English-Merlin dictionary
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* '''fizzy for longer''' | * '''fizzy for longer''' | ||
** exactly the same as before, only in smaller amounts. | ** exactly the same as before, only in smaller amounts. | ||
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| + | * '''fantastical''' | ||
| + | ** the single most commonly used adjective at Merlin Entertainments | ||
== G == | == G == | ||
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* '''second only to Disney''' | * '''second only to Disney''' | ||
| − | ** name dropping a company | + | ** name dropping a company who have had 6 decades worth of successful theme park experience to look better thus rating the finance highly against |
== T == | == T == | ||
Latest revision as of 22:12, 1 February 2016
In these dark ages of poorly-written news articles from Merlin Entertainments, a need has emerged for an easy way to translate the words and phrases direct from the desk of Nick Varney into plain English. Thankfully, a team of boffin wizards people at Collins were on-hand to compile a handy guide.
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[edit] A
- amazingly good reasons
- amazingly good reasons for Merlin, or;
- financial reasons.
[edit] B
- best possible value
- spend the most possible money
- boffin wizards
- finance department
[edit] C
- customer research
- some idealistic user personas haphazardly drawn up for management
- committed
- a term to state a mild, but not necessarily ever completed or continued, interest in getting something done
[edit] D
[edit] E
[edit] F
- fizzy for longer
- exactly the same as before, only in smaller amounts.
- fantastical
- the single most commonly used adjective at Merlin Entertainments
[edit] G
- glad you asked
- glad you asked a question we've prepared an answer for (don't ask anything serious, like we'd be able to answer that)
[edit] H
[edit] I
- improving your experience
- raising prices and reducing the service, but telling customers it is a better product
[edit] J
[edit] K
[edit] L
[edit] M
- magic
- Editor note: we really don't know what this actually means.
- magically brilliant
- a combination of two popular buzz words in the PR department
[edit] N
[edit] O
[edit] P
- prompted by customers
- also known as 'slightly listening by skimming the multiple pages of customer feedback'
[edit] Q
[edit] R
[edit] S
- spellbinding
- good enough to sell an annual pass renewal next year
- second only to Disney
- name dropping a company who have had 6 decades worth of successful theme park experience to look better thus rating the finance highly against
[edit] T
[edit] U
- UK's biggest attractions
- synonymous with 'second only to Disney'
[edit] V
- valued passholders
- synonymous with 'valued bank balances'
[edit] W
[edit] X
[edit] Y
[edit] Z
[edit] #
- 50 rides and attractions
- a hedging phrase used to deflect attention from a major attraction being closed/unavailable
