very common, that one. weird.
― Know how Roo feel (LocalGarda), Wednesday, 24 October 2012 12:15 (twelve years ago) link
i have to admit i like ping, used generally for any quick communication
― Roberto Spiralli, Wednesday, 24 October 2012 12:22 (twelve years ago) link
I like it, but could totally see getting sick of it. Was there some submarine movie that brought it into the common lexicon?
― how's life, Wednesday, 24 October 2012 12:24 (twelve years ago) link
i say "fire it over to me".
― Know how Roo feel (LocalGarda), Wednesday, 24 October 2012 12:27 (twelve years ago) link
i might start saying "horse it over to me"
― Know how Roo feel (LocalGarda), Wednesday, 24 October 2012 12:28 (twelve years ago) link
I say "sink my aircraft carrier"
― 乒乓, Wednesday, 24 October 2012 12:28 (twelve years ago) link
i simply say "engage".
enjoy me on my e-mail
― flamboyant goon tie included, Wednesday, 24 October 2012 12:31 (twelve years ago) link
i assume it is from the networking test, a nerd repurposing that was appropriated by business types
― Roberto Spiralli, Wednesday, 24 October 2012 12:37 (twelve years ago) link
"My bad"
― Ernest Metalchats (Tom D.), Wednesday, 24 October 2012 13:00 (twelve years ago) link
"No worries" is the worst and possibly the only reason I haven't moved to AU
― flamboyant goon tie included, Wednesday, 24 October 2012 13:16 (twelve years ago) link
I use no worries all the time.
― Jeff, Wednesday, 24 October 2012 13:16 (twelve years ago) link
I use "ping" but not in the sense described above - to "ping" someone is to call/email/message them when there's nothing urgent to talk about, but just to keep in touch.
I'm irked by clumsy business-speak of all sorts, like "core competencies" when "strengths" would work just fine. And the alarming increase in the use of "space" as in "xxxx company is the leading vendor in the video-streaming space".
― Lee626, Wednesday, 24 October 2012 13:17 (twelve years ago) link
xp Why? There are so many things to worry about.
― flamboyant goon tie included, Wednesday, 24 October 2012 13:18 (twelve years ago) link
Honestly I'm better with the Aussie "n'arries" pronunciation than the clipped Canuck "no worries!" thing they always do when holding the door for you. Hakuna matata yourself you shitbird
― flamboyant goon tie included, Wednesday, 24 October 2012 13:20 (twelve years ago) link
lg spells 'horsh' funny
― i will fondue, and i will killue (darraghmac), Wednesday, 24 October 2012 13:20 (twelve years ago) link
smurf me maybe
― these albatrosses have no fear of man (La Lechera), Wednesday, 24 October 2012 13:27 (twelve years ago) link
tbf 'ping' is less stupid than other things frequently said/written around my workplace
'learnings' is the stupidest but I didn't want to go on a tirade earlier and start posting everything dumb I hear at work each day. it'd never end.
― salsa shark, Wednesday, 24 October 2012 13:44 (twelve years ago) link
these discussions always become dominated by work lingo, though in the wider world it's often things people don't actually say, like "blue sky thinking" or whatever.
when i worked in bbc everyone used to always say "are you across that?" or "ronan's across that, have a word with him", meaning that person knew about a particular story or was dealing with it.
― Know how Roo feel (LocalGarda), Wednesday, 24 October 2012 13:49 (twelve years ago) link
I'm not a fan of using "said" to mean "aforesaid"/"aforementioned" in everyday informal speech. I know that it's a correct usage, but it has this unpleasant pseudo-formality.
― jim, Wednesday, 24 October 2012 21:27 (twelve years ago) link
"Just sayin'"
― Iago Galdston, Wednesday, 24 October 2012 22:07 (twelve years ago) link
"amongst"
― the ones that I'm near most: fellow outcasts and ilxors (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 24 October 2012 22:08 (twelve years ago) link
worst ever
― turn left onto bisexual woman (Autumn Almanac), Thursday, 25 October 2012 00:05 (twelve years ago) link
I hate "no worries" with a passion.
― One Way Ticket on the 1277 Express (Bill Magill), Thursday, 25 October 2012 01:37 (twelve years ago) link
it's our problem-free philosophy
― all mods con (k3vin k.), Thursday, 25 October 2012 01:39 (twelve years ago) link
I've been in some meetings lately with a marketing exec, and she used "ping" the other day -- I wasn't sure exactly what she meant.
― Sandy Denny Real Estate (jaymc), Thursday, 25 October 2012 01:51 (twelve years ago) link
when you reply you should say you ponged her message
― Online Webinar Event for Dads (harbl), Thursday, 25 October 2012 01:54 (twelve years ago) link
I am very sad to find an error in subject-verb agreement after a prepositional phrase in the subject of a sentence in an email that I wrote. My own grammatical errors bother me no end. I seem to make errors more frequently when I am tired. An error in writing is inexcusable.
― youn, Thursday, 25 October 2012 03:10 (twelve years ago) link
i first encountered "ping" when i joined my current workplace back in '06, it is a functional enough verb for saying that you plan to contact someone though you haven't decided whether you will call them, e-mail them, im them, or just wait until you run into them while getting coffee.
― call all destroyer, Thursday, 25 October 2012 03:13 (twelve years ago) link
I know of definite unix orgins for "ping" as a verb. it more likely goes back to sonar.
― Aimless, Thursday, 25 October 2012 03:37 (twelve years ago) link
benghazi
― estela, Monday, 12 November 2012 03:51 (eleven years ago) link
why did none of these people get this excited when we discovered our war to interdict weapons of mass destruction was founded upon a hoax?
― Aimless, Monday, 12 November 2012 05:29 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.ladyyes.com/40-110-large/ben-gay.jpg
http://earnthis.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/fugazi1.jpg
― how's life, Monday, 12 November 2012 10:36 (eleven years ago) link
'Work colleague'. 'COLLEAGUE' MEANS SOMEONE YOU WORK WITH YOU IMBECILE
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Friday, 3 May 2013 15:26 (eleven years ago) link
"thinks on his/her feet"
is it supposed to be easier to think sitting down or something
― what's up ugly girls? (Shakey Mo Collier), Monday, 26 August 2013 19:51 (eleven years ago) link
there was a free training at work a few months ago called "THINKING ON YOUR FEET". the snarky joke going around was that it was totally unnecessary because we're always sitting on our asses
― Z S, Monday, 26 August 2013 19:52 (eleven years ago) link
thethinker.jpeg
― rooibos in disguise (wins), Monday, 26 August 2013 19:57 (eleven years ago) link
(he is sitting down)
― rooibos in disguise (wins), Monday, 26 August 2013 19:58 (eleven years ago) link
I wish ppl would stop saying "manic pixie dream girl". I was never that gone in the phrase but I dislike it more now that the complaint seems to have shifted from "this is a kind of sexist trope" to "this is a kind if woman I hate"
― rooibos in disguise (wins), Monday, 26 August 2013 20:02 (eleven years ago) link
In, on
― rooibos in disguise (wins), Monday, 26 August 2013 20:03 (eleven years ago) link
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/11/english-has-a-new-preposition-because-internet/281601/
― Number None, Tuesday, 19 November 2013 18:21 (ten years ago) link
"crazy making"
― Mordy , Saturday, 8 March 2014 03:49 (ten years ago) link
"Selfie" aaaaaaaagggghhh"Yum" or "nom" agggggrrrghghgh
― brimstead, Saturday, 8 March 2014 04:12 (ten years ago) link
learning management system
― j., Saturday, 8 March 2014 04:13 (ten years ago) link
ilx passed through its "om nom nom" stage ages ago. you can look it up.
― Aimless, Saturday, 8 March 2014 04:48 (ten years ago) link
"guesstimate"
― salsa shark, Saturday, 8 March 2014 21:09 (ten years ago) link
"Subversive" to describe anything in television or film
― Quinoa Phoenix (latebloomer), Saturday, 8 March 2014 21:14 (ten years ago) link
"truth bomb"
― Mordy , Saturday, 8 March 2014 22:39 (ten years ago) link
for alfred: "the reason...is because"
― k3vin k., Saturday, 8 March 2014 23:10 (ten years ago) link
Yeah, selfie is horrible, and it has completely taken over.
― how's life, Saturday, 8 March 2014 23:26 (ten years ago) link