I know Sean hates Variety-speak, but I like it. It's got a long history and it's a playful use of language.
It's my estimation that... every man ever got a statue made of him, was one kind of sumbitch or another.
Mal ,'Jaynestown'
Spike's Bitches 45: That sure as hell wasn't in the brochure.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
Scrappy - Dec 15, 2009 11:31:01 am PST #3778 of 30000
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
DavidS - Dec 15, 2009 11:32:24 am PST #3779 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I love Variety speak!
Particularly when prexies ankle.
§ ita § - Dec 15, 2009 11:32:53 am PST #3780 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
How is "ankle" as a verb playful? My mother resents a lot of computer speak because she thinks there's a perfectly "normal" way to say it. I am often her when it comes to Variety, and often her when it comes to business. Why can't we speak "about" something? Why do we have to speak "to" it?
Steph L. - Dec 15, 2009 11:34:12 am PST #3781 of 30000
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Why can't we speak "about" something? Why do we have to speak "to" it?
Boy, I LOATHE "speak to," unless it is the usage that means "having a conversation with."
Laga - Dec 15, 2009 11:34:16 am PST #3782 of 30000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Particularly when prexies ankle.
I have no idea what this means.
DavidS - Dec 15, 2009 11:34:22 am PST #3783 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
How is "ankle" as a verb playful?
Through the power of synechdoche.
Steph L. - Dec 15, 2009 11:34:50 am PST #3784 of 30000
I look more rad than Lutheranism
Wait, what? How is "ankle" even a verb?
tommyrot - Dec 15, 2009 11:37:37 am PST #3785 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Best use of "monetize " evah?
Eugene Mirman Asks Pressing Questions For CNN/YouTube Climate Change Debate (VIDEO)
Mirman went beyond asking questions and even offered creative suggestions, like, "Maybe what we should do is figure out a way to monetize the amount of times people are called 'fag' in comments on YouTube, and then we use that money to stop global warming."
-t - Dec 15, 2009 11:37:55 am PST #3786 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Variety speak doesn't bother as long as it's in Variety. Business speak bugs because it oozes out into everyday conversation that was getting along fine without it.
§ ita § - Dec 15, 2009 11:39:38 am PST #3787 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
How is "ankle" as a verb playful?
Through the power of synechdoche
I'd accuse you of showing off, but you spelt synecdoche wrong.
Wait, what? How is "ankle" even a verb?
Ankle: a classic (and enduring) Variety term meaning to quit or be dismissed from a job, without necessarily specifying which; instead, it suggests walking; "Alan Smithee has ankled his post as production prexy at U."