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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Nash on September 01, 2004, 06:47:53 PM
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'96: "It's about..."
Bob Dole's speeches were riddled with the phrase "It's about...."
For example, he'd say "This election is serious business. It's about, integrity. It's about, trust. It's about, doing the right thing."
From then on up to this day (but less so now, thank god) you couldn't watch a string of advertisements without hearing some voice-over saying "It's about the ride. It's about, never having to say you're sorry." Car companies, insurance companies, you name it. It was everywhere.
Oh man did that ever drive me nuts. Made no sense to me. Lasted forever.
'2000: "Look."
I'm pretty sure I heard it earlier, but the first time it really registered happened during an exchange between an anchorwoman and Candy Crawley.
The anchorwoman asked a question and Candy preceded her remarks with "Look,...."
And that was it. And it happenes to this day. You will get one television journalist asking another television journalist a question, and quite likely you will hear the questionee respond with "Look, the situation in...."
It's kind of powerful in a way that I don't know why... so I see why it stuck. But I'm sick of it already.
'2004: "Red meat".
An example:
The person introducing, say, Dick Cheney would be known as... I don't know. But Cheney is now known as "red meat".
"Red meat" means substantive. It's not limited to a person, or rather, it's usually about an issue.
"Finally at this convention we're going to hear some red meat".
"Red meat" and the 2004 election have become inextricably entwined.
The only thing now is to see how thoroughly this thing gets incorporated into everyday usuage.
"Now for some red meat", you may hear one day while watching the TV. Just as those words fade, you'll be presented with a Honda driving through the mountains.
Who knows.
Anyways...
Anyone got any others? There's more, I'm sure.
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2004: "Red meat".
I'm sure PETA is up in arms about that:D
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The buzzword from this election is, "Kerry Sucks".
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How about
"Swift Vet"
or "Purple Heart"
or "Military Record"
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I thought '96 was 'Bob Dole'..
"Bob Dole is running for president", announced Bob Dole
When was 'Gravitas'?
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What the hell happened to "compassionate conservatism"?
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Originally posted by Holden McGroin
When was 'Gravitas'?
Good one!
(the only one so far that gets to what I'm talking about... but I accept that I can be pretty confusing.)
If memory serves, the first time I heard it was when one of Clinton's lawyers, the one in the wheel chair, rolled up on the floor of the senate.
His coleagues didn't have "gravitas", he did.
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well I can say I've honestly never heard the word "quagmire" befor last year. Not exactly election but definatly a libral buzz word.
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I don't know about buzzwords, but I'm ready to sentence the next politician to say "VietNam" to five years in the slammer.
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Yeah.... I hear ya...
I'm talking about something else though. New words, or old words used in a new way. Or phrases. That become commonplace.
Nobody said "gravitas", or hell, even knew what it meant before '98.
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I did, my mollies and platies have become gravitas at regular intervals for as long as I can remember.
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I knew what it meant in '66. Those Jesuits knew how to teach.
But you're right; the pundits are like kids with a new toy when they "invent" a word for the news.
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Originally posted by Toad
"... the pundits are like kids with a new toy when they "invent" a word for the news."
Lol... great way of putting it. So true.
Anyone here read Tom Wolfe's Candy-Colored, Tangerine-Flaked Baby?
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Found a new one... kind of....
(it occurs to me "traction" is another that wasn't mentioned)...
But the new one isn't a word.
Watching all the anchors and pundits since the Kerry/Bush debate, the trend is clear.
Bear with me....
1. Put your hands together as if you were praying.
2. Put your praying hands about 12 inches out in front of you.
3. Seperate your two hands horizontally by about 6 inches.
4. Begin to say a sentence, any sentence, with your two seperated hands parallel to your left nipple.
5. When you reach the end of your sentence, shift them to your right nipple.
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"We have a plan"
"In our plan that we have laid out"
"In Our plan we will..."
"I have a plan"
"In my plan..."
"My plan is"
And I have yet to hear it...the "Plan" that is
:lol
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Not exactly RedTop... Yet I can't think of another way to explain what I mean...
I just thought of another, though:
"Make no mistake..."
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nevermind