Where has the word "Bantz" popped up from

Shaboro1986

Shaboro1986

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Suddenly it's everywhere. I was talking to a grown bloke in the shop yesterday about the boro, and he said it. I asked him why he said it. It's what everyone is saying now.
 
"It's what everyone is saying now. "

It's been used for quite a few years now. Most people who use it, say it very much tongue in cheek nowadays.

Those that use it seriously need to give their heads a shake.
 
Add "dropped" and "banging" to popular words that everyone now seems to have use regarding music.

Mary Anne Hobbs cant seem to say a sentence without using one of them.
 
I've heard it before, but it seems everyone is saying it now. I can probably understand young ones saying it. But for some reason, it doesn't seem right coming from a grown adult. I'm not saying there's anything wrong with it, mind u.
 
Although it's been around for a good while I'd have expected to only hear it from a certain demographic if you know what I mean.
If it's creeping outside that demographic and becoming commonplace then the op might have a point.
It always intrigues me when you see the new words that are added to the Oxford English dictionary, even more so when I am encountering them for the first time.

Anyone fancy a crafternoon?
 
DCI_Gene_Hunt said:
Add "dropped" and "banging" to popular words that everyone now seems to have use regarding music.

Mary Anne Hobbs cant seem to say a sentence without using one of them.
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Bung 'Smashed it' and 'killed it' in there as well. annoys the hell out of me when people use those too.
 
dooderooni said:
Although it's been around for a good while I'd have expected to only hear it from a certain demographic if you know what I mean.
If it's creeping outside that demographic and becoming commonplace then the op might have a point.
It always intrigues me when you see the new words that are added to the Oxford English dictionary, even more so when I am encountering them for the first time.

Anyone fancy a crafternoon?
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I mean how is it decided what gets added? Is it one person? A Panel? Imagine your job is just finding new words to add each month. Are they paid per word? So many questions!
 
I only ever use it tongue in cheek, taking the mick out of people who use it seriously thinking it makes them cool, such as Rocket of Soccer AM fame. Similarly, speaking in hashtags. What the actual.....

One I've noticed is people using the word "super" in place of "very" e.g. I'm super excited. Don't know why it irritates me so much but it does. Mark Cavendish does it a lot. Sounds like a apres ski thing to me.
 
Colgates_shaving_foam said:
Only us absolute Legends use it, oy oy. In there like swimwear, cheeky nandos etc.....
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I can't stand that 'cheeky' thing, in particular that fat tongued half wit Jamie Oliver.

"I'll add a cheeky splash of olive oil to my cheeky little pan and I'll grab my cheeky little bacon and give that a cheeky little fry while I chop up some cheeky herbs fresh from my cheeky window box"

Eff off Jamie you bell end
 
Given all the baking and other hobby references in that list, I'm thinking there must be a bias towards social media being a source.
 
When was it mentioned & in what reference because I've never heard, or seen that word before
 
uberweiss said:
I only ever use it tongue in cheek, taking the mick out of people who use it seriously thinking it makes them cool, such as Rocket of Soccer AM fame. Similarly, speaking in hashtags. What the actual.....

One I've noticed is people using the word "super" in place of "very" e.g. I'm super excited. Don't know why it irritates me so much but it does. Mark Cavendish does it a lot. Sounds like a apres ski thing to me.
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I think that is very much down to the environment in which he works. If you listen to a lot of foreign cyclists doing English interviews then you'll notice repeated use of certain phrases and words like 'super' and 'full gas'.
 
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