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    Avi Bryant‏ @avibryant 28 Jan 2014

    Americans: do you recognize this definition of gongshow, or is it a Canadianism? http://www.unwords.com/unword/gongshow.html … (see also: how my day's going).

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      2. Avi Bryant‏ @avibryant 28 Jan 2014
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        Results: in general, Americans seem not to have heard "gongshow" used that way, but think they would have understood it in context.

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      3. ⛧ esoterik ⛧‏ @d6 28 Jan 2014
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        @avibryant It sounds enough like shitshow that I'd probably recognize it in context.

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      4. Aaron Levin‏ @aaronmblevin 28 Jan 2014
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        @d6 @avibryant this is surprising, I thought the etymology was from an american tv game show where a gong was rung. I may have made that up.

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      5. Avi Bryant‏ @avibryant 28 Jan 2014
        Replying to @aaronmblevin

        @aaronmblevin @d6 that's absolutely the etymology. I'm surprised for the same reason.

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      2. Phillip Kast‏ @yeahphil 28 Jan 2014
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        @avibryant I think the American version would be "shitshow."

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      3. Avi Bryant‏ @avibryant 28 Jan 2014
        Replying to @yeahphil

        @yeahphil yeah, probably, but that doesn't necessarily convey the detached amusement about the situation. Which is maybe a Canadian thing.

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      2. Amy Peck‏ @amyjennifen 29 Jan 2014
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        @avibryant Although now they're changing nouns into verbs! They clearly didn't follow obvious learnings or respond to our ask.

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      3. Avi Bryant‏ @avibryant 29 Jan 2014
        Replying to @amyjennifen

        @amyjennifen verbing is the worst.

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      4. Amy Peck‏ @amyjennifen 29 Jan 2014
        Replying to @avibryant

        @avibryant Et comment. Like literal translation, ca suce.

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      1. Chris Coldewey‏ @krrish 28 Jan 2014
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        @avibryant Heard it pre-Van but the prevalence here (like Bryan Adams on the radio) marks it as total Canadianism

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      2. Evan Broder‏ @ebroder 28 Jan 2014
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        @avibryant I'm familiar with what a gong show is, but not the term as you describe it (recent chat with @snoble about the topic excluded)

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      1. Jack Palevich‏ @palevich 28 Jan 2014
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        @avibryant http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gong_Show … was on American TV so long ago that most of your followers probably never heard of it...

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      1. BlameTroi‏ @Troi 28 Jan 2014
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        @avibryant we would more likely call it a clusterf-ck if it's being managed, make a keystone cops reference, or say chinese fire drill.

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      2. finitor‏ @finitor 28 Jan 2014
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        @avibryant Not a universal Canadianism, we didn't have that usage growing up in Ontario in the 60s/70s. Only know it as a TV gameshow.

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      3. Arianne‏ @ariannerh 28 Jan 2014
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        @finitor @avibryant Nor in Quebec in the 80s/90s. I think it's a west coast expression. See also: piggy in the middle.

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      1. Colin Brumelle‏ @cbrumelle 28 Jan 2014
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        @avibryant I think it has more to do with age then nationality

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      1. Glenn Vanderburg‏ @glv 28 Jan 2014
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        @avibryant Never heard it used that way, but I probably would have been able to figure out the meaning in context.

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      1. Phillip Kast‏ @yeahphil 28 Jan 2014
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        @avibryant good point, shitshow implies a certain level of personal investment/disgust.

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      1. Jason Crawford‏ @jasoncrawford 28 Jan 2014
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        @avibryant Not exactly, I think of this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gong_Show …

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