michaelhanson

Beagle
 
how about "prostrate cancer" - what? is it lying face down?  
 

 
I believe that I was lying on my side for the biopsy.  
 

So, you were actually in a lateral recumbent position rather than prostrate?

Can ya dig it?

Beagle
 
"you've got another think coming" (HUH?) instead of "you've got another thing coming"
 

That one always made sense to me, if it was prefaced like this;
 
''If you think you're going to do that, you've got another think coming!''
 
In other words, think again.

For me, it's using "ask" as a noun.  As in "What is the ask here?"
I work with white-collar executives that seem to have the vocabulary of 4-yearolds.  What is the NEED here?  What is the REQUIREMENT here?  What is the GOAL here?
It's certainly not cutesy-speak coming from an overweight middle-aged bully in a $5000 suit.
 
Then again, I have issues with being seriously under-educated in my field, and got this far partially by having a vocabulary that hides my deficiency.  Maybe I'm just over-sensitive.

Slugbaby
For me, it's using "ask" as a noun.  As in "What is the ask here?"
I work with white-collar executives that seem to have the vocabulary of 4-yearolds.  What is the NEED here?  What is the REQUIREMENT here?  What is the GOAL here?
It's certainly not cutesy-speak coming from an overweight middle-aged bully in a $5000 suit.
 
Then again, I have issues with being seriously under-educated in my field, and got this far partially by having a vocabulary that hides my deficiency.  Maybe I'm just over-sensitive.

I hate to be the one to tell you, but management does not use terms like over-sensitive. After a discussion on the golf course yesterday, the executives determined that they prefer the term boo-face. Please adjust your vocabulary accordingly.

Slugbaby
For me, it's using "ask" as a noun.  As in "What is the ask here?"
I work with white-collar executives that seem to have the vocabulary of 4-yearolds.  What is the NEED here?  What is the REQUIREMENT here?  What is the GOAL here?
It's certainly not cutesy-speak coming from an overweight middle-aged bully in a $5000 suit.
 
Then again, I have issues with being seriously under-educated in my field, and got this far partially by having a vocabulary that hides my deficiency.  Maybe I'm just over-sensitive.

As a prior commodity trader, "ask" IS a noun when trading options.  You have the bid (what you want to pay) and the ask (what they want you to pay).

Rain
As mentioned in another thread, my lovely lady and a couple of friends managed to drag me to Disney last week. One of the very few rides I went on was the Nightmare Before Christmas Haunted Mansion.
 
At some point, the recorded narrator says "...unlike no other". 
 
It wasn't the first time that I heard the expression, but usually, I ignore it because it is uttered in far less "formal" contexts. Same for people who "could care less" when in fact, they could not. But in this context, considering the language level used, it just stood out like a sore thumb.
 
Clearly, what was meant was the exact opposite: that it was something quite extraordinary, unlike anything else. 
 
But this Frenchie can't fathom how the expression could actually mean anything but its contrary. It's mathematic. Unlike no other should mean, well, like every other.  
 
Or am I missing something? Is it really a legitimate idiom? Considering the context, I do doubt myself.

Maybe they said "AND like no other" ?

According to this site: http://www.disneyparkscripts.com/haunted-mansion-holiday-disneyland/ the narrator says:
 
"Jack’s holiday vision was unlike no other,
So ring out the bells! There’s more cheer to uncover."

This would really bug me.  I obsess over lacunae