List some phrases you absolutely abhor..

[Sho'Nuff]

Any phrase started with, or preceded by, the word "like."

 

[Kirby]

"don't put that THERE"

along with

"Don't!"
"No!"
"Stop!"
"But I poop from there"

 

[guyver01]

"pussification"

Not even a word and is just plain nasty. D:

stop trying to pussify the boards

 

[guyver01]

"You want me to lick what?"

 

[guyver01]

"Wait! i'm only 16"

 

[eits]

"git-r-done"

/thread

my blood pressure just raised about 30 points...

edit: and i honestly can't believe that i'm the first one, after 55 posts, to mention this motherfucking phrase...

goddammit... my whole night is ruined just because of this phrase... i honestly want to throw something and then force my desk through the window, regardless of whether it'll fit or not. i'm so filled with rage right now all because of that piece of shit redneck-ass phrase.

what low-life motherfucker would take pride in being a dumb piece of country-ass shit?

 

[eits]

"Work smarter not, harder."
"Good managers don't work, they manage."
"Delegate, delegate, delegate."
"You have to invest your time."

punctuation fail...

 

[eits]

"In this day and age"
"think outside the box"
dichotomy
team player

it's "day in age"... we are in an age, and these are the days within the age in which we live... "day in age"...

"day and age" makes no sense.

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

punctuation fail...

At least, most folks don't think my job is quackery.

 

[QueBert]

Don't piss on my leg and tell me it's raining.

Always said by this redneck neighbor I use to have, I still don't know exactly what the fuck it means. I mean I know what he's talking about but it's a weird fucking phrase.


This one I hate because so many people use it, and they all seem to think they're clever, funny and I've never heard it before them.

"see you later" <- Me
"not if I see you first" <- them

 

[SlitheryDee]

yeah, it only works with a glance-point. you gotta cock your head and point your nose in the direction of yonder when you speak it. otherwise, it's completely meaningless.

i just realized, because of your post, how annoyed I would be if someone told me that without indicating the direction with a signal.

lol.

Even with the head cock it can be infuriating when you're talking about some small item that could be in many small places "over yonder".

Imagine asking you wife/SO "Where are my tweezers"? and she says something like: "east".

It's like that.

 

[eits]

At least, most folks don't think my job is quackery.

punctuation fail, again...

 

[sandorski]

Amazing

9/10 it is simply not amazing.

 

[sandorski]

"Wait! i'm only 16"

I'm sure they hate hearing, "Too OLD!"

 

[sandorski]

it's "day in age"... we are in an age, and these are the days within the age in which we live... "day in age"...

"day and age" makes no sense.

Makes perfect sense and is the correct phrase.

 

[eits]

Makes perfect sense and is the correct phrase.

bullshit. it just doesn't make as much sense as "day in age". "day and age" would imply something both specific and broad, which is nonsense to use in a statement.

/googles around

damn, i'm wrong... it is "day and age"... absurd. it makes no sense to use it that way.

ok, add another phrase to my list of phrases that i abhor...

 

[grrl]

First, I agree with all who have challenged fleabag's choices and assumed command of English.

Riddle me this, Batman

day in age / day and age

bling

I gotta tell ya

synergy

I've hated that one since the 80s.

 

[gaidensensei]

I despise anyone who likes to use nevermind as one word responses because they don't want to explain what they said.

Hey,
Yeah?
hoompaba jotumba
What?
Nevermind.

 

[Dumac]

I despise anyone who likes to use nevermind as one word responses because they don't want to explain what they said.

Hey,
Yeah?
hoompaba jotumba
What?
Nevermind.

Dismissing your previous statement with "nevermind" is useful when either what you just said was pointless and not worth repeating or the person you are talking to is too dumb to ever understand what you are trying to say.

 

[Rubycon]

I despise anyone who likes to use nevermind as one word responses because they don't want to explain what they said.

Hey,
Yeah?
hoompaba jotumba
What?
Nevermind.

whatever

 

[grrl]

hey, fuck ass, it doesn't make sense.

day = a short period of time, like a few months or less
age = hundreds to thousands of years

one day and one age (however long it may be) = HUGE frigging disparity

<snip>

You cannot analyze idiomatic language like that, that's why it's idiomatic.

 

[CZroe]

"... juxtaposed against _____."

"... a paradigm shift."

Both are over-used by wanna-be pretentious idiots. Usually, it's just young urban poets stupidly repeating "smart things" they heard other poets saying but it's now a magazine ("Juxtapoz") and a move in Final Fantasy XIII ("Paradigm Shift!"). I heard an NPR interview with an urban poet who used both over 5 times each in a single interview. Ugh.

 

[eits]

I think someone needs an 'adjustment.'

hey! congrats! no punctuation errors!

:beer:

cheers!

 

[Dumac]

There's always buzz words like "synergy" or "interface".

 

[zinfamous]

Don't piss on my leg and tell me it's raining.

Always said by this redneck neighbor I use to have, I still don't know exactly what the fuck it means. I mean I know what he's talking about but it's a weird fucking phrase.

I just rofl'd a bit. sorry.


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