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Invent the next generation of exaggeration

RogerBRogerB Posts: 8,852 ✭✭✭✭✭
edited April 25, 2019 7:16PM in U.S. Coin Forum

We've read all sorts of nonsensical exaggerated language from auction companies and dealers as that attempt to stack superlatives for coin that are touting. But it seems they are running out of words. monikers such as "rainbow," "double nuclear," "super moose," "supernova," and others are becoming routine and unimpressive.

Now is the time for collectors to invent a new generation of exaggeration - then copyright or trademark the words and phrases and charge hefty fees for their use. What are YOUR original hyperboles?

(Please, no gentle auxesis. Be blunt; be brief.)

:)

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  • yosclimberyosclimber Posts: 5,046 ✭✭✭✭✭

    "Best _____ Ever!" - one my kids used to say. But it was always somewhat tongue in cheek.

  • ms70ms70 Posts: 13,956 ✭✭✭✭✭

    I've seen several levels of "nuclear" with my favorite being "nuclear fission white".

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  • WillieBoyd2WillieBoyd2 Posts: 5,269 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Somebody called one of my posted coins "delicate".

    :)

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    Authentic??

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  • HemisphericalHemispherical Posts: 9,370 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Everything is a cycle. What was old becomes new and what is new becomes old.

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  • thefinnthefinn Posts: 2,657 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Best thing to happen til the apocalypse

    thefinn
  • LuxorLuxor Posts: 520 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Wasn't it Jay Cline who first began describing coins as 'blast white' ?

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  • 1630Boston1630Boston Posts: 14,111 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Hemispherical
    01010111 01101000 01100001 01110100 00100000 01110100 01101000 01100101 00100000 01101000 01100101 01100011 01101011 0011111

    What the heck? :smile:

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  • rickoricko Posts: 98,724 ✭✭✭✭✭

    A term used in the south, though not commonly applied to coins, would be 'bodacious'....I look forward to seeing that in an auction description.... :D Cheers, RickO

  • RogerBRogerB Posts: 8,852 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited April 26, 2019 6:27AM

    Well -- I'll add this laconic one:

    "Sultry" as in Kathleen Turner in Body Heat.

  • SmudgeSmudge Posts: 9,820 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @RogerB said:
    Hmmmm...."Bodacious Dahlonega Half Eagle with startling, shimmering, stellar luster sufficient to blind a 20-foot Gator."

    SOLD.

  • BroadstruckBroadstruck Posts: 30,497 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited April 26, 2019 8:13AM

    I never bid or buy, but enjoy descriptions that require wearing hip high rubber boots just to read.

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  • jabbajabba Posts: 3,176 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @thefinn said:
    Best thing to happen til the apocalypse

    Now if it was Best thing to happen til the Zombie apocalypse I’m sold!


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  • jabbajabba Posts: 3,176 ✭✭✭✭✭

    BTW actually had a car salesmen tell me this land cruiser is the perfect SUV for the Zombie Apocalypse I asked how he could prove it to me and I’m sold! Did buy that day


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  • ColonelJessupColonelJessup Posts: 6,442 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Multi-OMFUG monster :o

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  • jafo50jafo50 Posts: 331 ✭✭✭

    @Hemispherical said:
    Everything is a cycle. What was old becomes new and what is new becomes old.

    01010111 01101000 01100001 01110100 00100000 01110100 01101000 01100101 00100000 01101000 01100101 01100011 01101011 00111111

    What the heck......... just a guess

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  • 291fifth291fifth Posts: 24,685 ✭✭✭✭✭

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  • Rooster1Rooster1 Posts: 381 ✭✭✭

    Quasar Luster

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  • CaptHenwayCaptHenway Posts: 32,725 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Totally Frood, Dude!

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  • RogerBRogerB Posts: 8,852 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @jafo50 said:

    @Hemispherical said:
    Everything is a cycle. What was old becomes new and what is new becomes old.

    01010111 01101000 01100001 01110100 00100000 01110100 01101000 01100101 00100000 01101000 01100101 01100011 01101011 00111111

    What the heck......... just a guess

    On the nose guess, too!

  • RogerBRogerB Posts: 8,852 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited April 26, 2019 2:20PM

    "Put this auction on your event horizon !" Nah...too wordy. Requires too much prior knowledge. Surely this band of genius can come up with a few extravagant exaggerations for copyright and make us all rich !

  • coinkatcoinkat Posts: 23,836 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Picture this... In your collection

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  • ms70ms70 Posts: 13,956 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @RogerB said:
    Well -- I'll add this laconic one:

    "Sultry" as in Kathleen Turner in Body Heat.

    I was thinking "sultry" as in Anne Ramsey in Throw Momma from the Train.

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  • JimWJimW Posts: 581 ✭✭✭✭

    Totally Rufus :)

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  • rln_14rln_14 Posts: 686 ✭✭✭✭

    Tantalizing toning...
    Lucsious luster...
    Opulent originality...

  • RogerBRogerB Posts: 8,852 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Ahhh...now those are palatial maybe even volcanic.

  • BLUEJAYWAYBLUEJAYWAY Posts: 10,077 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Supercalifragilistic.....well you know the rest.

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  • ms70ms70 Posts: 13,956 ✭✭✭✭✭

    "So much luster it's just stupid"

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  • SanctionIISanctionII Posts: 12,587 ✭✭✭✭✭

    "This coin has IT,...... like,..... totally."

    Overheard at a coin shop in Van Nuys, Calif.

  • cameonut2011cameonut2011 Posts: 10,181 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @SanctionII said:
    "This coin has IT,...... like,..... totally."

    Overheard at a coin shop in Van Nuys, Calif.

    It has, like OMG toning... :D

  • cameonut2011cameonut2011 Posts: 10,181 ✭✭✭✭✭

    "headlight luster"

  • cameonut2011cameonut2011 Posts: 10,181 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited April 27, 2019 1:28AM

    From actual auction descriptions:

    "Son of Godzilla"

    "Godzilla"

    "A SEXY SORBET"

    "Masterpiece"

    "When Peacocks see this coin, they nuts and attack as they are so insanely jealous."

    "This coin would make a Peacock go nuts during mating seasons when their colors are out."

    "The sex appeal of this coin is beyond any normal persons libido."

    "Electric shades of amber/gold/violet/blue/aqua green can be seen for miles."

    "This coin is total coin porn all day!"

    "[T]he well struck details stand out like a Warhol painting. The eye appeal is quite dramatic!"

    "This piece just rains rainbow colors.... The eye appeal of this piece is like a raining group of colors-you will be blown away!"

    "At one time NBC wanted to use this coin when its Peacock displayed all its colors! "

    "Speaking of eye appeal-all we an say is WOW, WOW, WOW!"

  • gonzergonzer Posts: 3,052 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited April 30, 2019 2:14PM

    …

  • WHPRATTWHPRATT Posts: 114 ✭✭✭
    edited April 27, 2019 4:50AM

    Lustrous Luster Bomb

    Tonealicious

    Mega Moose

    ShamWow

    Bursting Bronto Bloom

    Lightspeed Cartwheel

    Mongo Punch devices

    Bobby Dazzler

  • TwoKopeikiTwoKopeiki Posts: 9,857 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Supernova


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  • RogerBRogerB Posts: 8,852 ✭✭✭✭✭

    For your North Korean coins it might be:
    "Radiant as our Glorious Leader's Image in our Hearts"

    _____ rare as a Blue Moon
    Celestial
    Constellation of _____
    Hint of earthshine toning
    Pale pvc green in occultation of nebulous blue and red
    Superb example of retrograding
    Sparkling star cluster
    Zodiac-like depth

  • WinLoseWinWinLoseWin Posts: 1,688 ✭✭✭✭✭

    "Such incredibly uncommonly amazingly toning it must have atoms and molecules previously unknown to science."

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  • RogerBRogerB Posts: 8,852 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited April 27, 2019 6:04PM

    Ooooo...that's nasty ! :)

    Unknown atoms created in a supernova; or maybe cold pressed hot condensed helium hydride.

  • csdotcsdot Posts: 707 ✭✭✭✭

    So great that if anyone questions it they must be STUPID (and I mean STUPID), and flunked kindergarten.

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  • bolivarshagnastybolivarshagnasty Posts: 7,352 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Looks like we will have to update the Numismatic Phrase Generator with nuclear and supernova. And the deceit continues.................. :#

  • aus3000tinaus3000tin Posts: 369 ✭✭✭

    "21st Century rarity" - pertaining to any coin mintage under 1 million.
    With the world population increasing toward 8 billion, a "pawltry" mintage of 1 million is the new "21 Century rarity".

    Chris

  • kbbpllkbbpll Posts: 542 ✭✭✭✭

    Bomb cyclone toning

  • ms70ms70 Posts: 13,956 ✭✭✭✭✭

    "Dripping with so much luster I got some on my pants."

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  • WillieBoyd2WillieBoyd2 Posts: 5,269 ✭✭✭✭✭

    "We're not in Kansas any more" coloring.

    :)

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  • RogerBRogerB Posts: 8,852 ✭✭✭✭✭

    bolivarshagnasty -- Ahh...that is good! Every coin seller should have one! Automate it and you;ll make enough to buy your own 1804 dollar !

  • PerryHallPerryHall Posts: 46,830 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @ms70 said:
    "Dripping with so much luster I got some on my pants."

    I'm guessing that may not be luster. :o;):D

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  • ashelandasheland Posts: 23,736 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Hemispherical said:
    Everything is a cycle. What was old becomes new and what is new becomes old.

    01010111 01101000 01100001 01110100 00100000 01110100 01101000 01100101 00100000 01101000 01100101 01100011 01101011 00111111

    01001100 01001111 01001100

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  • HemisphericalHemispherical Posts: 9,370 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @asheland said:

    @Hemispherical said:
    Everything is a cycle. What was old becomes new and what is new becomes old.

    01010111 01101000 01100001 01110100 00100000 01110100 01101000 01100101 00100000 01101000 01100101 01100011 01101011 00111111

    01001100 01001111 01001100

    01010011 01101101 01101001 01101100 01100101 01111001 00100000 01000110 01100001 01100011 01100101

  • ashelandasheland Posts: 23,736 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @Hemispherical said:

    @asheland said:

    @Hemispherical said:
    Everything is a cycle. What was old becomes new and what is new becomes old.

    01010111 01101000 01100001 01110100 00100000 01110100 01101000 01100101 00100000 01101000 01100101 01100011 01101011 00111111

    01001100 01001111 01001100

    01010011 01101101 01101001 01101100 01100101 01111001 00100000 01000110 01100001 01100011 01100101

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