Re: General Commentary Thread
In case you wish to keep discussing what you were discussing in the Catchphrase game, please see below
Originally Posted by
Cookiegod
First of all yes it was a catchphrase:
Originally Posted by
Google Dictionary
a well-known sentence or phrase
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Merriam-Webster
1 : a word or expression that is used repeatedly and conveniently to represent or characterize a person, group, idea, or point of view. 2 : a brief attention-getting phrase
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Cambridge Dictionary
a phrase that is often repeated by and therefore becomes connected with a particular organization or person, especially someone famous such as a television entertainer
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dictionary.com
noun
a phrase that attracts or is meant to attract attention.
a phrase, as a slogan, that comes to be widely and repeatedly used, often with little of the original meaning remaining.
Secondly if you want to throw stones in glasshouses I'm all for it. Most standard expressions/idioms posted here don't really qualify as a catchphrase, and 90%+ of all the guesses aren't.
Thirdly Akar you can lose your
over the mouse press button symbol being turned by 90°, but you didn't even give it a single honest try. That huge ass
F was impossible to miss. That you didn't even notice the green repbuttons on the meme is not my problem but speaks volumes to the time you wasted. All the hours wasted on coming up with "bad ass" and "Give me that ass!", eh?
The riddle I posted was
Fin easy. Except that this thread is obviously misnamed and should be renamed to "Guess the phrase that isn't a catchphrase at all otherwise we'll lose our
"
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Originally Posted by
Cookiedgod
Originally Posted by
Muizer
All for civility, but this game can be hard enough with quite commonplace catchphrases and idioms. Just don't use memes or quotes from movies, TV etc unless they have been widely adopted outside of that context. If your grandma hasn't heard of it, don't use it!
First of all it's a catchphrase, used outside of gaming and in all sorts of context. I've heard it in real life way more often than "hook line and sinker", which again doesn't really qualify as a catchphrase. I never played the game and am not a meme expert.
As for your or anyone's grandma, she had expressions that none of us have ever heard of. Language being a living thing and all.
So please all of you give me a comprehensive list of idioms you know.
We should also do this in the other competitions. Only battles/figures/events/places/movies everyone knows. And don't make it a lesser known image, that could be misleading!
No need to remind you that you have to behave well, eh? I've already spent enough time to clean this mess, so keep this civil gents and remember to abide the ToS (like avoiding going personal, which is off topic).
Last edited by Flinn; May 06, 2020 at 04:57 AM.