"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."
― trishyb, Wednesday, 16 August 2023 11:10 (eight months ago) link
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."
― henry s, Wednesday, 16 August 2023 12:12 (eight months ago) link
otm
― kinder, Wednesday, 16 August 2023 12:37 (eight months ago) link
Real dads don't talk about the money.
― pplains, Wednesday, 16 August 2023 14:34 (eight months ago) link
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.
― earosmith (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 16 August 2023 14:36 (eight months ago) link
Jonah Hill has been weaponized?
― pplains, Wednesday, 16 August 2023 16:24 (eight months ago) link
In aerosol form yes
― earosmith (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 16 August 2023 16:25 (eight months ago) link
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.
― immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Wednesday, 16 August 2023 19:10 (eight months ago) link