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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread "Moving the needle" Origin, meaning and usage? #220709 04/01/2015 11:20 AM Joined: Mar 2015 Posts: 1 Bottmingen/BL, Switzeerland PGL stranger PGL stranger Joined: Mar 2015 Posts: 1 Bottmingen/BL, Switzeerland "Moving the needle" This Phrase has been around since 2012 to my knowledge. It is now finding it`s way into the English Language. Is it American or English Origin? Who invented the phrase/used it first? Is it still mainly used in Business, or has it broken out into wider usage. Do you have any good examples? PGL Last edited by PGL; 04/01/2015 11:21 AM. Reason: spelling! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: "Moving the needle" Origin, meaning and usage? PGL #220712 04/01/2015 2:43 PM Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,971 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel LukeJavan8 Carpal Tunnel Joined: Jun 2008 Posts: 9,971 Likes: 3 Land of the Flat Water WELCOME PGL Stick around, someone will surely know. ----please, draw me a sheep---- Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: "Moving the needle" Origin, meaning and usage? PGL #220716 04/01/2015 8:40 PM Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass tsuwm Carpal Tunnel tsuwm Carpal Tunnel Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 10,542 this too shall pass here's one view from the Office Talk blog. it seems to have originated in Marketing jargon.. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: "Moving the needle" Origin, meaning and usage? PGL #220864 04/19/2015 2:59 AM Joined: Apr 2015 Posts: 47 Cowboy_Monkey newbie Cowboy_Monkey newbie Joined: Apr 2015 Posts: 47 Pegging the gauge. Pegged out. Maximum measurement...and then some. For example... When my geiger counter started screaming and the needle pegged out on all settings, past time to run like the wind out of this radioactive hell hole. Or it might refer to a zero measurement that has increased just a tad...or a smidgeon. Just depends on how much the needle moves. Ever turn an air conditioner down in summer or a heater up in winter? Then you have moved the needle on a thermostat. Last edited by Cowboy_Monkey; 04/19/2015 3:00 AM. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Website Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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