Words, usages, and phrases that annoy the shit out of you...

Yep

agree

not heard that. Good.

"Terrified"/"Terrifying" in the political context, typically used by liberals. Stop being so fucking terrified of everything. If you are literally an immigrant forced to hide out from ICE, then I accept "terrified." Otherwise it's ridiculously melodramatic.

ugh, Rest in Power is awful, what is that meant to correct about rest in peace?

How much would you have to hate a deceased person not to wish them peace

It's a political radical thing, maybe originating with Black Panthers? I think the idea is don't "rest in peace" rather your legacy should continue to impact things. But it gets really overused.

No more than moderately xp

I may have mentioned this before: when some rent-a-cop or service person ‘needs’ you to do a thing.

srsly why is it always about their needs

I almost started a thread about 'good faith / bad faith' last night. we'll see how today works out

Taking sides: "Peak ______" vs. "None more ______."

hit me with some examples. leaning toward Peak

i'll take 'peak _____' over 'sneak peak'

None more is worse because it's just lifting a joke from a movie. At least "peak ___" was original the first time some writer used it.

what is None More from

oh you youngins
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wx6fwfBKCIQ

oh, I mean yeah obviously. is this a new phenomenon?

I saw today a picture of a conflict between a cat and a bald eagle described as "Peak Maine."

A tattoo of a Starbucks cup is described as "Peak Seattle."

A cheesy Old Bay crab biscuit purchased at the Renaissance Faire (sic) has been described as "None More Maryland."

If it can be proven that none more _ came from a movie made in the late seventies or whatever then I'll stop fping ppl for a whole week

it totally did

Ok starting from when i posted that tho

When someone says something didn't "land". Like you didn't get it. This expression is fine for jokes but it's horrible in any other application

ooo cosign on that one

Critics calling things “airless”

I thought there was something particularly awful about this phrase in this context, but also bad in general:

Woman found holding her own eyeballs

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gauge away
you can gauge away

ffs some guy in WH press corps referring to just-resigned wife beater as "gentleman"

also increasingly hearing this as cop-speak in press briefing re: some murder or whatever, "the gentleman then fired a second shot"

“Home invasion”

Was ‘burglary’ insufficiently bellicose?

I usually think of home invasion as the burglary of a home when the residents are present. Threats of force, that sort of thing.

"burglary by the individual," even. Not the man or the woman or even the person

Still sounds stupid though. (xp)

Wouldn’t ‘robbery’ imply the victim’s presence?

nope!

if you get home and your house has been cleaned out, you were robbed

or your wife finally got wise, I guess

no, you were burgled. robbery involves the threat or use of force, intimidation, etc.

that’s the legal definition!

no one shouts “we’ve been burgled!”

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no one shouts “we’ve been burgled!”

They don't?

I’m open to accepting new views

i would say "we've been burglarized" in that case.

In the US, you'd never say that in the UK.

So, yes, in the UK, you would shout, "I've been burgled", if you'd been burgled.

Depending on circumstances I might burble, "I've been burgled", or I might blubber it.

http://stmedia.stimg.co/ctyp_6541146hamburglar_mcdonalds.jpg?w=800

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tit5gHtVEls

that’s the legal definition!

no one shouts “we’ve been burgled!”

― mh, Thursday, February 8, 2018 6:25 PM (two hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

this happened to me a year ago and yes we were burgled. i say we were burgled. it's completely different than being robbed, which is obviously worse because of the potential for violence and the lingering anxiety and terror. i've always feared it but weirdly felt safe enough in my home after being burgled. don't know how i'd feel being robbed tho, especially via force.

burgled sounds kinda dirty though

where do we stand on "incrediburgible" tho