comstarhpg | 26 May 2016 5:43 p.m. PST |
Genuine this or that! Oh and Awesome just really rile me :( |
Grelber | 26 May 2016 6:11 p.m. PST |
Pleased to see I'm not the only one annoyed by "It is what it is." Grelber |
Dentatus | 26 May 2016 6:13 p.m. PST |
Isn't a catchphrase a motto? Like: "I'm Dr Horrible. I have a PHD in horribleness." Annoying sayings in my neck of the woods I'll "reach out" to x on a certain matter. "Workshop" instead of make a decision. |
Pedrobear | 26 May 2016 6:48 p.m. PST |
"Ancient astronaut theorists say… yes." |
Greylegion | 26 May 2016 7:00 p.m. PST |
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Endless Grubs | 26 May 2016 7:33 p.m. PST |
Irregardless…. Not a real word but I hear it at work. Often. In the monthly four hour admin meeting. |
Old Glory | 26 May 2016 8:41 p.m. PST |
"To whom it may concern" ?????? What's wrong with : "To who it may concern"? Regards Russ Dunaway |
etotheipi | 27 May 2016 2:42 a.m. PST |
The same thing that is wrong with "I gave it to he." or "Do you know she?" The pronoun "who" is a for use as subject and "whom", an object. |
Captain Gamma | 27 May 2016 2:59 a.m. PST |
"Thinking outside the box" "Touch Base" "Think Tank" |
Captain Gamma | 27 May 2016 3:00 a.m. PST |
"Box on" For proceeding with a required task. |
Norman D Landings | 27 May 2016 3:29 a.m. PST |
'Box on', you say? I hadn't heard that before. I…. erm…. actually quite like it. I'll make a point of not saying it here, though. |
nazrat | 27 May 2016 6:13 a.m. PST |
I like it too! It will be used and I'll see if I can spread it. I talk to so many people in my job I'm sure I can help make it a "thing". 8)= |
Garryowen | 27 May 2016 7:30 a.m. PST |
"Giving back." The implication is that whoever is doing it took something or was "given" something in the first place. Nearly always it is for some one who has earned something by his or her own labor or a business that has managed to survive and perhaps do well. And people say it about themselves. Now if they have been the recipient of charity, or government handouts, it is most appropriate. Rarely the case. Tom |
Hafen von Schlockenberg | 27 May 2016 8:48 a.m. PST |
I forget the source for this: "'Whom'is a word invented to make us all sound like butlers". Me'n him agree. |
Weasel | 27 May 2016 9:45 a.m. PST |
Most any stupid Reddit/chan nonsense and most abbreviations. "top kek", "mfw" "dae" and all that junk. Most posts that start with "actually…" "I'm not [horrible thing here] but..".
In gaming, "Codex" as a general term for any army-book. "Faction" doesn't bother me, though I know it gets some people riled up. |
Norman D Landings | 27 May 2016 11:06 a.m. PST |
"Can I get" instead of "Can I have". "Can I get a large Americano, please?" "No. No, because you have to stay on that side of the counter. I can get it for you, though." |
kodiakblair | 01 Jul 2016 9:03 a.m. PST |
"FTW" ? I've had FTW tattooed on the back of my right hand since my Punk band days. It sure doesn't mean "for the win" |
Oberlindes Sol LIC | 21 Dec 2016 3:01 p.m. PST |
Sorry if I'm late to the party, but has anyone registered a complaint about "based off" yet? I'm hearing it more and even seeing it in print. The accepted idiom is "based on": "We make decisions based on thorough research and analysis." Hearing "based off" just makes me feel another kind of -ed off. |
Dexter Ward | 22 Dec 2016 4:06 a.m. PST |
The accepted idiom is whatever people are currently using. |
Fergal | 22 Dec 2016 6:26 a.m. PST |
"Goodbye Felicia." Who in the <bleep> is Felicia and where is she going?
You have to watch the movie Friday from the 90's to know that one, it was referenced again in Straight Outa Compton more recently. I enjoy quite a few of the things listed here. Language changes constantly and it's fun to bend words in my opinion. I often use slang from the 90's and 80's in conversations. It still cracks me up to say 'ducats' for money… When I first started teaching I was young and hip. I was sitting at a table full of older teachers who were complaining about the word 'pimp' and how kids were using it. The meaning had moved on from it's origins and didn't have the single meaning it did pre-90's, I was OK with it. Things change… Though using a word incorrectly will rile me. Misuse of literally makes me figuratively insane. |
Great War Ace | 22 Dec 2016 1:00 p.m. PST |
New one since the 8th of November: "Suck it up, buttercup", and just "suck it up". I used it twice and immediately got tired of it. "Whiner(s)" "Crybabies" "Losers" "BWAHHAHAHAHAHAHA!" "Deplorable(s)" The list is getting longer…………….. |
Henry Martini | 22 Dec 2016 3:54 p.m. PST |
That's yet another Americanism, Norman, and as everyone in this country under the age of forty – and many older who should have the cultural confidence to resist such insidious influences – now speaks only crass Americanese, sadly I hear it constantly. |
Von Trinkenessen | 23 Dec 2016 5:57 a.m. PST |
Underwhelmed is one that winds up my wife Guilty as charged. Middle class english white kids trying to sound as though they're from certain impoverished areas of America. As my young daughter said some years ago when a car went past with only a thumping baseline audible "It's the ghanstar dudies in the tiny cars!" |
grtbrt | 23 Dec 2016 9:48 p.m. PST |
"Sir, Step out of your car " |
Hafen von Schlockenberg | 24 Dec 2016 11:15 a.m. PST |
Sorry,Norman and Henry, but they're both wrong in that situation. It's "May I have" when asking for something. "Can" denotes ability: "May I have the Christmas Toffee Peppermint Mocha Latte Whip Supreme,please? Wait--can I have that? I'm allergic to nuts". |
Whitestreak | 24 Dec 2016 9:41 p.m. PST |
I use "underwhelmed" quite often – and intentionally. It seems to annoy or confuse mote others equally. |
Stepman3 | 26 Dec 2016 11:59 a.m. PST |
Any gender neutral political correctness bull crap and "cis/pan" anything. Cis-male, cis-female, pan-male, pan-female… And "preferred pronoun"… |
Retiarius9 | 31 Dec 2016 4:32 p.m. PST |
'I had you pegged' not current but just as condescending |