Phrases you hate...

managing the orchard was a tough job

at this point that one really only makes me think of balls.

how do we feel about "up shit creek"?

"shits and giggles" really annoys me for some reason

How do you feel about "shiggles"?

much better, thx for abbreviation!

dislike shits and grins, but then i think that's mostly down to hating the word "grin" idk why.

would prefer "shits while giggling" or "shittin' and grinnin'"

hate shits and giggles

how about "shoot the shit?"

a horrific replacement for clay pigeons

these are shit

"Britehses" makes me feel genuinely embarrassed

Your search - "Britehses" - did not match any documents.

http://i.imgur.com/LECJm05.png

Must've been on the britishes google :(

really hate when middle-class/affluent people refer to things as "ghetto" as an adjective. search "ghetto" on yelp if you want to despair for humankind.

i live in a pretty nice neighborhood and someone called my local chinese restaurant "ghetto" just because it's a mom & pop in a strip mall rather than some monolithic pf chang with ridiculous statues out front.

hipper middle class white people say "ratchet" now

Ugh.

"play nice in the sandbox"

it has fallen out of favor lately but when people were saying "above my/your pay grade" i would vomit blood everywhere

really? I say that all the time.

hipper middle class white people say "ratchet" now

lol almost immediately after i started hearing that word it came up in a class i was teaching as an example of a word whose meaning is hard to explain and the white students were like 'uhhh ppl say that?' and all the students of color said 'but i think ratchet is over now'

https://www.google.co.uk/?gfe_rd=cr&ei=d7SkU5ajJ-jR8gfr_4H4CA&gws_rd=ssl#q=%22above+my+gay+parade%22

"Money doesn't buy happiness"

Seriously fuck anyone that says this. Yes it does

it doesn't hurt either way, certainly

it is also very good for the economy

If money can buy happiness, then why can't I order some from Amazon?

no happiness, no love, wtf money what CAN you buy ffs

"Stay classy".

You first, jerk!

It doesn't buy happiness, but it sure does ease the pain.

"Across the pond" meaning Britain in America

a) It's just grossly cutesy

b) there are other fucking countries across that same fucking "pond", ya know

c) Is the reverse ever used? Is America "across the pond" in Britain? (real question)

"Money doesn't buy happiness"

Seriously fuck anyone that says this. Yes it does

― Dreamland, Saturday, June 21, 2014 7:58 AM (6 days ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

otm. i seem to recall some study that demonstrated that up to like an income of $75,000 or $100,000 it has a large effect on well-being but beyond that there are diminishing returns. i could be pulling this out of my ass though

actually that threshold could've been higher, like $200,000, not sure though

The only people who ever say that money doesn't buy happiness are people who have plenty of money to buy things that make them happy.

Like housing, food, running water, clothing. You know. Life's frivolities.

Is America "across the pond" in Britain? (real question)

Yes! Quite commonly used over here. Sorry about that.

Yeah, I think it's one of those The Britishisms that are taking over America

The only people who ever say that money doesn't buy happiness are people who have plenty of money to buy things that make them happy.

― carl agatha, Friday, June 27, 2014 4:20 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

otm. I remember when I was 24 and couldn't even afford to eat lunch that didn't come out of a vending machine as I basically made enough to pay my bills to the dollar and not much more. I remember feeling constricted and raging a lot then.

By the time I was 31 I had a comfortable well-paying job and those days were behind me but there was a period of two months where I was moving and had to float my two new roommates' portion of the rent to secure the deal prior to them reimbursing me on move in date. It was only about a month, but I was short on cash and having to do things like payday advances and it brought back those familiar pangs of income-fueled rage.

fuck it - having money takes away sooooooo much anxiety.

I hate the term "massaging" when used to mean 'it is being worked through', ie, "our client is still massaging the details". just say they're still working on it, jeezus

otm, hate that

"kiddie porn"

trivializes the utter fucked-upness of child pornography into something mildly embarrassing

money can't buy happiness itself, but it can clear away many potent sources of unhappiness, leaving a clearer field for happiness to take root and grow in. or weeds.

isn't "massaging the details" supposed to mean that they're lying? xp

anything porn is terrible -- it reduces the meaning of the word pornography and also attributes characteristics to the thing being described that are not just inaccurate but gross
food
travel
basically any noun

but agree about kiddie

I agree completely.

Especially since there probably really is something else called food porn that isn't pictures of new appetizers from Chef Gellato's.

totally agree

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

― marcos, Tuesday, May 6, 2014 12:28 PM (1 month ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I tried searching for food-related pornography on tumvlr recently and got real bummed out when it returned a bunch of tastefully - composed shots of people's dinner.

"kiddie porn"

trivializes the utter fucked-upness of child pornography into something mildly embarrassing

― marcos, Monday, June 30, 2014 12:27 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Yeah it's very trashy and gossipy sounding in the worst way, and definitely trivializing, like "Oooh, I heard ___ is into kiddie porn."