Words or phrases you are tired of hearing

[Mike Furley]

I'll start since I was irritated reading an article on the web today. In it, somebody referred to another person as "brilliant". Often, I see it sychophantily used by a liberal writer about another liberal person. In the article I was reading, some economist I never heard of who supports the president's economic policies was referred to as "brilliant". Einstein was brilliant. Edison was brilliant. Some schmoe on a college campus that I've never heard of who professes unoriginal ecomomic ideology is not brilliant, he's just useful.

It is so casually thrown around that it reminds me of the fifteen year old girl who refers to the misunderstood, class-troublemaking seventeen year old boy as brilliant because he parrots somebody else who is in fact talented and creative.

Conservatives are never referred to as brilliant. This may in fact be because conservatives are actually not brilliant. Liberals will never refer to a conservative as brilliant, and conservatives are usually too mature to resort to casually calling another as brilliant. I guess too, a conservative is espousing a position that's already been tested and tried, hence there is no brilliance in that.

In any case, I'm sick of it. Are people incapable of thinking of another adjective that doesn't reek of teenage adulation?

What words or phrases are you sick of hearing and why?

[Medic]

omg BRILLIANT!!!!

(sorry, couldn't resist)

[michAGAIN]

"this is the most talented buckeye team ever"

[BBA1994]

"we don't rebuild, we reload" (as garbled by nut through a mouthful of tressy choade)

[rickyleach]

O h i o

[zilla]

"They sent a message in this game"

[Mike Furley]

"They sent a message in this game"




ditto that one

[bluefan]

Crosby .

[Mich97c]

It is what it is.

[The Michigan Man]

The announcers said at least 3-4 times in last night's hockey game: "There is no panic on the Detroit bench". I think the 1st time, Detroit was behind by 1 goal mid way through the 2nd period. Uh, yeah, great observation. Who panics over a 1 goal deficit with 30 minutes left to play? And how would panic manifest itself, players crying and turning on each other, the coach striking players and attacking fans? NBC hockey coverage blows


It is what it is.

I absolutely hate that one too!

Also, the misuse of the word "literally". "My eyes literally popped out of my head!" Did they really??? People who make these types of statements literally don't have a brain in their heads...

[Mich97c]

The announcers said at least 3-4 times in last night's hockey game: "There is no panic on the Detroit bench". I think the 1st time, Detroit was behind by 1 goal mid way through the 2nd period. Uh, yeah, great observation. Who panics over a 1 goal deficit with 30 minutes left to play? And how would panic manifest itself, players crying and turning on each other, the coach striking players and attacking fans? NBC hockey coverage blows



I absolutely hate that one too!

Also, the misuse of the word "literally". "My eyes literally popped out of my head!" Did they really??? People who make these types of statements literally don't have a brain in their heads...

what about this chick

[bluefan]

Actually.

I've heard and read many times where people will replace "literally" with "actually". That one sucks, too.
Another one from the workplace: "Having fun yet"?

[bigboyBlue]

Actually.

I've heard and read many times where people will replace "literally" with "actually". That one sucks, too.
Another one from the workplace: "Having fun yet"?

"mondays eh"

"keeping busy?"

"TGIF!"

"Thats what she said" - Actually, this one never gets old :D.

[bluefan]

"Workin' hard or hardly workin'?"

+1 on "that's what she said".

[The Michigan Man]

what about this chick

Haha..I stand corrected!

[bigboyBlue]

what about this chick

"I'd do her"

[mgoblue1]

I hate it when people refer to genital herpes as "the gift that keeps on givin"

j/k that's pretty hilarious.

Great topic though, whoever came up with it. I could probably keep a running record throughout my work day in this thread. I believe the late great George Carlin had plenty of these.

[byebyelloyd]

The announcers said at least 3-4 times in last night's hockey game: "There is no panic on the Detroit bench". I think the 1st time, Detroit was behind by 1 goal mid way through the 2nd period. Uh, yeah, great observation. Who panics over a 1 goal deficit with 30 minutes left to play? And how would panic manifest itself, players crying and turning on each other, the coach striking players and attacking fans? NBC hockey coverage blows



I absolutely hate that one too!

Also, the misuse of the word "literally". "My eyes literally popped out of my head!" Did they really??? People who make these types of statements literally don't have a brain in their heads...

if players and coaches did that, hockey would soar past football and nascar as the most popular sport by far. a knock down drag out bare knuckle brawl every time your team goes down by 1 goal, i'd watch every game possible.

[gator]

Can we extend this thread to commercial jingles?

Da..da..dut..da..daaaaaa.....I'm lovin' it.

I wanted to drag the homo who came up with that slogan out in the street and shoot him the moment I heard that thing years ago. When is MickeyD's going to change that damn thing. I swear this is the longest they have ever stuck to a single advertising campaign....just because I hate it. Do you ever feel like that? When they come up with one of these awful jingles, they just keep the thing for eternity. If they get one that is at least bearable, they change it in two weeks. We had some jeweler company down here in FL a few years back that had the gayest little tune with their radio commercial. After bearing it for at least a year, they finally came out with a new campaign....an even gayer remix of the same fucking song. Uggghhhh!!!!!

[bluefan]

Can we extend this thread to commercial jingles?

Da..da..dut..da..daaaaaa.....I'm lovin' it.

I wanted to drag the homo who came up with that slogan out in the street and shoot him the moment I heard that thing years ago. When is MickeyD's going to change that damn thing. I swear this is the longest they have ever stuck to a single advertising campaign....just because I hate it. Do you ever feel like that? When they come up with one of these awful jingles, they just keep the thing for eternity. If they get one that is at least bearable, they change it in two weeks. We had some jeweler company down here in FL a few years back that had the gayest little tune with their radio commercial. After bearing it for at least a year, they finally came out with a new campaign....an even gayer remix of the same fucking song. Uggghhhh!!!!!


1000% yes. McDonald's has the absolute annoyingest of the annoying commercials.

"I could care less." This one is really starting to piss me off as I've been seeing it a lot lately. It's fucking "couldn't care less", people.

[The Michigan Man]

1000% yes. McDonald's has the absolute annoyingest of the annoying commercials.

"I could care less." This one is really starting to piss me off as I've been seeing it a lot lately. It's fucking "couldn't care less", people.

Yes, this drives me insane!

Another one that drives me crazy: when I come to work and say "Hey Joe, how is it going?" and the response is something like "Every day that I wake up breathing is a great day!" or "Every day that I wake up north of the soil is a great day". Okay, how do you respond to that "Great Joe, glad you aren't a corpse this morning, that's great news, buddy!" ?

[bluefan]

Yes, this drives me insane!

Another one that drives me crazy: when I come to work and say "Hey Joe, how is it going?" and the response is something like "Every day that I wake up breathing is a great day!" or "Every day that I wake up north of the soil is a great day". Okay, how do you respond to that "Great Joe, glad you aren't a corpse this morning, that's great news, buddy!" ?

I've never heard either of those before. Those will fit nicely alongside "workin hard or hardly workin?".

[Mike Furley]

"Livin' the dream" in response to "how are you doing?"

[michAGAIN]

i dunno, i never tired of "the world is a pack of wild dogs and i'm wearing Milkbone underwear."

[gator]

i dunno, i never tired of "the world is a pack of wild dogs and i'm wearing Milkbone underwear."

yeah, or "How's life treating, you"? .... "Like a baby treats a diaper."

[gator]

Another new terrible commercial:

Anyone else bothered by that new Dell commercial that has that annoying ass whistling sound in it? I swear they are playing it every other commercial break.

[Mich97c]

How about the McDonalds commerical with the fish on the wall singing "give me that filet of fish, give me that fish...." I can't get it out of my head.

[bluefan]

How about the McDonalds commerical with the fish on the wall singing "give me that filet of fish, give me that fish...." I can't get it out of my head.

Any McDonald's commercial is pretty much the worst one ever. Like Peter in Office Space telling the counselor that every day is worse than the one before so every day you see him it's pretty much the worst day of his life.

[mgoblue1]

I'm getting tired of people saying, "so and so threw him/ her under the bus" or any similar "thrown under the bus" phrasing. :mad:

[Uncle Rico]

Are we having fun yet?

[gator]

When I was 16, I got my first job at McDonalds. My manager was one of those guys who thought he found his life's purpose. He's favorite response to anything was a voracious "Excellent!"

"How you doing to day?"

"Well, my dog was run over yesterday and I just found out my parents are getting a divorce."

"Excellent!"

Well, maybe he wasn't that bad, but I wanted to shove "excellent" up his ass.

[Medic]

Anything "Synergy"

"Leveraging knowledge capital"

Anything "Outside the box"

"Value-add(ed)"

"Proactive Analysis"

and "maximizing efficiencies"

Can you tell I've dealt with a lot of consultants?

[Uncle Rico]

How about: ''It's all good''

[bluefan]

"I could care less".
Saw this one a couple times already this AM. People, it's "couldn't care less".
As in "could not care less". Why is this so damn hard?!

[The Michigan Man]

"I could care less".
Saw this one a couple times already this AM. People, it's "couldn't care less".
As in "could not care less". Why is this so damn hard?!

A couple of people at a meeting kept using the word "ideals" instead of "ideas"...awful

[bluefan]

A couple of people at a meeting kept using the word "ideals" instead of "ideas"...awful

Well, you do live in Ohio. I guess that kind of utter stupidity is probably the norm down there with those window lickers.

[Mich97c]

How about when more than two guys wear the same color shirt to work and some dipshit says "I must have missed the memo."

[bluefan]

How about when more than two guys wear the same color shirt to work and some dipshit says "I must have missed the memo."

I've always heard "Did you guys call each other this morning?"

[mgoblue1]

I've always heard "Did you guys call each other this morning?"

A buddy and I used to get this one all the time. A funny joke about homosexuality in regards to the situation would usually silence those comments really quick :D

just realized this post may have come off in a derogatory manner, not the intention, didn't mean to offend anyone. for clarification, the bit was to play on the people making the comments homophobia

[gator]

A buddy and I used to get this one all the time. A funny joke about homosexuality in regards to the situation would usually silence those comments really quick :D

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