I mean they literally are "shots" so I don't get the second one, unless it's just the "in arms" part you object to
― if you meh them, shut up (Neanderthal), Saturday, 20 February 2021 21:13 (three years ago) link
Yeah, maybe there’s something kind of dehumanizing about it? It feels sort of like a military-style figure of speech (akin to “boots on the ground”)... guess there’s nothing inherently wrong with that—a military campaign metaphor is not inapt here—I don’t know why it bugs me. I’d be fine with just “shots.”
― stuck in the version layer (morrisp), Saturday, 20 February 2021 21:22 (three years ago) link
pump n dump
― lord of the ting tings (map), Saturday, 20 February 2021 21:29 (three years ago) link
sorry
I think "shots in arms" is public health jargon. It does sound kind of militaristic, but it's the way doctors think.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Saturday, 20 February 2021 21:29 (three years ago) link
Yeah it would refer to vaccine doses actually deployed in disease control, as opposed to available reserves. “Jab” is twee English public school slang and I wince every time I hear it.
― assert (MatthewK), Saturday, 20 February 2021 21:38 (three years ago) link
I suppose you can only say “administered vaccines” so many times (especially in a short communication that already uses the words “vaccine supply,” “vaccinated,” and “vaccinators”).
― stuck in the version layer (morrisp), Saturday, 20 February 2021 21:53 (three years ago) link
it’s akin to “bums on seats” which is even more unpleasant
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 21 February 2021 01:26 (three years ago) link
Yea who sits that way. I sit on my head
― if you meh them, shut up (Neanderthal), Sunday, 21 February 2021 01:30 (three years ago) link
“tirelessly”
― Wile E. Galore (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 2 March 2023 13:24 (one year ago) link
^still don’t like this one
― Cosmo’s Hacienda (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 7 May 2023 14:17 (one year ago) link
"loosies" (for unreleased songs)
― Unidentified rogue Jedi (morrisp), Friday, 19 May 2023 22:22 (one year ago) link
Thought it meant singleton cigarettes for sale in a bodega.
― I & I, Claudius (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 19 May 2023 22:26 (one year ago) link
Ok boomer
― enochroot, Saturday, 20 May 2023 02:20 (one year ago) link
ok fine, I've only ever heard "loosies" used that way in one place (an ad for a podcast). But that term is absolutely what makes the ad annoying. morrisp OTM.
― enochroot, Saturday, 20 May 2023 02:25 (one year ago) link
“unserious”
― just sayin, Friday, 9 June 2023 08:54 (eleven months ago) link
I've never heard this
― Do I look like I know what a jpeg is? (dog latin), Friday, 9 June 2023 08:58 (eleven months ago) link
You should Yahoo unserious
― Alba, Friday, 9 June 2023 13:26 (eleven months ago) link
Joke worked better in 1998
Lol, took me a while.
― CeeLô Borges (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 9 June 2023 13:30 (eleven months ago) link
lol
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 9 June 2023 14:57 (eleven months ago) link
needle drop
― omar little, Wednesday, 16 August 2023 18:02 (nine months ago) link
Yes, when did this become a thing all of a sudden?
― Stomp Jomperson (dog latin), Wednesday, 16 August 2023 23:44 (nine months ago) link
when the first Interpol vinyl pressing came out
― earosmith (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 16 August 2023 23:53 (nine months ago) link
this is why we can't have nice things
― budo jeru, Friday, 18 August 2023 22:50 (nine months ago) link
…Hoh-nayy
― You have been verified with your voice (morrisp), Friday, 18 August 2023 22:53 (nine months ago) link
Saying a new artist is "very much in dialog with" some shit from the 90's. That's a monologue, they can't hear you.
― enochroot, Sunday, 8 October 2023 23:57 (seven months ago) link
howcum when a band breaks up they "implode"? isn't "explode" more accurate? altho too dramatic i guess.
― donald wears yer troosers (doo rag), Tuesday, 10 October 2023 06:58 (seven months ago) link
'problematic', 'de rieguer (?)', 'mainstream', 'pretentious', 'glitchcore', 'Your round,Geordie !'
― Geordie Racer, Saturday, 14 April 2001 01:00 (twenty-two years ago) bookmarkflaglink
Ahead of their time (n.b. it doesn't bother me personally)
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Tuesday, 10 October 2023 19:12 (seven months ago) link
"exactly"
― calstars, Tuesday, 10 October 2023 19:13 (seven months ago) link
^ exactly
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 10 October 2023 19:17 (seven months ago) link
“, right? so”
― Tracer Hand, Tuesday, 10 October 2023 19:18 (seven months ago) link
lol westbury white horse, I almost called that out last time I looked in this thread. if Geordie only knew.
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 10 October 2023 19:42 (seven months ago) link
Yes to "in dialogue with"
― omar little, Wednesday, 6 December 2023 16:33 (five months ago) link
Saying a new artist is "very much in dialog with" some shit from the 90's. That's a monologue, they can't hear you.― enochroot, Sunday, October 8, 2023 4:57 PM
― enochroot, Sunday, October 8, 2023 4:57 PM
agree with this discrepancy, but poor example imo. especially at this point (just search "90s infomercial" on youtube). one doesn't have to have lived through or be currently living through something to be in dialogue. putting search stringent rules on it -especially in the context of creativity and imagination- kinda misses the point.
i'm reminded of midge ure, years later, reflecting that, while the song was gaining popularity, he felt a little like a fraud because he had never even been austria at that point. "vienna" was definitely part of that tune's dialogue though.
― she fell asleep with her hand around my throat (Austin), Wednesday, 6 December 2023 17:06 (five months ago) link
My issue isn't with the concept of an artistic dialogue, it's just with leaning on the phrase as a smarty-pants way to say "is influenced by"...Such as this:
But as much as Infinite Spring is in dialogue with the pop-rock canon...
― enochroot, Wednesday, 6 December 2023 18:39 (five months ago) link
obviously it's an improvement on "is influenced by", which ppl shd stop saying
― mark s, Wednesday, 6 December 2023 18:48 (five months ago) link
Next day, a large ship, the Rachel, was descried, bearing directly down upon the Pequod, all her spars thickly clustering with men. At the time the Pequod was making good speed through the water; but as the broad-winged windward stranger shot nigh to her, the boastful sails all fell together as blank bladders that are burst, and all life fled from the smitten hull.
"Bad news; she brings bad news," muttered the old Manxman. But ere her commander, who, with trumpet to mouth, stood up in his boat; ere he could hopefully hail, Ahab's voice was heard.
"Hast seen the White Whale?"
― J Edgar Noothgrush (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Wednesday, 6 December 2023 18:52 (five months ago) link
thats right
― mark s, Wednesday, 6 December 2023 18:53 (five months ago) link
a whale worth hunting, mind you, I salute my captain always
― J Edgar Noothgrush (Joan Crawford Loves Chachi), Wednesday, 6 December 2023 20:37 (five months ago) link
"quixotic"
stfu, wuth this fallacy-laden attitude anybody who ever set foot in a guitar center could be sancho's next homie.
(see? i can read classic literature too. it has fuck all to do with the music you're supposed to be telling me about, asshole. grrrr off to the irrationally angry thread)
― she fell asleep with her hand around my throat (Austin), Saturday, 9 December 2023 15:50 (five months ago) link
OK but how you do *you* pronounce it?
― Left, Saturday, 9 December 2023 16:23 (five months ago) link
"is in tune with" is underrated
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Saturday, 9 December 2023 16:51 (five months ago) link
"rollicking" - this word is not real it really isn't
― you can see me from westbury white horse, Saturday, 9 December 2023 16:53 (five months ago) link
^first recorded use 1811, apparently(?)
― This field is required (morrisp), Saturday, 9 December 2023 17:51 (five months ago) link
does it mean fucking
― Left, Saturday, 9 December 2023 18:05 (five months ago) link
I don't know how else to interpret roll + frolic
― Left, Saturday, 9 December 2023 18:06 (five months ago) link
It is meant to describe rock and roll that is polite and takes its shoes off
― STUPID CRAP FACE (Neanderthal), Saturday, 9 December 2023 18:09 (five months ago) link
rollicking is a good vocab word to bust out in whimsical moments, but don't actually use it
― she fell asleep with her hand around my throat (Austin), Saturday, 9 December 2023 18:23 (five months ago) link
― mark s, Wednesday, December 6, 2023 1:48 PM (three days ago) bookmarkflaglink
"is influenced by" is definitely presumptuous, but surely "in dialogue with" can mean something other than "influenced by?" Like a band who's never heard Spirit of Eden could nonetheless unknowingly be "in dialogue" with that album, right? As in channeling something without awareness of its lineage? Unless I'm misunderstanding the jargon, which is totally possible
― Paul Ponzi, Saturday, 9 December 2023 18:39 (five months ago) link