Meaningless, meaningless - everything is meaningless
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Meaningless, meaningless - everything is meaningless
I posted this in response to a different thread
"Anybody know the origin of the phrase "for sure". It seems to be added to the end of a sentence with increasing regularity, without so far as I can tell, actually meaning anything, for sure. In particular, it seems that mainland European Moto GP riders cannot complete a sentence without "for sure" on the end.
It rivals "at the end of the day" for meaningless phrases in popular use. Nobody seems to do, or mean, anything at the beginning of a day?"
Got any good examples of meaningless sayings or expressions in common use?
"Anybody know the origin of the phrase "for sure". It seems to be added to the end of a sentence with increasing regularity, without so far as I can tell, actually meaning anything, for sure. In particular, it seems that mainland European Moto GP riders cannot complete a sentence without "for sure" on the end.
It rivals "at the end of the day" for meaningless phrases in popular use. Nobody seems to do, or mean, anything at the beginning of a day?"
Got any good examples of meaningless sayings or expressions in common use?
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Re: Meaningless, meaningless - everything is meaningless
perrins57 wrote:I posted this in response to a different thread
"Anybody know the origin of the phrase "for sure". It seems to be added to the end of a sentence with increasing regularity, without so far as I can tell, actually meaning anything, for sure. In particular, it seems that mainland European Moto GP riders cannot complete a sentence without "for sure" on the end.
It rivals "at the end of the day" for meaningless phrases in popular use. Nobody seems to do, or mean, anything at the beginning of a day?"
Got any good examples of meaningless sayings or expressions in common use?
Like those?