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Haha, I have a bad habit of using that phrase. When I re-read it, it doesn't make much sense to me either
Funny mainstream media phrases
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Haha, I have a bad habit of using that phrase. When I re-read it, it doesn't make much sense to me either
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I think the "toxic masculinity" one gets under my skin the worst; like there is something wrong with being a male.
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I think we can incorporate ESPN with this now, as well. Everyone is "great" or "a genius" or "unbelieveable", etc.
Words do matter, and the watering down of them "greatly" diminishes their true meaning. (See what I did there?)
Words do matter, and the watering down of them "greatly" diminishes their true meaning. (See what I did there?)
OP
I like how on the news, every single story is "breaking news" or "news alert".
OP
Heard another one today that made me roll my eyes.
"Manscaping"
I've come to the realization that if you follow the mainstream media, it's a very bad thing to be a straight, white male.
"Manscaping"
I've come to the realization that if you follow the mainstream media, it's a very bad thing to be a straight, white male.
OP
Bomb Cyclone! While it appears to be a real meteorological term from decades ago, the sudden adoption of it's use in the last 2 weeks by nearly everyone was very odd to me. 15 years ago, it would have been a blizzard. Now we have a sensational buzz word for a very specific type of blizzard that has a similar end result as other kinds of blizzards.
Something similar occurred a few years ago when Twitter and the media discovered Polar Vortex. Now everyone gets to participate in being a weather expert for a few days by using big specific words and emojis, OMG.
Is complaining on the internet about some words you heard on twitter or the media something your chiseled old grandfather would do or something a millennial snowflake would do?
OP
https://www.popsci.com/bomb-cyclone
From the article...
It's common! Let's give a common thing an exciting new name so we can all feel alive again.
OP
Too funny. So basically this is another example of the media coming up with a term to describe something that already has a name. Of course when you use the word "bomb" it definitely demands more attention, and more attention equals more clicks.
OP
How about “claps back”. I keep reading this term in the headlines. It will read something like “Pelosi claps back at Trump over remarks”. Seriously? Are we in high school?
The morons that right these articles, I would love to meet one of them face to face.
The morons that right these articles, I would love to meet one of them face to face.
OP
Found another one... "blasts".
The headline will read something like "Democrats blast Trump after..."
The headline will read something like "Democrats blast Trump after..."