TV terms you'd pay big $$$ to never hear again

[Bill Lumbergh]

"Lucky to be alive."

Stab me.

[ISTHISTHINGON?]

"well..."

[baglady29]

That's right....

[Too Much Time]

Alleged..... White stuff.... Team coverage

[RollTide98]

"Speak out"

[JoinUsForCake]

Continuing coverage... rumble of thunder... take a look at this video... we'll show you... pain at the pump... no word yet... residents say, 'not in my back yard!"

[ April 25, 2007, 05:50 PM: Message edited by: JoinUsForCake ]

[CorkySherwood]

"make shift memorial"
"blaze"

[adam & doctor drew]

parent's worst nightmare

police want your help

any lame transition from the previous story to weather and/or sports (about 99% of them are lame)

any multi-hyphenated weather branding title for their department or equipment

[foxravens]

"EFFORTING"

[cameragod]

…miracle baby… (apparently being born to a celebrity is all you need to qualify)
…weather bomb… (WTF before this was coined it was just real bad weather)
…is fighting for their life… (They are in a f***ing coma they are not fighting for anything)

[ April 25, 2007, 06:40 PM: Message edited by: cameragod ]

[Roy Hobbs]

VO/SOT

[Creative Cutie]

1. Exclusive!
2. Might/could be deadly/dangerous!
3. A story we first brought you/were first to bring you!
4. Live in the newsroom
5. Any kind of forced present tense.

[Produce man]

"Back to you".

[Union Label]

''when something went terribly wrong"

[JoinUsForCake]

Originally posted by Creative Cutie:
4. Live in the newsroomAGREED!!! Just hearing that phrase makes us all dumber.

[newz2me]

Oh where to start...

"Breaking News Now"
"Live Team Coverage"
"Continuing Coverage of a Breaking News Event"
"Continuing Our Live Coverage"
"Live in the Newsroom"
"A Real Tragedy"
Doppler 2000, 5000, 7000 etc., Weather Command Center, Stormwatcher or any other lame phrase for what is simply the weather.

[Sultanosurf]

"The very latest"

"How do you feel?"

"Team Coverage" (Rah!)

"Live from the scene of yesterday's Fire/Shooting/Laundry folding"

And the IFB all-timer: "Yep, that's you they're shooting at"

[ April 25, 2007, 09:02 PM: Message edited by: Sultanosurf ]

[Pinkie]

I second "Pain at the pump," or any gas price reference for that matter.

"We'll take you there, next."

Edited to add: I'm at 800 posts! I'm an official loser! ;)

[ April 25, 2007, 09:38 PM: Message edited by: Pinkie ]

[WalMartNation]

"Officials say..." what officials?
"In other news..." worst transition of all time
"Great video/amazing video..." as if everything else sucks?
"Residents are CONCERNED "... We're all concerned... we're a concerned society!
"What you need to know to keep your children safe..." As if my children won't be safe any other way.
"Live in the newsroom...." Our stations is too ****ing cheap to have a second live truck. Or one period.

[Fearmonger]

"Lockdown" in connection to an incident near a school or other institution. Lockdown is an old term for jail or prison disturbances and escapes.

Officials closed and loced the doors for the safety of the-----.

Soundbites where people living near an event or arrested person say, "it's really scary". Reporters seem to pose questions in order to get that exact response. Are all Americans afraid of their own shawdow?

"Person of Interest"

[ April 26, 2007, 01:04 AM: Message edited by: Fearmonger ]

[Pro]

Originally posted by Produce man:
"Back to you".Oh, God, I hate that one. I will not allow any of our reporters to use it. On live shots, they MUST toss it back to the anchors by name.

I even hate it on generic live shots. You don't have to work in television to know that's a cover-up for a "gang bang". For God's sake, just say "Reporting/live from ________, I'm ____________." and be done!

[Grotto]

How about "I"? Maybe it is just me...but I hear anchors talking about themselves a lot lately. When did it become about us??

[jrat33]

EXCLUSIVE!!!!!

[2:30]

"An _____ gone (horribly) wrong..."
"Only time will tell."
"One thing is clear..."
"It could have been so much worse..."

[WeatherSlave]

We're giving you the standard 3% raise.

[Consider This]

"The anchoring's not working out. We're going to have to let you go."

[Clever Login Name]

Originally posted by Grotto:
How about "I"? Maybe it is just me...but I hear anchors talking about themselves a lot lately. When did it become about us??On that note, let's also ban "our own" ... as in "our own Harry Hairpiece read to the kids at Smallville Elementary as part of Dr. Seuss Day".
Man, that grinds my gears.

[jama]

Normalcy

[Kace]

"I'm standing here at (insert name of empty, lifeless lot/location here) where earlier today..."

"And that's a look at Sports."

"Thanks, and speaking of weather currents, what's currently going on in the Playoffs? Let's go to Sports." (or something similarly inane)

[Lazlo Toth]

You've pretty much hit on all my favorites.

But we did have s story on Rosie O'Donnell followed by a story about an aggressive elephant seal in Sonoma County yesterday. It was hard not to imagine all sorts of transition lines.

[Midwest Met]

"it sounded just like a freight train"
So a freight sounds different than a passenger train?

[Bill Lumbergh]

"Shots rang out."

"No word on what caused it."

"An amazing story of survival."

[Pinkie]

I remembered another! "Switching gears.."

[Brain Cramp]

"We're going to toss it/throw it back ..."

What ex :confused: actly is being "tossed" or "thrown" here?

[Union Label]

"Could it happen here too?"

[CKMD]

Continuing coverage

Lifeflighted (it's taken by medical helicopter, damnit)

"live at..." seriously...would they be reporting dead?

[Sultanosurf]

Try verbal hopscotch with your shows today. Try not to use any one of the above...

Yep, we're screwed.

[Signature on File]

"we told you first"
"further details"
"Your weather authority"
"ducked for cover"
"escaped the inferno"
"lucky to be alive"
"on a sad note"
"We're please to tell you"
"A gruesome story to tell you tonight"
""The following video may be upseting" (that's why we are showing it)
"Police tell us"
"Sources tell us"
"Keep it right here for further details"
"We have a news crew on the way"
"While you were sleeping"

[Produce man]

"Closure". I believe this word cropped up after OKC.

[ April 26, 2007, 12:46 PM: Message edited by: Produce man ]

[News Is Broken]

Code 4.

God I hate that one. At the end of every police chase you hear the chopper dork say it. Makes me want to shoot him right out of the sky.

[vuphinder]

Hunkered down.
Team Coverage
For more information go to our website.

[AutoTranz]

Behind bars

[JoinUsForCake]

Originally posted by jama:
NormalcyI'll see your "normalcy" and raise you by a "CLOSURE"

HOLY CRAP I am so sick and tired of people who are "in need of closure" or "hopefully getting closure" from events - AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUUUUGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! !!!!!!!

[JoinUsForCake]

Originally posted by Produce man:
"Closure". I believe this word cropped up after OKC.You are totally correct, sir.

Let's not forget that the O.J. trial gave birth to the equally annoying term "playing the race card." Didn't one of the lawyers say that first? Now everybody is "playing the race card" but my question is, how come they never play any other cards? Is this some sort of oddball verbal Pinochle deck? :confused:

[What the ?]

Completely destroyed.

If it's destroyed, it's gone. There's no such thing as partially destroyed. It's damaged, not partially destroyed.

Reading this list makes me cringe...knowing we'll all see most of these on the air tonight...especially since it's sweeps.

Live in the middle of nowhere...back to you!

[2:30]

"it sounded just like a freight train"
So a freight sounds different than a passenger train? Actually, it does. But I agree with the sentiment.

[Clever Login Name]

Originally posted by JoinUsForCake:
Let's not forget that the O.J. trial gave birth to the equally annoying term "playing the race card." Didn't one of the lawyers say that first? Now everybody is "playing the race card" but my question is, how come they never play any other cards? Is this some sort of oddball verbal Pinochle deck? :confused: [/QB]No, it's the hottest new kids game!

http://sixmeatbuffet.com/images/racecard_small.jpg

[sunnychic]

you guys forgot "traffic was snarled (yesterday, earlier this morning, etc.) on (insert major freeway here.)

[Creative Cutie]

I forgot "You won't believe/guess..." my reply: try me. Those words are a dead giveaway that what you are about to tell me is hardly something out of the ordinary (and therefore, is no reason to watch). It has happened before and I have seen it, so I am pretty sure I can guess and will believe.

[Sultanosurf]

If "you won't believe this" then it's bound to be "...something you don't see every day" and may include "some scary moments today." Arrrrghh

[Produce man]

"Im Katie Couric. Goodnight."

[Spike]

I'm surprised nobody has mentioned "VJ" or "videojournalist."

"Videojournalist Jiggly McOutoffocus files this report..."

[The Mockingbird]

It's probably just me, but I really hate the word "safer".

Either you're safe, or you're not.

[Union Label]

I know you're there at the scene, but the wire story says...

[Produce man]

"Where were you when I called?"

"We forgot to take the phone with us." :rolleyes:

[newz2me]

Just heard this one:
"a senseless crash"
is there any other type?

[WalMartNation]

"take a look at the replay" a common phrase from dumb blonde female sports anchors... and a lot of just normally dumb sports anchors too.

We know it's a replay if it's the same basket in slow motion... you don't need to tell us.

"We've set up a hotlink on our website" As opposed to a coldlink... or it could be code for two things: It's a complex story and we can't tell it in :40 because we either can't write well or our corporation that owns us thinks that long detailed storys bog down the 'story count' of a rundown; Or... please go to our website because we aren't getting the hits (which are at least accurate in number... even if spammed) that our internet sales dept. told advertisers it would get and we need every penny we can scrape to keep this operation going!

[2:30]

Fair and balanced.
Bill O'Reilly.

[News Is Broken]

Originally posted by newz2me:
Just heard this one:
"a senseless crash"
is there any other type?I disagree. There are certainly other kinds of crashes (violent, devastating, brutal, frightening...) :D :D :D

[Produce man]

2:30

[WalMartNation]

"Take a look at this video that just came in moments ago."

Code for: other stations show you video that's been sitting for hours... we show the the stuff that one of our underpaid workers busted butt to get turned around for air during the show.

[newz2me]

Originally posted by News Is Broken:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by newz2me:
Just heard this one:
"a senseless crash"
is there any other type?I disagree. There are certainly other kinds of crashes (violent, devastating, brutal, frightening...) :D :D :D </font>[/QUOTE]How about combining it into a frightening violent crash that was devastatingly brutal.
;)

[AutoTranz]

The word "Versus", when pretaining to collisions (or anything else not related to sports).

Bus vs. Train.

Were they playing a happy little game of arm-wrestling? No. They collided. They ran into each other. And someone was probably hurt or killed.

You never hear a weather person saying "Tornado vs. Town" do you? What about a financial advisor saying "bills vs. family"?

Geez.

[Steve Scott]

Originally posted by 2:30:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />"it sounded just like a freight train"
So a freight sounds different than a passenger train? Actually, it does. But I agree with the sentiment.</font>[/QUOTE]Correct. They do, indeed, sound different. But, again, the sentiment is on target.

[Glovis Hogbarch]

1. "It was a like a war zone" -- while describing something other than a war zone.

2. Ending a crime story with "the police investigation continues." An obvious, throwaway phrase usad just to end the story.

3. "Controversial" -- a vague, all-purpose word used far too often.

4. "Lodged" in jail. What, are they sitting by a roaring fire, sipping cider?

5. "Altercation." Better still, "an altercation ensued." What is this, "Dragnet"? Next time, try rewriting the police press release.

6. "You can see it here in the video." You could say this in any story. It's TV, after all.

7. "Better grab that umbrella."

8. "Parent," even when the sex of the person is known. Why not say "mother" or "father"?

[Produce man]

Interesting. I've never heard the "lodged" one before. :confused:

[SharkDiver007]

Here are a couple:

"People TOOK TO THE STREETS...."

and

"Residents are SPEAKING OUT."

barf!

[The Thrill]

You forgot...

"This is the CBS Evening News with Katie Couric."

[WalMartNation]

Originally posted by AutoTranz:


Bus vs. Train.

Were they playing a happy little game of arm-wrestling? No. They collided. They ran into each other. And someone was probably hurt or killed.
I'd put $50 on the train.... I'd say the odds are better.

Seriously, that phrase is another one of those police lingo phrases that people are to lazy to rewrite, or worse, don't realize it needs to be re-written.

I can't count how many times I heard "car versus pedestrian" on the damn scanner!

[TopRamen]

Cone Zone

the anchor saying "thank you" to the reporter after a live shot.

Claiming that the network reporters fronting feed packages are really from your own station when you pay for the lame custom tags.

[Produce man]

The "Cone Zone" is the stage where Conan does his monologue. :D

[Icecool]

after storm damage...

"i've never seen anything like it..."

or better yet, during a mass shooting, crime spree or other such event the reporter asks someone who lives in the area the event took place

"Has anything like this happened here before? Is this unusual..."

As if the person will say..

"Oh yea, 20 people drop dead here every day, this really is nothing. I'm really getting used to it. Mass shootings on Tuesdays, tornadoes on Fridays, floods on Saturdays...this is a real happening neighborhood. Nothing unusual about any of this."

UGH!

[Sultanosurf]

I'll add: "This is file tape..."

[Clever Login Name]

Originally posted by WalMartNation:
"Take a look at this video that just came in moments ago."

Code for: other stations show you video that's been sitting for hours... we show the the stuff that one of our underpaid workers busted butt to get turned around for air during the show.Actually, that's code for "I'm a horrible writer who couldn't otherwise convince you to look up from your dinner or away from your kids with my scintillating copy, so I'm relying on this time-honored crutch in a desperate attempt to get you to pay attention to the news". I hate it, hate it, HATE IT when anyone on the news tells me what to do ... "look at this", "you'll want to pay attention to this next story ..."

[WalMartNation]

Originally posted by Clever Login Name:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by WalMartNation:
"Take a look at this video that just came in moments ago."

Code for: other stations show you video that's been sitting for hours... we show the the stuff that one of our underpaid workers busted butt to get turned around for air during the show.Actually, that's code for "I'm a horrible writer who couldn't otherwise convince you to look up from your dinner or away from your kids with my scintillating copy, so I'm relying on this time-honored crutch in a desperate attempt to get you to pay attention to the news". I hate it, hate it, HATE IT when anyone on the news tells me what to do ... "look at this", "you'll want to pay attention to this next story ..."</font>[/QUOTE]That code works too ;)

[Fire Hydrogant]

In Spanish-language TV:
"La ola anti-inmigrante..."

[PAwxman]

You all missed the one phrase that I can guarantee was in your newscast this week (if not today).

"Up and Running"

Nothing ever "starts", "opens", "takes effect", "becomes operation".

Someone once pointed out to me that the phrase is constantly used and since that day I now notice it.