Phrases you hate...

I like when businesses say they use "best practices" like that's the end of the conversation.

any nailing not involving metal fasteners

"that happened"

"you've got too much time on your hands"

My mom just used the sardonic "you're welcome" in a facebook post.

"Oh [dramatic pause] my God."

Guy at work offering his positive review of a dining establishment ended his monologue with "It is to drool for."

Thatz not okay.

bad taste. ironic, eh?

Ewww.

"I'm gonna have to call out ___"

"Can you talk to that?" when they mean "Can you talk ABOUT that?"

be that as it may

the expression "cool beans"

or "spill the beans"

alright cool your beans

"is that a thing now?" / "is this is a real thing" / "is that a thing"

*incredulous tone, roll eyes* "pass."

xp /"is that even a thing"

"is that a thing that happened?" etc.

kms

This a thing that happened.

oof forgot the "is"

failure

This happened.

This
Is this a thing
Is this a thing
that happened
Is this even a thing
that happened
this happened
this is a thing
that happened
this

is my poem

lcd soundsystem song

it's a thing
it's a thing
it's a real thing
it's a thing
it's a thing
it's a real real thing

even better than the real thing

I know the feeling. It is the real thing. You can't refuse the embrace.

All right, kind of hate to say it, but it's time to stop telling ugly guys married to pretty women that they've "outkicked their coverage."

Phrase had a good run and - needless to say - scored a lot of points, but no, it's over.

I didn't even know that was a thing?

"please and thank you"

I didn't even know that was a thing?

― 1 pONO 3v3Ry+h1n G!!!1 (dog latin), Thursday, April 24, 2014 8:40 AM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

You may have dodged it since you all haven't seen as many field-goal attempts from the 48-yard line as we have.

let's destroy all sports metaphors while we're at it

is this also the wordhate thread? because i heard the word "plump" on tv this morning and felt sick to my stomach

Referring to anything as "heady", which becomes infinitely worse when followed by the word "brew"

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.

"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.

ugh that is the worst

"- whisper it -"

"nailed it!"

ugh

any nailing not involving metal fasteners

― blot it out (Hunt3r), Sunday, March 2, 2014 7:52 PM (1 month ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yup

nailed it first!

"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.

"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

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

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"

"morning win".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Un6kN5lmFnQ

a passion for winning

lance armstrong should apply

"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.

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.