That is as bad as "hubby."
― frozen cookie (Abbott), Tuesday, 25 May 2010 21:57 (thirteen years ago) link
"hubby" needs to die
― LINGO FROM THE BURGER KING KIDS CLUB (latebloomer), Tuesday, 25 May 2010 21:59 (thirteen years ago) link
My mom called my husband "hubby" and then immediately recanted bcz I guess I shot her a look.
― frozen cookie (Abbott), Tuesday, 25 May 2010 22:02 (thirteen years ago) link
hahaha "hubbles" is acceptable though, i'd say
― LINGO FROM THE BURGER KING KIDS CLUB (latebloomer), Tuesday, 25 May 2010 22:03 (thirteen years ago) link
I really hate the word "tush". Great ZZ Top song and all but such an icky word. "Tushie" is even worse.
― LINGO FROM THE BURGER KING KIDS CLUB (latebloomer), Tuesday, 25 May 2010 22:04 (thirteen years ago) link
No, I hate the ZZ Top song, pretty much exclusively bcz of that word.
― frozen cookie (Abbott), Tuesday, 25 May 2010 22:06 (thirteen years ago) link
I like the Ghostface song.
― jaymc, Tuesday, 25 May 2010 22:06 (thirteen years ago) link
"Tush" is said by the same kind of person who would call a man a "hunk."
― frozen cookie (Abbott), Tuesday, 25 May 2010 22:07 (thirteen years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KbcYnP2ZWQ&feature=related
pretty sure Billy Gibbons has never called anybody "hunk"
― Here is a tasty coconut. Sorry for my earlier harshness. (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 25 May 2010 22:10 (thirteen years ago) link
xp Ha, totally.
― jaymc, Tuesday, 25 May 2010 22:10 (thirteen years ago) link
also you hate ZZ Top!? I am sad
"leverage our synergy"
A+++
― hope this helps (Granny Dainger), Tuesday, 25 May 2010 23:14 (thirteen years ago) link
This one isn't a phrase but it confuses me:"Excuse me" being used by people walking in your general direction who aren't going to crash into you & you're really not posing any kind of obstacle to them going on their merry way, which leads me to assume it's an attention-getting device, as in "Hi I'm walking past you now, saw you weren't really noticing me, don't freak out at my proximity to you". Very weird, uniquely American convention that I haven't quite grasped yet.
― VegemiteGrrl (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, November 19, 2005 9:01 PM (4 years ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
I'm not sure I understand. I don't recall this being a thing people do if we are talking about someone approaching you. When passing someone from behind I say "excuse me" b/c I don't want to surprise them and I want to let them know that I am not a mugger or a creep.
I'm also confused by "yup." It seems so standard and normal, like "uh-huh" or "nah" or "hmm?" Is this, too, an American thing?
― fabulous mussels (Jesse), Wednesday, 26 May 2010 02:40 (thirteen years ago) link
by some people's aversion to "yup," I mean
"cringe inducing"
I just used this on another thread, but in doing so I realized that I don't like how much it just focuses on a physiological reaction, rather than the emotional reasons for that reaction.
― kkvgz, Saturday, 26 June 2010 09:19 (thirteen years ago) link
"_________ goodness"
kind of hate the genericness of this, like "ohh this pastry is filled with creamy goodness" or "oh yeah give me some of that football goodness"
― crüt it out (dyao), Saturday, 26 June 2010 09:59 (thirteen years ago) link
"My bad" goes back to at least 1992. One of those things I made fun of people enough for saying and it wormed its way into my vocabulary.
― kingkongvsgodzilla, Tuesday, April 20, 2010 6:39 AM (2 months ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
I am still haunted by a memory of a girl saying to me "oh, I bet you're one of those guys who says 'my bad', aren't you?" circa 1990.
I was. I stopped immediately.
― PappaWheelie V, Saturday, 26 June 2010 14:45 (thirteen years ago) link
Did you see this?
Manute Bol R.I.P.
― kkvgz, Saturday, 26 June 2010 16:30 (thirteen years ago) link
Saying:
Anyone?
Beuler?
Vastly overplayed, long since not funny.
― There's Money To Be Made in Ice Cream (EDB), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 01:44 (thirteen years ago) link
File under the same category as people who say "whatchu talkin' about willis?"
― There's Money To Be Made in Ice Cream (EDB), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 01:45 (thirteen years ago) link
that's a good one but the problem is people jump to it too quickly. if you play like it like the original scene it's okay imo
― dyao, Wednesday, 28 July 2010 01:48 (thirteen years ago) link
Someone posted this on ilx today.
― kkvgz, Wednesday, 28 July 2010 01:48 (thirteen years ago) link
A server at a fine dining restaurant I worked at was trying to get the attention of a large party (of business people) to tell them the special, and they ignored her completely until she said "Anybody? Beuler? Beuler?" and it was divine and it got their attention, and some even laughed.
― next person tries to teach me about JOY IN LIFE gets a tubgirl in return (Jesse), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 04:09 (thirteen years ago) link
That was about two years ago, and it was the very first time I had ever heard it, and I don't know if I've heard it since, so it's still funny to me.
"got it on lock"
― San Te, Wednesday, 28 July 2010 04:47 (thirteen years ago) link
I also hate "Makes ya think", because everybody I know who says it is usually referring to some urban legend email they just forwarded...
― San Te, Friday, 30 July 2010 14:35 (thirteen years ago) link
i love 'makes u *think*' because history mayne, ice cream, crut and others use it to classic effect all over ilx
― "It's far from 'lol' you were reared, boy" (darraghmac), Friday, 30 July 2010 14:39 (thirteen years ago) link
Heard on the street yesterday, re a co-worker who let her dog lick her on the mouth: "It's OK to love your dog, but don't LOOOVE your dog! Hahaha."
I forgot how much I hate that stupid line.
― next person tries to teach me about JOY IN LIFE gets a tubgirl in return (Jesse), Friday, 30 July 2010 14:46 (thirteen years ago) link
Honestly I can pretty much tell if someone and me will be good friends or not by the things they say. If they spout off lines like the one Jesse said above I'm usually pretty sure that I'll NEVER hang out with said person.
― San Te, Friday, 30 July 2010 15:00 (thirteen years ago) link
hopefully ppl don't ever say this anymore, but
"bad boys" or "puppies" e.g., "give me one of those bad boys"
― dell (del), Thursday, 30 December 2010 00:04 (thirteen years ago) link
ah hell everybody does the "bad boy" thing here, it's permeated somewhat to the 'older' crowd even. I hate it too.
― yelawolfenstein (San Te), Thursday, 30 December 2010 03:34 (thirteen years ago) link
here's a couple i hate:
"don't we already have this thread?"
"we've done this before"
― jed_, Thursday, 30 December 2010 03:40 (thirteen years ago) link
"No biggie" for "that's not a big problem"
Absolutely fucking dreadful.
― EDB, Wednesday, 11 May 2011 15:08 (twelve years ago) link
"mentee" instead of "protege" -- don't be making up new words that suck when there are already good ones
― You're fucking fired and you know jack shit about horses (James Morrison), Thursday, 12 May 2011 00:14 (twelve years ago) link
mentee makes me think of manatees or mentos
― sarahel, Thursday, 12 May 2011 00:15 (twelve years ago) link
I would LIKE working with manatees. "Mentees", not so much
― You're fucking fired and you know jack shit about horses (James Morrison), Thursday, 12 May 2011 02:10 (twelve years ago) link
- "fast track" as a verb- "incentivize" instead of "encourage"
― ginny thomas and tonic (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 12 May 2011 03:15 (twelve years ago) link
Using verb "do" when ordering food. "And for you sir?""Uh, I think I'll do the cedar plank grilled salmon."
― andrew m., Thursday, 12 May 2011 03:32 (twelve years ago) link
Maybe he has something else in mind in regards to his dinner.
― Wacky Way Lounge (Evan), Thursday, 12 May 2011 03:55 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcdvyYc5zmE
― you ain't my son, you my motherfucking flopson (dayo), Thursday, 12 May 2011 03:57 (twelve years ago) link
If this nitwit in the office uses "reach out" for "communicate" one more time...
― the gay bloggers are onto the faggot tweets (Dr Morbius), Friday, 20 May 2011 20:38 (twelve years ago) link
a new one i'm hearing is "inreach" (communicating internally, as opposed to "outreach")
yaaaaaaargh
― Z S, Friday, 20 May 2011 20:40 (twelve years ago) link
my brother laughed at me for saying "right on" on the phone the other day, something I say probably 800 times a day
― sleepingbag, Friday, 20 May 2011 20:46 (twelve years ago) link
stop saying 'within' instead of 'in'
stop saying 'utilize' instead of 'use'
stop saying 'embolden' and punch yourself
― mookieproof, Friday, 20 May 2011 20:47 (twelve years ago) link
so otm
― WmC, Friday, 20 May 2011 21:08 (twelve years ago) link
Rage.
― phantoms from a world gone by speak again the immortal tale: (Jenny), Friday, 20 May 2011 22:03 (twelve years ago) link
"real talk"
ugh
― dell (del), Friday, 20 May 2011 22:05 (twelve years ago) link
― Z S
just had to use this is a statement of work.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/leicester/content/images/2006/10/19/dmu_head_in_hands_315x420.jpg
― Mad God 40/40 (Z S), Friday, 4 May 2012 00:11 (eleven years ago) link
'TANOREXIA'. STOP IT. NOW.
― You Don't Throw Oranges On An Escalator (Deric W. Haircare), Friday, 4 May 2012 00:18 (eleven years ago) link
douchenozzle
― 10. “Pour Some Sugar On Me” – Tom Cruise (contenderizer), Friday, 4 May 2012 01:45 (eleven years ago) link