Words and phrases that are soooo...meh! Like meh (5 Viewers)

[jonah]

I'm starting to really hate the phrase 'I must say'. And also when people list themselves at the beginning of a list, like "myself, A, B and C went to...".

 

[ernesto]

I'm starting to really hate the phrase 'I must say'. And also when people list themselves at the beginning of a list, like "myself, A, B and C went to...".

i hate reading the phrase 'what can i say?'

 

[Jim Daniels]

Rereading "Then We Came to the End" by Joshua Ferris again. A passage in it really reminded me of this thread...

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Jim explained that in the advertising industry, art directors and copywriters alike were called creatives… Jim also told him that the advertising product, whether it was a TV commercial, a print ad, a billboard or a radio spot, was called the creative.

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“You folks over there,” said Max, “you say you call yourselves creatives, is that what you're telling me? And the work you do, you call that the creative, is that what you said?” Jim said that was correct. “And I suppose you think of yourselves as pretty creative over there, I bet.”

“I suppose so,” said Jim, wondering what Max was driving at.

“And the work you do, you probably think that's pretty creative work.”

“What are you asking me, Uncle Max?”

“Well, if all that's true,” said the old man, “that would make you creative creatives creating creative creative.” There was silence as Max allowed Jim to take this in. “And that right there,” he concluded, “…That's a use of the English language just too absurd to even contemplate.”

With that, Max hung up.

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

People who litter their sentences with "yeah?" should be shot. Things like this for example. "So I said this, yeah? then he got outta the car, yeah? and I had the child in me arms, yeah? Yeah? and then I handed the child over to the man, yeah? coz he was the father yeah?"

 

[Scientician 0.8]

amazeballs is on the list.

 

[Thebeard]

Is it wrong to like the phrase 'scarlet for ya'?

 

[Lili Marlene]

People who litter their sentences with "yeah?" should be shot. Things like this for example. "So I said this, yeah? then he got outta the car, yeah? and I had the child in me arms, yeah? Yeah? and then I handed the child over to the man, yeah? coz he was the father yeah?"

Be careful. Sometimes when i'd have a particularly bad customer who'd say that a lot i'd say 'NO' and they'd absolutely explode with rage. Worked every time.

 

[Moods For Mallards]

Using 'myself' in a list of people is a good thing to do, it adds character to any list.

 

[Lili Marlene]

anyone who uses

*shrugs*

on the internet

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

anyone who uses

on the internet

That seems harmless enough to me. How else are you supposed convey that signal?

 

[Lili Marlene]

You don't.

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

*helpless frustration*

 

[ann post]

beggars belief.

I've heard it twice this year and i'm bored of it.

 

[jonah]

I don't know what that means, myself.

But I'm getting sick of hearing girls on the train here describe things as 'lush'. ARGH.

 

[ann post]

"We'll agree to disagree"

One person cannot successfully state 'we will' do anything without consulting. The proper way to approach someone with this desire would be:

person 1: I do not agree with your statement/belief, i would like to propose that we make an agreement to not further discuss our current disagreement. do you agree???
person 2: yes, i agree.
person 1: ah, jolly good, so now we have agreed to disagree, not like where i agreed with myself previously that i would impose my desire to no longer continue such discussions upon you through mislead conversational structure at all!!!
person 2: indeed!! good day.

MilanPan!c ;

 

[тхеодоре кацзынски]

Pop up,as in pop up shop,boutique,restaurant etc.

FUCK OFF.

 

[pete]

Pop up,as in pop up shop,boutique,restaurant etc.FUCK OFF.

Seconded.

 

[Scientician 0.8]

pop up = badly run

The term social media is done to death.

App irritates me even though it's a perfectly serviceable shortening of another term.

Going forward is another one that lately I find myself using.

 

[Jim Daniels]

I Mean....

Used at the beginning of sentences, often when responding to somebody, even though no correction or clarification has been requested. I do it all the time myself. I mean, I think it's the new "like"...

 

[Goodbye]

Going forward is another one that lately I find myself using.

I said that once during a conference call just to fit in. I still reel from the memory...