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[heatherhayhey]

I do believe using slang in a forum post is way more appropriate than using it as a host on TV with a show being viewed by million of households... slang on a forum post is equivalent to slang on a text message... a little different than on TV and it would depend on the slang of course... not saying all slang can't be used... that would be ridiculous... just pointing out when it is overused...

[PhilaLady1]

As much as I would like to go back in time for multiple reasons, including wanting back the days of professional and calm speaking hosts, I accept that this is today's world and I am ok with that.  HOWEVER...it is the meaning of "up the wahzoo" that I object to.   This is not just slang.  This is substituting the word wahzoo for another body part.  This should not be said on a shopping channel, yesterday, today, or tomorrow.

[Zhills]

I would not mind slang if slang was the same in all areas of the US.

When I was leading a discussion group of snowbirds, I began to realize that they all did not have an inkling what I was saying and could give a hoot what I really meant.

Good thing I realized it before I had a hissy fit over it!

[Jaspersmom]

How about a certain host who said, ". . . have went . . ." last night?  I heard someone on the news the other night say, " . . . have drinked . . ."  It's pitiful.  

[spot555]

Geez....WHO CARES. 

Just let it go.

[MacDUFF]

@millieshops

@heatherhayhey

Uber?   Wiki (I know, taken with a grain of salt) says it can be used both ways...

"In German, über is a preposition, as well as being used as a prefix. Both uses indicate a state or action involving increased elevation or quantity in the physical sense, or superiority or excess in the abstract."

As to the topic...it's only natural we're going to slip up now and then, but I prefer public speakers in any capacity not consistently use words or phrases that have the potential to be interpreted as "unacceptable."

Respectfully yours,

UberNerd MacDuff

[MacDUFF]

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...As to the topic...it's only natural we're going to slip up now and then, but I prefer public speakers in any capacity not consistently use words or phrases that have the potential to be interpreted as "unacceptable."   ... 

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Clarification:   I'm speaking only of circumlocution and/or euphemism.   Even if you were speaking the truth or using a controversial word in the correct way/context, for example, some people might find that unacceptable.   But, I'm speaking of just words or phrases that used to be considered improper or impolite to use (especially in public).

My neighbor, a Mom with a couple of pre-teens, and I had a similar conversation a while back (just a general discussion of the courseness of society and language being in our faces).   To use the topic's example, she essentially said that she didn't want to have to explain to her children what "up the wazoo" meant.  LOL.  Of course, she would limit the explanation to "it means in great quantity," but she has a young word-nerd-in-the-making who would then use the phrase to mean "in great quantity!"   Funny, but not...she said she had enough to deal with shielding her children from things she shouldn't have to be dealing with in the first place.

See?  This is the kind of post I make when I have too much danged (kidding!) time on my hands, which really isn't the case...I have, ironing and grocery shopping and mending to do not to mention that Handsome wants me to hold the serpentine hose so he can tweak the water pump!

Carry on.

[Azcowgirl]

I never thought of " a Big Bang for your buck" in a vulgar sense, until you mentioned it! 😳

[Spurt]

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@heatherhayhey wrote:

I am watching the Temptations show in the am and new host Alex Butler just said I would be baking cakes "up the wazoo!" I really like Alex and she is on point when it comes to the information about the products but I have noticed a many times that she says very "slang" things during her presentations. She ended as always calling the guest "the bomb dot com." It really stands out when it is transitioned to the uber professional Katie McGee right afterwards. 

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@heatherhayhey

Amy uses that phrase and I wonder if Amy is her mentor.....we already had this discussion only about AMY!

[Imaoldhippie]

Sorry but its not a big deal to me.  Who cares?