is this also the wordhate thread? because i heard the word "plump" on tv this morning and felt sick to my stomach
― Iago Galdston, Thursday, 24 April 2014 14:10 (ten years ago) link
Referring to anything as "heady", which becomes infinitely worse when followed by the word "brew"
― joygoat, Thursday, 24 April 2014 18:41 (ten years ago) link
xxp as much as i don't mind both npr and baseball i hate hearing "step up to the plate" constantly during npr pledge drives.
― fit and working again, Thursday, 24 April 2014 18:47 (ten years ago) link
"right"
As in boss-speak, such as:
"We've got to get these numbers down to a managable level, right? That involves being more efficient in processes, right? Looking at our procedures and leveraging the other teams, right? etc etc etc etc , right?"
It's not a question, it's a way of assuming that people understand/agree with what you're saying without having to verify they actually do, and then to string together lots of these assumptions without ever having to take a break in speaking.
― Dominique, Thursday, 24 April 2014 18:51 (ten years ago) link
ugh that is the worst
― Mayor Manuel (La Lechera), Thursday, 24 April 2014 19:21 (ten years ago) link
"- whisper it -"
― sktsh, Thursday, 24 April 2014 23:44 (ten years ago) link
"nailed it!"
ugh
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Thursday, 24 April 2014 23:47 (ten years ago) link
any nailing not involving metal fasteners― blot it out (Hunt3r), Sunday, March 2, 2014 7:52 PM (1 month ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― blot it out (Hunt3r), Sunday, March 2, 2014 7:52 PM (1 month ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
yup
― Hunt3r, Friday, 25 April 2014 00:07 (ten years ago) link
nailed it first!
― mattresslessness, Friday, 25 April 2014 01:16 (ten years ago) link
"hot mess"
― nackt nacht (doo dah), Monday, December 16, 2013 7:01 PM (4 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
This one really needs to go away now.
― cwkiii, Friday, 25 April 2014 17:24 (ten years ago) link
"right"As in boss-speak, such as:"We've got to get these numbers down to a managable level, right? That involves being more efficient in processes, right? Looking at our procedures and leveraging the other teams, right? etc etc etc etc , right?"It's not a question, it's a way of assuming that people understand/agree with what you're saying without having to verify they actually do, and then to string together lots of these assumptions without ever having to take a break in speaking.― Dominique, Thursday, April 24, 2014 2:51 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Dominique, Thursday, April 24, 2014 2:51 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
similarly, i really hate "no?" super condescending like:
"that is a terrible argument, no?"
"surely your statement falls on its face, no?"
"there are clearly more factors at play, no?
i speak some spanish and "no?" is used all the time and i don't mind it in that language. it's so ubiquitous and harmless and not used at all in the sense i'm describing
― marcos, Friday, 25 April 2014 17:39 (ten years ago) link
i don't know if this is exactly appropriate for this thread but i want to unburden myself somewhere. a job description i read today had the line "the successful candidate will have a passion for winning"
― Roberto Spiralli, Friday, 25 April 2014 17:46 (ten years ago) link
"morning win".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Un6kN5lmFnQ
― glasses jacket jerfman (how's life), Friday, 25 April 2014 18:04 (ten years ago) link
a passion for winning
lance armstrong should apply
― Hunt3r, Friday, 25 April 2014 18:05 (ten years ago) link
"bucket list" -- in addition to hating the concept, I just think it sounds gross. It makes me picture a bucket filled with fish guts, or manure, or harsh cleaning products or something.
― Doritos Loco Parentis (Hurting 2), Monday, 28 April 2014 18:49 (ten years ago) link
I mean, when I think of "what is important to me to do in my life" I definitely tend to picture those important things just kinda slopped together in a "bucket." And then I have a "list" of the things that are in that bucket, because otherwise it might be hard to know what was in the slop.
― Doritos Loco Parentis (Hurting 2), Monday, 28 April 2014 18:55 (ten years ago) link
I also hate "___ things to ___ before you die." Oh, before I die, that's clarifying, thank you.
― Doritos Loco Parentis (Hurting 2), Monday, 28 April 2014 18:56 (ten years ago) link
yeah, that's so vulgar, i now use "place these x activities in your someday/maybe folder."
― Hunt3r, Monday, 28 April 2014 19:09 (ten years ago) link
people who organize their lives that way are disgusting savages
― Mayor Manuel (La Lechera), Monday, 28 April 2014 19:52 (ten years ago) link
that's how Romney organized his women iirc
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 28 April 2014 19:53 (ten years ago) link
now that i'm here -- "i want you to eat, sleep, and breathe ___________"i think that phrase is sadistic
― Mayor Manuel (La Lechera), Monday, 28 April 2014 19:57 (ten years ago) link
i think romney used binders which is good because if you just tuck them into folders they might get away, whereas binders, they are actually fastened in there.
― Hunt3r, Monday, 28 April 2014 20:04 (ten years ago) link
The idea of living to check a bunch of things off a list is in itself depressing to me. It sounds more like anxiety about having someone think you didn't enjoy your life than actually wanting to enjoy your life.
― Doritos Loco Parentis (Hurting 2), Monday, 28 April 2014 20:31 (ten years ago) link
it's the tyranny of goals
― Mayor Manuel (La Lechera), Monday, 28 April 2014 20:38 (ten years ago) link
"Let's see, eat like five or more slices of pizza in one sitting, check. Masturbate in a work bathroom stall during business hours without anyone noticing, check. I'm doing pretty well here. Livin life to the fullest. *posts results to facebook*"
― Doritos Loco Parentis (Hurting 2), Monday, 28 April 2014 20:44 (ten years ago) link
comportment and orientation are more impt than goals imo
― clouds, Tuesday, 29 April 2014 12:58 (ten years ago) link
"in terms of"
― cwkiii, Tuesday, 29 April 2014 14:46 (ten years ago) link
also bucket list is a phrase that came about because of that crappy morgan freeman/jack nicholson movie, right?
― christmas candy bar (al leong), Tuesday, 29 April 2014 14:51 (ten years ago) link
I think the phrase pre-dated the movie.
― carl agatha, Tuesday, 29 April 2014 14:52 (ten years ago) link
I've complained about this elsewhere but, and this is particularly endemic on Pinterest, when people will put up a list of fun activities and say "For the family's summer bucket list!" Like, are you planning on a family murder suicide in September or what?
― carl agatha, Tuesday, 29 April 2014 14:55 (ten years ago) link
All mortal things must pass... so we're takin' the kids to Wisconsin Dells!
― clouds, Tuesday, 29 April 2014 15:30 (ten years ago) link
lololol
― Mayor Manuel (La Lechera), Tuesday, 29 April 2014 19:35 (ten years ago) link
lol carlagatha
― Doritos Loco Parentis (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 29 April 2014 19:37 (ten years ago) link
links to news stories or status updates in the form of solitary sentences starting "So"
― conrad, Wednesday, 30 April 2014 09:03 (ten years ago) link
"So" _ *link about botched execution*
― pplains, Wednesday, 30 April 2014 13:12 (ten years ago) link
So that happened
― conrad, Wednesday, 30 April 2014 13:16 (ten years ago) link
"the new normal"
― how's life, Tuesday, 6 May 2014 11:48 (ten years ago) link
"here, here" instead of "hear, hear"
― estela, Tuesday, 6 May 2014 12:28 (ten years ago) link
"The likes of"
using 'a' to refer to an actual person i.e. (I was hoping the team would trade for an Andre Miller or a Kirk Heinrich..)
― brimstead, Tuesday, 6 May 2014 12:51 (ten years ago) link
Your Peyton Mannings and your Tom Bradys
― cwkiii, Tuesday, 6 May 2014 14:06 (ten years ago) link
"said" as in "said person." or "jim lost his hat on the train. the next day, louis found said hat." feel like people on facebook and in college newspapers use "said" all the time to try to be witty and funny but it just sounds dumb.
― marcos, Tuesday, 6 May 2014 14:15 (ten years ago) link
Lawyers use "said" a lot because they forgot how to write like normal people and it is very irritating.
― carl agatha, Tuesday, 6 May 2014 14:17 (ten years ago) link
also "____ porn" e.g. "food porn", "ruin porn"
― marcos, Tuesday, 6 May 2014 16:28 (ten years ago) link
sex porn
― nostalgie de couilles (Noodle Vague), Tuesday, 6 May 2014 16:30 (ten years ago) link
the expression "cool beans"
― joygoat, Monday, April 14, 2014 10:32 AM (3 weeks ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I swore I had posted that on this thread but I hate "cool beans" so so so much.
― Airwrecka Bliptrap Blapmantis (ENBB), Friday, 9 May 2014 14:51 (ten years ago) link
― carl agatha, Tuesday, May 6, 2014 10:17 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
oh god we could do a whole separate thread on legal phrases
― Doritos Loco Parentis (Hurting 2), Friday, 9 May 2014 14:58 (ten years ago) link
I have a theory that a lot of legal writing is anxiety-driven. "Assuming, arguendo, that Defendants' proposed reading of the statute is correct...." i.e. "Judge, just to be clear, I'm not conceding their point!!!!"
― Doritos Loco Parentis (Hurting 2), Friday, 9 May 2014 14:59 (ten years ago) link
Same thing with "distinguishing" every single case that the other side uses even where it's a minor point or irrelevant. Oh and I hate the word "inapposite" although it kind of serves its purpose, like many legal terms.
― Doritos Loco Parentis (Hurting 2), Friday, 9 May 2014 15:01 (ten years ago) link
I thought about starting a separate thread for legal terms but then I thought it would just be depressing. Although maybe a 77 thread of "shit lawyers say" could be useful. Some of the utter crapola that people will file just boggles my mind.
― carl agatha, Friday, 9 May 2014 15:26 (ten years ago) link
kind of a different thing, but you reminded me of this thread that I started a while ago and totally forgot about:The thread where I post strange items I come across in my legal news reporting job
― Doritos Loco Parentis (Hurting 2), Friday, 9 May 2014 15:38 (ten years ago) link