A rose by any other name

[reyd reid reed]

does NOT smell as sweet.

Tell me a phrase that you hear a lot -- at home or at work or whatever -- that absolutely makes you want to run screaming in the opposite direction.

For me, it's 'patch'.

Makes me want to scream when someone says it when they're transferring a telephone call. To someone sitting right beside them. "Let me patch you through..."

ARRRRGHHHHH!!!!!!

There are a few more, but that's the one that's making me cringe tonight.

What are yours?

[Catshrink]

1. dialog

as in "you need to dialog with the parents."

Oh, and, "you need to ask the parents to partner with you" :puke:

[reyd reid reed]

2. Ooooh...

that one would annoy me as well. Dialogue is something in a book or a script. Not something you do to communicate.

Why can't people just say what they mean? "Talk to your parents." "Get your parents to help you with this."

Sheeesh.

:eyes:

[Redstone]

12. Nouns as verbs. EXTREMELY annoying.

Redstone

[everythingsxen]

3. Conversate, Athleticize etc.

Those are technically words however, phrases I hate are, but not limited too:

"Think outside the box"

"Elephant in the room"

"Quantum-leap forward"

[reyd reid reed]

5. Yup...

those are bad. And WAY overused.

It's all just so stupid, the things people say when they're trying to sound impressive. Don't they realize that they're usually the only ones who are impressed?

GAH!!!

[Ptah]

4. I've got nothing

[reyd reid reed]

6. I love that picture...

it's probably one of my favorites.

:hug:

:hi:

[gemdem]

7. Paradigm...

As in "that doesn't fit my paradigm," or "a paradigm shift." Aargh!

[reyd reid reed]

11. Yup.

The word itself isn't bad...but it can sound pretentious.

:hi:

[Oeditpus Rex]

33. You got a paradigm shift?

Give ya two nickel curves for it.

:P

[SPKrazy]

8. If Moses Supposes His Toeses Are Roses, Then Moses Supposes Erroneously

actually that one is usually just in my head unless I slip and say it out loud.

But it really drives me crazy Sweetie Reidie!

:silly:

[reyd reid reed]

14. Heh...

you oughta say it out loud...in the middle of someplace rather crowded. See what happens and then tell us.

:hi:

:hug:

[SPKrazy]

16. I Have, Like In The Middle Of A Staff Meeting

I have trouble acting normal when I'm nervous.

actually, I've never acted normal.

I try to keep that aspect of my personality in the background most of the time


:rofl: but he comes out at the most unique times

[reyd reid reed]

9. Speaking of words....

tooken (doesn't exist)
smarticate (doesn't exist)
masticulate (sounds too much like another word, plus...it doesn't exist)

[Redstone]

15. "Tooken." Why am I hearing that one so frequently in the last couple of years,

and NEVER before that? What the hell do you suppose gave birth to that horrible word? I'll bet it's some rap or hip-hop "song."

Redstopne

[Redstone]

10. "President George Bush." But I have to tell you, I'm SO happy that

I don't work for a company (particularly a large one) where I'd have to suffer listening to such bullshit. But this thread will make for interesting reading, I'll bet. And it will remind me yet again how fortunate I am, that I don't have to listen to bullshit phrases in meetings anymore.

Hope that all's well with you these days, sweetie.

Redstone

[reyd reid reed]

13. That's one *huge* advantage

to working from home. I envy you.

I'm good, darlin'...been knitting my little fingers to the bone. I've become superstitous about it. Seems that Bailey does well when I'm working on something and falters when I take a break between projects.

So...no more breaks.

Plus, I've got this thingamajig that I'm trying to get finished by March 1.

Cross your fingers.

:hug:

[Redstone]

18. Thingamajig? Do tell. By PM if you'd prefer; I'm curious now.

Redstone

[reyd reid reed]

25. Meh...

no big deal, really. I'm working on a little 'fluff' novel and I want to have it down and ready for a final polish by March 1. I figured I'd work on the fluff rather than the other one I've got going because it's just easier. Doesn't take as much thought -- just churn it out.

We'll see.

:shrug:

[Redstone]

28. I'll volunteer to edit for you, if you want me to. I'm a good editor.

Redstone

[reyd reid reed]

31. I might take you up on that.

I'm gonna need someone objective to read it. Brace yourself, though. A literary masterpiece, it ain't.

[Redstone]

37. You want objective? You got it. I'll be honest with you. Brace yourself for that.

Writers need objectivity, and there's precious little of that among what passes for editors these days.

Redstone

[reyd reid reed]

39. That's what I need.

If I want to be patted on the back, I can show it to a lot of people. Who won't tell me it's crap.

Although this one really is. Genre fluff. Pure mind-drivel. But hopefully it'll be fun. I've really gotta get my discipline back...it's been gone for far too long. Once upon a time, I didn't sleep well unless I'd written at least a little bit. I'd use reading as a reward for getting the work done.

Plus, it really was more fun then.

You're a doll.

:hug:

[bridgit]

17. "like totally"

:wtf:

[reyd reid reed]

38. Irritating, huh?

Right up there with 'whatever'. Whenever my daughter starts telling me something that involves her saying "like" every third word, I hold up my hand and start counting 'em.

Shortens the story-telling considerably.

:eyes:

[dEMOK]

19. Gifting!...

There's no friggin' thing as "gifting!" You don't gift a gift; you give the friggin' thing.

[u4ic]

29. Welcome to DU!

:toast:

[ZombieNixon]

20. "This will go in your portfolio."

One of my professors says this all the time, and I want to tear his face off. This (whatever I do in his class) will *not* go in my portfolio, because when out looking for a job, when employers see 25 people who come out of the same program with portfolios all containing the same stuff, that's 25 applicants who get thrown out right away. :banghead: This will not go in my portfolio. The other, much cooler stuff that I do in other classes and on my own time (mostly on my own time) will go in my portfolio. x(

[dEMOK]

21. I'll take that under advisement nt

[TOhioLiberal]

22. If life hand you lemons...

...make lemonade. :banghead: I understand the sentiment but geez! :puke:

[reyd reid reed]

23. Yup.

There are so many ways to say the same thing that:

1. Make more sense.
2. Aren't overused.
and
3. Aren't so contrived.

[TOhioLiberal]

27. I saw a T shirt once...

...it said 'if life hands you lemons, throw them back and demand the Vodka you asked for' :rofl:

[reyd reid reed]

32. LOLOLOL!

:rofl::rofl::rofl:

Now, why can't I find a shirt like that? I never find the good ones...

[Hosnon]

24. "That begs the question."

1% of the population of the U.S. knows when and how to correctly use that phrase.

[reyd reid reed]

26. I doubt it's even that high.

:eye:

[u4ic]

30. (I/we) gave it 110%

somebody failed math...:eyes:

[Oeditpus Rex]

34. Or coached football

[reyd reid reed]

36. *snort*

And yet you hear it all. the. time.

[Oeditpus Rex]

35. 'Work smarter, not harder'

Makes me wanna say, "Give advice, not empty platitudes you learned in some fuck-headed corporate management seminar."

[reyd reid reed]

40. That's only because you don't wanna be able to

think outside the box. Must be some issue you've got with...ummmm...







:hide:

[Oeditpus Rex]

41. Being a team player?

Stepping up to the plate?

:shrug:



Job-interview BS bingo

[reyd reid reed]

42. Oh, don't start with the

baseball metaphors. If you do, I'm gonna hafta throw in the towel...and you know how I hate it when I'm up against the ropes.

:P

[Oeditpus Rex]

43. How about when

it's fourth and long? :shrug:

[reyd reid reed]

44. Football?

:nuke:

[Oeditpus Rex]

45. Hey, if you can do boxing...

:shrug:

[reyd reid reed]

46. No, no, no....

it doesn't work that way. I did boxing because you did baseball. You do football, I'm gonna hafta counter with something like hockey. And a hockey metaphor might involve pucks.

And that skirts dangerously close to other metaphors which could then turn to euphemisms and then where would we be?

Huh?

O8)

[Oeditpus Rex]

47. In a typical DU thread

:P