I actually got stuck in a meeting today because my brain was refusing to let me say "leverage", but also refusing to come up with another word. Luckily, the other people in the conversation were linguistically Like Us.
I-I'm just taking things without paying for th... In what twisted dictionary is that stealing?
Willow ,'Showtime'
Spike's Bitches 41: Thrown together to stand against the forces of darkness
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amych - May 27, 2008 10:34:20 am PDT #691 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Ginger - May 27, 2008 10:34:28 am PDT #692 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
So walking the plank is offboarding?
amych - May 27, 2008 10:35:34 am PDT #693 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
So walking the plank is offboarding?
Works for me.
Frankenbuddha - May 27, 2008 10:35:40 am PDT #694 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
So walking the plank is offboarding?
AND waterboarding, in a sense.
Sparky1 - May 27, 2008 10:47:19 am PDT #695 of 10001
Librarian Warlord
sparky your niecephew is amazing! How old are they?
She's almost 12 and he's almost 16. (Note to self: buy birthday presents) All their musical talent comes to them from their father, while their mother seems to have contributed a love of roller coasters.
Toddson - May 27, 2008 10:50:08 am PDT #696 of 10001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
Another one that I could happily never hear again? "Perfect storm". Usually misused ....
sumi - May 27, 2008 10:53:24 am PDT #697 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
Nora - TWOP forums appear to be working - although I'm still not getting notifications.
Fred Pete - May 27, 2008 10:59:45 am PDT #698 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
"Perfect storm". Usually misused ....
It isn't one I use, but I'm old-fashioned enough to hestitate before using "in the loop."
If I were to use "perfect storm," it would mean that several things, each unpleasant in itself but not inordinately so, combine to create an epic mess. Yes/no/maybe?
Frankenbuddha - May 27, 2008 11:04:12 am PDT #699 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
If I were to use "perfect storm," it would mean that several things, each unpleasant in itself but not inordinately so, combine to create an epic mess. Yes/no/maybe?
We could probably leverage that definition.
runs away
Toddson - May 27, 2008 11:06:38 am PDT #700 of 10001
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
As I understand it, the technically correct use is that a number of factors come together so that the final result is greater - far worse - than any of the individual factors.
Also - I can remember when people came on TV/radio and "commentated". They later became "commentators" (which is OK, so far). Unfortunately, this spawned a new verb, "commentating". ick.
And I also really hate the use of "task" as a verb (except as Melville used it). Also "authoring" - what's wrong with "writing"? And I really, really hate when someone decides to use a "big" word (again, in a usage that misses its exact meaning) rather than something less pretentious but more straightforward. sigh.