Legend.....A word grossly overused?

LankyDJ
LankyDJ Posts: 44
edited March 2013 in The cake stop
Whilst browsing the BBC sport website yesterday, i could'nt help but notice an external link to the Daily Mail website as follows, 'Dancing on Ice legend Tony Gubba dies'.

Now, i have no doubt that the late Mr Gubba, was indeed, a very well respected sports broadcaster for many years, but to be defined as a legend, perhaps not.

Thoughts anyone.......

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  • ballysmate
    ballysmate Posts: 15,996
    I prefer the more simple word "Foot"
  • Frank the tank
    Frank the tank Posts: 6,553
    LankyDJ wrote:
    Whilst browsing the BBC sport website yesterday, i could'nt help but notice an external link to the Daily Mail website as follows, 'Dancing on Ice legend Tony Gubba dies'.

    Now, i have no doubt that the late Mr Gubba, was indeed, a very well respected sports broadcaster for many years, but to be defined as a legend, perhaps not.

    Thoughts anyone.......
    Oh My God! that post is AWESOME. :lol:
    Tail end Charlie

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  • LankyDJ
    LankyDJ Posts: 44
    To be fair, it is Frank, absolutely!.......
  • ballysmate
    ballysmate Posts: 15,996
    Frank the tank wrote:
    LankyDJ wrote:
    Whilst browsing the BBC sport website yesterday, i could'nt help but notice an external link to the Daily Mail website as follows, 'Dancing on Ice legend Tony Gubba dies'.

    Now, i have no doubt that the late Mr Gubba, was indeed, a very well respected sports broadcaster for many years, but to be defined as a legend, perhaps not.

    Thoughts anyone.......
    Oh My God! that post is AWESOME. :lol:

    Nay LEGENDARY!
  • slowmart
    slowmart Posts: 4,516
    The repatative vocabulary of the tabloid press for their uneducated and dimwitted audience.

    Hero is another nauseating and overused word whose meaning diminishes with total idiots being labelled by the press when a moniker of talented footballer would be more appropriate.
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  • Daz555
    Daz555 Posts: 3,976
    Legend is grossly overused but that is the evolution of language - it can join the likes of "awesome" as meaning very little these days.

    So yes, Gubba is indeed a broadcasting legend. Only Motty and some other bloke have more credits to their commentating CV.
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  • Akirasho
    Akirasho Posts: 1,892
    ... the US, the words are

    hero
    tragic
    grissly
    &
    horrific

    disater gets an honorable mention
  • Pross
    Pross Posts: 43,597
    Anyone who ends their long career in sports commentary by being most famous for presenting celebrities falling over on ice must surely be a Legend.
  • Keith47
    Keith47 Posts: 158
    I think one of the most overused and misused words is "genius".
    It has even been used to describe Paul Gascoigne :shock:
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  • LankyDJ
    LankyDJ Posts: 44
    Pross wrote:
    Anyone who ends their long career in sports commentary by being most famous for presenting celebrities falling over on ice must surely be a Legend.

    That's it then, legend status confirmed, elevated by the Daily Mail and Dancing on Ice, two most worthy appraisals!
  • rolf_f
    rolf_f Posts: 16,015
    No, he's no legend. He's a hero :lol:
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  • Frank the tank
    Frank the tank Posts: 6,553
    What about "he was a paragon of broadcasting excellence".
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  • tiredofwhiners
    tiredofwhiners Posts: 598
    Its goes in here with 'classic', 'unique', 'ethnic cleansing', ' neoliberal' and 'the public sector provides value for money'

    ;)
  • MattC59
    MattC59 Posts: 5,408
    Hero..... Sh*te word !
    I'd bet that 99% of media reported heros aren't.
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  • kieranb
    kieranb Posts: 1,674
    I suspose someone who is a legend is one who has stories told about them extoling and enhancing their exploits like the old warriors of Ireland/Greece etc. In that respect there is probably a few cycling legends around but I guess as information and communications moves away from oral tradition and story telling there will be less legends even if their exploits are up to standard?
  • FatTed
    FatTed Posts: 1,205
    This is Legend
    http://www.legend-bikes.com/

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