i'm less of a donatello these days tbh
― mh, Monday, 26 February 2018 18:32 (six years ago) link
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
EXACTLY.
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Thursday, 1 March 2018 15:38 (six years ago) link
i have never heard anyone say bio break and didn't know wtf it even referred to til someone said "bathroom" for a minute i thought it was "get back to nature vacation" lol
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Thursday, 1 March 2018 15:39 (six years ago) link
ha I thought "bio break" must be some journalism term, like "insert some biographical stuff between these two paragraphs"
― President Keyes, Thursday, 1 March 2018 15:42 (six years ago) link
"A polite corporate term for using the restroom -or other biological necessities, usually during interminably long unnecessary meetings."
Kill me.
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Thursday, 1 March 2018 15:42 (six years ago) link
Seriously with 'bio break'? Never heard that before, but now bracing myself for the inevitability of bio breaking all over myself when I start hearing it daily in the near future.
― Here Comes The Brain Event (Old Lunch), Thursday, 1 March 2018 15:43 (six years ago) link
I KNOW. I've been up since 4:30 and here since 6:30. I have no tolerance for this today. I almost snapped at the guy and told him to just say break the last time he said it.
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Thursday, 1 March 2018 15:45 (six years ago) link
Biohazard zone: bio break in progress
― jmm, Thursday, 1 March 2018 15:49 (six years ago) link
“sammy”
― Gunther29, Thursday, 1 March 2018 15:53 (six years ago) link
Makes me think of not just peeing, but also depositing your blood, lymphatic fluid, etc in a jar to have it analyzed and then stored on a shelf for eternity.
― how's life, Thursday, 1 March 2018 15:53 (six years ago) link
This gives me the idea that it could mean something a high school biology class. "Damn, gotta hurry or I'll be late for bio."
So the next time I hold a meeting I'll say "Time for a bio-break. Under each of your seats you will find a tray with a preserved dead frog. Please dissect the frog, identifying and labeling the major organs."
― it's my leopard. (Ye Mad Puffin), Thursday, 1 March 2018 15:56 (six years ago) link
I always preferred "I have to go see a man about a horse."
― A is for (Aimless), Thursday, 1 March 2018 16:02 (six years ago) link
wee in gran's flange the HR-approved phrasing, iirc
― Dan I., Thursday, 1 March 2018 17:58 (six years ago) link
It's a dog over here.
― Buff Jeckley (Tom D.), Thursday, 1 March 2018 18:00 (six years ago) link
i have to go see a dog about a horse
― F# A# (∞), Thursday, 1 March 2018 18:08 (six years ago) link
lmao
― A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Thursday, 1 March 2018 19:02 (six years ago) link
People calling each other "lovely" as a noun. Not like "you look lovely", but like "Hello lovely" or "thanks lovely" or even "hello lovelies" to a group.
Usually seems to be posh/middle class women to other women (I hear it at work a lot). Where did this come from? I think it started a few years ago but seems to be getting more common. It's kind of the same usage as people calling each other "love", "pet" or "duck" I suppose.
― Colonel Poo, Friday, 2 March 2018 12:31 (six years ago) link
I think it started a few years ago
Ymmv but I've heard this in or from UK ppl for at least twenty years.
― Google Atheist (Le Bateau Ivre), Friday, 2 March 2018 12:39 (six years ago) link
There's a west country usage like "my lovely" that's been around forever but this seems different, although may have come from it I suppose.
― Colonel Poo, Friday, 2 March 2018 12:41 (six years ago) link
Anti-Welsh racism imo :-O
― Buff Jeckley (Tom D.), Friday, 2 March 2018 12:48 (six years ago) link
https://noirwhale.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/farewell-my-lovely.jpg
― i'm surprised to see your screwface at the door (NickB), Friday, 2 March 2018 12:53 (six years ago) link
Lovely is way overused. It's like the default to sound refined when praising something. I had a friend once that used the word lovely to describe every single wine.
― Yerac, Friday, 2 March 2018 13:06 (six years ago) link
Describing food as lovely in your best NPR voice is indeed annoying.
― Evan, Friday, 2 March 2018 13:08 (six years ago) link
woah that book cover should be a Smiths song
― Hazy Maze Cave (Adam Bruneau), Friday, 2 March 2018 13:14 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L8XQZYIiNgo
― Doctor Casino, Friday, 2 March 2018 14:08 (six years ago) link
https://pictures.abebooks.com/BATHANDWESTBOOKS/17984227977.jpg
― Buff Jeckley (Tom D.), Friday, 2 March 2018 14:12 (six years ago) link
https://i2-prod.walesonline.co.uk/incoming/article10955205.ece/ALTERNATES/s615b/daviesJPG.jpg
― Ward Fowler, Friday, 2 March 2018 14:16 (six years ago) link
My only friend who calls me ‘lovely’ is v. middle-class, gay and from Plymouth so I’ll allow it.
― kim jong deal (suzy), Friday, 2 March 2018 14:23 (six years ago) link
North Eastern version...
https://northeastgifts.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/NE12.jpg
― Buff Jeckley (Tom D.), Friday, 2 March 2018 14:26 (six years ago) link
i think the attempt to attach a class marker to "lovely" is p strained tbh
― mark s, Friday, 2 March 2018 14:35 (six years ago) link
West Country lovelying seems to happen regardless of class background!
― kim jong deal (suzy), Friday, 2 March 2018 14:45 (six years ago) link
Braw >>>> Lovely
― Buff Jeckley (Tom D.), Friday, 2 March 2018 14:52 (six years ago) link
Peng >>>>> Braw
― mark s, Friday, 2 March 2018 14:56 (six years ago) link
"tarmac" "TARMAC MEETING"
"unmasking"
"we live in a republic, not a democracy"
"if you love something let it go"
― marcos, Friday, 2 March 2018 16:18 (six years ago) link
"All the feels"
― p.j.b. (pj), Friday, 2 March 2018 16:41 (six years ago) link
"i did a thing"
― marcos, Friday, 2 March 2018 16:54 (six years ago) link
Good work there guys.
― Buff Jeckley (Tom D.), Friday, 2 March 2018 16:57 (six years ago) link
hack-a-thondo-a-thonunconference
― marcos, Friday, 2 March 2018 17:02 (six years ago) link
i like lovely :(
― flappy bird, Friday, 2 March 2018 18:51 (six years ago) link
"trash" in almost all contexts now
― flappy bird, Saturday, 3 March 2018 05:19 (six years ago) link
p sure sapiosexual is latin for "superior person"
― Fedora Dostoyevsky (man alive), Friday, 9 March 2018 21:23 (six years ago) link