"no homo" always bugs me.
― Chewshabadoo, Friday, 4 May 2012 16:19 (1 year ago) Permalink
yeah i'd probably never hang out with someone who would actually say that, but the Lonely Island song on that is really funny
― That's a pretty funky dance, Garfield. Show me how you do it. (frogbs), Friday, 4 May 2012 16:24 (1 year ago) Permalink
.. going forward.
I'm not sure how you're hearing it used, but to me it's just a common phrase synonymous with "from now on" but without the slightly commanding tone. Or interchangeable with "in the future," which I don't love b/c in my head I always imagine I'm talking about the far, far Future.
― Pita Malört (Je55e), Friday, 4 May 2012 17:05 (1 year ago) Permalink
"let's take this offline"
― Poliopolice, Friday, 4 May 2012 17:08 (1 year ago) Permalink
Something McSomethingson. ugh.
― on the road to the twilight zone (doo dah), Friday, 4 May 2012 17:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
"going forward" vs "in future"
― zubaz fupa (elmo argonaut), Friday, 4 May 2012 17:17 (1 year ago) Permalink
^ yeah, this is the fucking worst, nappy mcnapperson or whatever. go die.
― 10. “Pour Some Sugar On Me” – Tom Cruise (contenderizer), Friday, 4 May 2012 17:22 (1 year ago) Permalink
I basically say many of these all day at my job.
― Jeff, Friday, 4 May 2012 17:26 (1 year ago) Permalink
AWESOME SAUCE!!
― Mad God 40/40 (Z S), Friday, 4 May 2012 17:29 (1 year ago) Permalink
― Poliopolice, Friday, May 4, 2012 1:08 PM (22 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
i wish this was *something else* but i can't hate because in the workplace it's a v. useful phrase
― call all destroyer, Friday, 4 May 2012 17:31 (1 year ago) Permalink
I try not to hate on cliches too much. They are like short circuits or reflex actions in the language center of your brain. Most people can't help it. Moreover, most of them were, at birth, quite fresh and creative coinages. That is why they became memes.
So, please, do not go postal or get medieval on someone's ass when you hear them. They are innocent, playful sprites of language that were captured and enslaved, until they became the misshapen, joyless monsters you are familiar with today. Pity them.
― Aimless, Friday, 4 May 2012 17:44 (1 year ago) Permalink
"madder than a box of frogs"
― ooooiiiioooooooooooooooaaaaaaaaoooooh un - bi - leevable! (LocalGarda), Friday, 4 May 2012 17:45 (1 year ago) Permalink
I like that one!
― That's a pretty funky dance, Garfield. Show me how you do it. (frogbs), Friday, 4 May 2012 17:46 (1 year ago) Permalink
Most frogs I am familiar with, when they are placed en masse into a box, will only evince a certain desperation to escape.
― Aimless, Friday, 4 May 2012 17:50 (1 year ago) Permalink
if that
― 10. “Pour Some Sugar On Me” – Tom Cruise (contenderizer), Friday, 4 May 2012 18:01 (1 year ago) Permalink
o god yes, so horrible. also "the awesome", "the (new) hotness", etc.
― 10. “Pour Some Sugar On Me” – Tom Cruise (contenderizer), Friday, 4 May 2012 18:03 (1 year ago) Permalink
IN THE FACE!!
― That's a pretty funky dance, Garfield. Show me how you do it. (frogbs), Friday, 4 May 2012 18:06 (1 year ago) Permalink
"degree of difficulty"
― Scott, bass player for Tenth Avenue North (Hurting 2), Saturday, 5 May 2012 04:10 (1 year ago) Permalink
basically when NBA announcers say "the degree of difficulty of that shot!" when they just mean "difficult shot!"
― Scott, bass player for Tenth Avenue North (Hurting 2), Saturday, 5 May 2012 04:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
not a phrase properly but the way people end their posts with an unpunctuated "so" is so cringe-inducing. but there's not anything I can really do about it so
― cosi fan whitford (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Saturday, 5 May 2012 06:07 (1 year ago) Permalink
people launching their post with a ponderous chin-stroking 'hmmm'.
― estela, Saturday, 5 May 2012 06:21 (1 year ago) Permalink
the way people end their posts with an unpunctuated "so" is so cringe-inducing
hmmm. do that all the time.
― 10. “Pour Some Sugar On Me” – Tom Cruise (contenderizer), Saturday, 5 May 2012 06:23 (1 year ago) Permalink
Me too, so
― Scary Move 4 (dog latin), Saturday, 5 May 2012 09:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
An I'm guilty of hmmmm as well
― Scary Move 4 (dog latin), Saturday, 5 May 2012 09:17 (1 year ago) Permalink
'My take on it is...'
'Here's the deal...' (and also 'Here's the thing...')
'Stupid o'clock'
― Bob Six, Saturday, 5 May 2012 09:47 (1 year ago) Permalink
I say a lot of the things in this thread - I'm a nervous talker and I guess I'm not bright enough to come up with something better to say.
― Scott, bass player for Tenth Avenue North (Hurting 2), Saturday, 5 May 2012 14:08 (1 year ago) Permalink
"hate on"
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 5 May 2012 14:11 (1 year ago) Permalink
so much more accurate and fun to write "hate"
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 5 May 2012 14:12 (1 year ago) Permalink
"do what?" as a response to something not heard well, like "excuse me?" or "pardon?" if i wanted you to do something then maaaaybe it would make a bit of snese but it signifies inappropriate fealty & hence sounds dumb.
― Euler, Saturday, 5 May 2012 14:15 (1 year ago) Permalink
man I am a huge defender of "hate on," one of my favorite terms to have come into use during my lifetime. Do not hate on "hate on," Alfred. It expresses something different from hate. Hate is something I have in my heart, something I feel. Hate on is something I do. Genuine & useful difference.
― cosi fan whitford (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Saturday, 5 May 2012 14:27 (1 year ago) Permalink
I once had a boss, during my worst summer job, who would say "Money!" and "That's money."
― Träumerei, Saturday, 5 May 2012 14:38 (1 year ago) Permalink
I don't deal nicely with mumbling and low volume. I either pretend the person hasn't spoken or I say "speak louder." Once or twice I've gone as far as "speak louder or don't speak." (Never that to my family though.)
― improvised explosive advice (WmC), Saturday, 5 May 2012 14:40 (1 year ago) Permalink
few of these bother me as spoken; most of these bother me when written. it's not colloquialized langauge, it's mostly just lazzzy
― Olivia Newton John Justen Bieberheimer Schmidt (remy bean), Saturday, 5 May 2012 14:47 (1 year ago) Permalink
xpost to self, way to come across as the biggest jackass on the planet, ughh...
― improvised explosive advice (WmC), Saturday, 5 May 2012 15:03 (1 year ago) Permalink
xp I was recently looking through some 1969-70 Esquires for work and boy did they love variations on "Portrait of the x as a y"
"Methinks" is worse than war crimes. Someone complains about this in Huxley's Crome Yellow so it was irritating people as far back as 1921.
"Hmmm" is v useful in online discourse, especially Twitter. It basically says "I completely disagree with what you just said but I don't want to be a dick about it so I'll pretend I'm giving it some thought."
― Get wolves (DL), Saturday, 5 May 2012 15:04 (1 year ago) Permalink
The same person at work who says "What say you" in emails, also says "Methinks". In emails.
― on the road to the twilight zone (doo dah), Saturday, 5 May 2012 15:05 (1 year ago) Permalink
TBF, "Hmmm" is usually kind of a passive-aggressive dick move. I doubt many people would interpret it as an indicator of a genuine pause for thoughtful reflection.
― You Don't Throw Oranges On An Escalator (Deric W. Haircare), Saturday, 5 May 2012 15:12 (1 year ago) Permalink
aero, when I hate believe me I do it.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 5 May 2012 15:16 (1 year ago) Permalink
academic version of the overdone 'Portrait of the X as a Y' thing is '______ and its Discontents'.
― Merdeyeux, Saturday, 5 May 2012 15:20 (1 year ago) Permalink
^^^ yes
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 5 May 2012 15:22 (1 year ago) Permalink
"prose stylist"/"prose stylings"
― Scott, bass player for Tenth Avenue North (Hurting 2), Friday, 11 May 2012 22:29 (1 year ago) Permalink
"she'll break a lot of hearts someday"
I pretty much interpret it as, "your daughter is so pretty, men will soon be weeping over her, fighting over her, probably even killing themselves over her, so you'd better get used to it." blecch.
― starfish succulents (unregistered), Wednesday, 27 June 2012 17:32 (10 months ago) Permalink
why not interpret it as, "she'll be a successful but somewhat butter-fingered cardiac surgeon"? i guess it's still a back-handed compliment.
― Philip Nunez, Wednesday, 27 June 2012 17:35 (10 months ago) Permalink
or work in a glass factory making heart-shaped glass ornaments
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 27 June 2012 17:42 (10 months ago) Permalink
or 'she'll be a good card player, eventually'
― indian rope trick (remy bean), Wednesday, 27 June 2012 17:42 (10 months ago) Permalink
"she'll break a lot of balls, some day"
― indian rope trick (remy bean), Wednesday, 27 June 2012 17:43 (10 months ago) Permalink
"her relationships in later life will be unfulfilling and disappointing because of her superficial beauty and the unrealistic expectations placed upon her by admirers"
― Peppermint Patty Hearst (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 27 June 2012 17:50 (10 months ago) Permalink
"she will eat many artichokes"
― arby's, Wednesday, 27 June 2012 17:51 (10 months ago) Permalink
haha remy
exactly. I guess I'm butthurt at the implication that it's a girl's destiny to be a passive, unintentional influence on guys' feelings, but it's more the idea than the wording that annoys me. "she'll break a lot of sharts someday" would be almost liberating by comparison.
― starfish succulents (unregistered), Wednesday, 27 June 2012 17:55 (10 months ago) Permalink
(there's nothing passive or prissy about a shart)
― starfish succulents (unregistered), Wednesday, 27 June 2012 17:56 (10 months ago) Permalink