mr. furley
Footballguy
been a phrase for quite a while now. Drink Champs podcast has been "giving people their flowers" since 2016 and i'm sure the phrase has been around before that but they popularized its usage, i believe.
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Phrases/terms that need to be retired immediately (2 Viewers)
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nirad3
Footballguy
Huh. I don’t do podcasts so maybe I’ve just avoided this atrocity until the talking heads on ESPN recently picked it up. It’s terrible.
jhib
Footballguy
Gotta give furley his flowers for knowing this one before the rest of us.
(did I do that right?)
MTskibum
Footballguy
It doesn't even make sense from a skiing perspective. Most new skiers have the opposite problem and they lean too far back on their skis and they need to move their weight more forward.
mr. furley
Footballguy
Captain Cranks
Footballguy
Super. Super interesting. Super fun. Super cool.
Super annoying.
Super annoying.
nirad3
Footballguy
All the millennial moms: "super cuuute"
Snoopy
Footballguy
That's just super, man.
New Binky the Doormat
Footballguy
agree, except for "super" **** that guy
because sometimes "****" that guy just isn't enough
fatness
Footballguy
When the AFL-NFL World Championship game became the Super Bowl (yeah I'm that old) I hated that name, because it was so puffed-up and vacuous. Still hate it. Love watching the games, though.
"The Last Game" would've been much better.
"Still, Super Bowl has a much better ring to it, and it began when the owner of the Chiefs at the time, Lamar Hunt, coined the term. The “Bowl” part of the name was a pretty easy one to come up with, as college football had already been using the term for many years for its big games like the Rose Bowl. The “Super” part came about when Hunt said his kids had been playing with a toy called the “Super Ball”. In its first year, Hunt wrote a letter to NFL commissioner Pete Rozelle, saying, “I have kiddingly called it the ‘Super Bowl,’ which obviously can be improved upon.”"
The shocking alternative to “Super Bowl” that nearly became official
The NFL's traditional Super Bowl technically began in 1967, but it wasn't always referred to by that name, but escaped the fate of a more unfortunate name.
Runkle
Footballguy
Off piste
ShamrockPride
Footballguy
I'm on the NBA twitters a lot. I constantly see terms like "nasty work" and the new one, "diabolical".
Everyone just says the same crap at the same time. Trends. Unoriginal clowns.
Everyone just says the same crap at the same time. Trends. Unoriginal clowns.
Snoopy
Footballguy
Otherwise, you will throw a fit?
nirad3
Footballguy
Either that or just shake my fist at a passing cloud like Abe Simpson.
ignatiusjreilly
Footballguy
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ignatiusjreilly
Footballguy
I'm currently job searching, which means lots of informational interviews, networking coffees, etc. I have, in the past, used the phrase "pick your brain" to refer to asking someone's expert opinion on a topic, but I've since sworn it off. For one thing, it's kind of a gross metaphor that evokes an unpleasant image (same reason I don't like "hairy eyeball"). But also, there's something about it that feels very one-way and diminishes the asker. Like, if I'm asking to "pick your brain" on ways to break into the Underwater Basketweaving industry, that's putting the weight onto you to come up with ideas on my behalf.
I'm not exactly sure what the best alternative is; maybe eschew cliches altogether and make a more direct request: "I'm looking to break into the industry, and I'd like to hear about your experience as Assistant Weavemaster at Poseidon Corp." Now I'm just asking you to talk about your experience, which is a much easier ask
I'm not exactly sure what the best alternative is; maybe eschew cliches altogether and make a more direct request: "I'm looking to break into the industry, and I'd like to hear about your experience as Assistant Weavemaster at Poseidon Corp." Now I'm just asking you to talk about your experience, which is a much easier ask
ignatiusjreilly
Footballguy
Much like Jason "White Chocolate" Williams, those people ARE A PROBLEM!
DA RAIDERS
Footballguy
Adorbs. Not new. But the new girl at work says it 27 times an hour
Captain Cranks
Footballguy
"Perfect" as a response to EVERY answer I give to customer service agents on the phone.
I should start asking them what an imperfect response might have been.
I should start asking them what an imperfect response might have been.
rockaction
Footballguy
Some of these are old and have already been retired.
By the way, I think "getting out over your skis" refers to a ski jumper, not a skier. If you lean forward and get over your skis after take off, you crash.
That's what I've always thought, anyway. But the rest of these phrases are super great. We should super retire them. Except for "throwing flowers." "Throwing flowers" evokes both Banksy and figure skating and waving. I say to let it stick.
By the way, I think "getting out over your skis" refers to a ski jumper, not a skier. If you lean forward and get over your skis after take off, you crash.
That's what I've always thought, anyway. But the rest of these phrases are super great. We should super retire them. Except for "throwing flowers." "Throwing flowers" evokes both Banksy and figure skating and waving. I say to let it stick.
rockaction
Footballguy
Calling someone's outfit a "kit," as if one were a soccer Euro, is worse. "Fit" is bad enough, but "kit" for American sports?
Wankers.
Mrs. Rannous
Footballguy
You are my huckleberry. This drives me nvts.
Mrs. Rannous
Footballguy
Don't think so. Ski jumpers are supposed to get over their skis quickly to achieve a nice aerodynamic shape. Skiers are off-balance when they do this.
jhib
Footballguy
Some restaurant servers guilty of this one as well.
Mrs. Rannous
Footballguy
I get this one when I order takeout over the phone sometimes. Makes me stabby.
rockaction
Footballguy
I want to say you're right just to avoid it, but I saw this on Quora. It was the most upvoted passage about being out over one's skis.
"It comes from an era when ski jumping was in a transition from the early days when ski jumpers kept their bodies upright and their arm rotation to keep their balance. (Rolling down or rolling up ‘the windows’). As ski jumping evolved, jumpers learned that if they leaned forward bending at the waist and arching their backs into a head foreward and backside high, and brought their hands back, they could sail farther down the hill because their body was in a more aerodynamic position and actually created a bit of an airfoil.
An ex ski jumper named Art Devlin covered ski jumping events for ABC's “Wide World of Sports". As he described a particular jump he would critique the jumper's takeoff and his technique in the air. The jumpers who had the best body positions usually flew farthest down the hill. While they were in the air, Devlin would describe the jumper as being, “Way out over his skis!” If he held the position too long, he may have jumped past the transition point on the hill where the terrain was beginning to flatten out. If he went too far down the hill the landing would be hard and maybe a crash would occur. The term, “Way out over his skis!” thus came into the vernacular. In general it refers to a person's tendency to assume an overly aggressive position, or to hold an overly aggressive position for too long."
Mrs. Rannous
Footballguy
I watch during the Olympics. That stuff really doesn't happen any more. Sorry, Vinko Bogataj.
"AI may or may not take your job; but someone who can use AI will"
While depending on your industry/vertical, job responsibilities, etc. this may be accurate, I'm so tired of hearing it in presentations about Artificial Intelligence. To me, it's such a weird flex or fear phrase coming from folks all along the technology spectrum.
While depending on your industry/vertical, job responsibilities, etc. this may be accurate, I'm so tired of hearing it in presentations about Artificial Intelligence. To me, it's such a weird flex or fear phrase coming from folks all along the technology spectrum.
Mrs. Rannous
Footballguy
What alternate would you suggest?
Leroy Hoard
Footballguy
Sometimes I wish they just had obvious speed.
Mrs. Rannous
Footballguy
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rockaction
Footballguy
I’ve done that for over a decade. 2018 is the earliest I used it on this board. I actually had never seen it and came up with it independently of anyone right after the decade ended.
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El Floppo
Footballguy
jhib
Footballguy
The Os (ohs). I never hear anyone refer to, say, the year 2005 as "aught five" but I do hear "oh five."
Of course, we could go with double Os. 2007 would be "double oh seven." That has a certain ring to it.
Runkle
Footballguy
Ministry of Pain
Footballguy
Who was taken right before him in the 1983 NFL Draft?
Both would go on to Hall of Fame careers
Terminalxylem
Footballguy
I was trying to respond to a text with contemporary slang. We were talking about countries.
Not only does "counts" convey a different meaning, the pronunciation is a little, um, problematic.
Terminalxylem
Footballguy
never heard this
Terminalxylem
Footballguy
Using "ask" as a noun is one of my major admin-speak peeves. But "asker" may be even worse.
Terminalxylem
Footballguy
I think you're right, as proper ski technique requires weight be forward.
ETA @Mrs. Rannous has me rethinking this. I guess ski jumpers are more "over their skis".
ETA2 You win.
Leroy Hoard
Footballguy
There is a local football announcer that was recorded saying "that's a big ask". Except it ends up sounding like "that's a big ***".
rockaction
Footballguy
Think you’re sorta late to this one. I’ve heard “fire” since 2006.
Irish3
Footballguy
Then it should've been dead already. WTH?!
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