FFS
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Post by FFS on Nov 19, 2021 21:19:46 GMT 1
Several online media articles I've read recently and one advice/support forum post I've just seen have used the term, "reached out to" instead of "contacted", as in "We have reached out to the minister for a comment": Is this something new, American, English?
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Post by ForumUser2 on Nov 19, 2021 21:33:16 GMT 1
These essentially meaningless phrases crop up all too frequently and are coined, I presume, by someone who thinks they are creating something deep and meaningful. Maybe, going forward, we should reach out to these verbally-challenged souls in an inclusive, non-judgmental attempt to stop them from being linguistic knob-heads?
Never mind. It could of been worse. At least you don't find such nonsense in the newspaper's. Your getting upset over nothing. So their.
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Post by ForumUser2 on Nov 19, 2021 21:42:49 GMT 1
I've just invented a new word: Polylogism. It's the condition of using many words when one is enough. I give you the following examples (in addition to reaching out to) :
This day and age
At the end of the day
10 a.m. in the morning
I'm guessing we could fill the forum's server with examples of superficially coherent but inherently nonsensical verbiage.
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Post by ajm on Nov 19, 2021 22:03:34 GMT 1
I've just invented a new word: Polylogism. It's the condition of using many words when one is enough. I give you the following examples (in addition to reaching out to) : This day and age At the end of the day 10 a.m. in the morning I'm guessing we could fill the forum's server with examples of superficially coherent but inherently nonsensical verbiage. I thought it was called verbosity. |
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Nifty
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Post by Nifty on Nov 19, 2021 22:03:52 GMT 1
Quite. It is enough to make one want to retch out.
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Post by houpla on Nov 20, 2021 8:23:02 GMT 1
Anyone noticed that you never see FU2 and Lynne Truss together in the same room?  |
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Post by ForumUser2 on Nov 20, 2021 9:05:10 GMT 1
I've just invented a new word: Polylogism. It's the condition of using many words when one is enough. I give you the following examples (in addition to reaching out to) : This day and age At the end of the day 10 a.m. in the morning I'm guessing we could fill the forum's server with examples of superficially coherent but inherently nonsensical verbiage. I thought it was called verbosity. Of course, but don't you think my new word is more pretentious? |
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Post by ajm on Nov 20, 2021 9:28:46 GMT 1
I thought it was called verbosity. Of course, but don't you think my new word is more pretentious? It sure is!  |
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