Phrases/words that set your teeth on edge.

[burning dog]

(That would explain why it's used by Radio 3 presenters … )

Not long before we hear "that was a bad-ass tune!"

[LMcD]

Not long before we hear "that was a bad-ass tune!"

You know, like, that Mozart wrote some banging tunes, innit?

[french frank]

Not long before we hear "that was a bad-ass tune!"

One thing to be said for Tom Service: I don't think he would sink to the 'down with the kool kids' silliness.

[gurnemanz]

Easy to react against specific examples of new language usage but all usage was new once. That is how human language has evolved over approximately 50,000 years. I can't see why Radio 3 should be a sterile protected zone and its presenters should somehow be immune to current linguistic trends.

[french frank]

Easy to react against specific examples of new language usage but all usage was new once. That is how human language has evolved over approximately 50,000 years. I can't see why Radio 3 should be a sterile protected zone and its presenters should somehow be immune to current linguistic trends.

There are 'regular' forms of language evolution, most of which occur over a period of some length. There are others which never rise above the level of current 'slang'. Youth usage is indeed an interesting linguistic development, but I would hazard a guess that much of it is 'here today, gone tomorrow' and is no more than a flag of identity, not genuine linguistic evolution.

[Serial_Apologist]

This morning, standing atop Broadcasting House, and powerfully framed against a backdrop of Regent Street disappearing into the distance, Jeremy Hunt called on his rival for PM Boris Johnson to "man up", and debate with him in the broadcasting media.

Can it really still be possible for such language to be deployed in this era? It really is time for this sexist phrase "man up" to be exposed for what it is, along, with its clear implications that women, by their nature, and men who are presumably not really living up to being men, are not capable of standing up for themselves, whether as in this instance in debate, or in other areas of expectation including physical effort. I have even heard of women being expected to "man up"!

[Zucchini]

I have even heard of women being expected to "man up"!

Times interview with Mirga G-T:
Anne Pickard: "Did you know that a male critic said that you “needed to find your inner man” when you conducted Mahler’s First Symphony?"
M G-T: “No. But maybe there are some quotations of a male conductor and somebody saying he needs to find his inner female in that piece"

[Serial_Apologist]

Times interview with Mirga G-T:
Anne Pickard: "Did you know that a male critic said that you “needed to find your inner man” when you conducted Mahler’s First Symphony?"
M G-T: “No. But maybe there are some quotations of a male conductor and somebody saying he needs to find his inner female in that piece"

Similarly people being referred to as having or needing "the balls" to do the job is all a part of "manning up". I don't much like the term "ballsy" either. Following on fast from cetain gender stereotyping coming into question, it all seems to be part of the an increasingly macho culture, one in tune with the New Right, and its influence on everyday thinking, that talks about "snowflakes", and still speaks of women "deserving it", assuming when going out dressed in certain ways they have to take "the consequences". All these police cuts, after all...

[ahinton]

I wonder what Jane Manning would think about the idea of "manning up"...

[jayne lee wilson]

Times interview with Mirga G-T:
Anne Pickard: "Did you know that a male critic said that you “needed to find your inner man” when you conducted Mahler’s First Symphony?"
M G-T: “No. But maybe there are some quotations of a male conductor and somebody saying he needs to find his inner female in that piece"

...anima/animus....nature/nurture....

[Stanfordian]

This morning, standing atop Broadcasting House, and powerfully framed against a backdrop of Regent Street disappearing into the distance, Jeremy Hunt called on his rival for PM Boris Johnson to "man up", and debate with him in the broadcasting media.

Can it really still be possible for such language to be deployed in this era? It really is time for this sexist phrase "man up" to be exposed for what it is, along, with its clear implications that women, by their nature, and men who are presumably not really living up to being men, are not capable of standing up for themselves, whether as in this instance in debate, or in other areas of expectation including physical effort. I have even heard of women being expected to "man up"!

I think 'feisty' is the word normally used.

[Maclintick]

There are 'regular' forms of language evolution, most of which occur over a period of some length. There are others which never rise above the level of current 'slang'. Youth usage is indeed an interesting linguistic development, but I would hazard a guess that much of it is 'here today, gone tomorrow' and is no more than a flag of identity, not genuine linguistic evolution.

On fleek, FF. Many expressions which were once "cool" have gone "termo". For instance, it's quite a while since I heard a jazz practitioner or aficionado described as "He's a real Hip Cat, Daddy-O", though I keep hoping...

[cloughie]

I wonder what Jane Manning would think about the idea of "manning up"...

Probably about the same as Ed Balls would think of... well I don’t really have to say it!
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[Bryn]

Probably about the same as Ed Balls would think of... well I don’t really have to say it!
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I'm sure it would cause her no Paine. (Coat already off peg.)

[Boilk]

Tory Leadership Race

It is not a race, there is no stopwatch, the winner isn't any faster than the loser. Why can't they simply call it for what it is ... the Tory Leadership Contest?