Phrases you hate...

Also, I loathe corporate speak
"touch base with"
"reach out to"
"I would be interested in discussing"

"Threw up in my mouth a little bit" was on spongebob last night. I sure hope it doesn't catch on with my kid.

― kingkongvsgodzilla, Tuesday, March 23, 2010 6:51 AM (2 months ago) Bookmark

I say this verbatim sort of frequently whenever anyone says/suggests something really awful or stupid.

I saw "leverage our synergy" seriously used in an email recently.

Also, I loathe corporate speak
"touch base with"
"reach out to"
"I would be interested in discussing"

Yup. Add: "X has the opportunity to..." and adding "up" to prepositions, as in "I want to change up my wardrobe."

"The boy," as used by adult women to refer to their male partner. You see this shit on Yelp a lot, like "So the boy and I decided we wanted tapas on Friday..."

That is as bad as "hubby."

"hubby" needs to die

My mom called my husband "hubby" and then immediately recanted bcz I guess I shot her a look.

hahaha "hubbles" is acceptable though, i'd say

I really hate the word "tush". Great ZZ Top song and all but such an icky word. "Tushie" is even worse.

No, I hate the ZZ Top song, pretty much exclusively bcz of that word.

I like the Ghostface song.

"Tush" is said by the same kind of person who would call a man a "hunk."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KbcYnP2ZWQ&feature=related

pretty sure Billy Gibbons has never called anybody "hunk"

xp Ha, totally.

also you hate ZZ Top!? I am sad

"leverage our synergy"

A+++

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?

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.

"_________ 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"

"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.

Did you see this?

Manute Bol R.I.P.

Saying:

Anyone?

Beuler?

Vastly overplayed, long since not funny.

File under the same category as people who say "whatchu talkin' about willis?"

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

Someone posted this on ilx today.

Anyone?

Beuler?

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.

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"

I also hate "Makes ya think", because everybody I know who says it is usually referring to some urban legend email they just forwarded...

i love 'makes u *think*' because history mayne, ice cream, crut and others use it to classic effect all over ilx

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.

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.

hopefully ppl don't ever say this anymore, but

"bad boys" or "puppies" e.g., "give me one of those bad boys"

ah hell everybody does the "bad boy" thing here, it's permeated somewhat to the 'older' crowd even. I hate it too.

here's a couple i hate:

"don't we already have this thread?"

"we've done this before"

"No biggie" for "that's not a big problem"

Absolutely fucking dreadful.

"mentee" instead of "protege" -- don't be making up new words that suck when there are already good ones

mentee makes me think of manatees or mentos

I would LIKE working with manatees. "Mentees", not so much

- "fast track" as a verb
- "incentivize" instead of "encourage"

Using verb "do" when ordering food.
"And for you sir?"
"Uh, I think I'll do the cedar plank grilled salmon."

Maybe he has something else in mind in regards to his dinner.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcdvyYc5zmE

If this nitwit in the office uses "reach out" for "communicate" one more time...

a new one i'm hearing is "inreach" (communicating internally, as opposed to "outreach")

yaaaaaaargh

my brother laughed at me for saying "right on" on the phone the other day, something I say probably 800 times a day

stop saying 'within' instead of 'in'

stop saying 'utilize' instead of 'use'

stop saying 'embolden' and punch yourself

stop saying 'utilize' instead of 'use'

so otm