sec wrote: »
    I'm not your guy, friend.

    I'm not your friend, buddy.


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    #1344
    Realt Dearg Sec
    Registered Users Posts: 10,865 ✭✭✭✭Realt Dearg Sec


    Your Face wrote: »
    I'm not your friend, buddy.

    I'm not your buddy, guy!


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    #1345
    Your Face
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,277 ✭✭✭Your Face


    Realt Dearg Sec wrote: »
    I'm not your buddy, guy!

    Well there's only one Buddy Guy.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddy_Guy


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    #1346
    MysticMonk
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 903 ✭✭✭MysticMonk


    "Troubled teen"...instead of "out of control little scumbag blue-mouldy for want of a hiding".


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    #1347
    darkdubh
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 3,628 ✭✭✭darkdubh


    Sick, when used as a positive. "Sick moves" etc. How the hell did that enter the lexicon? It's just so random and meaningless out of it's original context.


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    #1348
    21Savage
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 193 ✭✭21Savage


    darkdubh wrote: »
    Sick, when used as a positive. "Sick moves" etc. How the hell did that enter the lexicon? It's just so random and meaningless out of it's original context.

    How can people who use the word lexicon not get their head around the whole language and its use evolving.


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    #1349
    KungPao
    Registered Users Posts: 4,782 ✭✭✭KungPao


    “In the context of...” is getting tiring. A go-to expression for many politicians these days.


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    #1350
    storker
    Registered Users Posts: 5,657 ✭✭✭storker


    darkdubh wrote: »
    Sick, when used as a positive. "Sick moves" etc. How the hell did that enter the lexicon? It's just so random

    Oh the irony...


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    #1351
    smilerf
    Registered Users Posts: 2,585 ✭✭✭smilerf


    I hate Sick As A Small Hospital. Would it not make more sense to say Sick As A Big Hospital cos obviously that has more sick people in it


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