That low key really annoys me. -- GFallsFan 05/31/2018 11:04AM I know, right? ** -- RhinoVT 05/31/2018 11:20AM ^^^ Another phrase used by imbeciles. Like -- RhinoVT 05/31/2018 11:22AM Ouch! -- 48zip 05/31/2018 12:51PMExcept they don't use it to refer to the set-up guy.
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"Unique." Are there varying degress of "unique" now or still is or isn't? ** -- RhinoVT 05/31/2018 09:29AM That low key really annoys me. -- GFallsFan 05/31/2018 11:04AM I know, right? ** -- RhinoVT 05/31/2018 11:20AM ^^^ Another phrase used by imbeciles. Like -- RhinoVT 05/31/2018 11:22AM Ouch! -- 48zip 05/31/2018 12:51PM Millennials have made words with unique meanings literally have other -- CPRVHokie 05/31/2018 09:35AM That figuratively drives me up the dadgum wall! ** -- Hokie CPA 05/31/2018 11:00AM They couldn't understand the difference between literally and figuratively -- EDGEMAN 05/31/2018 10:35AM It’s a speech impediment mostly. Like when we use the word “man” or “lik -- CPRVHokie 05/31/2018 10:57AM I think the one that grates my nerves most is the use of "penultimate" to -- Hokie CPA 05/31/2018 10:05AM I think it's you who doesn't get it. Penultimate closer is precisely that, -- BG Hokie 05/31/2018 10:32AM Unless Vin Scully says it. ** -- TomTurkey 05/31/2018 11:33AM Except they don't use it to refer to the set-up guy. -- Hokie CPA 05/31/2018 10:54AM No. There is no "next to last" closer. ** -- 48zip 05/31/2018 10:44AM Maybe, maybe not. What do you call the closer that blows a save that leads -- RhinoVT 05/31/2018 10:50AM I'd call him a looser. ** -- Hokie360 05/31/2018 12:32PM If he blew it, he was never the closer. He has to actually close the game. -- 48zip 05/31/2018 11:06AM But you don’t know that until after it happens and you have to talk about -- CPRVHokie 05/31/2018 11:10AM Like a base runner in the bottom of the ninth. -- 48zip 05/31/2018 11:16AM You guys did a good job "unpacking" this. ** -- King Jaffe Joffer 05/31/2018 11:22AM Nothing like a good grammar/dictionary argument to keep the lounge hopping ** -- Late 80s Hokie 05/31/2018 1:37PM Debate, not argument. I learn a lot.on these things. ** -- 48zip 05/31/2018 1:41PM The set-up man is now a valuable commodity in the MLB. Royals perfected it -- RhinoVT 05/31/2018 10:21AM These go to 11. ** -- RoswellGAHokie 05/31/2018 10:20AM Watergate hearings phrase: "At this point in time" -- 48zip 05/31/2018 10:10AM I saw a great quote yesterday: -- ElbertoHokie 05/31/2018 09:40AM Which is almost a perfect description of them for me. Literally. ** -- CPRVHokie 05/31/2018 10:18AM You got a problem with that sonny boy? -- 48zip 05/31/2018 10:07AM Can unique be modified? -- HWA 05/31/2018 09:34AM Unique is, well, unique ** -- TomTurkey 05/31/2018 09:30AM Correct. Nothing can be "more unique" etc. It's either unique or it's not. ** -- TexasGobbler 05/31/2018 09:34AM I agree. Same applies to "perfect." It's either perfect or it's not. -- Hokie CPA 05/31/2018 10:06AM Hmmm. What if you thought something was perfect and then something happened -- CPRVHokie 05/31/2018 10:22AM I would say the initial assessment was wrong. -- Hokie CPA 05/31/2018 10:51AM Not necessarily. Something could have been perfect for an era... -- Freddyburg Hokie 05/31/2018 12:07PM Yeah, but make that work stylistically. -- CPRVHokie 05/31/2018 10:55AM How about "We the People... in an effort to perfect our Union..." -- Hokie CPA 05/31/2018 10:56AM Strong, but that changes the meaning from “improving” to “perfecting” -- CPRVHokie 05/31/2018 10:59AM Ah, but the Preamble, as ratified, says what I said, only with a glaring -- Hokie CPA 05/31/2018 11:03AM Agree to disagree ** -- CPRVHokie 05/31/2018 11:06AMTech Sideline is Presented By:
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