Phrases you hate...

The fact that it is an allusion makes it worse. It was smug and unimaginative when Gertrude Stein said it, and the same is true when internet commenters say it about an artwork they don't understand.

there's no 'tree' there

"caping for"

caping for???

"by far one of the _____" is my new least favorite phrase

e.g. It was by far one of the better episodes of Game of Thrones. Hands down, it was pretty alright I guess. It was far and away an episode of television.

"good shoot"/"bad shoot"

herding cats

caping for???

davey wrote this at 2016-05-12 20:22:51.000

I think it means "defending someone who you know has done wrong". I think I have just spent way too much time reading the gawker comments section and I should reconsider my life choices.

I find 'TTTT' functional and clever but it has suffered from overuse like anything else

caping = more polite way to use the "captain save a ____" idea? shameful.

I think "caping" has been around a while, typically means fighting for a view or cause without questioning whether it's something worthwhile or worthy

oh ok
new to me

never heard of TTTT

See Treesh above

"fur babies"

Fur babies is by far one of the annoying phrases, hands down.

"This is a story about...", usually on a BBC4 doc. I blame Adam Curtis.

xp

TT.TT
used in txt and chat rooms.
TT.TT = cry/sad
kind of like :.(
person:ur cat just died.

me:TT.TT
#tt.tt #t.t #txt misenged #space txt #txt
by barana December 10, 2008

Forever home

^yes hate this so much, seems like something that would repel as many people as it charms if not more. has it come into common use in the last few months or have I just started noticing it?

Few months ime

I've got a rolling list of awful phrases.

Lol at 1st response there

circle back

I'm happy that I only am guilty of using two of the phrases/words on Alfred's list, and only sparingly. I'm going to try to do better.

circle back

― sexy dander (Stevie D(eux)

Pleonasms don't offend me besides "refer back" or "reply back"

ok, we've got to stop firing off emails.

Forever home

Furever home is even worse.

"I'm sorry, but--"

Why are you sorry? Are you seriously remorseful here? If you are, why did you say what you said? If you're not, why did you say "I'm sorry"? Just say what you fucking mean and don't apologize for it, jesus

Sometimes that's like, a verbal tic that comes from being afraid people are going to get mad at you. I used to say that a lot - I've transitioned to "idk but" - but my goal is to purge all that stuff from my vocabulary.

Other ppl use "sorry but" more passive aggressively though.

it's called hedging, everyone does it

like "I'm sorry, but do you have a tissue?" is fine -- the apology serves a purpose (I'm sorry for interrupting you and/or asking for something of yours). I meant more the angered variety, like "I'm sorry, but he is an ASSHOLE" ugh don't be sorry abt calling him an asshole! he IS an asshole! just call him an asshole!

that is hedging :) it's a softening of a statement that could be perceived as harsh https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedge_(linguistics)

"social justice warrior"
Though it tells me a lot about the person using it.

i don't really *hate* hate it but there's a very english way of asking for something that starts with the phrase 'would it be posibble for me to...'

would it be possible for me to book an appointment?
would it be possible for me to have a glass of water?
would it be possible for me to have a look at that book?

i don't really *hate* hate it but it is fucking ridiculous

and i use it all the time

Those people search google using the term 'how would one go about...'

"Let's get GRANULAR to find a ROBUST solution." Both come from coffee culture, I think.

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

Just heard this on BBC 24,

"... she (Hilary Clinton) is looking forward to debating Donald Trump later this year."

Debating with surely, BBC?

It's US English that's creeping in a bit here, much like "appeal" and "protest" without the following "against".

From the Guardian,

"Donald Trump has said he will not debate Bernie Sanders after several days of changing his mind on the issue."

And yet, the Mirror,

"The Republican front-runner announced on Friday that he didn't want to debate with the "second place finisher" in the Democratic contest..."

Yes, the former was produced in the Guardian's US offices.

I don't care that much about Americanisms but that is horrible.

Britishes finally learning the language

lol, "debate with" sounds horrid to me

would it be possible for me to book an appointment?

i use this construction all the time. also, "would you mind if i were to..."

I always use 'i was wondering if I could' which feels like the same level of passiveness