Call it what it is ...

[Daconil]

'Epic' has grown tiresome.

 

[radioripster]

'RARE' - Sometimes there is a very good reason x model had only been in production one year.
Junk is junk.. RARE junk is no exception.

If most of you are like me, you scout ebay quite often and it's plain phenomenal how there are SO many rare item are listed! Yeah..that "rare" business has gotten my goat so much that I just try to laugh now.

 

[Planespotter]

Pre-owned is my least favorite. Everything for sale new or used is owned by the seller. Why is used such a dirty word?

 

[HubbardsFate]

"Collateral damage" is a pretty good one. Seems to be almost the exclusive domain of the US military starting with, I think, Gulf War I?

 

[maves75]

"Purchased new by the original owner"

 

[sissy kathy]

This one really used to bother me... but I have come to appreciate the utility of it. Much shorter than "it's not optimal but you can't really change it, so we just have to accept it".

Also, if you think about it, there has always been an expression like this, expressing fatalism, such as the Spanish term "que sera sera" so although this incarnation is new, the sentiment is not.

I thought 'K sarah, sarah' is eyetalian.

 

[bass12]

Any "Business-Speak" that pours out the mouths of MBA-grads to sound like the smartest people in the room…doubly-so when they actually believe it to be a proper substitute for English.



And if anyone thinks this doesn't happen in real life, hoo-boy do I have a story for you!

Or a proper substitute for intelligence.

 

[Fleebag]

At the end of the day.....

Yeah, we know, the sun goes down.

 

[catcauphonic]

Amen. With all due respect to guys trying to sell basses here, God, I am sick to death of that phrase...even if I had plenty of cash to spare and saw my absolute dream bass pop up in the classifieds, if the seller used that phrase in his ad, I think I'd take a pass...

Butter makes everything bettah. Personally, I would only consider buying a bass that I could touch first to make sure. And if it's that 'buttahry', why are they selling it?

 

[SOUTH PAW]

When I worked with an aerospace company, I would frequently hear how different departments and employees were " empowered " and encouraged to " think outside the box " until they realized it was more independence to a fault than actually being productive, so they brought everyone back into the box ( larger more inclusive meetings represented by multiple department heads ) to - aaaaah got so sick of hearing it - " synergize " and variations of the term - synergy, synergies...

I thought a lot of it was " fully testicular " whoops, I mean completely nuts.

 

[HubbardsFate]

Butter makes everything bettah. Personally, I would only consider buying a bass that I could touch first to make sure. And if it's that 'buttahry', why are they selling it?

I've always wondered that too...

 

[shawshank72]

This is the best amp/bass/cabinet i have ever played.
Really?
So why you selling it?

 

[Plutonium244]

I thought 'K sarah, sarah' is eyetalian.

It actually exists in several romance languages. In Italian it's "che sara, sara" and in French "qui sera, sera." Of course, in the Spanish and Italian, I am leaving the accents off because I don't know how to do that fancy windows special character stuff quickly and easily.

 

[bass12]

The two that immediately come to mind are:

"Price point" (when what the person really means is "price").

"Wellness" (it's impossible to avoid this one when checking out the "organic" section of the supermarket).

 

[Fleebag]

Just heard this one on the radio:

"The markets are 'volatile' today...."

In other words....no one knows what the f**k is going on!

 

[twinjet]

This post really doesn't have any real direction.

I get tickled at some the terminology used these days..

There's catch phrases..nicknames..whatever they're called.

It used to be just an Aria Pro II..now it has to have a Matsumoku tag riding along.

A dude just sold a beat up 70s Fender case. For pete's sake, it was a beat up case.. it was referred to as "road worn".

It's like "previously owned" instead of used.

Just throwing stuff out there.

Tell me some good ones that you've heard.

This is no rant...just funny to me.

"Unfortunate looking" as opposed to "ugly".

 

[HubbardsFate]

How about when someone is selling a piece of gear and they have it "priced to sell?"

 

[stevecaronna]

When I see a commercial about a product being "Revolutionary" what does that mean anyway?

 

[HubbardsFate]

When I see a commercial about a product being "Revolutionary" what does that mean anyway?

WARNING: NSFW and/or possibly offensive to Christians...but I really like Bill Hicks' take on the world of marketing/advertising...

 

[Syxz_ML]

Ok since this thread isnt just bass related ill share one. "Sh*** and giggles". Like what the hell does that mean. I definitely dont giggle hysterically when im taking a sh**. And a coworker of mine says it almost everyday. Like hey can you try this issue out for me "just for sh*** and giggles". Everytime i reply NOPE i dont know what that means lol