new wordage?

[jakeyg]

Listening to the radio this morning on the way in, an american chap said "causation" and "step wise fashion"
Where have these phrases come from?

step wise fashion in IMHO sounds really, really bad
I may not know correct English, but I know what I like

and how long has columnist been pronounced colum-nist?

 

[sleipnir214]

As far as "columnist" goes, Yourdictionary.com shows the only pronunciation as "colum-nist". (

http://www.yourdictionary.com/ahd/c/c0496600.html).

"Causation" has long been a word, related to "causality". But there is a sector of American English-speakers, mostly in academia, where bizzare constructs of modifications of nouns to verbs and vice versa are de rigueur.

"Stepwise fashion" might have been better-expressed as "incremental". But then, the talking head you were hearing is probably in that academic circle I mentioned earlier.


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[ESquared]

Don't bother trying to fix it now, but for what it's worth this thread really belonged in the "Making An Impression" forum.

Thanks!

 

[jakeyg]

sorry, thought this was the right one for questions about words

Sleipnit, what's TANSTAAFL ?

 

[RCorrigan]

There
Aint
No
Such
Thing
As
A
Free
Lunch



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[jakeyg]

How about SMAKIBBFB

 

[BocaBurger]

Actually there is a free lunch, and a free dinner, and free drinks. Just ask a lot of the women I tried to pick up or dated over the years.



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[SilentAiche]

Jake,

Shortly after I joined TT I Googled TANSTAAFL to find out what the heck it meant. Got a surprisingly quick answer, too.

And I haven't had nearly enough coffee to take a stab at SMAKIBBFB. Something about a Free Breakfast?

Tim

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[CrystalStart]

BB,
how about price of eating it with you? Womens were exchanging time for food. Some must have intertained you too.
TFF it'll be I guess:-D

 

[sleipnir214]

I think SMAKIBBFB stands for "Smoke me a kipper, I'll be back for breakfast"


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[jebenson]

Smoke me a kipper"...ummmm....isn't that illegal?


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[RCorrigan]

Google for Red Dwarf and SMAKIBBFB will become clear !!!

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[jakeyg]

Got a t-shirt with it on, you'ld be surprised how many women think it's a fashion label

 

[PaulTEG]

Ah Ace Rimmer, sounds like a toilet cleaning agent

--Paul

cigless ...

 

[jakeyg]

anybody else notice the similarity between ace and the bad guy from the last james bond film?

The way he was being played, if he'ld have mentioned any type of fish, I've have actually enjoyed that film