Phrases you hate...

Yes, pizza is to die for.

'launches hashtag campaign'

Who would want to be friends with someone who wouldn't die for pizza?

did not realise "cool beans" was to be deplored. only guy I know who uses it has already given me plenty of reasons to hate him and now I got another one, objectively verified. thank you all.

the phrase construction "(x)-cum-(y)", like i understand it's latin but it just makes me think of someone covered in jizz.

― clouds, Friday, May 9, 2014 2:20 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

agreed, can't believe how often it gets used in today's world of ubiquitous internet porn

"it is what it is"

^^^^ I HATE THAT SO MUCH

That phrase is what it is though.

"You're doing it wrong"

Not sure if I've heard "cool beans" irl, sounds like something Beaver Cleaver would say.

one of my friends says this

I want to dickpunch him every time he says it

"harm's way"

"first responders"

^

"Tweeps".

https://www.google.com/search?q=%22nostalgia+inducing%22

"at the end of the day..."

― omar little, Friday, May 4, 2012 10:24 AM (2 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

this fucking phrase not getting enough love hate

He says at ... 5:05 pm CDT.

i know someone who says "there you go" after anyone makes any declarative statement. what the fuck is that?

appreciative of spacetime obv

"Just saying," at least as a sentence unto itself. All over Facebook.

Kid talk--don't know if I actually hate it but I do always call attention to how silly it is: "Can I verse you?" (as applied to a game of badminton or checkers or whatever). "You mean you want to write a poem about me? Sure, go ahead--immortalize me."

"Can I verse you?" (as applied to a game of badminton or checkers or whatever).

Is this some sort of http://i156.photobucket.com/albums/t1/CheckMyVitals/Posting/canada.gif thing?

No, I've heard kids say that.

http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=4029

"creating change"

change happens all by itself you assholes

- mlk

"What is this? Grand Central Station?"

"Can I verse you?"

Heavens! Then I might become well-versed in the subject.

"What is this? Grand Central Station?"

― how's life, Sunday, June 1, 2014 3:07 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Oh, but how I waited my whole life to get to New York, putting a friend on a train to Poughkeepsie, and saying...

Beeps came home and told us how her school was going to pre-empt classroom teaching on a Friday and let the kids enjoy hot dogs, inflatable jump tents and face-painting. I say to Sunny because I'm a hilarious dad, "Oh, those kids are going to have a field-day with that one."

nice

"sorry for your loss"

^^^ yes, and predictably I struggle with what else to say if it's someone I don't know well. 'I was so sorry to hear about X' or just 'I'm so sorry' if the context is right is what I usually feel like saying.

what i said on twitter:

Does anyone feel uncomfortable with the phrase "I'm sorry for your loss"? Well-meaning but kinda the lorem ipsum of sympathy.

It also feels loaded in a weird way, on both sides, like the speaker is burdened ("sorry") and the recipient's "loss" is imbued with meaning

I send grieving family members the board game SORRY™ except instead of the board and pieces when they open it up, they find a note I've written that simply says "This is me, because of your loss."

Then I go to class reunions and tell old friends there that I'm sorry for their gain.

so wry for your loss xp

although I agree on that phrase, I can't think of anything to say to grieving persons, particularly ones I'm not very close to, that doesn't sound strained and uncomfortable.

i wrote a card for my cousin when her husband died suddenly but then i didn't like the awkwardness of my wording so i didn't send it and i intended to get another card but i didn't and then she was killed in a car crash a few weeks later and ever since then i don't worry so much about what i say as long as it's something.

:O

Sorry for your loss.

<3

I've spent years advising students to drop this "the passing of my grandfather" twaddle.

"I was sorry to hear about your father" is almost as bad. It has this overtone of "Oh yes, you mean theah...dying business. Unfortunate, that."

"I'm sorry" will suffice.

or better: a hug.

http://pixel.nymag.com/imgs/daily/vulture/2013/04/29/Joan-Hug.o.jpg/a_560x375.jpg

I also hate saying "I was sorry to hear about..." because it's like "By the way, you probably weren't thinking about your loved one's death at just this moment, after grieving for the prior three weeks, but I need to remind you of it so that I can discharge my duties."

i never remind anyone of death, everyone will be reminded soon enough

Valar morghulis