Phrases you hate...

It was a double pour of white zin IIRC. Yes, the Italian place.

Getting frustrated by a few people recently who've taken to saying 'I'm the kind of person who...' or 'I'm more of a (blank) kind of person...' - as if they're this extra-special individual who is defined by which activities they do and do not do.
I get it, you're an adult and you don't have to like everything or participate in something you don't want to, but part of being an adult is also about being open to different things and not worrying about how that defines you. Saying you're 'not that kind of person' comes across as picky and narcissistic. Sometimes it's just fine to get involved with things that go against your carefully-crafted personality.

also a simple "no thanks" will do

"I'm the kind of person who..."

Whenever anybody says that, I just think "Show, don't tell."

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

When I was a waitress, if someone ordered white zin (usually with a well-done steak), that meant I wasn't getting a tip.

ewwww

Haha, reminds me of this that was just on Jezebel's "Astoundingly Stupid Restaurant Customers":

My husband was waiting tables and one of “those guys” comes in and is acting like he’s just the hottest guy in the world for his date. It seemed like a first or early date, and the date seemed distinctly unimpressed with his attempts to impress her. He asked for a wine list — my husband said, “We don’t have a wine list. We have Chablis, White Zinfandel, and Merlot.” (For the record, this was a mid-priced Mexican restaurant. The wine came in gallon jugs.) The guy ordered White Zinfandel, “and the lady will have the same.”

My husband ran the wine out then went on to take another order. As he was walking past their table to get back to the wait station, That Guy stopped him: “Sir! This wine is PINK. I ordered WHITE Zinfandel!” This was before the age of smart phones and instant internet access so Husband was not able to convince That Guy that he was indeed served White Zin—he even brought out the jug and poured a glass in front of the couple. That Guy said it must be incorrectly bottled.

My husband brought him a glass of Chablis; That Guy takes a sip and says, “THANK you. Now THAT’S White Zinfandel.”

No offense, but just recently "white zin"

Those are great.

"the very nice, very ladies-who-lunch type woman who ordered a glass of pinot gris as 'peanut-grease'"

And so it shall be for ever and ever amen

It's too hard to spell zinfandel.

I mean maybe you have lots and lots of free time but I'm busy and important and can't be bothered typing all those extra letters.

http://banmilleronbusiness.com/blog/2011-05-09/wine-mom

According to a lawsuit filed last week in San Francisco two wineries are at odds over the use of the word “mommy.” California based Clos Lachance Wines wants the court to declare that its “Mommyjuice” doesn’t violate the trademark of “Mommy’s Time Out.” A different wine that is produced and distributed by a winery in New Jersey.

There is not a wine called "mommyjuice"

http://mommyjuicewines.com/

Thank you for visiting MommyJuice Wines! Unfortunately we are no longer selling wine under the MommyJuice Brand but we urge you to visit our parent winery, Clos LaChance Wines, located in San Martin, CA. Same great quality wines!

:-(

functional alcoholism is the best kind of alcoholism!

there's still

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2011/04/21/article-1379397-0BBA614000000578-473_224x423.jpg

Better than non-functional alcoholism. xp

exactly

I never thought I'd hate any phrase...but "run the gamut" is starting to get on my nerves, especially when its use is not immediately followed by specifics in the same sentence; e.g., "It runs the gamut." (FULL STOP.)

"That's just semantics."

Yes. I am discussing the actual meaning of the words you just misused, because you've expressed yourself so poorly I cannot construe what the fuck you are driving at.

'dead to rights'

idk why i hate this phrase, i just do. it makes me grit my teeth.

I kind of like "dead to rights" because I can't imagine anyone other than Yosemite Sam using it

"I hope my email finds you well"

it got to my inbox, if that's what you mean

Uergh yeah, I hate that.

"I hope my unsolicited email finds you in a good enough mood to spend money with my company."

No, it never, ever does.

"I hope my e-mail does a good job finding you"

I've always wondered about that phrase -- does it date back to a time when you actually couldn't be reasonably certain a message would reach its recipient? Or is it more like "I hope you are well when you receive this."

the latter!

Or is it more like "I hope you are well when you receive this."

i always thought it was this.

Yeah I thought that was more likely as well. Still a little pompous sounding I guess.

"be a part of" used to mean "give me money for my project"

Not a phrase, per se, but I think my current least favorite utterance in the English language is that gross and dismissive "...Okaaay?..." response people give when you've supposedly said something incomprehensible or off the wall but, really, the root of it is that the person you're speaking to is just a rude asshole who doesn't want to continue the conversation.

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

i'm sure it has been mentioned before but i just felt a wave of disgust for shareable content

"*sigh*"

Seeing this in responses right before a paragraph of capital letters espousing Opinion Supremacy. Oh your disdain for me and my idiocy is at such a level that to lower yourself to my plane of existence in order to educate me on why YOU are right and I a blathering idiot causes you so much grief you must type out your irl exhaustion. It is ok, I realize you are only doing this for the good of humanity, and it is at your great personal sacrifice to have to explain your opinion to such a dullard as I.

When people say (usually on facebook) that some minor act of goodness "restored my faith in humanity." These flighty fucks need to get a grip already!

Are your feelings about humanity really so easily lowered and raised? Do you constantly find yourself forgetting that at any given minute humans somewhere are doing both wonderful and awful things and everything in between?

Yes

STOP FUCKING USING "LEVERAGE" IN PLACE OF "USE"

otm

i guess i don't *hate* it, but why is everything suddenly being 'gifted' instead of 'given'

like thrifted

How is "binge-watching" not on this page yet.

i was in a training session where the guy kept talking about 'learns' as in 'what learns are you hoping to take away with you today?', 'what key learns have you taken from this?'.

What. The. Fuck.

'Learns' is popular here. Infuriating.

there is literally no need for this. are they trying to avoid the word 'lesson'? why not say 'what have you learnt from this?'?

'learns'
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