FPed
― mark s, Monday, 29 November 2021 12:45 (two years ago) link
"They understood the assignment"
― jmm, Monday, 29 November 2021 12:59 (two years ago) link
Never use ‘just’ in professional correspondence.
― the thin blue lying (suzy), Monday, 29 November 2021 14:57 (two years ago) link
'for your consideration' as shorthand for 'this movie/tv show deserves an award'
― mookieproof, Sunday, 19 December 2021 03:03 (two years ago) link
Lots of discussion of it on the thread already but the term "creatives" makes me want to jump off a building.
― we need outrage! we need dicks!! (the table is the table), Wednesday, 22 December 2021 20:55 (two years ago) link
i'm a knowledge worker
― towards fungal computer (harbl), Wednesday, 22 December 2021 21:03 (two years ago) link
i'm a memory worker
barf
― Nedlene Grendel as Basenji Holmo (map), Wednesday, 22 December 2021 21:14 (two years ago) link
Im a shoddy worker
― Angela's Seshes (darraghmac), Wednesday, 22 December 2021 21:16 (two years ago) link
i'm really fucking good at not working
― Nedlene Grendel as Basenji Holmo (map), Wednesday, 22 December 2021 21:16 (two years ago) link
Recently someone who is a DJ and visual artist used the term in something they put out on social media, and I was like, "now i think you are a CIA plant"
― we need outrage! we need dicks!! (the table is the table), Wednesday, 22 December 2021 23:26 (two years ago) link
earlier today I was thinking about some of the words that I remember being discussed on this thread, namely "bonkers" and "kiddo" ... but in my morning mushy brain, the two words became the phrase "bonko kidders" and now I think about the people I see using the annoying words and phrases as "bonko kidders people"
― sarahell, Thursday, 23 December 2021 06:01 (two years ago) link
an ilxor used the term "amazeballs" in another thread and I forgive them but jfc
― we need outrage! we need dicks!! (the table is the table), Thursday, 23 December 2021 16:41 (two years ago) link
People referring to kids as "littles" really bugs me for some reason.
― Lily Dale, Thursday, 23 December 2021 16:45 (two years ago) link
"amazeballs"
My boss briefly used 'awesome sauce' in a zoom meeting last week and I almost barfed in my mouth
― Andy the Grasshopper, Thursday, 23 December 2021 18:04 (two years ago) link
The reason being it's horrible also wtf?
― I Can't See Gervais In My Mind (Tom D.), Thursday, 23 December 2021 19:06 (two years ago) link
Amazeballs was like a joke flash word c2007. Does anyone actually use it without a bit of irony these days?
― Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Thursday, 23 December 2021 19:12 (two years ago) link
This weather is so amazeballs I should go take the little and the puppers out for a walk.
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Thursday, 23 December 2021 19:12 (two years ago) link
had a co-worker who used to say "awesomesauce" 30 times a day in each class she taught
she's not with us anymore
― hopefully this review helped someone (Neanderthal), Thursday, 23 December 2021 19:13 (two years ago) link
oh oh, no, she's not dead, and no we didn't fire her for it, she got another job
Reminding me of my nephew circa age 3 referring to his family situation as "two bigs against one little".
― Halfway there but for you, Thursday, 23 December 2021 19:51 (two years ago) link
I prefer that to "hatchlings"
― hopefully this review helped someone (Neanderthal), Thursday, 23 December 2021 19:52 (two years ago) link
Incidentally, this thread turns 18 today
― Andy the Grasshopper, Thursday, 23 December 2021 19:55 (two years ago) link
the thread is a big today
― hopefully this review helped someone (Neanderthal), Thursday, 23 December 2021 19:57 (two years ago) link
nearly 8000 posts. so much annoyance prompted by so many words, usages and phrases. well done, ilx!
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Thursday, 23 December 2021 19:58 (two years ago) link
TURN YOUR LOVE AROUND
― hopefully this review helped someone (Neanderthal), Thursday, 23 December 2021 19:59 (two years ago) link
― we need outrage! we need dicks!! (the table is the table), Thursday, December 23, 2021 8:41 AM (four hours ago)
related to testicles y or n?
― sarahell, Thursday, 23 December 2021 21:15 (two years ago) link
Brits
― I Can't See Gervais In My Mind (Tom D.), Thursday, 30 December 2021 13:19 (two years ago) link
Brit vs. Yank: The Face Off
― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Thursday, 30 December 2021 18:23 (two years ago) link
Yes, I don't like either of them tbh.
― I Can't See Gervais In My Mind (Tom D.), Thursday, 30 December 2021 18:28 (two years ago) link
"that's sooo aesthetic". NO.
― maelin, Saturday, 1 January 2022 21:58 (two years ago) link
keep it copacetic
― they were written with a ouija board and a rhyming dictionary (Neanderthal), Sunday, 2 January 2022 06:00 (two years ago) link
I won't even try to open the whole thread, so I'm sure people have posted about this one before, but "saying the quiet part out loud" is reaching epidemic proportions; I've heard it four or five times on TV the last couple of days.
― clemenza, Thursday, 6 January 2022 14:06 (two years ago) link
It's the new elephant in the room.
― Alba, Thursday, 6 January 2022 14:54 (two years ago) link
butt-hurt
― Andy the Grasshopper, Thursday, 6 January 2022 17:42 (two years ago) link
i prefer butthurt
― sarahell, Thursday, 6 January 2022 21:08 (two years ago) link
happy one year anniversary to that thing
― mookieproof, Friday, 7 January 2022 02:59 (two years ago) link
A friend of mine used the term "crypto creatives" to describe two friends of hers and I will not let her hear the end of it.
― we need outrage! we need dicks!! (the table is the table), Sunday, 9 January 2022 15:00 (two years ago) link
Even fans of Yanigahara admitted that her story, which focused on a group of gay male trauma survivors, created a state of prolonged emotional agony. Well! There’s more where that came from, starting in January. The Smart Sads in your life will be carrying this one around before you know it.
― jmm, Sunday, 9 January 2022 15:30 (two years ago) link
ok i have seen it enough in the last week to need to vent about this: could we stop using the phrase "gun to the head" to imply "if i were forced"? please? it's not necessary.
unless you or someone you love has had a gun to their head, you might not feel this way. i get it. still, it's a very grim situation and i would prefer not to be reminded of guns near heads unless the situation is indeed quite dire.
i understand it's hyperbole; it's too evocative for most situations it's used in and it can be triggering for people whose loved ones have had guns to their heads and i know that is not the intention :(
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Sunday, 9 January 2022 16:00 (two years ago) link
Wow "smart sads" is insidious in the extreme. Most people think they're smarter than average. Most people are sad at least some of the time. Patting yourself on the back for those or making it your identity is cringe af
― nonsensei (Ye Mad Puffin), Sunday, 9 January 2022 16:09 (two years ago) link
everyone otm
― Tracer Hand, Sunday, 9 January 2022 16:21 (two years ago) link
You don't get to call yourself a "smart sad" unless you've got a gun to your head.
― Halfway there but for you, Sunday, 9 January 2022 16:48 (two years ago) link
(Halfway saying the quiet part out loud.)
― clemenza, Sunday, 9 January 2022 16:55 (two years ago) link
Not funny Find another way of making your joke unless you really enjoy making people feel terrible. In that case nothing I say will matter.
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Sunday, 9 January 2022 17:15 (two years ago) link
there are a lot of violent, domineering figures of speech we should really be more conscious about before tossing them off. i was thinking the other day about the corporate word "spearhead." like, imagine using that in a meeting with a native american attending. awful.
― Nedlene Grendel as Basenji Holmo (map), Sunday, 9 January 2022 17:22 (two years ago) link
just use a direct word or phrase instead of opting for the war or sports metaphor every time imo
― Nedlene Grendel as Basenji Holmo (map), Sunday, 9 January 2022 17:23 (two years ago) link
Thank you! I agree 100%It’s the least people can do to try to remove violent imagery from casual conversation
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Sunday, 9 January 2022 17:25 (two years ago) link
― we need outrage! we need dicks!! (the table is the table), Sunday, January 9, 2022 7:00 AM (three hours ago)
as in they are secretly creative? Or they seem creative but you can't quite figure out how? .... or, as in they specialize in making NFTs?
― sarahell, Sunday, 9 January 2022 18:25 (two years ago) link
xpyes was reminded of this when during the Nottingham Forest vs Arsenal cup game earlier the commentator said when the lower league Forest were on the verge of defeating Arsenal that this would be "another famous scalp for them".
― oscar bravo, Sunday, 9 January 2022 20:35 (two years ago) link
wow that's truly awful. I'd like to think you'd be unlikely to hear that in N. America but idk
The only good thing about crypto enthusiasts is that the word cryptofascist was already at hand
― rob, Monday, 10 January 2022 21:50 (two years ago) link