Talk:I can't hear you over the sound of

RFV discussion: January–April 2017
"Said to ignore what someone is saying and change the subject." There was a definitely incorrect citation claiming to be from a 1960s Star Trek episode, and using the slang "awesome" which wasn't even in use then (plus I've seen lots of Trek), so I've removed that. Equinox ◑ 04:03, 27 January 2017 (UTC)
 * KnowYourMeme has I'm sorry, I can't hear you over the sound of how awesome I am. --Florian Blaschke (talk) 19:15, 27 January 2017 (UTC)
 * I'm not really convinced that this is dictionary material at all. It does not seem strongly idiomatic to me. Do we aim to cover every phrase ever used? Mihia (talk) 01:56, 28 January 2017 (UTC)
 * I agree, although that should more properly be covered in RFD, not RFV. Kiwima (talk) 03:01, 28 January 2017 (UTC)
 * Cited. If anyone feels that this is inappropriate, do feel free to WT:RFD it.__Gamren (talk) 13:33, 31 March 2017 (UTC)
 * Three of those (Hoover, Dorfman, and Siegel) seem to be non-self-published, so I guess I'll strike this as passed. &#x200b;—msh210℠ (talk) 21:28, 2 April 2017 (UTC)

The definition still needs work. It does not adequately explain how you decide which noun to put after "sound of". Equinox ◑ 16:34, 3 September 2017 (UTC)

RFD discussion: April–September 2017
SOP. &#x200b;—msh210℠ (talk) 21:29, 2 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Are you implying that "stupidity" and other such things have literal sounds? Because that seems to me to be the only way it could be SOP. Andrew Sheedy (talk) 03:44, 3 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Why does everyone always think SOP means "literal"? --WikiTiki89 12:21, 6 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Should there be a figurative sense at instead? Andrew Sheedy (talk) 09:04, 9 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep. --Daniel Carrero (talk) 11:34, 6 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete. Not really even idiomatic. You can use any similar sentence. --WikiTiki89 12:21, 6 April 2017 (UTC)


 * The current definition is very inadequate, not indicating that the phrase is incomplete as it stands, nor what needs to be added to finish it. Equinox ◑ 12:31, 6 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep in some form: does not seem SOP per Andrew Sheedy. It does seem to be a unit of language, a repetitively used manner of expression, peculiar to a particular language. Equinox is right that the phrase is incomplete; we could add " X" to the end, but I am not sure that would be an improvement. --Dan Polansky (talk) 10:13, 19 August 2017 (UTC)


 * RFD kept: no consensus for deletion. --Dan Polansky (talk) 09:50, 3 September 2017 (UTC)