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Scootaloo

(25,699 posts)
Tue Oct 23, 2012, 05:18 PM Oct 2012

Is it just me, or is anyone else getting sick to death of the phrase "doubling down"?

It seems to be popping up everywhere.

How much money is KFC throwing into these campaigns, that every ten minutes a campaign spokesperson has to advertise for this abomination?

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Is it just me, or is anyone else getting sick to death of the phrase "doubling down"? (Original Post) Scootaloo Oct 2012 OP
Darn right!! I'd like to double-down on that! nt. OldDem2012 Oct 2012 #1
... Scootaloo Oct 2012 #8
Yeah...it's the new "going rogue". Blech. TwilightGardener Oct 2012 #2
Ha. Finally, something you and I agree on. Warren DeMontague Oct 2012 #3
That and virtually any sports reference, I hate them all. Clear language leads to clear thought. 1-Old-Man Oct 2012 #4
Phrase Polly Hennessey Oct 2012 #5
Or "the takeaway". Or "the reveal". AAaaarrgghgh!! TwilightGardener Oct 2012 #7
Moving forward, we'll want to leverage synergies so that we're all together at the end of the day DisgustipatedinCA Oct 2012 #11
And you can also eliminate nichomachus Oct 2012 #14
I think of it as "digging a deeper hole" Rambis Oct 2012 #6
That's one that annoys me but not as much as... ChisolmTrailDem Oct 2012 #9
I'm not a fan of "game changer" either. Or bringing one's "A" game, for that matter DisgustipatedinCA Oct 2012 #13
It is what it is. JBoy Oct 2012 #10
"Doubling down" is right in my wheelhouse. WilliamPitt Oct 2012 #12
What does doubling down mean? darkangel218 Oct 2012 #15
Blackjack term cemaphonic Oct 2012 #22
That's exactly why it bugs me loyalsister Oct 2012 #25
ahhha ok i shouldve known that darkangel218 Oct 2012 #28
I'm with you matt819 Oct 2012 #16
i was just glad to see "the bottom line", retired....... bocaoma Oct 2012 #17
You are so right. We need to throw "doubling down" under the bus. BlueStreak Oct 2012 #18
Ever play blackjack? I'm used to the term derby378 Oct 2012 #19
Yes. I am glad soccer mom hasn't been used this time. Phentex Oct 2012 #20
every election season there seems to be a Term that is way overused JI7 Oct 2012 #21
I'm sick to death of "Look…" nt valerief Oct 2012 #23
Should I pay it forward or walk it back? DollarBillHines Oct 2012 #24
doubling down...meme...narrative byeya Oct 2012 #26
What I hate are sentences that begin with the word "Together..." Poiuyt Oct 2012 #27

Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts)
3. Ha. Finally, something you and I agree on.
Tue Oct 23, 2012, 05:20 PM
Oct 2012

Watch for it to be at the top of those "2012 phrases to retire" lists, come NYE.

 

DisgustipatedinCA

(12,530 posts)
11. Moving forward, we'll want to leverage synergies so that we're all together at the end of the day
Tue Oct 23, 2012, 05:25 PM
Oct 2012

Yes, I hate "at the end of the day" almost as much as the completely useless "moving forward". MF is often used thusly:
"Moving forward, I'd like to focus our attention on the blah blah blah...", which pretty much means:

"As time continues to elapse like it always has and always will, irrespective of our personal wishes, I'd like to focus our attention on blah...".

Of course, if you find some way to stop moving forward, you're running a real danger of not getting to the end of the day.

Rambis

(7,774 posts)
6. I think of it as "digging a deeper hole"
Tue Oct 23, 2012, 05:21 PM
Oct 2012

You fucked up, you know you fucked up, now you have to make it look like you know meant to fuck up. It is very transparent everyone knows you have shit the bed. Give it up!

 

DisgustipatedinCA

(12,530 posts)
13. I'm not a fan of "game changer" either. Or bringing one's "A" game, for that matter
Tue Oct 23, 2012, 05:27 PM
Oct 2012

Why does no one ever "bring their intramural game"?

JBoy

(8,021 posts)
10. It is what it is.
Tue Oct 23, 2012, 05:25 PM
Oct 2012

Now that phrase annoys me. Of course "it is what it is". Otherwise it would be something else!

cemaphonic

(4,138 posts)
22. Blackjack term
Tue Oct 23, 2012, 05:48 PM
Oct 2012

You can double your bet in certain circumstances (and generally should, if your initial cards add up to 10 or 11).

loyalsister

(13,390 posts)
25. That's exactly why it bugs me
Tue Oct 23, 2012, 05:57 PM
Oct 2012

Maybe "doubling down with a 16 would" make some sense- like "born on 3rd base and thinks he hit a triple."
But double down in reference to basic commentary bugs me. It's so vague that all commentators seem to use it to simply cast a negative light on something that was repeated.

matt819

(10,749 posts)
16. I'm with you
Tue Oct 23, 2012, 05:29 PM
Oct 2012

And now I've begun to see tripling down.

And since I see it as a phrase applied to moronic republicans who continue to spew garbage without apology, I never have to wonder who is doubling down (it's a RWer) or on what (whatever it is, they are wrong).

But it's definitely one of those phrases that needs to go.

bocaoma

(23 posts)
17. i was just glad to see "the bottom line", retired.......
Tue Oct 23, 2012, 05:31 PM
Oct 2012

i do like characterizing the Republitards as slack-jawed, knuckle draggers.......

derby378

(30,252 posts)
19. Ever play blackjack? I'm used to the term
Tue Oct 23, 2012, 05:33 PM
Oct 2012

Just now, I probably doubled-down on teh stoopid with a new post on GD, but I'm in a fairly happy mood.

Phentex

(16,330 posts)
20. Yes. I am glad soccer mom hasn't been used this time.
Tue Oct 23, 2012, 05:38 PM
Oct 2012

I mean, there ARE still soccer moms but apparently they aren't swaying the vote.

DollarBillHines

(1,922 posts)
24. Should I pay it forward or walk it back?
Tue Oct 23, 2012, 05:57 PM
Oct 2012

I was thinking about "doubling down" just this morning over a few shots of Bourbon (post-debate blues). I was thinking the same as you.

But, at the End of the Day, It is what It is.

Poiuyt

(18,087 posts)
27. What I hate are sentences that begin with the word "Together..."
Tue Oct 23, 2012, 06:10 PM
Oct 2012

"Together, we can solve all the world's problems."

It seems like every nonprofit commercial has a sentence in there that begins with "Together." What a cliche!

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