Mastodawn

The word “nice” is the first link word we use between people to give someone the nod of approval to be let it.

Previously it had a bad rep as being the one of the world’s most over-used and boring words – safe, functional, and remarkably dull.

However, in the social dance of first impressions, this one word “nice” acts as the primary “vibe check” making it, in my humble opinion the most important word in the world.

https://nikkiwordsmith.com/the-most-important-word-in-the-world/

Front Page Jan 15

People on LinkedIn are inventing nonsense business idioms, and they're too good not to use

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/made-up-business-idioms

Sam Young Dec 11

Even more on catchphrases
Our family is a repeater of catchphrases, and I have a few more to share at https://www.samyoung.co.nz/2025/12/even-more-on-catchphrases.html
#culture #aphorisms #catchphrases

Sam Young Jun 1, 2025

More on catchphrases
Our family is a repeater of catchphrases. Some favourites are at https://www.samyoung.co.nz/2025/06/more-on-catchphrases.html
#culture #aphorisms #catchphrases

phamsaur Apr 29, 2024

“Zerts are what I call deserts. tray trays are entrees, I call sandwiches sammies, sanddouzels or Adam Sandler's. Air conditioners are cool blasters, with a Z. I call cakes, big ol cookies. I call noodles, long as rice, fried chicken is fried fried chicky chick, chicken parm is chicky chick parm parm, chicken cacciatore chicky catch, I call eggs, pre birds or future birds, root beer is super water tortillas are bean blankies, and I call forks food rakes. #TomHaverford #parksandrec #catchphrases

Strong Language Feb 1, 2024

Shit happens, as they say, but an awful lot of random shitlike stuff happens too.

@Fritinancy shares her big Shit Happens catalog, which includes sheet happens, shiitake happens, and excrement occureth:

https://stronglang.wordpress.com/2015/08/18/shitlike-stuff-happens/

#language #wordplay #catchphrases #shit

Shitlike stuff happens

Shit, it’s fair to say, has happened since the dawn of time and the invention of shit. But the axiomatic acknowledgment “Shit happens” has a relatively short documented history and a long tail of p…

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