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Marketing 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

(, Thu 8 Apr 2010, 13:13)
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Not so much the word but the usage.....
You walk into something/trip over/have a minor mishap and somebody female/elderly/elderly and female will say "Careful!!"

I know they mean well but WTF does it mean? Don't do that again? Take more care next time you're in a similar situation?

I have to be careful not to assault them with a claw hammer for wasting words and breath.
(, Tue 13 Apr 2010, 16:23, 2 replies)
YES.
CF "Mind that table/chair/chandelier/lorry" after you've bumped into it.
(, Tue 13 Apr 2010, 16:29, closed)
It's a subtle and snidey insult dressed up as concern...
In Ancient English, it's a shortened version
of '(Take) care fool!', care-fool becomes careful

Authors note: I may have just made this up on the spot
(, Tue 13 Apr 2010, 18:55, closed)

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