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i think in those circs it's helpful because it eases people into the idea of being a mother
in my case it just does not apply and i don't like it

cross over the mushroom circle (La Lechera), Tuesday, 4 November 2014 21:00 (nine years ago) link

i do not like it when 'murcans say "preggers"

― shoot skag listen to sotl (rip van wanko), Tuesday, November 4, 2014 12:43 PM (3 hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Preggers is horrible.

I have the term "hubby" more than most things.

Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Tuesday, 4 November 2014 21:00 (nine years ago) link

Mama when said not to actual mothers totally sounds like a hippie thing to me. I don't really hear it that often tbh but it would probably weird me out.

Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Tuesday, 4 November 2014 21:02 (nine years ago) link

xp Now there's something I can wholeheartedly otm.

Orson Wellies (in orbit), Tuesday, 4 November 2014 21:02 (nine years ago) link

do these 'friends' wrestle for bayside?

$0.00 Butter sauce only. No marinara. (Sufjan Grafton), Tuesday, 4 November 2014 21:06 (nine years ago) link

ok i LOL'd

Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Tuesday, 4 November 2014 21:07 (nine years ago) link

Have never heard "mama" used by a friend or acquaintance – note even about their mother or mom.

pplains, Tuesday, 4 November 2014 21:21 (nine years ago) link

The missionaries all call my dad Uncle, but that's a Mormon thing, from what I gather.

pplains, Tuesday, 4 November 2014 21:21 (nine years ago) link

I did get a kick out of it when the nurses at the hospital called Jeff "papa."

carl agatha, Tuesday, 4 November 2014 21:27 (nine years ago) link

pplains ime it's only said among women -- you are probably not privy to those conversations because you are a man! none of my male friends have ever called me mama (or wrestled for bayside lol). they do sometimes call me buddy but i like that alright.

cross over the mushroom circle (La Lechera), Tuesday, 4 November 2014 21:45 (nine years ago) link

Actually now that I think about it sometimes K's preschool teachers call me "Dad" when I drop her off in the morning.

my jaw left (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 4 November 2014 21:51 (nine years ago) link

i have a very hippie fb girl friend who basically calls all women she likes "mama"

mattresslessness, Tuesday, 4 November 2014 21:56 (nine years ago) link

Something-whatever "for the win." Honestly, I hate every internet cliche.

clemenza, Tuesday, 4 November 2014 22:16 (nine years ago) link

the dude who did my first tattoo kept referring to me as 'mama'. i really fucking hated it. i wouldn't care about friends saying this, since they're friends, but some rando dude saying it to me was pretty annoying.

just1n3, Tuesday, 4 November 2014 22:30 (nine years ago) link

I got an ad on facebook urging me to "Step up [ my] sock game"

my jaw left (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 4 November 2014 22:38 (nine years ago) link

My former coworker used to use hubby ALL THE TIME.

tokyo rosemary, Tuesday, 4 November 2014 23:13 (nine years ago) link

Jeff once randomly referred to himself as "husby-husb," which was amazing.

carl agatha, Tuesday, 4 November 2014 23:56 (nine years ago) link

Your memory is much better than mine.

Jeff, Tuesday, 4 November 2014 23:58 (nine years ago) link

You saying "husby-husb" was pretty memorable. Like how if one day I was like, "Ronald Reagan was a pretty good president."

carl agatha, Wednesday, 5 November 2014 00:01 (nine years ago) link

One of Beeps' teachers always calls me "Beeps' Dad" so I call her "Beeps' Teacher".

pplains, Wednesday, 5 November 2014 00:34 (nine years ago) link

lol

Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Wednesday, 5 November 2014 14:40 (nine years ago) link

Hubby is just awful and so is 'DH' for Dear Husband. Makes me feel like we're all in a terrible 70s British sitcom.

ljubljana, Thursday, 6 November 2014 02:04 (nine years ago) link

DH means Designated Hitter to most Americans, so

pplains, Thursday, 6 November 2014 02:07 (nine years ago) link

two months pass...

"lick"

in the context of a guitar or bass part

don't ask me why i posted this (electricsound), Saturday, 17 January 2015 07:10 (nine years ago) link

http://agilepartners.com/images/lotd/lotd-detail-feature.jpg

soref, Saturday, 17 January 2015 12:19 (nine years ago) link

I'm amazed this one hasn't come up yet, "End of". As in, "That's all I have to say on the matter. End of." (Not sure if this is used in the US or not).

Peas Be Upon Ham (Tom D.), Saturday, 17 January 2015 12:27 (nine years ago) link

In the US it's often phrased as "Enough said." Or worse, "'Nuff said." It's horrible.

carl agatha, Saturday, 17 January 2015 13:02 (nine years ago) link

Believe me, this is worse.

Peas Be Upon Ham (Tom D.), Saturday, 17 January 2015 13:25 (nine years ago) link

"End of" reminds me of "To die" which I love.

Jennifer 8.-( (Stevie D(eux)), Saturday, 17 January 2015 15:31 (nine years ago) link

I've never heard that one. As in "to die for"?

Je55e, Saturday, 17 January 2015 20:35 (nine years ago) link

Yes!!

Jennifer 8.-( (Stevie D(eux)), Sunday, 18 January 2015 01:20 (nine years ago) link

like "oh my gauhd that cashmeeuh sweatuh is tuh die."

Jennifer 8.-( (Stevie D(eux)), Sunday, 18 January 2015 01:20 (nine years ago) link

"How goes it?"

ed.b, Sunday, 18 January 2015 02:18 (nine years ago) link

"tuck in" when referring to eating

joygoat, Sunday, 18 January 2015 06:32 (nine years ago) link

fill your boots

sktsh, Sunday, 18 January 2015 10:25 (nine years ago) link

When I worked at Ruby Tuesday the training materials had scripts that included "tuck into" as well as extensive use of "wash down." "The Church Street is great washed down with a strawberry Megarita." Fucking nauseating, and we had to rehearse the lines aloud in shift meetings.

Je55e, Sunday, 18 January 2015 20:43 (nine years ago) link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZBHtCh69TY

kinder, Sunday, 18 January 2015 21:53 (nine years ago) link

Business school teachers apparently have not yet stopped telling their students to claim to have a "passion" for _______. Nobody is impressed by these passionate claims; on the other hand, the use of the word indicates a certain willingness to say whatever the boss needs to hear, which might be a factor in getting hired if toadying is an important job function.

The word passion has become boilerplate: your thoughts.

The most inadvertently funny version of why-not-to-do-this I ever saw was an ag student who claimed to "have a passion for livestock."

Vic Perry, Monday, 19 January 2015 23:37 (nine years ago) link

"passion for livestock"

About 62,800 results (0.54 seconds)

jmm, Monday, 19 January 2015 23:42 (nine years ago) link

Follow your passion: livestock

groundless round (La Lechera), Monday, 19 January 2015 23:52 (nine years ago) link

"lick"

in the context of a guitar or bass part

but all the best guitar and bass parts are licks!

example (crüt), Tuesday, 20 January 2015 00:21 (nine years ago) link

Unless yr playing it with your tongue a la jimi then gtf imo

Ottbot jr (NickB), Tuesday, 20 January 2015 00:27 (nine years ago) link

Not exactly a phrase, but the derisive "Um" or "Uh" before a correction--on a message board, let's say. Just say what you want to say. Not necessary.

clemenza, Tuesday, 20 January 2015 00:33 (nine years ago) link

tildes

local eire man (darraghmac), Tuesday, 20 January 2015 00:34 (nine years ago) link

The only valid use for a tilde ime is as a symbol for "approximately".

Aimless, Tuesday, 20 January 2015 00:48 (nine years ago) link

====D ~~~ ~~~

pplains, Tuesday, 20 January 2015 00:49 (nine years ago) link

um, sorry.

pplains, Tuesday, 20 January 2015 00:49 (nine years ago) link

"passion for livestock"

About 62,800 results (0.54 seconds)

― jmm, Monday, January 19, 2015 5:42 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

even better phrase early in those results is: "Kevin's passion for the meat trade".

Cue REM "talk about the passion"

Vic Perry, Tuesday, 20 January 2015 06:37 (nine years ago) link


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