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    Some months ago we went to a radio recording of a panel show all about words and phrases. Part of the show was where the pannelists had to come up with a new word /phrase or a new use for an existing one. The only one I remember was Miles Jupp who came up with "App nauseum" - to be sick of having to download Apps for everything.
    I'm trying to use it every time we are asked in a shop if we have their App for whatever purpose.
     
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      I like that :thumbsup:

      I handle it slightly differently as I start off by saying to them "what's that?" and when they say it's a programme you download on to your mobile I then say "what's a mobile?".

      I don't have a mobile :noidea:. I said earlier that I'm a dinosaur. :roflol:
       
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      I was reading something bemoaning the fact that you can no longer just plug something in and away it goes. You have to go on line to get it to work.
      Apart from my phone and my laptop, I see no benefit in having a 'smart' anything. It'll be smart buckets and spades next.
       
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      Why has nobody invented smart clothes that automatically adjust to the right size - and look smart?
       
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        That's called "elasticated waistband" :biggrin:
         
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