Phrases you hate...

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.

I also hate "___ things to ___ before you die." Oh, before I die, that's clarifying, thank you.

yeah, that's so vulgar, i now use "place these x activities in your someday/maybe folder."

people who organize their lives that way are disgusting savages

that's how Romney organized his women iirc

now that i'm here -- "i want you to eat, sleep, and breathe ___________"
i think that phrase is sadistic

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.

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.

it's the tyranny of goals

"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*"

comportment and orientation are more impt than goals imo

"in terms of"

also bucket list is a phrase that came about because of that crappy morgan freeman/jack nicholson movie, right?

I think the phrase pre-dated the movie.

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?

All mortal things must pass... so we're takin' the kids to Wisconsin Dells!

lololol

lol carlagatha

links to news stories or status updates in the form of solitary sentences starting "So"

"So" _ *link about botched execution*

So that happened

"the new normal"

"here, here" instead of "hear, hear"

"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..)

Your Peyton Mannings and your Tom Bradys

"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.

Lawyers use "said" a lot because they forgot how to write like normal people and it is very irritating.

also "____ porn" e.g. "food porn", "ruin porn"