Here's some modern words which are either meaningless, elusive or just plain annoying. Again, no googling or dictionaries involved.
Pack: anything put together in a folder or a plastic wallet becomes a pack. The 80's were chock full with packs and they're still around. Almost without meaning.
Resource: anything that can be placed in a pack. Maps, cuttings, instructions, tickets, anything. Resource pack was my middle name in the 80's and now its plain annoying.
Manspreading: an unpleasant name for men standing with their legs apart. I don't manspread and don't use the word.
Double down: a Trumpism which has gone viral. It means to focus on something so why not just say that?
Yaw: a technical word, which I do like the sound of. I think it means to twist. Used in aeronautical circles.
Tare: possibly means volume. Often seen on lorries on motorways.
App: I still think an app is simply a program with a shortcut.
Life-hack: isn't this just a practical tip like the ones Grandparents told you?
Search it up: why up? Why not just search for something online, why search it up?
More to come.
Tare is the weight of the empty container that you subtract to get the weight of the contents.
ReplyDeleteIsn't that the same as the net weight Kev?
DeleteYep, but on electronic scales the Tare button does the calculation for you.
DeleteYaw is a roll across the central axis, left to right as opposed to Pitch which is up and down relative to forward movement.
ReplyDeleteYaw pitching yaw technical expertise there Wote! ha ha. Thanks.
DeleteWhat winds me up is people saying 'on trend', meaning its popular, 'visit us in branch' come into the store or 'gifting ideas' - what to buy your mate as a prezzy. Life Hacks are those stupid and pointless ideas that some clot of facebook comes up with and the rest if the country then feels compelled to do, as its on trend. Damn, now im doing it.
ReplyDeleteMeme is another meaningless modern word. What would our generation have called it?
DeleteAs I understand it, double-down means that even when someone is wrong, they double their efforts to convince you they are right, and you are wrong, and therefore should do exactly what they want. They just refuse to accept that they are wrong, or even admit such a possibility exists. President Trump may have used it, but I am sure it has been around for a while. Mainly American - anything to do with American Football ?
ReplyDeleteInteresting Paul. Sounds like dogma.
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