Please stop with the silly phrase woo-woo

[rhinochopig]

It's childish - more in keeping with the lounge - and certainly not appropriate here. All IMO obviously.

That is all, carry on chaps.

[Einion Yrth]

rhinochopig said:

It's childish - more in keeping with the lounge - and certainly not appropriate here. All IMO obviously.

That is all, carry on chaps.

How then would you suggest that we refer to the parascientific clap-trap?

[TheHeretic]

No... I reserve the right to call wishy-washy claptrap what I wish. If it is good enough for Harris, Shermer, Myers, Krauss, Dawkins, et al, then it is good enough for me. Would "bks" be a better word, or "bullst"?

Edited by TheHeretic on Wednesday 1st February 08:58

[tuscaneer]

rhinochopig said:

It's childish - more in keeping with the lounge - and certainly not appropriate here. All IMO obviously.

That is all, carry on chaps.

while we are at it let's all stop using the phrase "that is all".yes, family guy is very funny but we don't need to quote peter griffin all the time.and while we are at that let's also stop "nuke them from orbit".............it really grinds my gears...hhaa haha hha!!

[nelly1]

How about 'Paranormal'?

Would that keep both sides happy?

[Marf]

rhinochopig said:

It's childish - more in keeping with the lounge - and certainly not appropriate here. All IMO obviously.

That is all, carry on chaps.

It's more polite than saying "stop spouting f-cking b-ll-cks" surely?

[don4l]

rhinochopig said:

It's childish - more in keeping with the lounge - and certainly not appropriate here. All IMO obviously.

That is all, carry on chaps.

Very well said!

The constant moaning is far more irritating than the posts about "inappropriate" subjects.

Don
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[tuscaneer]

in fact.as we are on this topic...why the fk do i hear more and more reference in things like economic reports on sky news and the like to a set of circumstances being "a perfect storm" of fiscal problems.it's not just there,i'm sick of hearing about "perfect storm" this "perfect storm" that.fk off with the george clooney st film references.

[Changedmyname]

So you want to stop this smilie,?

[rhinochopig]

Einion Yrth said:

rhinochopig said:

It's childish - more in keeping with the lounge - and certainly not appropriate here. All IMO obviously.

That is all, carry on chaps.

How then would you suggest that we refer to the parascientific clap-trap?

Well if someone is incapable of articulating it without resorting to baby talk then perhaps the science section is not for them. Pseudo-science is fine by me.

Otherwise, it simply becomes yet another stupid PH meme like powerfully built, OXO tower, etc. I for one would prefer it if that didn't happen in this part of the forum TBH.

[TheHeretic]

don4l said:

Very well said!

The constant moaning is far more irritating than the posts about "inappropriate" subjects.

Don
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What moaning?

[Marf]

rhinochopig said:

Well if someone is incapable of articulating it without resorting to baby talk then perhaps the science section is not for them. Pseudo-science is fine by me.

Otherwise, it simply becomes yet another stupid PH meme like powerfully built, OXO tower, etc. I for one would prefer it if that didn't happen in this part of the forum TBH.

But it's not a PH meme, it did not originate here.

[tuscaneer]

rhinochopig said:

Well if someone is incapable of articulating it without resorting to baby talk then perhaps the science section is not for them. Pseudo-science is fine by me.

Otherwise, it simply becomes yet another stupid PH meme like powerfully built, OXO tower, etc. I for one would prefer it if that didn't happen in this part of the forum TBH.

at least you've dropped "that is all"

[TheHeretic]

rhinochopig said:

Well if someone is incapable of articulating it without resorting to baby talk then perhaps the science section is not for them. Pseudo-science is fine by me.

Otherwise, it simply becomes yet another stupid PH meme like powerfully built, OXO tower, etc. I for one would prefer it if that didn't happen in this part of the forum TBH.

If you are going to complain about a word used in a situation, I suggest you understand what it means, and where it is used. It is not a PH thing, and is widely used. A PH meme it is most certainly not.

An example of woo stuff

[deeen]

nelly1 said:

How about 'Paranormal'?

Would that keep both sides happy?

No, it gets too close to validating the woo as an alternative belief system.

How about "Delusional"?

[ewenm]

How about replacing it with "faith"?

[nelly1]

deeen said:

No, it gets too close to validating the woo as an alternative belief system.

Ahhh! He said it! He said the word!

[deeen]

ewenm said:

How about replacing it with "faith"?

Blind Irrational Faith might do it. BIF?

Is Bif-bif better than woo-woo?

[rhinochopig]

Marf said:

rhinochopig said:

Well if someone is incapable of articulating it without resorting to baby talk then perhaps the science section is not for them. Pseudo-science is fine by me.

Otherwise, it simply becomes yet another stupid PH meme like powerfully built, OXO tower, etc. I for one would prefer it if that didn't happen in this part of the forum TBH.

But it's not a PH meme, it did not originate here.

But it is a PH meme. Just because it didn't originate here doesn't mean it can't be a meme.

A meme is simply a phrase or concept that is passed from one person to another. A few weeks ago very few had heard of it and it wasn't in any of the posts, it's now utterly pervasive.

[Marf]

A meme sure, a PH meme? No, not like oxo tower, can of redbull etc.