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Audio Cliche Usage Guide

To help all those in need, I propose the Audiogon Audio Cliche Usage Guide.
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Audio Cliche #1 - "My lost is your gain". Correct usage, "My loss is your gain".

Lost means missing, or no longer possessed. If you still own the unit, then you still possess the unit, and it is not lost.

Loss refers to the decrease in the amount of money resulting from re-selling the item at a lower price on Audiogon.
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Audio Cliche #2 - "I sold all my gears." Correct usage, "I sold all my gear."

Gears refers to several multi-toothed wheels used in motors and machinery.

Gear is a collective term that means all the components that comprise a system...like an audio system.
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Your turn...
tvad
essentialaudio
1,147 posts
 
Most of the comments above refer to spelling errors, not cliches. But while we're at it, let's refer to lower frequency sound as bass, not base. To get this discussion back on topic, a few tired, often meaningless expressions come to mind:

"lifted a veil"
"on a whole new level" (which could mean a lower level!)
"jaw dropping"
"blew the (other component) away"
gs5556
769 posts
 
For Sale: (Insert make and model) 'NUFF SAID!!!

Correct Usage: For Sale (Insert make and model) describe condition, its age, from whence it came (original or subsequent owner), warranty remaining, service history, upgrade history, third party mods, any damage or otherwise something that will warn you of potential problems, the environment it resided in, accessories included (or not), and it's spelled e-n-o-u-g-h. And please don't scream!!!
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zargon
453 posts
 
the result of almost all tweeks: "wider and deeper"
mdhoover
690 posts
 
Essentialaudio: I did the "base" thing in a review I posted.

Mimberman: Is a malapropism the same thing as a solecism, or a subset thereof, or neither?

Audio cliche that I don't think I completely understand:
"I heard more air around the instruments."

What the heck does THAT mean?
tarsando
578 posts
 
This thread should be called What English Majors do in their spare time. (from an old english major hisself).
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