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"I'm married to my lovely wife/husband and have X beautiful kids." I watch Jeopardy a lot and Wheel of Fortune sometimes and when they talk to the contestants they always say this. It's always the same adjectives, lovely and beautiful. It irrationally angers me.
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"Same difference." 0 sense made. Those two words contradict each other!
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| # ? Jun 30, 2012 18:59 |
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As far as internet sayings go: "I [will] judge you." "All my feels."/"X feelings" "dokis" - used by people who use weeaboo language "ironically" to the point that it's not ironic anymore. Offline sayings (which can come up online): I'm also one of those grammar Luddites who roll their eyes at people saying "literally" when they are making a metaphor. Going to have to second "epic." Every time someone close to me uses it, I wince internally. Probably wouldn't be so bad if I never saw the kind of idiots who used it on the internet for years. Using "hipster" as the go-to insult for someone who likes something that you don't. I used to get it when people used it to refer to pretentious individuals who acted a certain way but now it seems to apply to anyone who does anything.
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| # ? Jun 30, 2012 19:12 |
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sitchelin posted:"Same difference." 0 sense made. Those two words contradict each other! No it doesn't. "They share the same differential trait to that thing you're talking about; it doesn't matter which."
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| # ? Jun 30, 2012 19:19 |
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Electric Bugaloo posted:
This is the only thing that gets to me. The way social justice has become an entirely negative phrase smacks of such sincere intellectual laziness on these forums is so depressing. Sorry, I'm not Martin Luther King and I'm not going to give you some beautiful "I have a dream" speech to explain why you're being a biggoted rear end in a top hat. Its not as if this is a genuine issue in real life that affects people so severely they're driven to suicide over it! But oh, those annoying queers and their social justice posts are just sooo pedantic, just shut the gently caress up already will ya! Its even spread to the front page articles where concepts like othering are mocked.  Ok I'll shut up about this for ever now, don't want anyone to buy me a custom title or anything.
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| # ? Jun 30, 2012 19:28 |
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I'm sure gay/trans/queer people and women must love you.
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Whimskey posted:This just reminded me of the weirdest euphemism for dying I know of. The pastor at the church I used to go to would say that somebody "passed into the church triumphant". That phrase always annoyed me. Has anyone else ever heard that or was she just extra weird about death? I've never heard anyone use it that way, but I know that the Church Militant is Christians who are alive, and the Church Triumphant is Christians who are in heaven. There's also people in Purgatory who Wikipedia tells me are called the Church Penitent. It's all pretty old-school. Content: 'thinking out of the box'. Ugh.
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Pray tell. As in "How, pray tell  , is that going to work?"I only ever really see it written, but it makes me cringe every time. spleen merchant fucked around with this message at Jun 30, 2012 around 19:54 |
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"I call a spade a spade." Almost always said by someone being "politically incorrect" (read: racist).
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| # ? Jun 30, 2012 19:54 |
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"Have a blessed day", mostly because the only people who use that phrase are church ladies who feel the need to inject even a cursory courtesy with Jeezus to spite the people who wanna take church out of school and make Christmas illegal.
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Rare Collectable posted:This is the only thing that gets to me. The way social justice has become an entirely negative phrase smacks of such sincere intellectual laziness on these forums is so depressing. Sorry, I'm not Martin Luther King and I'm not going to give you some beautiful "I have a dream" speech to explain why you're being a biggoted rear end in a top hat. Its not as if this is a genuine issue in real life that affects people so severely they're driven to suicide over it! But oh, those annoying queers and their social justice posts are just sooo pedantic, just shut the gently caress up already will ya! Its even spread to the front page articles where concepts like othering are mocked. No, those social justice megathreads really do devolve into sanctimony and pendantry, and weird nonsense synonyms like "cisgendered", "othering" and "biotruths" make everyone who uses them sound like total tools. It's like when gaming-as-a-lifestyle people call their desktops "battlestations". Also, all four of those expressions can go to hell.
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Strife posted:I work in an office environment and I hate absolutely everything that everyone says. Business verbal bullshit is a pretty fertile field generally, so much so that people have devised "spot the cliche"-type games to play at particularly boring meetings. One cliche where I work is to talk about a project as "a piece of work", which is pretentious in itself and also weird for anyone who's ever heard Americans use the expression to mean "an unpleasant individual." It's pretty egregious, which in itself is a real internet cliche. Polybius91 posted:Calling a spade a spade In Yorkshire, where I'm originally from, that phrase has quasi-religious status for some people, and as well as being a licence to be bigoted, it's also a licence to be a grumpy, opinionated old guy without ever being called out on your bullshit. Farbtoner posted:Have a blessed day. Also, the use of "blessed" where most people would say "lucky" always makes me cringe e.g. "I feel really blessed to get this job." I've only ever heard evangelical Christians say that in Britain; I think it's a bit more widely used over the pond. E: Please can we not get into a social justice derail. Complaining about "check your privilege" and so on as expressions is fine, but debating the issues is for D and D. General Panic fucked around with this message at Jun 30, 2012 around 20:37 |
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Please let's not have a social justice derail in here.
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| # ? Jun 30, 2012 20:35 |
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Electric Bugaloo posted:
"To be fair," stuck to the beginning of every statement. Watch for it. It's loving everywhere and it sucks. edit: Thread posted:hipster It's always, always used by someone who doesn't actually know what's even currently hip, cool, or cutting-edge, and is probably referring to a permutation of hipster from up to five loving years ago. On top of that, there is never just one scene or type of hipster at any one given time, so the phrase, used as a pejorative, doesn't even mean anything. It's just a term to refer to "lifestyle tourists" basically, and the chronically-uncool reddit nerds who use it probably wouldn't know it if they saw it. Bubble Bathory fucked around with this message at Jun 30, 2012 around 20:56 |
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"Male Gaze"
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| # ? Jun 30, 2012 20:59 |
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"Good Sir". If I never see or hear that phrase again I will be a happier person for it. Goon sir is of course worse, but I figured that didn't even need to be mentioned.
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I just started business school, and some of the terms I'm already sick of include: -"paradigm shift" -"monetize" -"manage the optics" -"push-back" -"viral" (Your roommate tweeted about it. That does not constitute "viral.") -"I am a team player/a visionary/great at delegating/ an agent of change." (Translation: I have no actual skills whatsoever.) -Referencing any pop-psychology book. Double douche points if it's The Art of War or anything by Malcolm Gladwell. -Any time someone uses military jargon in a business capacity. ("boots-on-the-ground," "battle-plan," "in the foxhole.") -Any discussion of social media by people who clearly don't know what they're talking about. Also, just in general, the phrase "come to find out..." It grates on my ears every time. Mr. 47 fucked around with this message at Jun 30, 2012 around 21:21 |
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OK; I'm going to make a decision here Usually uttered by a superior, during a discussion of some (important) choice to be made regarding how to proceed (especially on something technical). Now, there are several issues with this phrase: 1; it's used as a euphemism for "I don't understand this decision, but I'm imposing an arbitrary resolution anyway" 2; it signals not only the intention to make a decision without understanding, but also the intention to make everyone else deal with the fallout should their coin-toss turn out badly. 3; it's trying to elevate picking A over B based on nothing more than whimsy to some great feat of leadership. With the added implication that careful consideration is equal to indecision. Its a key indicator of a loving idiot promoted beyond their ability. Closely related: I had to make a decision - which is an unwitting euphemism for "Oh dear; everyone appears to have worked out what a moronic decision I made." I also hate winningest and will maintain (as a Brit) that it is not a real English word 
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| # ? Jun 30, 2012 21:33 |
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Reading metal and other music reviews are the worst. I'd like to add "It'll make your ear pussies cum." All I can think of is a river of earwax. "Epic-sounding..." "A new wave of brutality" Actually, most metal music reviews make me cringe when I read them.
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Bubble Bathory posted:edit: A coworker called me a hipster after I said I did most of my shopping online. 
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"Enough said." First of all, if enough had been said, there would be no need to actually say "enough said." That defeats the purpose. Secondly, whenever I see this phrase it is almost always someone quoting someone, or posting a link to someone else's opinion. For example, let's say someone on Facebook posts a link to an article espousing a completely ridiculous, inflammatory or otherwise stupid opinion. The person posting the link invariably posts "Enough said" under the link, as a way of saying "I agree with this idea, one which is so indubitably true that it does not even require discussion." Lastly, gently caress "nuff said." Who the hell is Nuff, and what did they say? "Six of one, half a dozen of the other." - Why the hell would anyone use such a convoluted phrase? These idioms are supposed to be short and easy to understand, otherwise they just sound silly. A co-worker of mine would often use this phrase, but she spoke so quickly that she would inevitably trip over her words in the middle of the phrase and have to start over. Anything with the prefix man-. Man-date, man-cave, man-purse, man-opause, man-batter. All of those make me want to vomit when I read them. Finally, "preggers." I know it's already been mentioned but it makes me think of some sort of infection or something.
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"Rise and Shine!!!!" Goddamn all throughout high school my mom would yell this from the bottom of the stairs trying to get me up for school... It just grates on my ears like you wouldn't loving believe. Say that poo poo out loud around me, I dare you. I'll have a flashback and get angry and throw an alarm clock at you. Also seconding "ear pussy" goddamn that is stupid and annoying.
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The weatherman on the local news station here is always saying "Literally" and "if you will" as if those are required things for people on TV to say. "The wind has LITERALLY picked up heading north, and it's going to give those folks up there some... light showers, if you will." Edit: oh, and someone mentioned it earlier, but "Viral" is far too ingrained in the lexicon right now. News people are especially bad about it, because anything that originated from the internet (from their perspective) equals "Gone Viral". "Have you seen this thing called Facebook? Well, it's LITERALLY going viral. More about that at 10." RizieN posted:Also seconding "ear pussy" goddamn that is stupid and annoying. What is that even supposed to mean? Like you have a vagina in your ear? Or you can hear with your vagina? I'm LITERALLY... at a loss, if you will. Cpt. Spring Types fucked around with this message at Jun 30, 2012 around 22:03 |
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I'm unsure too... but they liken your ear to a pussy, and musical sound waves to a dick? That's what I can gather. I've seen it used in this fashion : "gently caress your ear pussies with my HOT NEW TRACK MASH UP DJ STUPID NAME CUMMIN RIGHT AT YA"
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The phrase "ear pussies" offends my earballs.
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| # ? Jun 30, 2012 22:03 |
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"Take it to the next level." Watch Shark Tank and count how many people say that. all of them
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thepitgoddess posted:Reading metal and other music reviews are the worst. I'd like to add There's actually a whole thread in EW mocking bad music reviews, for those who are interested, and even though I'm not cool enough to know who half the bands are the writing's blatantly terrible. Music journalism can be a bit of a haven for pseudo-intellectuals. Although I don't think the guy who wrote "It'll make your ear pussies come" is even one of those.
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There's this girl from school who always goes on Tumblr way too much, and when you try and have a conversation with her or say something to her, her response is a variation of one or more of these: "I don't even" "well that sure is a thing" "wat (said like 'hat' but with a w)" "I'm gonna cry/pee/whatever" "Lol okay (out loud, vocalized)" Saying things that would be in third-person *star quotes* as if to say an action is happening chatting on the internet, but in real life. So it'd be like "Oh my god casually inches away from you"
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"Win-win situation", "touch base", "mobilize", "feeling the pinch", "all hands on deck". Basically, the way people talk at my job 
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Suzuki Method posted:
I can't loving stand when people do that on the internet, let alone real life *FACEPALM LOL*
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Something that I find incredibly grating is when someone speaks in the second person when they should be speaking in the first. "As we came over the hill, you could see the city below, and you could tell that it was going..." No. Bullshit. I wasn't there. You were there. I couldn't see or tell anything.
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Suzuki Method posted:
My daughter has taken to doing this recently. It's awful. "Pro-active" has become a buzzword in my workplace amongst the upper management, which seems to mean that we plebs don't have enough to do already so we should therefore do tomorrow's work today. My mother keeps saying things are "to die for". Are they really? Also, people who stick "-ness" onto the end of a word when a perfectly serviceable word already exists: e.g., "civilness" for "civility". And the term "wellness", a favourite of a chiropractor I used to work for.
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Dekenai posted:Also, people who stick "-ness" onto the end of a word when a perfectly serviceable word already exists: e.g., "civilness" for "civility". And the term "wellness", a favourite of a chiropractor I used to work for. Oh god I saw a commercial for an arcade or something that advertised how much excitedness you'd have  I also feel this way about using "addicting" instead of "addictive" which is a perfectly good word  'lol i love this game it's so addicting' gently caress YOUAlso "assumedly" WHAT IS WRONG WITH PRESUMABLY? WHAT?
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The cloud.
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thepitgoddess posted:Reading metal and other music reviews are the worst. Related to this: "Dirtier than a river of mud/Joseph Fritzl's basement/anal sex with your dad/etc." in reference to any electronic music. It's every other comment on youtube or reddit or whatever.
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It's hard for me not to roll my eyes whenever I hear the word "dynamic" used outside of computing terms (as in the phrase 'make it dynamic'). 'Swag,'is really starting to get old too, especially now that the only context I seem to see it is either older generations trying to sound hip or nerds describing their new officially licensed Next Generation combination beard/mutton chop trimmer. Believe me, in 5 years, the only people who get their swag on will be the same people who are still SMOKIN'! and occasionally still get jiggy with it.
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"Nonconformist", because it's always used to deride someone who doesn't like what "everybody" likes (usually meaning what the user of the word likes). No, I'm not "just being a nonconformist" because I'd rather listen to punk rock than pop. I've had over 30 years to figure out what sort of music I like, and I like this stuff. Not because I'm "being a nonconformist", not because I "just hate popular stuff", this is what I genuinely like to listen to, and I don't mind listening to something else if it's really annoying you. Likewise "raging against the machine" as code for being slightly upset with a perceived authority figure (even if it's just a company you bought something from). I'm not raging, let alone against any machine, I just want these people to honour the warranty they are legally obligated to provide, and have provided in writing. In this case, were I raging, it would be for the machine since I'm trying to get someone to follow the law. Edit: I've even drawn the "raging" thing for saying that the government lowering the residential speed limit from 50kph (30mph) to 40kph (25mph) would be useless. Not "loving goddamned useless", not "and I won't obey it", just expressing the opinion that it's a useless change. AlphaDog fucked around with this message at Jun 30, 2012 around 23:56 |
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Suzuki Method posted:"well that sure is a thing" On a variation of that: "That's really something" or "Ain't that something?" or any of the 20 different permutations of "something being something." Aside from it making absolutely no sense, it reeks of laziness. There's something really midwestern, white, middle-aged, and (generally) male about it. Everytime I hear the phrase I picture it coming from some guy named Lefty describing the motor on his boat on a hot Sunday afternoon. Eggplant Wizard posted:I also feel this way about using "addicting" instead of "addictive" which is a perfectly good word I guess the original intent behind using "addicting" was that "addictive" substances/things actually cause addiction and "addicting" things don't (so running is "addicting" while crack is "addictive"). It's not technically wrong (though it still sounds off to me) but pretty unnecessary. As you mentioned, "addictive" is a totally fine and versatile enough word to use. I'd say that most of the time people use the word, they aren't doing it out of a pedantic need to distinguish between levels of addiction-inducing power, but rather because they're lovely at grammar. Electric Bugaloo fucked around with this message at Jul 1, 2012 around 00:06 |
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"Anyways" bugs me. It's "anyway". Always. "Irregardless". It's not a word, no matter what the dictionary says, and people just use it to sound smart. Hate it. Also, mispronouncing "February" because there's an 'r' in there. And using "they" or "their" as singular, because both words are plural. My most hated of all, though, is "needless to say..." I hear it all the loving time and it drives me up the wall. If it's really needless to say then don't waste your breath and my time by saying it and if it isn't needless to say, then... don't say it's needless to say.
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"Females" Man, females and men are so different. What the gently caress. Females are like an entire different species, they're so confusing. There is no way to understand females, such an unfair advantage... females FEMALES  I hate this word. It gets under my skin. I hear it constantly from people in place of "girl" or "woman" and I can't stand it. It sounds misogynistic as hell and is nearly always coupled with some sort of sexist remark. I pulled the above examples off my facebook. Even when it's not used alongside something sexist and lovely, it just grates me. I've met girls who don't feel this way, but it's just a really nasty sounding word to call someone, like they're of another species. Also, "getting ham" or "let's get ham tonight!". What does that even mean. What ever happened to going hog wild. Bring back hog wild.
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Elephantgun posted:"Females" Stop adding dipshits to your facebook page. "Females and men"
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