phrases and words not properly understood

[trustysteed]

well, they don't have a vested interest.

 

[Theseus]

The entire lyrics of Human by The Killers

 

[trustysteed]

The entire lyrics of Human by The Killers

the entire discography?

 

[Theseus]

What you are thinking of is a parabola, or, more accurately (taking into account that the Earth is almost spherical) an ellipse with very high eccentricity, very close to a parabola in form.

Has that taken into account wind resistance?

 

[4F]

Let's think outside of the box grrrrrrrrrrrrrr

 

[661-Pete]

Has that taken into account wind resistance?

Nope.

 

[trustysteed]

Has that taken into account wind resistance?

do you want a blow by blow account?

 

[Dan B]

do you want a blow by blow account?

*whoosh*

 

[tyred]

When you see or hear advertisements saying something like "Status Quo appearing live in concert." It's unlikely that they'd appear if they were dead.

 

[Over The Hill]

I really hate it when reporters use “Birthday” when they mean anniversary.

It is everywhere. Even the BBC recently reported on Facebook’s 5th Birthday.

If it was not actually born then I cannot see that it can have a birthday.

 

[Dayvo]

'state of the art' REALLY pisses me off!

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

"Going Forward" is a recent one. Which direction is forward and do I want to go that way?

 

[Kestevan]

"When alls said and done" .

What? Everything.... I'm not waiting till entropy reduces the universe to a cold, dark, starless shell.

 

[Arch]

"When alls said and done" .

What? Everything.... I'm not waiting till entropy reduces the universe to a cold, dark, starless shell.

Or Slough, as we call it....

 

[Norm]

A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. Why? I hate the things.

Funny, I always thought that was "One in the hand is worth two in Kate Bush".

God looks after those who help themselves.

Seen in shop with a handwritten addendum:
"And God help you if you help yourself in here!"

'A near miss'. So it hit then? A stupid expression if I ever heard one.

Indeed, in the rail industry that has been changed to a "near hit".

'Hyperbole', and the shorted form, 'hype' is another word I don't understand the usage of. For a start it's pronounced hyperbolee, not hyperbowl like I heard some reporter say on radio 5 live. An hyperbole is the path taken by a cannonball (ignoring air resistance), so how did it came to mean over-publicising?

From the Greek:
Hyper - Over
Bolé - Throw
Thus, hyperbole is an intentional exaggeration.

The curve thing is a hyperbola, which has the same Greek derivation, but I think that's already been said.

When you see or hear advertisements saying something like "Status Quo appearing live in concert." It's unlikely that they'd appear if they were dead.

The similar one which gets me is "recorded live" or a "live recording". Well, yeah, most would be for the same reason you give.

"When alls said and done" .

My counter to this is "When all is said and done, all is said but nothing is done".

Or Slough, as we call it....

I was there today and, well, yes.