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Post by rick49 on Mar 19, 2020 12:38:20 GMT
Used in all English speaking countries.
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Post by voice on Mar 19, 2020 12:45:39 GMT
no, not really
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Post by perrykneeham on Mar 19, 2020 12:51:05 GMT
Used in all English speaking countries. No, it isn't. |
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Post by mids on Mar 19, 2020 12:58:42 GMT
I read one earlier that actually made me angry. Someone was described as having "clapped at" someone else. It appears to mean telling someone off. It sounds suspiciously woke.
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Post by voice on Mar 19, 2020 13:04:02 GMT
not heard that one, though in some respect, while much of this new speak is annoying (I suspect a lot comes from corporate speak), I do love how flexible and dynamic the English Language is, and unlike, say the French, we never feel the need to set our language in aspic via legislation.
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Post by flatandy on Mar 19, 2020 14:03:23 GMT
It's a pity that, if we are going to lose millions of people, the mortality couldn't be a bit more focused. It's pretty focused already culling people we can lose. There'll be some small collateral damage among the few elderly lefties and some immunocompromised younger people. But mostly it's old people who think they know better than government - who think society is bullshit and don't want to make very minor sacrifices for the greater good - who're going to get sick. And if young people get sick they tend to get preferential treatment from hospitals, which also helps. We're mostly culling out the unproductive, anti-society, right-wing, smug elderly. It could be worse. |
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Post by Repat Van on Mar 20, 2020 3:33:01 GMT
I read one earlier that actually made me angry. Someone was described as having "clapped at" someone else. It appears to mean telling someone off. It sounds suspiciously woke. You are so old and more than a little sad! Fancy that. New terms and phrases come into existance. Anyway, are you sure it was not “clapback”? |
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Post by mids on Mar 20, 2020 5:58:39 GMT
Yeah you're right. Clapback. What a disgusting phrase. I'd ban it.
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Post by voice on Mar 20, 2020 6:02:53 GMT
how typical of the far right, something new comes along you don't like so your instant reaction is demand it be banned
Don't vote tory kids, choose the light.
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Post by Repat Van on Mar 20, 2020 6:46:01 GMT
Yeah you're right. Clapback. What a disgusting phrase. I'd ban it. How anti-freedom of you. |
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Post by mids on Mar 20, 2020 6:52:09 GMT
In ban it in the name of freedom. And Boris.
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Post by perrykneeham on Mar 20, 2020 7:48:31 GMT
I expect the word is "claptrap". Most lefty words are.
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Post by perrykneeham on Mar 20, 2020 7:51:31 GMT
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Post by Repat Van on Mar 20, 2020 8:37:48 GMT
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Post by Repat Van on Mar 20, 2020 8:38:37 GMT
These old fogeys throwing a tantrum at language evolving.
Ha ha!
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Post by Repat Van on Mar 20, 2020 8:39:07 GMT
In ban it in the name of freedom. And Boris. Right-wingers are always so anti free speech and incredibly authoritarian. |
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Post by perrykneeham on Mar 20, 2020 8:54:02 GMT
These old fogeys throwing a tantrum at language evolving. Ha ha! Degenerating. |
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Post by perrykneeham on Mar 20, 2020 8:56:22 GMT
Err ... yep. "The term ultimately derives from a 2003 song by Ja Rule, appropriately titled “Clap Back.” The phrase is the meat of the hook (“Clap back, we gon’ clap back”), which answers what Ja Rule and his crew will do to rappers who disrespect them." |
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Post by rick49 on Mar 20, 2020 9:08:20 GMT
It's a pity that, if we are going to lose millions of people, the mortality couldn't be a bit more focused. It's pretty focused already culling people we can lose. There'll be some small collateral damage among the few elderly lefties and some immunocompromised younger people. But mostly it's old people who think they know better than government - who think society is bullshit and don't want to make very minor sacrifices for the greater good - who're going to get sick. And if young people get sick they tend to get preferential treatment from hospitals, which also helps. We're mostly culling out the unproductive, anti-society, right-wing, smug elderly. It could be worse. You're going to be one of those people you despise very quickly, if the virus doesn't get you first. You going to off yourself, or are you something special. Are you laughing at all those people dying? Getting a big kick out of their suffering? I wouldn't doubt it for an instant. |
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Post by rick49 on Mar 20, 2020 9:11:17 GMT
In ban it in the name of freedom. And Boris. Right-wingers are always so anti free speech and incredibly authoritarian. |
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