The New Speak

[Yelta]

Hi



Yeah like I agree. Like you say, language is like ever changing and there are so many new words, like its like a new language, and like we all needs to learn it like.
:-)

Mike

I agree "like" used in this manner is irritating, however certainly not new, Hippie's were like, using it like, in the 60's man.

[speleomike]

Hi

On a lighter note, a little fun. Language is ever changing and we must accept that otherwise we would still go around saying things like: Hath in the Ram his halfè course y-run” 600 years after Chaucer said it. Or perhaps soldiers will still be marching to "sinister, dexter, sinister dexter"

Here are my examples of some terms which have crept into the language in the last couple of decades or so.

Yeah like I agree. Like you say, language is like ever changing and there are so many new words, like its like a new language, and like we all needs to learn it like.
:-)

Mike

[LauriG]

On a lighter note, a little fun. Language is ever changing and we must accept that otherwise we would still go around saying things like: Hath in the Ram his halfè course y-run” 600 years after Chaucer said it. Or perhaps soldiers will still be marching to "sinister, dexter, sinister dexter"

Here are my examples of some terms which have crept into the language in the last couple of decades or so.

I've got this (because I'm so capable)
Closure (Grieve and then forgetaboutit)
Forgerrabearit (see Donnie Brasco, the film)
high five (not a greeting to a quintet)
24/7 (the answer is not 3.428)
I'm good (even when I'm bad I can be good)
synergy (business excuse to sack workers)
Americano (not a 6' tall man in Hawaiian shirt on holidays)
dude (Once an urban dandy, now every gormless male)
bring to the table (a favourite boast in The Apprentice)
Moving forward (Julia Gillard's favourite)
wellness (even my phone has a wellness setting)
Cloud (they don't obscure the sun, but store your secrets)
glass ceiling (watch out for the shards on the way through it)
stakeholders (they are not dead vampires)
cool (hint: nothing to do with the weather)
Chill (An order to someone when they're not cool)
google (as a verb)
We need to talk (I'm breaking up with you)
MILF (from a porn site, and now to everyday language)
Uber (not the ride share)
In your face (as in the close talker from Seinfeld)
fully sick (as opposed to just a little bit when I hear this)
Oh wow (essential expression for reality home renovation shows )

From job ads:

Driven - used to be a mental disorder
Fast paced environment - any workplace
Dynamic - in gig economy, like a pigeon under the table; disappears and appears according to the falling crumbs.
Interpretive narrative - something a tour guide delivers.

Oh, and "fatally wounded" - Dead.

[robusto]

The Irishman. De Niro is maybe probably my favourite actor but gee, been waiting too long for him to avoid the fluff piece films and start real acting in real films again.

Yes, Scorsese, de Niro, Pacino and Pesci and I would happily sit through 4 hours. What a combo.

De Niro had to beg Pesci 38 times to come out of retirement and resume his iconic mobster mantle for the new film.

Of course, de Niro is far more Irish than Italian despite his surname....and who can forget him playing another Irishman in Goodfellas, Jimmy Conway..."little bit, you insulted him a little bit"

[Rocky]

Been re-watching the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy with family over three Saturday evenings.
No. 2 (The Two Towers) last night was 3.45 in the 'extended' version.
One of the best 'battle scenes' ever.

[Sullo]

Might have to roll Goodfellas again and Heat with Deniro/Pacino

[OCD]

the Heston version?

The very same.

[Sullo]

the Heston version?

[OCD]

must confess didn't feel like three hours

I once watched "The Ten Commandments", now that was LOOOOOONG.

[Sullo]

must confess didn't feel like three hours

[OCD]

I do enjoy where your mind goes Robusto,
speaking of Donnie Brasco watched the Irishman lastnight (DeNiro, Pacino, Pesci - Scorsese directed) worth a watch but LONG!

When it comes to "DeNiro, Pacino, Pesci - Scorsese directed" LONG is good. LONGER is even better.

Ps dare to live it. Scary stuff.

[robusto]

The Irishman...can't wait to see it.

But only a couple of cinemas in Melbourne are showing it, the rest having boycotted because of Netflix.

I might have to get a netflix subscription just to see it in the comfort of my home cinema here.

[Sullo]

I do enjoy where your mind goes Robusto,
speaking of Donnie Brasco watched the Irishman lastnight (DeNiro, Pacino, Pesci - Scorsese directed) worth a watch but LONG!

[robusto]

On a lighter note, a little fun. Language is ever changing and we must accept that otherwise we would still go around saying things like: Hath in the Ram his halfè course y-run” 600 years after Chaucer said it. Or perhaps soldiers will still be marching to "sinister, dexter, sinister dexter"

Here are my examples of some terms which have crept into the language in the last couple of decades or so.

I've got this (because I'm so capable)
Closure (Grieve and then forgetaboutit)
Forgerrabearit (see Donnie Brasco, the film)
high five (not a greeting to a quintet)
24/7 (the answer is not 3.428)
I'm good (even when I'm bad I can be good)
synergy (business excuse to sack workers)
Americano (not a 6' tall man in Hawaiian shirt on holidays)
dude (Once an urban dandy, now every gormless male)
bring to the table (a favourite boast in The Apprentice)
Moving forward (Julia Gillard's favourite)
wellness (even my phone has a wellness setting)
Cloud (they don't obscure the sun, but store your secrets)
glass ceiling (watch out for the shards on the way through it)
stakeholders (they are not dead vampires)
cool (hint: nothing to do with the weather)
Chill (An order to someone when they're not cool)
google (as a verb)
We need to talk (I'm breaking up with you)
MILF (from a porn site, and now to everyday language)
Uber (not the ride share)
In your face (as in the close talker from Seinfeld)
fully sick (as opposed to just a little bit when I hear this)
Oh wow (essential expression for reality home renovation shows )