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...meme, media narrative, algorithms, "so you're one of those who..."--yes, I almost invariably am--analytics, bottom line, kill ratio, shock and awe, AI, work ethic--hey, everyone, let's take it easy for awhile--semi-automatic, designated hitter, replay booth, Republican Party. Just for starters. Feel free to add your own...
lapfog_1
(29,205 posts)and now "Orbit" when talking about members of the Crime Family
Turbineguy
(37,346 posts)First Speaker
(4,858 posts)sprinkleeninow
(20,252 posts)samnsara
(17,623 posts)petronius
(26,602 posts)(although I'm starting to use it more often...)
Ohiogal
(32,012 posts)JDC
(10,129 posts)unblock
(52,257 posts)Cirque du So-What
(25,949 posts)Every time this supercilious coworker says 'However...comma...', I want to say 'I know there's a fucking comma! You don't need to enunciate it! It's implied!'
PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,862 posts)I seriously want to smack anyone who says that to me. I think they think it's profound. It's not. It's stupid.
SCantiGOP
(13,871 posts)PoindexterOglethorpe
(25,862 posts)MaryMagdaline
(6,855 posts)NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)sprinkleeninow
(20,252 posts)'Down thread' also irritates me.😝
Not really!
3catwoman3
(24,007 posts)...when I am bitching about idiots. Whenever she says that , I always reply that I think there are several "kinds" we would be much better off without - racists, misogynists, ignoramuses, evangelists, theocrats, deplorables, etc.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,748 posts)"Cray cray."
"Amazeballs."
"Awesome sauce."
"I can't even."
sprinkleeninow
(20,252 posts)I've posted before. You listen attentively to a guest on (Charlie Rose for example before his demise) a program and you are absorbed in the smart stuff they're saying THEN, "at the end of the day yada yada"....I yell at the TV. "Done here!". Why do dey do dat??? 😖 I can't even. 😘
Begins EACH AND EVERY SENTENCE WITH: "SO......" 😭
defacto7
(13,485 posts)sprinkleeninow
(20,252 posts)sprinkleeninow
(20,252 posts)Leighbythesea
(92 posts)"Manage Up"
7wo7rees
(5,128 posts)Should be:
Representation
Way it looks
Spin
The Genealogist
(4,723 posts)This is my current pet peeve. My boss will say something like "reach out to Janet, and see if she can help clear up this point of confusion." I hear other managers in the organization use this phrase too. It sounds overly dramatic in this context. When I think of how the term has been historically used, it is in a statement like "The Red Cross is reaching out to the community in the wake of the hurricane" or "The US is reaching out to its allies for support on the UN resolution."
In the everyday work environment, why not just say "call Janet" or "e-mail Janet?"
TBA
(825 posts)DashOneBravo
(2,679 posts)They usually say too Ive got something to share with you
What like 5 year olds?
Still Blue in PDX
(1,999 posts)Grammy23
(5,810 posts)Well, for one thing, if you have never skied, you might not know what that implies. And whoever said it first probably thought they were being clever. Heres a flash. Its not.
hibbing
(10,098 posts)doc03
(35,349 posts)Freedomofspeech
(4,226 posts)Wolf Frankula
(3,601 posts)deplorables,
SCantiGOP
(13,871 posts)To describe the post players as "the bigs." I heard it early in the season, and now everyone uses it. I find it incredibly irritating.
subterranean
(3,427 posts)Wounded Bear
(58,670 posts)sprinkleeninow
(20,252 posts)uriel1972
(4,261 posts)scuttles off to the corner...
MissMillie
(38,562 posts)no better way to say I don't give a rat's ass about what you're saying.
If there's ever going to be some sense that we all care about each other, then "whatever" has to go.
MaryMagdaline
(6,855 posts)It is what it is
Baseball: walk off homer. Sorry. Just no need
SCantiGOP
(13,871 posts)describes an event in 3 words. Can you do it in less than a sentence without that phrase?
cos dem
(903 posts)llmart
(15,540 posts)and they begin their answer (every answer) with the word "So".
The word "curate".
The phrase "no worries".
sprinkleeninow
(20,252 posts)malchickiwick
(1,474 posts)TBA
(825 posts)helmedon1974
(92 posts)JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,350 posts)or "Yeah, so, " or "So, yeah, "
And just for the hell of it:
Gaslight, safe space, literally, trigger, whatever
SCantiGOP
(13,871 posts)Don;t know why, but it irritates the crap out of me when someone starts a thread here with Boom!
I hate clickbait stunts, like all CAPS or some misleading phrase in the subject line like "This is huge.....
LeftInTX
(25,387 posts)When I see a post that begins with "Boom!", it never is a bombshell. Or when it begins with "Busted", no one is ever busted.
Still Blue in PDX
(1,999 posts)uriel1972
(4,261 posts)the stakeholders are not impacted, we should be okay
uriel1972
(4,261 posts)The relevant stakeholders...
Wolf Frankula
(3,601 posts)or as I call it, whackademic and sociopathical definition. It means 'whatever I say it means.' Sorry, you're not a big egg sitting on a wall.
F-word, N-word, r-word and more. What the fuck is this, first grade? Ahhhhhm, you said the f-word.
Wolf
LeftInTX
(25,387 posts)I still don't know what it means.
Does it mean, they want to get rid of peace?
rurallib
(62,426 posts)meaning to kill or wound an attacker. Neutralize sounds so precise, clean and surgical. Whereas using real words would bring in mental pics of blood and gore.
I know there are lots of other words used to hide reality.
Skittles
(153,169 posts):shudder:
marlakay
(11,477 posts)Kath2
(3,075 posts)Siwsan
(26,272 posts)I absolutely cringe every time I hear someone use that word as a hyperbolic descriptive for, well, everything.
Freedomofspeech
(4,226 posts)God, I hate that.
MustLoveBeagles
(11,617 posts)I'm guilty of saying most of these.
sprinkleeninow
(20,252 posts)Owww. 😨
AJT
(5,240 posts)just say libertarian.