I would only say that to an actual bullfighter
― scotti pruitti (wins), Wednesday, 21 February 2018 13:58 (six years ago) link
not all back formations are created equal
― ogmor, Wednesday, 21 February 2018 14:01 (six years ago) link
There is, for example, a subreddit by that name that mostly shares varying degrees of 'fail video' type antics. But I've also heard it used in real life regarding someone who OD'd on heroin.
― how's life, Wednesday, 21 February 2018 14:01 (six years ago) link
jesusthat's cruelwhy is everyone such an asshole
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Wednesday, 21 February 2018 14:05 (six years ago) link
Like everything else, gammon is now done lads
― Planck Blather (darraghmac), Saturday, 24 February 2018 18:29 (six years ago) link
I've noticed a lot of people using "macguffin" as insta-snark, like it should be immediately understood as a pejorative - kinda don't think Hitchcock was dissing his own films when he started using it?
― scotti pruitti (wins), Saturday, 24 February 2018 19:02 (six years ago) link
Just standard hatred of the scotch I'm afraid
― Planck Blather (darraghmac), Saturday, 24 February 2018 19:09 (six years ago) link
maybe they are confusing macguffins with mcmuffins
― A is for (Aimless), Saturday, 24 February 2018 19:15 (six years ago) link
[location of latest tragedy]Strong
― mookieproof, Saturday, 24 February 2018 20:23 (six years ago) link
Otm^
― flappy bird, Saturday, 24 February 2018 21:57 (six years ago) link
I prefer Je Suis
Je Suis Comet Ping-Pong
― this machine slightly inconveniences fascists (Ye Mad Puffin), Saturday, 24 February 2018 22:18 (six years ago) link
When did 'work spouse' start, and how do we make it stop?
― Here Comes The Brain Event (Old Lunch), Monday, 26 February 2018 12:47 (six years ago) link
Work divorce
― Simpson L. (darraghmac), Monday, 26 February 2018 13:03 (six years ago) link
"Everything happens for a reason."
― Jazzbo, Monday, 26 February 2018 14:05 (six years ago) link
The use of "around" effectively in substitution for "about" when referring to subjects of popular discourse, as in "conversations around" a topic. Though, to the extent that it may derive mistakenly from the notion of "talking around" a subject rather than really confronting it, it may be ironically accurate much of the time.
Also, the use of "clean" as a culinary term, the personal-objectionability of which has migrated from fake-food and healthy-lifestyle generally-false advertising to usage as a flavor descriptor.
― Moo Vaughn, Monday, 26 February 2018 16:31 (six years ago) link
― Simpson L. (darraghmac), Monday, February 26, 2018 1:03 PM (three hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Who gets the kids?
― Moo Vaughn, Monday, 26 February 2018 16:32 (six years ago) link
idgaf
Whomsoever travels by air the least maybe
― Simpson L. (darraghmac), Monday, 26 February 2018 16:36 (six years ago) link
"work wife/husband/spouse" feels of another era, Mad Men style, is this used by anyone that doesn't fly private?
― flappy bird, Monday, 26 February 2018 17:22 (six years ago) link
It seems to be one of those phrases that aren't really in actual common use until they get bandied about in a few too many clickbait articles and then people start getting insecure that maybe this hip new lingo has somehow passed them by and they start using it because they mistakenly think other people are using it and by the time you start hearing it come out of the mouths of other human beings the genie is already out of the bottle and all you can do is complain to your work spouse about it.
― Here Comes The Brain Event (Old Lunch), Monday, 26 February 2018 17:31 (six years ago) link
seems weird that anyone would use it unless they're super sleazy, infidelity is baked into the phrase imo
― flappy bird, Monday, 26 February 2018 17:33 (six years ago) link
it's a weird way of defining a relationship to a coworker, because it's pretty unlikely a straight male would refer to another straight male as a work husband even if they have a very marriage-like dynamic
― mh, Monday, 26 February 2018 17:35 (six years ago) link
Guys at my last job my supervisor told me that I was expected to be my boss's "work wife" and I lost my shit. It's such an awful phrase/idea.
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Monday, 26 February 2018 17:37 (six years ago) link
Heh I think ol's summary has a ring of truth
One lady at my last place said oh we're totally work husband and wife! to me in front of everyone I said iirc lady I just fix printers I got nothing to say about anything else idnr was she devastated or not
― Simpson L. (darraghmac), Monday, 26 February 2018 17:39 (six years ago) link
was her role to break printers, because... perfect marriage
― mh, Monday, 26 February 2018 17:44 (six years ago) link
lmao darragh
― flappy bird, Monday, 26 February 2018 17:45 (six years ago) link
You may be mistaking sitcom for perfect
― Simpson L. (darraghmac), Monday, 26 February 2018 17:46 (six years ago) link
A few years ago, a longtime colleague said I was her "work sibling." I understood what she meant - we'd been at the same company for a decade, often working in parallel on the same projects, but rarely very closely. We didn't share an office or have neighboring cubicles or anything.
Still odd and unnecessary but not as skeezy as "work spouse."
― oklahomie don't play that (Ye Mad Puffin), Monday, 26 February 2018 18:02 (six years ago) link
whatever happened to "friend"
― flappy bird, Monday, 26 February 2018 18:09 (six years ago) link
Hello darkness, my old work spouse...
― Video reach stereo bog (Tom D.), Monday, 26 February 2018 18:10 (six years ago) link
i heard you wore a sequined blouse
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Monday, 26 February 2018 18:11 (six years ago) link
Work spouse
In the middle of our st
― Simpson L. (darraghmac), Monday, 26 February 2018 18:11 (six years ago) link
(xp) Like it.
― Video reach stereo bog (Tom D.), Monday, 26 February 2018 18:15 (six years ago) link
― Moo Vaughn, Monday, February 26, 2018 4:31 PM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Also, the incorrect use of "healthy" as an adverb, i.e. "eat healthy" rather than healthily.
― Moo Vaughn, Monday, 26 February 2018 18:25 (six years ago) link
i think of my gf as my home colleague and the cats as interns
― ogmor, Monday, 26 February 2018 18:25 (six years ago) link
about as useful as a couple interns I've dealt with
― mh, Monday, 26 February 2018 18:28 (six years ago) link
lol
― flappy bird, Monday, 26 February 2018 18:28 (six years ago) link
I think the work spouse stuff reflects that some or many peoples' needs for social contact and even emotional support extend into the workplace that I'd imagine in America in particular can be a place where many and/or odd hours of the day are spent. This may be rife with potential for trouble or abuse, but it need not be so per se, and I'm not sure that it's an inappropriate part of a job description, terminology perhaps aside. I tend by personality towards the antisocially-introverted with occasional bounded exceptions for those for whom I feel relative comfort/authentic kinship and whose time I feel comfortable claiming, but the failure to engage in such social life, whether hetero or homosocially but especially upward, can have serious professional detriments. To the extent that such contact/support may be demanded more often from women - I don't know whether that's in fact true - it likely reflects sex roles in part, but may also reflect that men are in fact generally worse at same or more uncomfortable seeking same from other men outside the bounds of certain subject-matter deemed gender-appropriate.
― Moo Vaughn, Monday, 26 February 2018 18:29 (six years ago) link
Work spousal abuse
Got dark
― Simpson L. (darraghmac), Monday, 26 February 2018 18:31 (six years ago) link
I think people are constantly in a state of trying to find a model or archetype to describe their social dynamics, whether it's descriptive or prescriptive
we're always halfway between relying on myers-briggs tests or horoscopes and just being like a group of kids deciding who gets to be which power ranger or ninja turtle at recess
― mh, Monday, 26 February 2018 18:32 (six years ago) link
i'm less of a donatello these days tbh
the phrase always makes me think of Scottie & Midge in Vertigo
― flappy bird, Monday, 26 February 2018 18:32 (six years ago) link
i realise “blockchain” is probably a word but i don’t need to hear/read it 500 times a day
― reverse-periscoping (Autumn Almanac), Thursday, 1 March 2018 09:11 (six years ago) link
"bio break"
Nope. No need. Just say short break. Ugh.
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Thursday, 1 March 2018 15:04 (six years ago) link
"facilitate"
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 1 March 2018 15:22 (six years ago) link
xp: that's super gross. never heard it before.
― how's life, Thursday, 1 March 2018 15:23 (six years ago) link
It is, right? I've heard it three times today already. :(
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Thursday, 1 March 2018 15:27 (six years ago) link
I've never heard bio break? You should just start saying "I'm going to take an ebola break."
― Yerac, Thursday, 1 March 2018 15:29 (six years ago) link
Let's take a break. TO PERFORM THE BIOLOGICAL FUNCTIONS OF OUR SPECIES.
― jmm, Thursday, 1 March 2018 15:31 (six years ago) link
TBF most people who use bio break don't JUST mean "go to the bathroom." They also mean get some coffee or water or whatever. Basically, attend to the needs of your mammalian self. In some workplaces it still includes smoking!
But still ew. I know we're not gossamer beings of spirit and light and pure thought; you don't need to remind me.
― it's my leopard. (Ye Mad Puffin), Thursday, 1 March 2018 15:35 (six years ago) link