The Word "Caveat"

[marsey]

Why is every fucker and his dog saying this all of a sudden? I'd never even heard of it till about 6 months ago and now it must be the most overused word in journalism

Seems like it's a legal term but every time I turn the radio on some Collymore or other is spilling it from their mouths

Or is it just me?

[dirty bristow]

I agree, it is all over now.
Similar to the word paedophile, never heard it till about 10 years ago.

[lordy]

Originally Posted by marsey

Why is every fucker and his dog saying this all of a sudden? I'd never even heard of it till about 6 months ago and now it must be the most overused word in journalism

Seems like it's a legal term but every time I turn the radio on some Collymore or other is spilling it from their mouths

Or is it just me?

people that find out the meaning of a word that they didn't know before tend to use it at every given opportunity to try and sound intelligent, much like when you remember someones name you havn't remembered in ages

[kermode]

Sid Lowe.

[Thewper1]

Nowt new about that, every fucker was wearing them round their necks in the olden days!

[marsey]

Originally Posted by Thewper1

Nowt new about that, every fucker was wearing them round their necks in the olden days!

Really? Did that not just make them smell very strongly of fish?

[zwartekat]

Part of the tendency for shallow people to pick up on words / phrases that they hear from someone they admire / arselick. Hadn't noticed the caveat thing but there was a thing at work a while ago with 'vanilla' which I still don't understand.

[craig_24/7_safc]

not heard anyone use it

[Tommasi]

Originally Posted by zwartekat

Part of the tendency for shallow people to pick up on words / phrases that they hear from someone they admire / arselick. Hadn't noticed the caveat thing but there was a thing at work a while ago with 'vanilla' which I still don't understand.

It's an Americanism for saying someones "whiter than White"

[THELORDROWELL]

Absolutely