to think this phase inappropriate ?

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Describing the reaction of children to their success as "going mental" on a TV programme -Reggie Yates in a voice over for Escape from Scorpion Island weekly round up show this morning on BBC2. I suppose it is a colloquialism and he is perceived as "street" but acceptable for tv, especially kids' ? Surely there were many alternative ways of phrasing their excitment.

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You sound like my mum who hates people using the word 'gay' for homosexual because it was 'a perfectly good word for happy before'

relaaaax YABU

I don't like the expression, I think they could say something more appropiate, but don't think it's inappropiate as such

tbh it went over the kids' heads, so no worries on that score, but even dh thought it an odd thing to say.

my dd is 2.11 and i say to her that shes gone mad when she goes hyper!

id say relax yabu!

think "mad" has a less derogatory connotation than "mental" tbh. It isn't a term I'd use but maybe I'm out of touch!

I can see where yiou are coming from. The word 'mad' is very well embeded in yuor language though, 'Mad with grief', 'Mad about the boy', 'they are driving me mad'.

Rather like the fact that 'I'm feeling a bit depressed today' is the same word that we use to describe clinical depression.

I think it will be a very long time before these usages stop

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unclench - its a very commonly used colloquialism

mb it isn't going to stop though if it is seen as acceptable in the context of a gameshow and similar phrases have been handed down through the centuries as language evolved so it isn't a big leap linguistically. I might have thought it mroe appropriate in a programme like Grange Hill or Tracy Beaker as opposed to a commentary.

honestly it isn'lt a big deal fr me but it struck me at the time as an unnecessary way of putting it!

yabu
I understand where you are comming from. but that term has been used forever.

another yabu

YANBU. I agree that it has derogatory connotations and isn't appropriate in a commentary.

I associate the term 'mental' as being very insulting.

What's YABU please?

Duh sorry

Like this Desi? >> Mental

The word 'mental' is neutral it is the mental state you are describing that makes it good/bad.

If you said 'going mad' it would be more negative as being 'mad' is not a good thing.

YABU. Don't think too hard about these things - it drives you mad in the end.

Exactly like that, JV