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Slang terms that annoy you (pg. 16)
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| Dervish |
| quote: | Originally posted by Tangil
"fail" and "epic fail". |
irony. |
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| shaw |
| quote: | Originally posted by Ygrene
Sundowning
Peel back the onion
Rocks on the wagon |
explanation needed. |
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| Dervish |
| quote: | Originally posted by shaw
explanation needed. |
blah. |
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| Ygrene |
| quote: | Originally posted by shaw
explanation needed. |
sundowning = process/program/initiative that is being discontinued
"The dashboard for that division is being sundowned due to a new capability."
Peel back the onion = try to uncover root cause or causal factors
"We really need to peel back the onion as we look at the data and try to find out why sales are dropping."
Rocks on the wagon = tasks being piled on top of tasks
"These guys just don't have the time to sell until we take some of these rocks off their wagons." |
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| shaw |
thought 'sunset' was the preferred choice (as in 'sunset provision')
the other two...wow :stongue: |
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| The17sss |
just heard a slang terme that drives me crazy. When people say, "Let's get a bite to eat" or ask "You wanna go out for a bite?"
that... I plan on taking several bites when it's meal time! |
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| shaw |
that reminds me:
"can i borrow a napkin?"
a: i've never met a person who couldn't.
b: no. a used napkin does me no good. |
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| lücid |
| quote: | Originally posted by WittyHandle
"epic" |
i was told recently that i overuse that term. it was not epic. :sadgreen: |
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| The17sss |
| quote: | Originally posted by Slylee
she gave me this whole song and dance about how she literally can't understand/figure out how to say "asked". she thought it was a difficult sound (the s and k together). i kinda believed her but i was skeptical at times. |
I've had this same exact conversation before... with a black person. When I was in grad school, there was a black dude in a group with me and a few other student working on a project. He was pretty articulate, but I noticed he would still say "axe". I was pretty comfortable with him on a personal level and one day I was like, "Hey man I have to ask- why do you say "axe" instead of "ask"? He acted at first like he didn't notice he was doing it. Then he tried to tell me he couldn't pronounce it.
So I said: Can you say "task"? (he could)... Ok, now can you say "flask"? (he could).... How about "bask"? (once again, no problem). Then I got him to say "ask" like it was nothing. I'm sure he felt like he lost his street cred or something; by the next week he was saying "axe" again. |
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| Slylee |
| quote: | Originally posted by The17sss
I've had this same exact conversation before... with a black person. When I was in grad school, there was a black dude in a group with me and a few other student working on a project. He was pretty articulate, but I noticed he would still say "axe". I was pretty comfortable with him on a personal level and one day I was like, "Hey man I have to ask- why do you say "axe" instead of "ask"? He acted at first like he didn't notice he was doing it. Then he tried to tell me he couldn't pronounce it.
So I said: Can you say "task"? (he could)... Ok, now can you say "flask"? (he could).... How about "bask"? (once again, no problem). Then I got him to say "ask" like it was nothing. I'm sure he felt like he lost his street cred or something; by the next week he was saying "axe" again. |
yea i didn't think to get into it with her at the time. we WERE at a pretty ghetto high school that was about 85% black, 10% spanish and 5% white lol so maybe she was just trying to fit in.
and lol that reminds me i had funny friend (girl) in a class and we used to make fun of this big fat ghetto black dude...not in a mean way, we were totally cool with him. but we'd be like, "ey yo darrell LEMME HOLD YO PENCIL!" and he'd be like, "man, u crazy ass white bitches think ur funny":stongue: we made fun of his ebonics all the time and he was a sport about it. he'd make fun of us too trying to act like a valley girl. good times. |
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