I think i've heard the terms 'insipid', 'going forward' and 'gut running' more in the last 6 months than I had in the 37 years that preceded the past 6 months.

Has anyone else made any 'buzz word' observations?

Everything these days relates back to the much vaunted "forward press".

And any middle-aged player that is struggling for form is now referred to as a "list clogger".

"lace out". Sounds good but doesn't make too much sense in Aussie rules. Maybe leave that one for the NFL.

Shorts it. Shits me.

Sling tackle .

Everyone's an 'elite' runner/kicker/marker. Drives me insane.

"Structure up"

"Structure up"

+1 The winner in my opinion. Just chronically overused and makes the speaker sound technically knowledgeable when really, what's changed?

Everyone's an 'elite' runner/kicker/marker. Drives me insane.

Yep gotta agree. Anyone who is a good player or has better than average aspects to their game has the word Elite used to describe them in todays media - over the top IMO. Judd is Elite. Abblett is Elite. To say some one like James Stauss has Elite kicking skills is a massive overstatement IMO

I believe insipid probably takes the cake for buzz word of the season. If a team gets flogged they were insipid , even if the definition of the word doesnt acuratley describe the loss.

Others;

Forward Press

Defensive pressure

consistancy

4 quarter effort

Gut running.

The 'spread'.

Structures

Pressure

Effort/Intensity

MFC = Rollercoaster

GWS ,score assists ,IF50 ,tackling pressure ,rebound ,slam dunk ,full court press ,dribble ,free throw etc

I thought Australia had finally killed basketball .

No one told the comments team .

Oh yeah and when the floods were on ,I could not believe how many houses were INUNDATED with ,you guessed it : rising flood waters .

Inundations were everywhere .Almost overshadowing the flooding that was happening .

Armchair ride ... Clean pair of heels ...

Actually not new this year but my cringe expressions are:

"Ordinary" or "Average" when meaning to say "really, really bad"

and

any meaningless number above 100%, ie, "I'm going to give it 110%"

"Collingwood"

"Collingwood"

So much this.

Keep hearing quarter back trying to creep in every now and then, please God no, keep it away.

*cough* Bruise free

Shorts it. Shits me.

+100

Shits me to no end as well.

"Catch". In our game it is called a MARK, you idiots.

This is more of a commentary thing again, but every single time a ruckman tries to do something other than hand off immediately to a teammate you will immediately hear: "Was it Clint Eastwood that said 'Man's got to know his limitations'?"

Dermott Brereton used to say it at least once a game when on special comments, and Dwayne 'the [censored]' Russell has picked up the mantle.

Think of something new!

"Up and About", and the game reviewers starting off with '3 things I learnt about <insert team here>'......do they always only learn 3 things a week per team ? Actually some of the things they learnt are dissappointing as they have generally been know for quite a while...