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Phrases I NEVER want to hear again (Original Post) Buttoneer 8 hrs ago OP
Thinking out of the box Klarkashton 8 hrs ago #1
Yeah---it's so 20th-century! lastlib 7 hrs ago #13
"President Trump said..." biophile 8 hrs ago #2
"Eat your kill" 🤬 Floyd R. Turbo 8 hrs ago #3
"I didn't vote for this." FalloutShelter 8 hrs ago #4
"I gotchu" "We got this" "You got this" "I got this" Buttoneer 8 hrs ago #5
"Let's matrix this." SalamanderSleeps 8 hrs ago #6
It is what it is kerouac2 8 hrs ago #7
I've always hated that one FoxNewsSucks 8 hrs ago #9
Or it can be acceptance of something you cannot change happybird 8 hrs ago #10
It's a vapid, ridiculous tautology. lastlib 8 hrs ago #11
I appreciate you chowmama 8 hrs ago #8
"At the end of the day...." lastlib 8 hrs ago #12
Put on your big (boy or girl) pants... Marie Marie 6 hrs ago #14
The Democrat Party. MIButterfly 6 hrs ago #15
"Fake news" synni 6 hrs ago #16
six-seven Intractable 5 hrs ago #17
Trust me LogDog75 5 hrs ago #18

lastlib

(28,074 posts)
13. Yeah---it's so 20th-century!
Tue Mar 10, 2026, 10:01 PM
7 hrs ago

In the 21st century, you've got to thnk outside the TESSERACT!




(Good luck with that.........)

happybird

(5,390 posts)
10. Or it can be acceptance of something you cannot change
Tue Mar 10, 2026, 09:49 PM
8 hrs ago

It's not always a negative saying.

chowmama

(1,072 posts)
8. I appreciate you
Tue Mar 10, 2026, 09:46 PM
8 hrs ago

This is the corporate version of 'thoughts and prayers'. I'd rather have time to do my job and the pay for it.)

A runner-up is 'going forward'. It's 'from now on', dammit!

Corporate-speak, blechhh!

lastlib

(28,074 posts)
12. "At the end of the day...."
Tue Mar 10, 2026, 09:58 PM
8 hrs ago

What happens after midnight??

"Half-mast" for a flag flown on land. Ships have masts. On land, it's "Half-STAFF".

Starting any sentence with "Hopefully". That is an atrocity.

MIButterfly

(2,571 posts)
15. The Democrat Party.
Tue Mar 10, 2026, 11:29 PM
6 hrs ago

I've even heard Democrats use that expression. Once and for all, It's the DEMOCRATIC party!!!

LogDog75

(1,249 posts)
18. Trust me
Wed Mar 11, 2026, 12:48 AM
5 hrs ago

When I hear this I think "If you had already earned my trust then you wouldn't have to ask me to "trust you." This is the point my internal warning system starts raising red flags. Or, as the robot in the TV series Lost in Space would say: "Danger, Will Robinson, Danger!"

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