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Florence is all over the news, and I do feel sorry for all the people who’ve suffered property damage. I hope they were able to take family pictures with them if they evacuated.

But on the news, the one phrase I just cannot stand is “ride out the storm.” Or to “hunker down”

I was never successful in the business world, I couldn’t stand phrases such as “my plate is full right now” or “get on the same page” there were a lot more, and from what I could tell, the more cliches someone could use, the higher they went up the corporate ladder. My wife is very successful, and I’ve banned her from using corporate lingo like this at home.

“Divide and conquer” that’s another one I truly hate.

Anyone else have a phrase they cannot stand?

Here’s my PSA for the day: Back up your digital photo albums and if possible keep an external hard drive someplace outside your home. I keep one at work and one at home, as well as a large database “in the cloud”

Ok, rant over....
 
At the end of the day, when it`s all said and done, sometimes these things are blessings is disguise. You will only feel a slight temporary sting and just a little pressure. He looks so good laying there.
 
it's all good.

Patent nonsense. And IMO a simpering excuse for not having the guts or intelligence to make necessary critical judgments.

wunbe
 
"On steroids." Really sick of that one. Last week I heard a radio ad for a product that was claimed to be "like Viagra on steroids." I wish someone had said that to me in person. I'd have said "No, I think I'm looking for a product that's more like steroids on Viagra." :lol:

It gets tiresome quickly listening to someone speak who can't get out a complete sentence without one or two "likes" or "y'knows" in it.
 
Phrases are often a simple part of normal conversation.

Straight as an arrow.
Hotter than a 2 dollar pistol.
He's a straight shooter.
If I'm lying, I'm dying.
Screw up & move up.
Faster than a speeding bullet.

These are but a few phrases,, of the MANY, MANY ones used commonly. Some are used in song, others in poetry, and even some come from the Bible.

Nobody in this country uses the kings "proper" english anymore.

As many have said for decades; "Don't sweat the small stuff." Relax & don't let things like using phrases upset you. Life has too many bigger worries for us to focus on.
 
As with Snake . . . . my main annoyance is the over, over, over over use of
the word "like".

I had one time several years back when I was in a fast food place for lunch.
There were two air-heads sitting there in teen-age chatter at a volume level
that made them able to be heard in the next town. I really believe that they
did not finish one sentence with less than three occurrences of like.

One of them got up to get something and I asked the other "Say, like is
it, like possible for, like for you to like form a like sentence like without like
the word like in it?" She went into a major screaming fit. Once she paused
to catch her breath, I said "turn up your hearing aid!" She sat there as if I
had slapped her. I continued with "I asked you a simple question, that
could be answered with a yes, no, or simply ignored, yet you exploded
into a tirade because you could not be bothered to listen to what I said."
All was quiet. The other one got back, restarting the chatter and was told,
by the one I spoke to, for the second one to SHUT UP, and all was at
peace again. :D

It is like, sometimes like, possible to like get a teenager's like attention,
like with, like logic (but seldom). :roll:

:D
 
One that comes to my mind is when someone starts their sentences by saying ..."I mean....."

"I mean, I was trying to pass the rookie and he spun me out".... "I mean didn't he see me there?"
 
Pinheads who begin every sentence with "so..."
Shows ignorance and disregard for the person being addressed.

Pinheads who still say "its a perfect storm".
Shows that person is stuck in the past... And probably doesn't understand the concept anyway.

Pinheads who say "- NOT" after any obviously untrue/impossible statement.
Shows they follow Madonna (credited with coining the catch phrase in a SNL skit 30 years ago... 'Nuff said.

Pinheads who still high-five. And expect you to respond... Oh sorry, that isn't exactly a phrase per se.

Y'all understand I use the term 'pinhead' as a polite alternative to someone who has less to contribute to society than they themselves believe...? :roll:
 
Pat-inCO said:
As with Snake . . . . my main annoyance is the over, over, over over use of
the word "like".

I had one time several years back when I was in a fast food place for lunch.
There were two air-heads sitting there in teen-age chatter at a volume level
that made them able to be heard in the next town. I really believe that they
did not finish one sentence with less than three occurrences of like.

One of them got up to get something and I asked the other "Say, like is
it, like possible for, like for you to like form a like sentence like without like
the word like in it?" She went into a major screaming fit. Once she paused
to catch her breath, I said "turn up your hearing aid!" She sat there as if I
had slapped her. I continued with "I asked you a simple question, that
could be answered with a yes, no, or simply ignored, yet you exploded
into a tirade because you could not be bothered to listen to what I said."
All was quiet. The other one got back, restarting the chatter and was told,
by the one I spoke to, for the second one to SHUT UP, and all was at
peace again. :D

It is like, sometimes like, possible to like get a teenager's like attention,
like with, like logic (but seldom). :roll:

:D
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I was able to break my daughter of this annoying habit in high school by simply saying "like" every time she did. She hated me doing it so much that she stopped using the word...at least around me.

Couple years ago I was working with a young woman who used "like" more than anyone I think I've ever met. Once I was telling her that I'd seen the movie Gravity and was impressed that the opening sequence was one long unbroken take of 20 or 25 minutes, lots of dialog and coordinated action with no breaks or cuts at all. "Do you realize how difficult that is to achieve?"

And she said to me, "I don't like see what's so like hard about it. I mean, that's like their job, right?"

"I'll put it to you like this," I said, "It's about as difficult as it would be for you to hold a 20 or 25 minute conversation with anyone on any subject and never once use the word 'like'."

She didn't seem to talk to me as much anymore after that. :lol:
 
bobski said:
back to you.....
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You reminded me of another one: "You bet."

First noticed this used by NBC's Stone Phillips about 20 years ago, as in: "Thanks for the great report, Stone." "You bet."

Now it seems like every talk radio host uses it--Rush, Beck, pretty much all of them. "Thanks for taking my call, Rush." "You bet."

You bet what? I don't get it. :x
 
If you're talking corporate phrases:
Low hanging fruit
Actionable
Touch base
Business as usual
Silos
It helps to speak at times in well known phrases but in the corporate world often times those phrases are used by people to prove they are corporate minded.
 
"Take it to the next level."

"A hundred and ten percent."

I don't think it's possible to get through a whole day without hearing somebody say these. Enough! :x
 
Snake45 said:
It gets tiresome quickly listening to someone speak who can't get out a complete sentence without one or two "likes" or "y'knows" in it.
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When I hear "ya know" I say to the speaker "no, tell me." That generally gets me a look and "what?" from the speaker. The question to ask the "like" users is "similar to what?" Then you can watch them attempt to understand what you have asked.
 
I don't care what is "going viral" on the internet so the whole idea annoys me...well... "whatever" and you can "take that with a grain of salt" after all "at the end of the day" "it is what it is".
 
I went to a gun store which specializes in Thompson Contenders. I asked about a “trigger job” for mine, costs and so on. Then it hit me, “trigger job” is another one of the phrases I’ve never been fond of. It just sounds like a phrase someone who isn’t familiar with guns would use.
 
Snake45 said:
You reminded me of another one: "You bet."
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Hi,

I try to stay away from whatever the phrase du jour is, yet every so often I find myself slipping into that one as a response to a "Thank you" instead of "You're welcome" as I was taught long ago. Still, I'd rather hear "you bet" 50 times a day over a single "no problem!"

Almost all those overused phrases tend to wear themselves out if one can ignore them for a while, but one of them makes the old nails on a chalkboard analogy seem like smooth jazz: the improper use of personal pronouns, especially when prepositions enter into the conversation. "Between you and I," that misuse is inexcusable yet becoming so common even better educated people are doing it. I find myself yelling at whatever electronic device is providing the day's background noise when I hear such abuse of what was once a hard and fast rule, be it from the King's English, the Queen's, or just plain ol' "American."

Rick C
 
“No problem” or “no sweat” as a reply from a store employee I have just thanked after completing a transaction. What’s wrong with “you’re welcome”? Or even “my pleasure”?

And people who can’t complete a spoken sentence without an “uh” or five in it.

The overuse of “literally” is tiresome, as well.
 
"To die for". Really? That food was so good that you are willing to die??
 
"New and improved."

"A weather event." Or "storm event; rain event."

"Athleticity." Not sure I even spelled that one correctly.

And the object they play the game of football with: "bawal."

"Passed" as in, "He died."



Bob Wright
 
It would have to be that "Whatever!" typically uttered by the dimmest bulb around when you point out how stupid they are.

Me: You are a dumbass!

Them: Whatever!! Now I am going to stick this unfolded paper clip into an electrical outlet and show you how wrong you are.

In the media especially entertainment industry it would have to be baby bump. It's not a bump, it is baby. The newer one is claps back. The first time I read that one I just thought if they don't have a doctor a free clinic should be able to fix that for them with antibiotics.
 
A phase that bugs the bejesus out of me is;

"Think outside the box"

At no time in my life was i ever aware there was a box.

I guess I missed that day at school.
 
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