Phrases you hate...

"healing balm" used to describe music or art

"Trump taps..."

"Spitball/ing"

"forever home" seconded, along with "forever family"
"baby bump" in any magazine, esp. with a large arrow pointer

Woot woot

you gotta be a cold mf imo to hate on "forever home" / "forever family"

I think it's dumb and overly corny

Forever Home is definitely on some rainbow bridge fur baby shit.

The concept that pets are part of your family and not disposable is not at all novel to me, though. I guess it's meant to appeal to people who are overly sentimental yet also shitbags to animals

it's for use with sheltered or fostered pets who will be destroyed unless someone takes them in

I know what it's used for, and I approve of finding permanent homes for animals who are in danger of being destroyed. 'Permanent home' or even simply 'home' seem like reasonable words for this.

that's cool, i think that's a reasonable position to take. alls i said was getting ticked off at a bit of schmaltz that's trying to generate empathy to save animal lives makes you a cold mf.

I hate it so much I just put my cat in the trash can

he liked it too much in there and I had to pull him out

"in this space" or "in the (x) space"

e.g., "We're the only company playing in this space right now," or "Next year we're looking to increase our presence in the home and garden space"

Also "robust," but I see that was called out above

Pictures/stories of pets finding homes, particularly any animal saved from an abusive and/or life-threatening situation, are heartwarming. Forever just hits as an unnecessary, treacly superlative to a story that's good enough without it.

"libtard" is another, unrelated one that makes me wince - even "liberal" as a pejorative. So much for a respectful debate, sir/madam.

"that can be debunked"

*posts link to video*

"claps back"

laughably lame, also strongly connotes 'ineffectual action of a powerless person performed for a day's worth of facebook likes and then forgotten by larger society'

Basically all phrases used by salespeople for software-as-a-service companies and other vendors. "Hey, Phil, when would be a good time to connect and hop on a webex to see how our service might fit into your marketing stack?" Like, we live in a world where people have to talk to other people like this.

"If you have a voice, use it"

it's has all the empty platitude of a politician. when spoken by a famous person this advice boils down to "Other people should say something"

"Rare interview with Thom Yorke"

breaking news

(that doesn't mean shit)

Anybody who isn't a gangsta rapper who refers to someone as their "ride or die".

Just call them your friend, you're a 57 year old school teacher

"illegal votes"

“on point”

"I was today years old when I learned that cats have scent glands in their paw pads"
"I was today years old when I learned that cats have scent glands in their paw pads"
"I was today years old when I learned that cats have scent glands in their paw pads"

"it just hits different"

you will love this song:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJlMkMtK7-8

i like sza

it's just 38 year old blue wave twitter dorks using it in earnest like "the second episode of mandalorian just hit different" or some shit

'cuddle puddle'

ums otm about 'hits different'. like, i will hit u, even more different

"I work hard, and I play hard."

fuck you, alpha male poser, just do your goddam job and leave the rest of us out of it.

'bragging rights'

^don't hate the phrase, hate the smug assholes who use it literally instead of playfully

i recoil with disgust at the entire concept of "bragging rights" because i think bragging itself is ugly behavior.

I think the phrase "weaponize (anything)" can be dropped down the memory hole.

"wow factor" on any UK makeover or competition programme. It especially annoys me when people say "a wow factor" instead of "the wow factor". Like "I used this special kind of door to give it a wow factor."

I hate dad-phrases that are money-based, such as "I'd pay TOP DOLLAR for blah blah blah", or "they won't get ONE THIN DIME out of me anymore."

otm

Real dads don't talk about the money.

I think the phrase "weaponize (anything)" can be dropped down the memory hole.

― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Tuesday, August 15, 2023 6:18 PM bookmarkflaglink

why? it's a legitimate thing that happens and probably the easiest way to sum it up. like the Jonah Hill situation.

Jonah Hill has been weaponized?

In aerosol form yes

It's overused, especially by the right. I heard someone--a Republican strategist--on ATL public radio last night talking about how the GA indictments were a "weaponization of the justice system."

What she really meant, of course, was that she was unhappy it was her people getting in trouble.