Re: Idioms and our changing language

lind9650 · ‎04-01-2014

Our Dictionaries will have to be changed on a daily basis soon.

the*scarlet*pimpernel · ‎04-01-2014

pushing the envelope

twyngwyn · ‎04-01-2014

hah....shuffling nuts - how appropriate

siggie-reported-by-alarmists · ‎04-01-2014

Least favourite

"going gangbusters"

Favourite

.."LOL"

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j*oono · ‎04-01-2014

Telling fabrications. What happened to liar liar pants on fire?

Joono

j*oono · ‎04-01-2014

I think I might have even done one in my opening post. Common speak.

Joono

twyngwyn · ‎04-01-2014

'I misspoke" - Hillary Clinton

imastawka · ‎04-01-2014

@siggie-reported-by-alarmists wrote:

Least favourite

"going gangbusters"

Favourite

.."LOL"

I really dislike lol. All it is good for is reassuring people that you are not serious

so they won't take offense

edit: lol

freakiness · ‎04-01-2014

@twyngwyn wrote:
'I misspoke" - Hillary Clinton

I wonder who poke is.

j*oono · ‎04-01-2014

I've got to say LOL to that one 😄

A radio station a while ago put out a challenge to listeners to come up with a phrase or catch word that would be picked up. I'm not sure how they went. I think we should have a challenge here. We already did it with carp and No 10.

Joono