Not sure how long this vague use of "issues" to mean (I think) "problems" has been around. Quite a while.
Today I came home and turned on the Golf Channel to watch the lead-up to the President's Cup matches and was informed there were "weather issues".
I was informed of this several times in the next few minutes without anyone telling me what the "issues" were.
I could guess there was rain. It turns out there's thunder and lightning as well. So why not say "there are thunderstorms that will delay the start of today's play and we're not sure by how much yet". They ended up saying that eventually anyway.
I have issues with the word "issues"
I have issues with the word "issues"
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Re: I have issues with the word "issues"
Sounds golfy to me. Like the hushed delivery of commentators, and the golf clap.
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Re: I have issues with the word "issues"
I'm sure someone was "efforting" the weather issues.
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Re: I have issues with the word "issues"
I suppose it could have been worse. They could have said "thunderstorms are a thing."chas wrote:I'm sure someone was "efforting" the weather issues.
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Re: I have issues with the word "issues"
Television "journalism" is one of the most entertaining things on tv; you only have to listen for about ten minutes of any news broadcast to hear the most absurd uses and abuses of the English language.
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Re: I have issues with the word "issues"
My particular pet hate is the use of the word "across" to mean ... well, anything other than "across", it seems to me. For instance, news people are forever saying "And we'll keep you across that story throughout the day". W T F? It doesn't mean anything!!! 
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Re: I have issues with the word "issues"
They mean a-cross ... as in, "We'll keep you angry with that story throughout the day." That's often true enough.benhall.1 wrote:"And we'll keep you across that story throughout the day".
Must be a British innovation; I haven't heard that one over here.
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Re: I have issues with the word "issues"
Maybe. We Brits tend to think that ugly neologisms (or new and inappropriate uses of perfectly decent, old words) must be American in origin, but it ain't necessarily so.MTGuru wrote:They mean a-cross ... as in, "We'll keep you angry with that story throughout the day." That's often true enough.benhall.1 wrote:"And we'll keep you across that story throughout the day".
Must be a British innovation; I haven't heard that one over here.
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Re: I have issues with the word "issues"
Yeah, Ben, I think maybe you can blame your own for that one. I haven't heard it either.
"Across" is a sort of poor version of "abreast of", isn't it.
"Across" is a sort of poor version of "abreast of", isn't it.
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Re: I have issues with the word "issues"
Or, "the President's Cup match was thunderstormed"Brus wrote:I suppose it could have been worse. They could have said "thunderstorms are a thing."chas wrote:I'm sure someone was "efforting" the weather issues.