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Gopher

Jun 21 08 11:51
What exactly is meant by the term 'common' when it expresses disapproval. I've heard several things referred to as being this but as far as I could see they were anything but common (in incidence).
A fool's paradise is better than none.

Sportsdude

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Jun 21 08 11:57
8.coarse; vulgar: [span class="ital-inline"]common manners.
[a href="http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/common"]http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/common[/a]

Hmmm I've never heard this phrase before. Common manners interesting.
I'm confused as well.
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Lil Me

#2
Jun 21 08 11:57
 I think it denotes a lack of exclusivity.
 It's a British expression?
 
 example: "Well.  I shan't be buying clothing from Sears.  As if!  That's so common."
   
"In the absence of clearly-defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily trivia until ultimately we become enslaved by it."  Robert Heinlein

Gopher

#3
Jun 21 08 12:00
I think it's British. A couple of things I heard and which I found really funny were the facts that a) wearing diamonds in the daytime and b) eating in the street were both considered  to be 'common'. Can anyone think of possible examples we could add to these?        
A fool's paradise is better than none.

Lil Me

#4
Jun 21 08 12:07
hmmm Goph...from those examples of behaviour, it sounds like "common" means ignorant or ill-bred.
 This must include me, as I'm very guilty of #2.
 
   
"In the absence of clearly-defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily trivia until ultimately we become enslaved by it."  Robert Heinlein

Gopher

#5
Jun 21 08 12:08
So am I.
A fool's paradise is better than none.

Lil Me

#6
Jun 21 08 12:09
No diamonds in the daytime for you, Goph?  
"In the absence of clearly-defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily trivia until ultimately we become enslaved by it."  Robert Heinlein

Gopher

#7
Jun 21 08 12:11
Nor nightime either, same for you Lil Me?
A fool's paradise is better than none.

Lil Me

#8
Jun 21 08 12:15
Yup.  I have one diamond ring, but it sits at home because I don't usually wear rings.  
"In the absence of clearly-defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily trivia until ultimately we become enslaved by it."  Robert Heinlein

Gopher

#9
Jun 21 08 12:16
Wow! That's really refined!
A fool's paradise is better than none.

Lil Me

#10
Jun 21 08 12:28
Yeah, the rings get all messed up from the taco sauce which drips on my hands while I eat lunch on the street.  
"In the absence of clearly-defined goals, we become strangely loyal to performing daily trivia until ultimately we become enslaved by it."  Robert Heinlein

Gopher

#11
Jun 21 08 12:29
Stop making me laugh. I'm sure it's common.
A fool's paradise is better than none.

Michel

#12
Jun 21 08 12:45
     

P.C.

#13
Jun 21 08 01:04
I've always thought of it as a derogatory 'class distinction'.  As in...the 'common folk'.....generally used by 'the elite' (or snobs)  Ill bred is as close to the term as I understand it.  

  I'm a non-diamond person too.  I have one, but wear it rarely.  Same reason as Lil Me......well......that, and it's a little tight.  [img style="CURSOR: pointer" onclick=url(this.src); src="http://www.cheesebuerger.de/images/smilie/liebe/g038.gif" border=0]      
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Lise

#14
Jun 21 08 07:24
So if you're enlisted to sit throug the House of Commons, that's an insult???
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