Yes thats right
― fix up luke shawp (darraghmac), Tuesday, 13 July 2021 19:52 (three years ago) link
I got the J&J and used that phrase a few times, I am guilty of this
― Andy the Grasshopper, Tuesday, 13 July 2021 19:55 (three years ago) link
Almost started an ILM thread about this, but then wasn’t sure how many examples there were:Names of bands shortened by fans, or at least the ones where an s is added. The Chemicals, The Foos
― Alba, Tuesday, 13 July 2021 19:59 (three years ago) link
Somehow I hear them all in a Steve Lamacq voice. I guess The Manics is the classic one, though not as annoying as the previous two.
― Alba, Tuesday, 13 July 2021 20:00 (three years ago) link
The rollings
― fix up luke shawp (darraghmac), Tuesday, 13 July 2021 20:02 (three years ago) link
I hate Macca for Paul McCartney too.
― Wouldn't disgrace a Michael Jackson (Tom D.), Tuesday, 13 July 2021 20:04 (three years ago) link
It's probably fine in a Scouse accent though tbf.
― Wouldn't disgrace a Michael Jackson (Tom D.), Tuesday, 13 July 2021 20:05 (three years ago) link
Curiously, it doesn’t seem to follow that the longer band names are the most subjected to this. No one called the Incredible String Band “the Incredibles” or Clap Your Hands Say Yeah “the Claps”, afaik
― Alba, Tuesday, 13 July 2021 20:16 (three years ago) link
The Replacements became The Mats (from placemats)
― Andy the Grasshopper, Tuesday, 13 July 2021 20:17 (three years ago) link
What about when big corps start calling themselves the abbreviated usage? FedEx being the big one, KFC another
― Andy the Grasshopper, Tuesday, 13 July 2021 20:18 (three years ago) link
“Yeah Yeah Yeahs” more catchy anyway
― ten man poland chasing this means hamsik feasts (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 13 July 2021 20:18 (three years ago) link
xps
Yeah
― fix up luke shawp (darraghmac), Tuesday, 13 July 2021 20:19 (three years ago) link
we called them Crap Your Pants for short
― mark e. smith-moon (f. hazel), Tuesday, 13 July 2021 20:20 (three years ago) link
No one called the Incredible String Band “the Incredibles”
I think they did, you know.
― Wouldn't disgrace a Michael Jackson (Tom D.), Tuesday, 13 July 2021 20:20 (three years ago) link
I mean the Incredible String Band
― Alba, Tuesday, 13 July 2021 20:22 (three years ago) link
nicknames: should they be banned y/n
― ten man poland chasing this means hamsik feasts (breastcrawl), Tuesday, 13 July 2021 20:24 (three years ago) link
One of my dad's preferred boozers that, The Hole In The Wa'.
― Wouldn't disgrace a Michael Jackson (Tom D.), Tuesday, 13 July 2021 20:26 (three years ago) link
... just googled it and it's gone now :(
― Wouldn't disgrace a Michael Jackson (Tom D.), Tuesday, 13 July 2021 20:27 (three years ago) link
It’s acceptable for a pub, but not an ATM.
― Alba, Tuesday, 13 July 2021 20:30 (three years ago) link
I think BevMo possibly started as a organic abbreviation of Beverages & More.
However, Washington Mutual tried to jump on this wagon by christening themselves as WaMu, and I guarantee nobody had ever uttered that dysphonic phrase before.
― Andy the Grasshopper, Tuesday, 13 July 2021 20:33 (three years ago) link
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― Wouldn't disgrace a Michael Jackson (Tom D.), Tuesday, 13 July 2021 20:27 (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink
One of the best pubs in dublin still, so theres some comfort for ya
― fix up luke shawp (darraghmac), Tuesday, 13 July 2021 21:57 (three years ago) link
Which makes me think of UPS's unappetizing slogan "What Can Brown Do For You?"
― Hideous Lump, Tuesday, 13 July 2021 23:37 (three years ago) link
let’s see if we can put some meat on the bones
― Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 14 July 2021 11:11 (three years ago) link
Any variation on "no lies detected"/"where is the lie."
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Wednesday, 14 July 2021 17:19 (three years ago) link
no cap!
― ten man poland chasing this means hamsik feasts (breastcrawl), Wednesday, 14 July 2021 18:16 (three years ago) link
'Verticals' to describe selling categories on online marketplaces.
― hosonono (Matt #2), Thursday, 15 July 2021 15:46 (three years ago) link
"good stuff"
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 22 July 2021 13:07 (three years ago) link
Thread is now just a wall of sheer hatred tbh and tracer hand chief amongst the frenzied
― fix up luke shawp (darraghmac), Thursday, 22 July 2021 13:20 (three years ago) link
It must say something about ILX that this is the most repeated topic of all time:Four Words: Use Other Words Please"Use other words please."Commonly used phrases that inexplicably bug youMost irritating cliche/phrase/expression"Taking Things to a Whole `Nother Level!"words that annoyWords that should earn the author a slapPROVERBIAL and other tip offs to poor writing― N. (nickdastoor), Tuesday, December 23, 2003 6:48 PM (seventeen years ago)
Four Words: Use Other Words Please"Use other words please."Commonly used phrases that inexplicably bug youMost irritating cliche/phrase/expression"Taking Things to a Whole `Nother Level!"words that annoyWords that should earn the author a slapPROVERBIAL and other tip offs to poor writing
― N. (nickdastoor), Tuesday, December 23, 2003 6:48 PM (seventeen years ago)
not excluding myself or anything, but this thread makes me wonder how many people go through life like this
― rob, Thursday, 22 July 2021 13:34 (three years ago) link
I had one for this thread the other day but I forgot what it was. There aren't that many phrases that bother me that much unless they're concocted to obscure unjust things tbh.
― Ima Gardener (in orbit), Thursday, 22 July 2021 13:47 (three years ago) link
i mostly just hate shitty sayings like...
"Today is a gift, that's why they call it the present"
other than that, or crap meme-y stuff, say what ya need to say #mayer
― making splashes at Dan Flashes (Neanderthal), Thursday, 22 July 2021 13:58 (three years ago) link
what I do love is at work, there's a digital bulletin board and there's a group of like 5-10 people who like to come up with their own inspiration sayings but half the time they don't make sense or they're hilariously bad.
― making splashes at Dan Flashes (Neanderthal), Thursday, 22 July 2021 13:59 (three years ago) link
"Tomorrow's all about you - that's why they call it the f-YOU-ture"
That sounded better in my head than it looks written down tbh
― a cad, a bounder, a rotter, a really bad sort (Matt #2), Thursday, 22 July 2021 14:01 (three years ago) link
i already feel aggrieved that you haven’t shared them with us Neanz
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 22 July 2021 14:01 (three years ago) link
The local library has a sign board out front and I love it:
"Long fairy tales tend to dragon.""Scrabble: it's all fun and games until someone loses an i."
― Ima Gardener (in orbit), Thursday, 22 July 2021 14:02 (three years ago) link
See this is good content
― fix up luke shawp (darraghmac), Thursday, 22 July 2021 14:03 (three years ago) link
Tracer, the one that stuck with me is:
"No matter in which direction you throw a rock, it always finds its way to the bottom of the river. Keep your goals in mind and no matter what direction you take, you will reach them."
like...are you saying no matter what, we're going to sink???!!
― making splashes at Dan Flashes (Neanderthal), Thursday, 22 July 2021 14:07 (three years ago) link
lol I love the dragon one xxpost
― making splashes at Dan Flashes (Neanderthal), Thursday, 22 July 2021 14:09 (three years ago) link
my friend's local church had one that said:
"I bet jellyfish wish there was a peanutbutterfish".
they are famous for secular joekz on one side, religious sayings on the other.
xplol that makes no sense from any angle
https://64.media.tumblr.com/c4fa0d447a0c8e7b3cda4d01f5e01916/tumblr_n74jcz8d9j1sykpjyo3_400.gif
― rob, Thursday, 22 July 2021 14:11 (three years ago) link
any iteration of "creating jobs / job creation"
― rob, Thursday, 22 July 2021 15:16 (three years ago) link
The current advertisng slogan for Aperol in the UK is "Together We Joy". It's lke fingernails down a blackboard to me everytime I see the posters.
― mahb, Thursday, 22 July 2021 15:28 (three years ago) link
sounds vaguely nsfw tbh
― Tracer Hand, Thursday, 22 July 2021 16:34 (three years ago) link
this more SFW or nah?https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67706c0000bebbb00db9924b136621e68bdc41
― tean mean poleand cheaseang theas means hamseak feasts (breastcrawl), Thursday, 22 July 2021 17:05 (three years ago) link
When will the copywriting trick of using a word a novel, ungrammatical way die out? It's been a long time since "Find your happy".
― Alba, Thursday, 22 July 2021 17:09 (three years ago) link
Here's someone unhappying it in 2014, lol:
https://weallneedwords.com/find-your-happy-sad/
― Alba, Thursday, 22 July 2021 17:10 (three years ago) link
How we feeling about this?
https://i1.wp.com/reelchicago.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/whiteclaw.jpg
― Andy the Grasshopper, Thursday, 22 July 2021 17:27 (three years ago) link
pretty good, all for it
― tean mean poleand cheaseang theas means hamseak feasts (breastcrawl), Thursday, 22 July 2021 17:29 (three years ago) link