Phrases you hate...

Yes. Precisely! For example, if you were burning to discuss bicameral vs. unicameral legislative bodies, there is already a thread for doing exactly that. Why start any more?

The slowness of full-text searches isn't anything to do with your internet connection speed, btw.

2. The best thing to do when a string is redundant is to jump right in and announce the fact you have identified it as redundant instead of ignoring it, right?

3. After a three hour recovery period I am perfectly sober again.

4. Boo!

This sends me into fucking orbit for some reason.

"He's burning both ends of the same candle"— I don't know what I hate about it, I just do.

"They're just talking" as a euphemism for two people not in a relationship fooling around up to but not including sex. I actually preferred "being with each other," back when that was the thing to say.

Also, in a previous phrases-you-hate thread I mentioned hating "Can I get..." when asking for something. The only time it should be used is by a Southern Baptist preacher asking for an Amen.

"Here goes nothing"— What does it mean?

Clue: Coincidentally, the phrase means exactly the same as one of its component words.

I actually hadn't heard or read that one since about ten minutes after watching an ep of 'Rowan & Martin's Laugh In' for the last time, some time around 1969. 'R&M'sL-I' was a classic show, and a ground-breaker, but it has spawned a ream of catch-phrases for subsequent flogging to death, even more than Monty Python. Fortunately, 'Here goes nothing' ran out of legs faster than most of them.

Sheesh, some of you people... I love it how when Theresa asked if it had already been done, someone said yes and then A GAZILLION PEOPLE reiterate this fact. WE KNOW, now either ignore the thread (and by not posting make it drop lower on the list) or contribute something instead of "le sigh been thee done that, i'm a reg and you're a noob or idiot who can't search."

Anyway, I hate it when people say: I'm 110 procent sure. Dude, either your completely sure or less, but not more than completely.

As mentioned upthread, "base touching" is the WORST.

Big thumbs down on "pro-active".
Hate hate hate it.

What does he "bring to the table"?
Hate that one too.

All mindless utterances from mindless mid-level managers can go, too.

verbs/verb phrases!! touches on, informed by - esp. when I resort to using them!!!

My boss says "decant" when he means "put out the Japanese porn we just got". I know he tries, but you just can't make that classy

!!!Donna please tell me that was not a typo.

I wish I could stop myself from saying "I hear ya" whenever I'm trying hard not to convey that I either really don't give a shit about what the person is saying or just feel uncomfortable.

As much as I hate that I do it, I admit I use "it's all good" sometimes. But know that when I do, behind my eyes the real me is screaming "NO IT ISN'T, IT IS ALL GOING HORRIBLY WRONG AND I AM TOO PASSIVE TO KICK UP A FUSS SO I WILL JUST BE NICE AND A DOORMAT K"

Ugh.

ooh, I hate 'it's all good'. (It's not you, Trayce, it's me)
No, my boss totally says "I need you to decant H*usewives at Pl*y:King Sized Special". Awesome

:o

I want your job!

never a good time whenever i hear "you have the right to remain silent. if you give up that right, anything you say may be used against you in a court..."

never good.

T, you say that now :)

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i hate when people refer to a group of women as "ladies". particularly when i'm part of that group.

tho i guess that's not really a phrase ?

that's like a nutty zing wrapped in gentleman chocolate

I still wonder wtf it was/is Donna did to have a boss gettin' out the japanese porn as part of the day's routine. Sex shop or something?

Yeah, there's a bit of mystery around that isn't there?

Diarrhea of the mouth

gross, just gross

Ladies and gentlemen, the President of the United States.

"Does what it says on the tin", when some british dude thinks the subject line of his forum post is sufficient and that he doesn't have to put anything in the body. Obviously no one does this on ILX, but it's surprisingly common on other random forums (like those related to fixing computer problems). It sets my teeth on edge!

"Don't pour your beer down the drain - that's alcohol abuse!"
"Oops, I spilled my beer - guess I've got a drinking problem."

Fuck you seriously.

I hate the Brit slang 'mentalist' and 'mentalism'. People always say it with one of those look-I'm-being-funny smirks on their faces too, which really makes you want to punch them.

"don't hate the player,hate the game"

can't stand this stupid shit

Its basically "love the sinner, not the sin" dressed up for guidos.

'it's all good'

'no worries'

"wow. just...wow."

wow. just...wow.

"b-b-b-but" which seems to be really popular on ilx :(

b-b-b-but

;_;

when an acquaintance leaves a note for you on facebook or email after not having been in contact for a long period of time, and ends with "hope all is well" or "hope you are well"

yeah those well-wishers are such assholes

“let’s make some memories”

Seeing it a lot at the moment.

I am not fond of that one either.

*Goes on a camping trip with the kids* "Ah, yes. You're making memories."

Shit, I might have dementia one day. I'm just trying to enjoy the moment now, THANKS.

I've worked in local advertising for years and yeah "making memories" is extremely overused, but it is useful in some contexts; like, I think it is important to remember to make memories - we can fall into repetitive patterns where it's the same old same. If you don't make an effort to make new and interesting memories, you're not really living

we can fall into repetitive patterns where it's the same old same

Ok, hadn't heard the "making memories" vs "memorization" argument yet.

For a while almost everything I read about pop culture contained the words "banger" or "slaps" or "liminal." Now I'm seeing the word "horny" in basically everything, too.

hella baller

Gave them their flowers/gave him his flowers/gave her her flowers

Been hearing this crop up a lot lately. My understanding is that it means to give public praise and acknowledgement, perhaps to someone whose work has gone unrecognized. I don't know the origin. It just irritates me.

lol I only know that phrase from Friends, meaning something completely different

Flatt & Scruggs - "Give Me Flowers While I'm Living"

Won't you give me my flowers while I'm living
and let me enjoy them while I can
Please don't wait till I'm ready to be buried
and then slip some lilies in my hand

“victory lap”

"god fearing"