Many years ago, a good friend of mine coined the term &lduo;Falknerisms”. He defined them as odd words and phrases that I have adopted or said. I do not take credit for originating these phrases, but have apparently adopted them into my vernacular (unintentionally of course).
If you know me well and have suggestions for phrases I should add, email me through my Contact Form.
This saying offends many people because it seemingly takes skill out of the equation. I disagree because of a definition I heard of being lucky:
Luck is when opportunity meets skill.
Show me a true card player who consistently wins who doesn't understand the game. There is an element where they have to get the right cards to win but they rely on skill to play those cards right. A person who lands an account has to have opportunity to present and the environment has to be right to close the sale but they have to have skill to close it.
One of my favorite lines from Anchorman that pretty much applies to anything in our industry.
Anyone who knows me has probably heard this phrase. The basic premise is that there are some things you can't deal with. They aren't going to change despite some form of intervention. It has also been used as a phrase of giving up.
Don't remember who coined this one to me but I love it. They always referred to the hairy edge of something. The most often use for me is the hairy edge of disaster but it can be used for anything.
This derives from the phrase "full on the mouth" that I got from a good friend of mine in Nashville. I've heard it used a lot and was surprised recently to hear a famous worship leader us this phrase (now whether she got it from the original phrase, I don't know).
One of my personal favorites from “The Princess Bride”. Pretty much can be used for any application. My wife and kids regularly yell this at me as I'm walking out of the door to a gig.
Pretty self explanatory (though I'm not sure why).
Anyone who's worked with me for a while has heard me say I'm making chicken salad. It originates from an old sales guy who always used to say, &lduo;They've given us chicken (crap) so we're gonna have to make chicken salad.&rduo; He usually was referring to a horrible product that we (the production department) had to try to make look like the greatest Christmas toy ever. It has a broad base use as it can pretty much apply to anything. In video production we often get the worst video or graphical elements and just have to make the best of it because of course it will be our fault if it isn't great.
Very similar concept to chicken salad in that no matter how good you are, you can't make bad content better. You can only dress it up to disguise how bad it is and that's how you get a polished turd. It should be noted that the Mythbusters were able to polish a turd...not sure why they tried.
Anyone who works in the audio/video industry has heard the term 'Air Gap'. Often times a problem is a direct result of not plugging something in causing an infinite resistance problem.
I personally love airgap because it applies to so many aspects of our lives. It can be as simple as a plug that isn't plugged into the wall or a cable not plugged in, but it can also apply to the space between our ears. Worst time for an airgap is if you become the connection between two high voltage power sources (not that I've ever done that).
My brother reminded me of a movie term I've adopted and so here are some of the movie and TV terms that I have adopted:
nerfherder
dillweed
excellent (smithers)
More to come...