Well knock me over with a transistor. I never knew people played a game when listening to the radio. Lucille Redmond asks in today’s Sunday Business Post if people play this game when listening to talk shows: .. betting on when “at the end of the day” will first be said? I know they do; I saw two women in a cafe slap hands when a caller said “like, y’know, like” the other day on Liveline. Money crossed the table. So now that it’s a game, I would like to add the following to the list of words / phrases to listen out for : Absolutely With all due respect The current environment (or any of the many recessionary variations) Oh my god I’m just disgusted/appalled/angry/outraged/shocked/disappointed Personally speaking And while I’m on the subject of word usage, when did Mom enter the vernacular in Ireland? And High Street? And awesome? … There’s more →