English-Merlin dictionary

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	* '''best possible value'''		* '''best possible value'''
	** spend the most possible money		** spend the most possible money
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−	* '''UK's biggest attractions'''
−	** synonymous with 'second only to Disney'
	* '''boffin wizards'''		* '''boffin wizards'''
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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
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	* '''spellbinding'''		* '''spellbinding'''
	** good enough to sell an annual pass renewal next year		** good enough to sell an annual pass renewal next year
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		+	* '''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
	== T ==		== T ==
	== U ==		== U ==
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		+	* '''UK's biggest attractions'''
		+	** synonymous with 'second only to Disney'
	== V ==		== V ==
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	== Z ==		== Z ==
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		+	== # ==
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		+	* '''50 rides and attractions'''
		+	** a hedging phrase used to deflect attention from a major attraction being closed/unavailable

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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.

Contents 1 A 2 B 3 C 4 D 5 E 6 F 7 G 8 H 9 I 10 J 11 K 12 L 13 M 14 N 15 O 16 P 17 Q 18 R 19 S 20 T 21 U 22 V 23 W 24 X 25 Y 26 Z 27 #

[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