Politibabble
I am becoming sick of the mindless words or phrases repeated over and over again by those on media or public platforms. Pretentious substitutes that have far better and more succinct replacements. My collection of this bilge so far includes the following:
Narrative
Unbundle
Unpack
Dismantle
Discussion
You know
Conversation
Like . . . like
Um, um, um, um, um, um recurring
Tu-tu-tu-tu-tu-tu-tu-tu-tu recurring
If we take this narrative um-um-um and unbundle it so that we can unpack it for a discussion, you know, we can have um-um-um-um-um-um, like, a conversation, like, to-to-to-to-to-to dismantle it, you know.
There are lots of other candidates, but I can’t remember them. Anyone else able to add to my collection?
9/12/2019 “Looking forward;” “Going forward;” “Moving forward”.
(suggested by pensitivity 101): ‘Let us be clear.’ ‘I want to be perfectly clear on this.’ Of course, no clarity whatsoever emerges.
(suggested by SueW) ‘You know what I mean’ recurring.
(suggested by philosophermouseofthehedge) ‘existential threat’; ‘bullying’.
18.12.2019 Another example of journobabble: ‘nabbed’. Oh, come on!
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And there’s always the good old stand-by, ‘hopes and prayers’ when referring to something ‘bad’ that has happened, to someone else. Funnily enough they never go into the details of what they’re hoping for or what/whom they’re praying to/for.
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I wonder what these characters would say to, ‘You can forget those. Send me money to cheer me up.’
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Heh, yeah, sending money would cheer me up no end! 😀
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“That is a very good question, and I thank you for bringing it up”.
(S/he has no idea what the answer is. Just making time…)
Plan B (as no clue pops in the politico’s mind):
“Now before we tackle this issue, allow me to make a few points first.”
Question has been killed.
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An excellent one, so frequently used in various permutations. ‘I don’t really know’ would never be dreamed of.
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No way. Ask any politician what s/he had for breakfast he/she is likely to lie… 😉
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‘Well, it depends what you mean by breakfast, and how you define “had”. There are numerous variables attached. Thank you for such a fascinating question.’
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You, Sir have clearly been in elected office… 😉
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You know what I mean! Repeated over and over.
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Another classic, if you know what I mean!
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LOL. And that’s another I cannot stand!
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Do you know the number of people who seriously believe it stands for ‘Lots of Love’ and has nothing to do with the giggles?
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I do know and I have a friend who always signs off her messages that way.
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Existential threat…oh, please.
And “bullying” so over used it means nothing and everything…specific nouns, please…oh, that would require revising vocabulary study – awesome!
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I have certainly come across these dribbling from the mouths of such idiots on any number of occasions.
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Haha, this is hilarious.
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Funny how the speakers don’t notice just how fatuous it is!
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Brexit?
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As my pen is poised over None of the Above for next week’s UK election, all I’m hearing is
‘Let us be clear’, ‘I want to be perfectly clear on this’, but nobody is actually answering the relevant question!
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I love these and will add them to the collection! How frequently I have heard them.
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🙂
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It doesn’t give you much hope for future generations, does it!
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Indeed. They may muddle themselves into a situation where there aren’t any!
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Sounds scary. On the positive side – it would take care of the population explosion (old 70s term, still relevant – unfortunately)
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