Annoying words and phrasesMarketing bollocks, buzzword bingo, or your mum saying "fudge" when she really wants to swear like a trooper. Let's ride the hockey stick curve of this top hat product, solutioneers.
Thanks to simbosan for the idea
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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 13:13)
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WellnessOkay, so it apparently does have one or two older appearances in English before it fell into disuse. The Germans (I think - could be other European) re-invented it, and its filtered back into English use somewhat.
That may be, but to me it always sounds like an invented bastardisation of "wellbeing" used as trendy buzzwordy bit of English in mainland Europe.
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Wellness Centres(
Je suis un vagabond is an unfunny, up your own arse middle class knob, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 14:54,
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finallysomeone else knows this phrase in it's common (frustrating) usage.
I've lived in European countries close to Germany & Austria for many years and keep coming across this phrase. Does it mean health spa? Does it mean massages?
Who the flip knows?
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On holiday in Croatia last yearour hotel had a wellness centre. What the f...? It was a spa - massages, sauna, steam room - that kind of carry on. Jesus.
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