zinged by you restating exactly what i'd just said but not understanding it and then repeating it back to me in a snarky way? yup...
― This Is... The Police (dog latin), Friday, 31 August 2012 14:21 (eleven years ago) link
"the answer depends on who you ask"
No it doesn't! You're just using that as cover for the fact that you can't distinguish a correct answer from an incorrect one.
― look at this quarterstaff (Hurting 2), Friday, 14 September 2012 05:24 (eleven years ago) link
"I come bearing gifts"
especially when it's used ironically and the "gift" is something really really unpleasant. "I come bearing gifts!" *drops a huge stack of papers on desk* / *shits on desk* / *shoots u in face*
― crütis what we aim for (unregistered), Friday, 14 September 2012 13:34 (eleven years ago) link
"if you could..." statements that trail off without a consequence. "if you could take out the trash before you leave..." I guess the implied second half of the sentence is, "I'd really appreciate it," but why not just say so?
― crütis what we aim for (unregistered), Friday, 14 September 2012 13:40 (eleven years ago) link
hate it when people say "because of, or perhaps in spite of..." when they mean either "because of" or "in spite of", but certainly not both.
― crütis what we aim for (unregistered), Friday, 14 September 2012 13:41 (eleven years ago) link
(er, "in spite of, or perhaps because of...", I mean)
― crütis what we aim for (unregistered), Friday, 14 September 2012 13:52 (eleven years ago) link
"doesn't pass the smell test"
Again through overuse.
― Träumerei, Friday, 14 September 2012 16:19 (eleven years ago) link
"the next level"
― purveyor of generations (in orbit), Friday, 14 September 2012 16:20 (eleven years ago) link
I've noticed an increasing trend in customer service -- specifically in line situations -- for service people to say "May I please help the following customer?"
That just can't be right. "The following customer" implies that you're about to specify which customer you mean. It's not the same thing as "the next customer," is it?
― has important things to say about gangnam style (Hurting 2), Friday, 28 September 2012 23:09 (eleven years ago) link
Huh. Haven't heard that yet. Back when I was in retail, it used to bug me when my coworkers would say "Can I help who's next?"
― die face down in some dude's pool (how's life), Friday, 28 September 2012 23:24 (eleven years ago) link
"No, Pete Townsend really had a good handle on that one..."
― die face down in some dude's pool (how's life), Friday, 28 September 2012 23:25 (eleven years ago) link
Can I help who's next?
― Plasmon, Friday, 28 September 2012 23:26 (eleven years ago) link
it was an interesting post to read at 4:40 in the morning - the perfect time to read language log I find - but when I hear that phrase I just assume a speedy fusing of two separate sentences: "Can I help?" and "Who's next?"
― Fizzles, Saturday, 29 September 2012 03:48 (eleven years ago) link
Your call will be answered in the order it was received.
― mick signals, Saturday, 29 September 2012 04:18 (eleven years ago) link
doing more with less
― Thanks WEBSITE!! (Z S), Thursday, 4 October 2012 21:51 (eleven years ago) link
...in this time of economic uncertainty...
― Thanks WEBSITE!! (Z S), Thursday, 4 October 2012 21:52 (eleven years ago) link
"moving forward""touch base""killed/killing/kill it"
― Loo Reading (Capitaine Jay Vee), Thursday, 4 October 2012 22:11 (eleven years ago) link
This is more of a pet peeve-y thing but adding only "So" before a word as a response and ... nothing more.
"That movie was great!""So good."
"Did you watch the debates?""So boring."
I don't know why this irks me but it does.
― Loo Reading (Capitaine Jay Vee), Thursday, 4 October 2012 22:15 (eleven years ago) link
adding "kind of thing" to the end of rambling sentences
― Thanks WEBSITE!! (Z S), Thursday, 4 October 2012 22:16 (eleven years ago) link
"Like us on facebook" FUCK YOU DON'T COMMAND ME WHAT TO LIKE
― Faster than food (Myonga Vön Bontee), Thursday, 4 October 2012 22:35 (eleven years ago) link
― Fizzles, Friday, September 28, 2012 11:48 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I think it's just an unfancy way of saying "I shall now assist whosoever may be the forthcoming person in the line"
― has important things to say about gangnam style (Hurting 2), Thursday, 4 October 2012 22:43 (eleven years ago) link
i see "...and whatnot" everywhere now. i read it all the time. even in stuff by really smart people.
― scott seward, Thursday, 4 October 2012 23:03 (eleven years ago) link
i used it in my youtube videos as a gag, but ever since i started doing them i hear/see it all the time. you know, any list of things followed by "and whatnot".
― scott seward, Thursday, 4 October 2012 23:05 (eleven years ago) link
i like using 'and whatnot'!much better than swearing like a sailor.
― Philip Nunez, Thursday, 4 October 2012 23:11 (eleven years ago) link
another sports one (basketball): "Icewater in his veins!" because to me that evokes a dude who would be shivery and uncomfortable, not cool under pressure.
― drunk 'n' white's elements of style (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 12 December 2012 02:46 (eleven years ago) link
has their been any hatred for "could care less" yet? that one makes me cringe, like i have icewater in my veins.
― sadkdsajkldaskjdsajklasdkl (Pat Finn), Wednesday, 12 December 2012 05:43 (eleven years ago) link
In the 7th grade, the coach told me I had icewater in my veins after I hit two clutch free throws against St. Bavo. Presumably the icewater would absorb the excess heat caused by the stressful situation. Perhaps the equilibrium would be a stable 98.6. Use your imagination.
― toy_sleigher (Sufjan Grafton), Wednesday, 12 December 2012 05:51 (eleven years ago) link
it sounds painful though
― drunk 'n' white's elements of style (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 12 December 2012 06:03 (eleven years ago) link
"I'm just spitballing here but..."
Said often by dudes in office meetings and it's usually followed by a terrible idea.
― LIKE If you are against racism (omar little), Thursday, 13 December 2012 03:20 (eleven years ago) link
"Deep cuts." I'll adjust. We used to call them album tracks. Deep cuts sounds so...elevated, if the first albums you owned were by the Guess Who and the Partridge Family.
― clemenza, Sunday, 11 August 2013 20:24 (ten years ago) link
butt crack of dawn
see also: crap of dawn
― how's life, Tuesday, 3 September 2013 13:02 (ten years ago) link
aka sparrow-fart in the uk
― i'll be your mraz (NickB), Tuesday, 3 September 2013 13:06 (ten years ago) link
What's up with all these hills/flags that people have been choosing to die on/under lately? Is this some Game of Thrones thing?
― how's life, Tuesday, 1 October 2013 12:15 (ten years ago) link
I don't like "balls-out" "balls to the wall" or "boom-boom room". I just find them all ugly sounding.
― MrDasher, Tuesday, 1 October 2013 12:51 (ten years ago) link
as we move further from the 2012 election cycle, "skin in the game" has become more infrequently used, thankfully. still hear it occasionally though and it makes my skin crawl.
― andrew m., Tuesday, 1 October 2013 14:13 (ten years ago) link
similarly, "skin of your teeth"
― marcos, Tuesday, 1 October 2013 14:59 (ten years ago) link
"shirts and skins"
"skin in the game" sounds hot.
― how's life, Tuesday, 1 October 2013 15:00 (ten years ago) link
you're all thin skinnedthose words are fine
― Untt (La Lechera), Tuesday, 1 October 2013 18:41 (ten years ago) link
any phrase can sound idiotic in the mouth of an idiot
― Aimless, Tuesday, 1 October 2013 18:48 (ten years ago) link
"Shit eating grin"
― mirostones, Tuesday, 1 October 2013 20:33 (ten years ago) link
British people saying "jonesing", like they even know what it means. I don't know what it means. What *does* it mean?
― ewar woowar (or something), Tuesday, 1 October 2013 20:44 (ten years ago) link
Although I suppose that's just a word. How about "I'm totally jonesing on the banh mi at (wherever)".
― ewar woowar (or something), Tuesday, 1 October 2013 20:51 (ten years ago) link
I've never heard jonesing *on*" something - only jonesing *for* something.
― disgruntled punter (Je55e), Tuesday, 1 October 2013 20:59 (ten years ago) link
jonesing *for* something means you have an addict-type craving for something. I think it might have started as heroin slang?
― #fomo that's the motto (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 1 October 2013 21:02 (ten years ago) link
See, I told you I didn't like it.
― ewar woowar (or something), Tuesday, 1 October 2013 22:29 (ten years ago) link
http://oldschoolmusiclover.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/Basket-Ball-Jones-Single.jpg
― Geoffrey Schweppes (jaymc), Tuesday, 1 October 2013 22:36 (ten years ago) link
(That was supposed to be http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f3/Basketball_Jones_single.jpg)
― Geoffrey Schweppes (jaymc), Tuesday, 1 October 2013 22:37 (ten years ago) link
"Good times."
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 2 October 2013 20:10 (ten years ago) link
"Not so much."
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 2 October 2013 20:11 (ten years ago) link