Words and Phrases You Can Do Without

[Zomby Woof]

My list:

Meme
Ask me anything!
Paid operatives of Karl Rove infiltrate these boards!
Think outside the box
I am gifting this to you!
IMHO


Let's hear yours...

[Loonman]

1. "like"

People who say, like, like after, like, every, like, word, like.

[GOPisEvil]

2. Proactive

At the end of the day
'nuff said

[Zomby Woof]

3. YUCK

Add those to my list too!

[CO Liberal]

4. "Compassionate Conservatism"

:puke:

[Zomby Woof]

6. worst oxymoron of all time!

Or is that oxymorAn? :-)

[salinen]

12. "The fact of the matter is"

"The truth of the matter is"
"pure and simple"

[trof]

14. Bingo!

When I hear "The FACT of the matter is..." I just KNOW somebody's about to start blowing smoke up my ass.

[salinen]

22. Yep! Oh, I almost forgot

"That's the gods honest truth"

That always lets me know when someone's about to lie.

[trof]

29. "Who ever said it was supposed to be fair?"

I DID, GODDAMIT!
IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE FAIR!
No cheating, dammit!
Play fair.
on edit:replied to wrong post.

[CO Liberal]

5. "Talent On Loan From God"

:puke:

[Zomby Woof]

7. You gotta break the Rush habit!

Does he put Oxycontin in his broadcasts? :-)

[Robb]

8. "Grow your business"

I swear. People just trying to embiggen themselves... :eyes:

[rbnyc]

9. "whatever"

"unelectable"
"fringe"
"too far left"

[Zomby Woof]

16. there ya go!

:loveya:

[LynneSin]

18. I love whatever

I use it on my mother all the time and then one time she did it back to me. I got pissy at her and told her that was my phrase and she couldn't use it.

I love her anyways!!!

[MissMillie]

80. Can I vote 100 times for "whatever"?

why anyone would want to sound apathetic is beyond me.

[Shrek]

10. "Don't go there"

A conversation topic is not a location!

:grr:

[brainshrub]

11. "Shut Up!"

And

"Hel-lllo"

[LynneSin]

13. Candidate X will cost us the election if they get nominated

this is why I live in the lounge anymore!!!!

[Zomby Woof]

19. yeah!

Stay here with your favorite Triad of Threadjackers. :-)

[Bertha Venation]

15. where do I begin?

the words gift and office and partner are nouns, not verbs

human beings do not interface

why use the word utilize?

unique -- nothing can be "very," "truly," or "extremely" unique. Why? Because it's unique.

there are more . . .

[Bertha Venation]

32. more

my boss uses these all the time

at the end of the day
turn the corner
as a general proposition

[Bertha Venation]

33. and "pretty much"

grr

[buddhamama]

17. guesstimation

hey i use IMHO!

i have yet to utter Ask Me Anything. if i do, then my username has been hijacked by the Paid operatives of Karl Rove who infiltrate these boards!

[Zomby Woof]

21. Why I loathe IMHO

First, no one should be humble about their opinions. Be BOLD. :D

Second, though I am sure YOU mean it when being humble, it always smacks of "I am being falsely modest as to take the edge off of what was a very blunt opinion!" hehe

I think I will start using my own creation (at least I have never seen it): IMNSHO - In My Not So Humble Opinion! :bounce:

[buddhamama]

30. oh yeah,

you're right,it probably does come across like that, IMHO of course.
;-)

and not so humble too. YOU'RE Right, and if you don't like it you can just go drink some more coffee :-)

[TacticalPeek]

20. Leverage.

Makes me pat my wallet.

[Jim Sagle]

23. "That's just the way of the world."

[Wwagsthedog]

24. "I mean"

"you know"

[PurityOfEssence]

25. "let's not go there", "not", "artsy-fartsy", "guilty pleasure"

And, of course, any version of "well, of course I don't understand that" by DJs and other media types who try to be endearingly unthreatening by marginalizing eggheads or poo-pooing non-mainstream concepts.

[eileen_d]

26. Well, we agree on meme, as you know

I also don't like "pink tutu dems" - partly for disrespecting Democrats, but also because it's based on femininity = weakness. And aren't ballerinas athletic anyway? I bet a pink-tutu-wearing ballerina could kick my couch potato ass. ;)

[camero]

27. Whatnot

Somebody in the media had to think that one up.

[SOteric]

28. Many. It's one of my pet peeves in reading the assorted writings

of my students that so many employ useless subphrases which serve only to take the power out of their messages.

One my least favourites is the apositional "First off." One can pretty much remove that phrase from any sentence or paragraph it starts without damaging the flow of information in any way. The only element it imparts is an understood air of combatative nature. When someone starts their statements with "First off," it's likely what follows will be an argument to someone else's statement.

Broadcasting one's arguments is poor etiquette and worse strategy. Make your case and leave it at that.

Another I dislike having to see is "at the end of the day." Particularly as this phrase seems to crop up several times in a paper with several ends to several days, and it leaves me unsure of whose calendar I should be using. Overuse of trite phrasing always distracts from the point one is attempting to make.

"Suffice it to say," for some reason never seems sufficient. It shouldn't precede a 7-paragraph rant unless one is hoping to give the impression of being unaware of it's meaning.

Just a random sampling. *sigh*

[Zomby Woof]

34. I share many of those

I kick myself when I find myself using them - I think it's a bleed-off from reading GD too much.

First off, if I DO use those phrases, it is because a Rove operative planted those memes in my brain, so I utilized a pro-active reply which showed I was thinking outside the box! At the end of the day, suffice to say, I won every argument on DU. :evilgrin:

[SOteric]

38. In your brain? That's not where you said the memes were

in that other thread. Unless....

[Zomby Woof]

42. LOL!

IMHO, I think at the end of the day, you are right, but whatever!

[Bertha Venation]

36. SO: May I go back in time

and be one of your students? I'd like to learn to write from a teacher who knows how to write.

[rucky]

73. may I add

*sigh*

and

may I add

[moof]

31. Any phrase that has the word " president "

as in The president thinks ...

or the president says

It's not clear what he is but he is not the president.

[Zomby Woof]

37. no one was worse at that

Than Ari Fleischer. The SMUGNESS of his enunciation was beyond compare. :nuke:

[ronnykmarshall]

35. "My bad"

Where the hell did this come from?

[Overkil]

57. "My bad"

I second that.....

[Hogarth]

69. I third it ...

... that having been said (which I say tongue-in-cheek), I offer the phrase, "That having been said."

It has absolutely no meaning (We heard what was said.), and it always makes me wonder how much "filler" is being used in the hamburger helper of mainstream media.

[qwertyMike]

39. Are we on the same page?

Get our ducks in a row.
Speaking for myself....
I, personally....
Some of my best friends are ________________'s



ugh!

[burythehatchet]

40. Bless your/his/her heart

[salinen]

41. "The whole nine yards"

[trof]

43. Ahem...in the South that's a polite way of saying

"You are severely learning disabled and really don't have a clue, do you honey?"

[theorist]

44. I hate "from the get-go".

ECK!

[caledesi]

45. Here goes:

on this "planet"....Gawd, I hate that one.

bottom line :puke:

downsizing - Hello? It's called lay-offs.

outsourcing - Jobs sent overseas.

dialoguing - It's NOT a verb.

human resources - It's the personnel department

and "like" I watched the show and "like".... - hate this, but admit
to be guilty of using it. (now I hate myself...this isn't good).

amazing - overused and saying it means you are cool

With due respect - going in for the kill. (why bother?)

[meow2u3]

61. Pet peeves

Free gift--with what? a bought purchase?

Also:

Human capital--it's the personnel department--huh, you criminal corporate slavedriver?

Results-oriented - GOP-speak for "Win at all costs; the ends justify the means."

Team player - no, pal, it's known as a mindless, unthinking suckup!

And some misused words/nonwords:

Preventative - it's preventive, stupid!
Febuary - in case you forgot your schooling, the second month of the year is spelled--and pronounced February!

[geniph]

46. One of the techs that works for me

was in a meeting the other day and made the mistake of trying to talk. Holy crap. Every clause was punctuated by "you know?" Every clause began with "like." He even used "my bad" at one point. I know he's only 20, but I thought my brain would explode. I even, at one point, made a joke about the "you know?" mannerism, but he didn't get it - he didn't hear himself.

<shudder>

[Zomby Woof]

48. well, you know

Most morans out there, you know, don't realize how annoying and stupid they are, you know? Oops, my bad - didn't see all those typos, you know?

[pscot]

47. Embedded

sounds like an infestation of parasites, which is probably right.

Democrat, when what they really mean is Democratic, as in party. Puts me in a red rage.

[Hogarth]

72. A-hahahahah!

I agree. Now they have "campaign embeds" The term makes me want to vommit up all the trust I've invested in the media over fifty years.

I miss Walter Cronkite.

Sell Ditech ...
Sell Ditech ...

I just lost my real news to Ditech-dot-com!

[Zero Gravitas]

49. "make no mistake"

or any thing else that spews from Bush*'s mouth

[DemoTex]

50. "No problem" instead of "you're welcome."

Me to clerk who has just rung up a $100 sale (theoretical): "Thank you."

Clerk: "No problem."

What I want to respond: "There damn well better be no problem or you can just take the merchandise and put it back on the shelf right now."

[VOX]

55. YES! What's with the "no problem" epidemic???

I hear this all the time.

My wife and I have a standing game going with ourselves at a particular restaurant we frequent. A waitress there is prone to use the "no problem" response, so we make a point of verbally thanking her as much as possible, just to run up the score of "no problems."

So far, our record is 13 "no problem" responses during one meal.

Research continues in the laboratory.

[meow2u3]

63. When someone asks to "see" my pen

instead of asking to borrow it. When someone says, "May I see your pen"?, I simply hold it up for him or her to view. I then respond, "You asked to see my pen. I let you look at it." :evilgrin:

[Hogarth]

76. And the uglier sister ...

... to this response is "Not a problem."

[ScreamingMeemie]

51. Hi Grandma!

:P

[Zomby Woof]

56. You LOVE it!!!!!

Espcially when your favorite ZombyGrandson eats all those stuck-together hard candies on your coffee table! The one under the crocheted placemat! They have been there since Eisenhower was president! :D

[ScreamingMeemie]

59. Wow, flashbacks, eh?

:7

[Zomby Woof]

66. I think you spiked my fruitcake!

:o :D

[Madrone]

52. My bad...

Anyways...

Will you borrow me your ______ ?

I am sure there are more - those are the first 3 that came immediately to mind.

[NightTrain]

67. Kewl, rawk

Both of these variations on real English words look ugly and sound stupid.

[Hogarth]

74. You preempted my response!

"My bad" is the worst!

[VOX]

53. "At this particular point in time" AAARRRGGHHHH!!!!!

It's one of the dumbest phrases out there. It's just filler -- it is *always* "this particular point in time" -- when else would it be? There's just no need to say it at all.

Also, "at the end of the day" bugs me greatly. I used to think that "the bottom line is" was bad, but "at the end of the day" aggravates me no end!

[qwertyMike]

54. Collateral damage (dead folks)

Military assets (troops)

[VOX]

64. "Mobile response unit" = cop car

Hate inflationary language!

[meow2u3]

65. Transfer tubes (body bags)

eom

[arwalden]

58. Mash Deschtruction. Shenior Shitisins.

Murka.
Uniah Schtates Uhmurka.

-- Allen

[pmbryant]

60. "team player"

For years this particular phrase seemed innocuous.

Now I know better.

:evilfrown:

--Peter

[Terwilliger]

62. I agree on meme

it's jumped the shark *GASP*

[rustydog]

68. Ï'm going to repeat again..."

irregardless
"Where are you at?"
"The Very latest"
Weathermen saying: rain/shower/snow activity or event.

[caledesi]

82. irregardless bugs me too. Hello? It is not a word. nt

[skippysmom]

70. "near miss"

isn't a near miss a hit?

[Blade]

71. Hi mom!

when on tv.

Others:
* "I'm the king of the world!" My God, that line was in one fucking movie, now it's all over the fucking tv. ARGH!!!
* "Like"
* "Whatever"
* "Ask me anything."
* "Compassionate Conservative"
* "I'll be back"
* "Hasta la vista, baby"
* "Do you hear me now? Good!"

Others...I can't think of 'em now.

[Khephra]

75. "Cultist"

:evilfrown:

[kmla]

77. "At the end of the day..."

When I hear someone use that term, I just wanna shout "At the end of the day comes night, dumbass! That's all!"

Others?

Extreme anything
Ultra anything
Radical anything
metrosexual
info-tainment
"Let's re-visit this decision."
"downsize" or "right-size"
"liberal media" (Kiss My Liberal Ass = kmla)

That's all for now.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

78. meds.

What? Do people not have the time to say medicine any more?

[Endangered Specie]

79. Lets see...

"Coalition of the Willing"

"Fair and balanced"

"nuculur"

to name a few

[zauberflote]

81. "24/7"

And also, if you hear the word "frankly" come out of the mouth of just about any politician you know the words that follow will be nothing but lies.