Expressions an/or words you CANNOT STAND

"Likewise"

"Have a good one"

"Thanks" instead of "Thank you"

[quote]Expressions an/or words

Oh, DEAR....

Oops - MY BAD! (can't stand that either!) - OP

At the end of the day

irregardless!!!

There is no such word.

The correct word is "regardless."

"Well, if that doesn't just put the plastic hip joint in the soup tureen."

Thanks r1

"For shits and giggles." Why?

👍 as a text response

Be that as it may

“It’s all good.”

No, it isn’t.

R8, I HATE that phrase too.

Best practices, value-added. Overused at work.

"Stretch goal", also an office expression. It means "something there's no way in hell we think you can do, but we're going to tacitly disapprove of you if you fail, as we know you will."

Hella really bugs me

“No worries” instead of “You’re welcome”

When people drop the Ts from a word, like “button” and pronounce it like “bu-un”

Don’t get me started on the misuse of apostrophes in plural words. “Word’s”

Reach out

Impactful - the kind of word that makes me lose all respect for the person using it

The “optics”.

“Size matters”. It’s overused and trite. It’s a tired cliche.

“My truth”.

I can’t even.

Because + noun.

Bro.

Dude.

My n____.

Whatever.

^^^^^

I should qualify this one. It’s fine IN a sentence. But one friend of mine uses it AS a complete sentence she’s seemingly incapable of making choices/decisions.

Me: What would you like for dinner?

Her: Whatever.

Robust

World Class

Artisan

Farm to table

Drop, as in "the band dropped a new song."

That’s the way the cookie crumbles

Choice of Vegetable

Protein, as in, "What kind of protein would you like?"

Plant-based

Panties in a twist

"But what are your pronouns."

There are no "mother-fucking" pronouns, Divorced, Gay white man, name is John.

Iconic Imma (or anything Ebonic really) Get my ass ATE Best (instead of best regards)

"Best" as an email sign-off.

Living my best life

I axxed you a question.

R30, good choice.

Also: Living the dream

🤮

Lots to unpack here

Let me explain without getting into the weeds

“Bling”

“Icon”

Yeah, well, “you be you”.

Make sense? 🥶🥵🤮🤢

That would be AMAZING.

That would be AWESOME.

I appreciate you.

It is what it is.

"Passed" for died.

I'm a grown up. You can say DIED and I won't fall apart.

Lets throw some ideas against the wall and see what sticks.

Allllll the things

_____ is an serious person.

_____ are unserious people.

So, this happened.

Unalived instead of committed suicide.

‘Open Concept’

I haven't got the spoons for things that are not on my docket or in my wheelhouse.

“How was your weekend?”

TIA!

Real-a-tor [sic]

Multitasking

Messaging (as in "We need to control the messaging")

Exclamation points after everything (e.g., "Thanks!")

Let's circle back on that later.

It is what it is.

Soul-destroying corporate-speak in general.

Thank you R7 for proving my point. Anytime someone uses "Thanks" it's insincere, bitchy and dismissive.

R16 You reminded me that I absolutely hate “No worries” or "No problem" instead of “You’re welcome” probably even more than "Thanks" instead of "Thank you."

That's amazing!

You're amazing!

He/she/it is amazing!

Agree with “reach out”, “it is what it is “. Hates.

Spendy.

Enjoy r50!

I listen to voters on Main street not Wall Street

* Main Street

They share three children together

kiddos

fur babies

Grandbabies.

Hubby/wifey

Veg

Macca instead of McCartney

Let’s socialize that with the team.

Granularity

“It’s in his/her/their DNA”

[Lorem ipsum blah blah]

👆THIS!

Let's circle back...

To button this up...

Piggy-backing on what you said earlier...

Beyond + any adjective

Fresh cracked pepper. - All of a sudden every single cooking show says it. This dish needs more acid. - shut up now Look at the cross section. - yes am watching the food network

The unbearably ubiquitous to the point that one fears it may actually become part of the parlance: “Based off of ____,” and, even worse, “Based off ____.” This, as opposed to, “Based on,” needless to say. It doesn’t even make sense… how can a thing be based “off” anything? Mind-boggling.

“This!”

No, I really mean: “This!”

Oh, and Twitter animal video post comments where the poster replies describing the animal starting off their sentence with “Bro…”

Queer/black/brown/trans spaces.

Curated

Never heard of the first, imma is not a word and important is a very useful word. OP is a nut!

Oh you big girl's blouse!

“Try AND” instead of/vs “try TO”. They mean different things.

“Prolly” - Makes my skin crawl.

I want to reach through the internet and break the fingers of anyone who types "veggies."

That said.

I don’t know why this bothers me so much, but I despise it.

“Gift” as a verb.

Jesus Christ, how I hate that.

Kiddoes or kiddles

"I fonted this"

which has been told to us on DL is some weird, new way of saying "i typed this."

wtf?

Anyways

OfTen

"That's your opinion." (Inevitably heard from a person who cannot comprehend and does not care in the least about empirical evidence or logical proofs.)

But the single-worst word that incinerates any possibility of further interest or contact is

"whatnot."

I hate "based off" and "based off of," as well. But I think it's a losing battle.

I wonder whether people used to say "based upon" rather than "based on."

Prepositions are usually arbitrary. Why should it be "based on" and not "based off" or "based from" or "based for"? No reason, other than convention.

Brand.

Fucking idiots.

Yes, R80. I was going to go there, as well. How elegant, “Based upon,” sounds/reads while also properly expressing the intention. Certainly, “Based upon,” is preferable to, “Based on,” yet we are polishing silverware on the Titanic in an “Off” world.

Out the yingyang

Me and him

To R81: So, “Once off of a time…,” for fairy tales then? Absurdity.

"Aesthetic" pronounced with two hard Ts. Ugh!

"_____ and I" as the object part of the sentence.

"Larry and I's" -- that's probably the worst. As in Larry's and my dog.

Bone broth.

I'm willing to overlook just about any annoying word, as long as you're using apostrophes correctly.

"My dude"

"Y'all" needs to go away.

and/or

All good

Am I right, or am I wrong?

"growth mindset"

"tryna"

Fonted???

Teacake and Brickpollit, wtf and where did you ever pull this out of your ass??

R5 Irregardless is a word you uneducated snob. It means the same thing as regardless. It should be used for more emphasis or dramatic affect.

"hot take"

r98 BP or Teacake or whatever you're branding yourself these days...Irregardless is non-sensical.

R100 I said what I said. It is a word and you are wrong.

LOL "I said what i said."

Good job with not reading why it's nonsensical and a sign of how unintelligent it paints you in using it.

And everyone knows you are the same person as Teacake, r101.

Calling the Washington DC Metropolitan area “The DMV” (for District, Maryland and Virginia). I lived there most of the 1990s and never heard that then, only recently. I guess they’re emulating “The GTA” aka Toronto.

“cause” for “because”. Don’t get me started on “cuz” and “coz”.

[quote]"Put on your big girl panties...."

#MeToo

"Goodbye" rather than "God be with you."

"Kudos"

"Welcome in" which is an Americanism of "Wilkommen" in every Starbucks i visit lately.

Kind of fake.

When women call their grown daughters baby girl.

r109 it's much more likely for weird repug men to call their grown daughters "baby girl."

Any expression that asserts that a pet is the child of its owner, or the pets owner is the parent of the pet.

R103

I thought DMV stood for Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia - and I lived in the District in the 90s, too. 🙈

I guess I confused that with DelMarVa, which I always hated hearing.

Another one: would of instead of would HAVE.

The Bay Area

"Rock star" when referring to anyone other than a singer or performer in a famous band.

“Babygirl” as an ADJECTIVE.

"let's name this"

"quite the" - "quite the gentleman", "quite the operator", etc. etc.

Brickpollitt is another racist Defacto cosplay. Please stop treating it as legit.

"I suspect"... people rarely say it in real life but on the web, usually crammed in to justify idiotic speculation.

R8 - when I was in the back garden once, I heard my next door neighbour say "for shits and gigs". I was frozen.

[quote] "Welcome in" which is an Americanism of "Wilkommen" in every Starbucks i visit lately.

First of all, where?

Second of all, it doesn’t seem at all like what you think, even if people are actually saying it.

[quote]"Welcome in" which is an Americanism of "Wilkommen" in every Starbucks i visit lately.

They say what now???

“Can I help who’s next?”

I use "no worries," but only when someone has apologized for something or otherwise expressed regret for something that happened involving us.

My list:

a hill I will (or don't want to or won't) die on

unpack, instead of saying analyze, explain or explore

Assigned/preferred gender (it is fucking everywhere now)

Listing preferred pronouns (I immediately lose some respect for someone who does this)

Unnecessary prepositions are always a sign of the functionally uneducated or trash (switch out, change up, etc.)

Grow as a transitive verb for anything other than plants.

Veg

It is a Britishism but the rest of the anglosphere is subjected to this way too much.

Starting a sentence with "So ... ."

"Just sayin'" (the most passive aggressive phrase in the English language)

Using "mute" when you mean "moot."

I quit reading a post if the words mussy or bussy appear. I will suffer two uses of y’all. It doesn’t bother me at all when spoken but for some reason I hate reading it.

"I don't have a clue" should never have replaced "I have no idea" in the vernacular, but it unfortunately did.

I love that for you.

That's so cringe.

I appreciate you.

moist

vicissitudes

supercilious

pusillanimous

"Let's re-visit that at our next meeting..." (meaning: forget about it)

"Yada, yada, yada..." (Thanks Seinfeld!)

"Not for nothin', but..."

"I say that to say this..."

R16- Like Nor'Easter

I NEVER say that. I always say Northeaster.

Woke. I immediately dismiss and ignore anyone who uses it.

R127- Because it sounds like VAG

Veggie. So infantile. Eat your fucking peas.

I watch plenty of bird videos on youtube and I love birds in general but I DETEST the trend of people referring to birds as BIRBS and instead of give the bird a message they give BIRBS - SCRITCHES.

I cringe a little inside when people (even toddlers) offer or ask for juice instead of orange juice. Don't know why, exactly.

Feb-u-ary.

ValenTime's Day instead of Valentine's Day.

R134 I think Nor'easter is more of colloquial use, and pretty acceptable in the communities along the Atlantic coast - especially in New England.

Pussy

Cunt

Vage

Hoo Ha

My friend and I are among last holdouts of referring to our parents as Mother and Father.

In a sentence we will say- My mother has a cold. My father has a cold

NOT

My mom has a cold. My dad has a cold. NO ONE spoke that way when I was growing up in the 1970's and 1980's.

Narrative

Woke

r143: one of the strangest obsessions I've read anywhere.

R125, don't some companies require their slaves to list preferred pronouns? (My employer does not, thank God.)

Dapper. A favourite of the Daily Mail for a man with an ironed shirt.

“No worries”. I am not worried please stop saying that. Also “you got this”’. Vapid meaningless encouragement.

WHats it called when a person gets disproportionately irrated by a perceived lack of respect or sincerity in other people's casual everyday pleasantries and politenesses. Like for instance taking offence when a cheerful and helpful service worker says "no problem" instead of "thank you"

I tend to think that is such stuff triggers you youre suffering form a deeper unhappiness or injury that for whatever reason you cant admit to yourself. And rather than take that issue on, youre cunting out some poor barista who hasnt been thoroughly beaten down by life yet.

if you ask me a lot of you adopted very formal personas as children as a way to earn praise for your maturity, and found casual socializing IE: with peers unsafe because there was a heightened risk for being teased, treated unkindly etc.

It's what you make of it!

"...and all that good stuff"

"the precursors," talking about all the pre-Oscar awards

"All about the Benjamins"

...and I am/we are "here for it"

'The math ain't mathin'"

R153, never heard that before

r154 its a trendy construction nowadays: "the girls are girlling" "mother is mothering" etc. It can be witty in instances "her work is Working" (referring to good p[lastic surgery) but mostly its just this years twinkspeak for whatever drama is drama-ing

Sorry, I spelled massage as message.

I think 'the math ain't mathin' ' was what Taraji P Hanson said in a movie a few years ago, and she said it again back in December when she was complaining about her salary from Oprah for 'The Color Purple'. All of a sudden, everyone was saying it - especially on this forum and on television (I think Joy Reed has said it a number of times when referring to something about the GOP). It has become tiresome very quickly.

And the winner is.

Yeah, the hate for “no problem” or “no worries” is sad, IMO. It’s usually a service person saying that after you’ve thanked them for doing sonething to your satisfaction.

100% 159. Its not "they were rude" but "They werent nice to me in exactly the way that i prefer"

[quote] I watch plenty of bird videos on youtube and I love birds in general but I DETEST the trend of people referring to birds as BIRBS and instead of give the bird a message they give BIRBS - SCRITCHES.

The dog version of this is referring to dogs as Very Good Boys/Girls and referring to their owners as "hoomans." 🙄

I also want to nominate:

Fucked around and found out

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes

Adulting

The first time I heard "The math ain't mathin'" was on the RHONY. I think Sai said it in response to the woman's husband who was going to Viet Nam by himself.

I hate when someone said "X and myself . . " Shouldn't that be "X and I?" I heard someone say "I'm asking for them and myself . . ."

If I'm a customer in a restaurant, and I ask my experienced server for ketchup for my French Fries, I will politely say 'thank you' when they drop it off on the table. 'You're welcome' is always an appropriate response. But let's take a look at the alternate responses, and see if they make sense...

'No problem' - I wouldn't think asking for the ketchup for my French Fries is setting the bar high, or would ever pose a problem for my server. Why inform me it was 'no problem' for you ? Was it a problem for my server earlier in the day, and they were able to solve that problem ?

'No worries' - for whom, exactly ? I certainly had no worries that a server could fulfill my request for ketchup. I was quite confident they could, as it's part of the job. So that leaves just one other person - was the server worried they couldn't fulfill the request ? If the server was, then maybe this isn't their line of work.

we have this same conversation on here every three months and once again I am the only one who experiences homicidal rage at 'squee' or the enunciation of the word 'christian' in a tone that screams sniveling simpering dweebus (I know, help me dweebus) who thinks they are being persecuted.

MSNBC contributor Errin Haynes was on 'Deadline Whitehouse' talking about the GOP trying to still impeach Biden, but there's nothing to go on, now that the corrupt informant is out of the picture. Concluded Haynes, "The math isn't mathin' ".

Shoot me now.

MSNBC correspondent Basil Smikle just told host Alicia Mendez, "If I can I piggyback on your piggybacked comments..."

This is just an exercise in list making

Not words or phrases you cannot stand

Love that for you

Well, I guess we should just stop dead then. Sorry, R167, and thank you for your service.

Un-alive

"hunker down". Being in the Northeastern part of the US I hear this way too often

Training as gym-speak. Unless you are preparing for a military mission it's just exercising.

There are plenty of horrible expressions that make me wanna puke, y'all!

Wash that rat's nest you call hair

Ratty weave

Wear panties, you fat ho!

Mixing hard drugs and alcohol is bad

Don't dance with knives - it's dangerous!

You can't dance... Nor sing nor act, for that matter.

You suck

Although I quite like you, suck.

I didn’t mean to add to your exhaustive and unnecessary list, fool. I mean YOU SUCK!

The latest . . . “Wet the bed”.

[quote]The latest . . . “Wet the bed”.

Thank You, Sophia Petrillo

Every news station in America:

"We begin tonight with breaking news..."

News breaks every minute of the day.

Un-alive might come from YouTubers not wanting their videos to get demonetized by YouTube. During the pandemic, it was apparently verboten to say Covid and corona virus. YouTubers were saying C-19. It’s pathetic, really.

So, apparently murder is a word that can get your video demonetized or into an adult only situation.

Cosmo / R162, depends on the sentence

X and I is good if that’s the subject. X and I went to the beach.

Asking for myself sounds okay to me.

R146, I'm with R143 completely on mother and father. Not strange at all.

I prefer "Mater" and "Pater" myself.

when I choose to honor the labor of a servant-type with a Thank You, I expect a full throated and jovial, yet humble "My Pleasure" in return. I need to believe it. To virtually feel the pleasure running through the server's veins. Although "You're Welcome" is acceptable as well, I still consider it the perfunctory response of a poorly bred commoner who is oblivious of the great honor i do when I allow them to grind pepper on my shrimp. "No Problem", however, is an inexcusable outrage, practically demanding an ugly scene, apologies from the maitre'd and coupons for a free salad next time i dine at Olive Garden.

At our house it was always Mama and Papa. At least, that's what nanny taught us.

"My Pleasure" would be refreshing. I am also tired of the trend of saying "no problem" or "no worries." I don't want to be considered a problem, nor do I want to think about your worries when I'm dining at a restaurant that is in the business of making its customers feel welcome. It's not a matter of being a prancing prisspot. The appropriate response to "Thank you" is "you're welcome." Notice the difference in the perception. I'm no longer a problem or a worry, now I am welcome.

R186 be thankful you don't live in a Spanish or French speaking country where the "your welcome" corollary translates directly to. "It's nothing" I mean basically there are telling you that you/your request don't exist, right? How rude!

R185- How very Waltons of you.

I like when your server assures you 'no problem' with everything you order...and then you receive your order and there are problems.

For example:

Chirpy young female server asks, "How would you like your steak cooked ?"

Me: "May I have that cooked medium rare. I don't like it over-done. ?"

Her : "No problem. Would you like mashed, baked potato or fries ?"

Me: "I'll have the mashed."

Her: "No problem. Would you like carrots or beets for your vegetable?"

Me: "I'll do the carrots."

Her: "No problem. I'll put this in right away."

Twenty minutes later and the food arrives. The steak is burnt, the side is fries and the vegetable is beets.

She approaches the table and asks with a big smile, 'Everything taste ok ?'

I pleasantly respond, 'Remember when I placed my order and after every request I made you assured me there was 'no problem' ? Well apparently, the whole order somehow became a problem...'

Then her eyes widen and her jaw clenches. She reads her notes on what I ordered, picks up the plate and says , "No worries. I'll take care of this. " (No apology to me - just an assurance of 'no worries'.)

[quote] It's not a matter of being a prancing prisspot. The appropriate response to "Thank you" is "you're welcome." Notice the difference in the perception. I'm no longer a problem or a worry, now I am welcome.

MARY.

How did wishing someone to "have a good rest of your day" become acceptable. Just say have a nice day, have a good day, have a nice afternoon, etc. Say something that makes sense in English.

"Have a good one" is such a meaningless phrase. Have a good one of what? Day? Week? Life? Orgasm?

I would like if someone said "Have a good orgasm." It's more specific than "one, " and who doesn't like orgasms?

It could be worse..."Have a blessed day!"

Lesbian. Hate word AND the “people.”

Agree with the Sapphic poster, above (well, sort of, I think). I hate when a group is addressed as "People". Like, "Come on people!"

There is just something inherently disgusting about addressing people this way.

"Do you have the bandwidth?"

I hear this a lot at work, and it took me a while to figure out what they're talking about. (It's basically, asking if you have the ability, and/or time, and/or resources, etc. to deal with an additional task)

A lot of expressions are used because people FUCKIN lazy.

I was listening to the weather forecast yesterday driving around in my Toyota Camry and the weather guy on CBS news radio 88 says Temperatures in the BURBS tonight could get down to about 20 degrees.

BURBS?

It's requires too much energy for him to say Suburbs?

"I stand with..."

This sets my teeth on edge!! I don't give a FUCK who you "stand" with, asshole! If you want to "agree with" or "support" a particular idea or cause, fine - but go STAND somewhere else!!!

Repuke/repig/rethug

While I share those sentiments, the expressions themselves are cringe-worthy juvenile.

"tawdry"

The new go-to expression of our ever more vocal pearl-clutching Maiden Aunt Brigade, by far my least favourite DL faction. Fuck them right in their unfucked snatches.

Boy, did I fuck up. I do not hate the word "lesbian", or them as people. I totally misunderstood R194's post as stating that she was a lesbian and that she hated it when groups were addressed as "People", as do I.

My sincerest apologies.

Please take your hatred elsewhere, R194, and do enjoy Hell.

[quote]Why should it be "based on" and not "based off" or "based from" or "based for"? No reason, other than convention.

Because "based on" is the only one that makes sense.

“Cringe” when used as an adjective. It’s a verb.

Liberry

Ideal instead of idea

Jewel-er-ree it’s jewel-ree

Real-I-tor it’s real-tor. Even licensed realtors pronounce it that way

Off-ten instead of offen—this seems to be new one for Gen x y and z

Flustrated like a combo of frustrated and flustered

So so many more

I had came

"oftentimes" is even WORSE

I think these are regional cultural words (think Applachia), but:

taters

maters

sammich

meemaw (I particulary loathe this word. I would like to slap anyone over the age of two who refers to their grandmother as meemaw)

I like "shits and giggles" but I like the portmanteau, "shiggles" even better.

Veggies, kiddos, furbabys, puppers, hubby, the wife, the squad got the memo, SWMBO.

A lot of y'all sound like Moira Rose. And reading your posts in her voice is... hilarious.

Just saying.

“I was sat”. “I was stood”.

[quote]I pleasantly respond, 'Remember when I placed my order and after every request I made you assured me there was 'no problem' ? Well apparently, the whole order somehow became a problem...'

So even when you’re being a total cunt you consider your response to be pleasant.

And you can’t stand the idea of people considering you to be a problem even when you know that’s not what is meant.

You are very high maintenance, and you only see fault in others.

You’re a cunt.

Grandbaby

Baby daddy

Baby mama

So trashy

"Elevated" in reference to food - e.g. "Elevated mac and cheese." All you did was throw some bacon in it, for fuck's sake.

R213 I’ll see your “elevated” and raise you “curated” and “artisanal” options on the menus of pretentious restaurants.

"Don't yuck my yum."

“I was today years old when…”.

Several years ago it was a trend for online women to write "nom noms" as a stand in for the not quite as equally bad "yummy" when describing food. Horrible.

I've never liked "by the short and curlies" and "brown nose" myself. One refers to pubic hair and the other to having feces on one's nose from sticking it in someone's ass in effort to suck up to them.

R213- I detest MAC and CHEESE

It's Macaroni and Cheese

'Spot on' said by Americans. Doesn't bother me so much when British people say it.

r218 how do you feel about MacCheese which is what people are calling it now?

Sleeps, as in-

Four more sleeps til vaycay!

Y'all

Folks

Black Girl Magic

Stay pressed

Referring to any person (aside from royalty) as king or queen

Hubby

ND......does it really mean “and” and if so WHYYYYYYYYYYYYY?

The kids have been trying to make "ate" happen recently. Just awful.

R220- This is the first time I heard that name for Macaroni and Cheese 🧀.

I need to think about it.

It looks like famous blogger 'Bitchy Waiter' is familiar with our forum here ! He lists the 7 thinks no server should ever say - and agrees with me. "No problem" and "No worries" should never be said.

Delusional.

SO overused - especially by a few posters here on the DL. Everyone is 'delusional' if you have a different opinion than others.

Boy mom

Mama Bear

I hate the way the Brits make nicknames by chopping the name in half and adding a Z.

Jez

Daz

Gaz

Moist Panties

R229: Morrissey was "affectionately" known in Britain for years as "Mozza," pop star Cheryl Cole was nicknamed "Chezza," footballer (soccer player) Paul Gascoigne was "Gazza," etc.

Another vote for the ubiquitous “amazing” and “awesome.”

Brekkie for breakfast.

[quote] Several years ago it was a trend for online women to write "nom noms" as a stand in for the not quite as equally bad "yummy" when describing food. Horrible.

You would think that it would be num num because nom and yum don’t rhyme.

"I'm [bold]based[/bold] in London."

Somehow these persons are never international models/spies/ambassadors/peace negotiator living in one city but flying off to others for extended periods on important assignments. Instead it's just another asshole in IT living in London, one among the 10 million others, and not flying of to anywhere on important business.

Y’all and its more irritating sibling ya’ll in online posts and comments.

I won’t reply to anything that ends in ‘And Go!’ and its variations.

More UK specific: brilliant, lovely and gorgeous to describe rather mundane things. It’s just a hyperbolic as awesome.

R235: "London-based author," "Paris-based architect," "Sydney-based financial advisor," "Beirut-based activist," and so on have always been common ways to describe people in short bios or articles. I don't know why you associate it with more "glamorous" professions, but it's always been a synonym for "residing in." It doesn't say anything about how dynamic the person's life may or may not be.

R235 has never left his square state and as such can’t imagine that there are people who live and work in multiple international locations.

Yet another Datalounge rube.

Husbear

Not really, R238.

I've lived on two continents, in three countries, in a dozen+ U.S. states (none square), and travelled to many countries.

To say that Norman Foster is an architect based in London is one thing, a useful thing given his international stature. To say that some bear in IT with a Scruff profile is "based in London" tells me he's pretentious.

Yes, of course, R240.

Yasssss!

[quote]More UK specific: brilliant, lovely and gorgeous to describe rather mundane things.

Which reminds me how much I dislike 'legend', when used to describe a quite ordinary mainstream figure who has somehow maintained a presence. DJ and daytime TV presenters' hyperbole.

Also 'National Treasure' makes me cringe, even if the person is indeed of hallowed status. Such a cosy complacent phrase, as though we're all in warm agreement.

[quote] Paul Gascoigne was "Gazza," etc.

Zionists immediately tried to murder him!

“Bricked up” for having an erection

“Thinking Outside the box.”

The beautiful thing about language is that every single component of what currently passes as correct English grammar and usage was at one time a trendy conversational innovation that made some persnickety queen's head explode.

"Breaks his / her silence". Journalists love to use this - pretending something earth-shattering was revealed in the interview but, alas, nothing is.

Free thinkers

Sheeple

Sheep

Libtarded/Libtards

All these phrases are used my MAGA twerps.

MAGA people like to use the words "narrative" and "talking point" when discussing politics. They think those words make them sound intelligent.

“Thinking Outside the box.” Good one R246! I forgot about that cringeworthy, corporate jargon that is one of the originals (along with “downsizing), from the 90s. Absolutely hateful.

- r30

"I'll do the carrots." How fucking annoying.

Every third word in a sentence being "like".

When fraus refer to a man's cum as "baby batter"

YT

Wipipo

If whites used similar terms, whose use is intended to show contempt and to diminish, they would be branded all sorts of racist and evil. But it's okay the other way around.

hwite is another one.

Never saw that one r256....what's the significance of that? Other than looking illiterate.

r247 Cite some examples.

R257, apparently, that is literally how some people pronounce the word white. I have seen it used a few times. Also, "the caucasity!". People who use these terms are often obsessed about thinking about white people and insist all their problems come from white hierarchies, power structures, dominance, etc. Usually, the problem is themselves.

[quote]People who use these terms are often obsessed about thinking about white people and insist all their problems come from white hierarchies, power structures, dominance, etc.

We call these people 'Sunny Hostin'.

R260, not Janbot?

I love this thread.

mom

It sounds needy. braindead and vulgar. "Mum", however, is perfectly fine.

My child.

As in, 'My child cannot possibly be near peanuts, they are triggering to him!' Or 'How dare you look at My Child like that!'

I can usually tell the cool parents from the exasperating ones-the cool ones say 'My kid' or just use their name.

I know dat's right. You know I'm sayin'?

I'm too lazy to look it up but I'm pretty sure that the notion Of standard grammar is a relatively new development and was mostly pushed as a way to sell books about manners to social climbers around the time of the reformation? Before that, most linguistic traditions varied wildly. The dialects of the rich were distinct from those of the poor but there were not rules as we hold them now.

Thank you, R260!! I CANNOT STAND Sunny Hostin!!

R266: should I politely correct my friend's shitty "should have went" grammar? I'm not (usually) a grammar queen, but "should have went" and "should have came" are beyond the pale. (I'm in Ireland, by the way, and my friend is the Chicago-born son of Irish immigrants who moved back to the "mother land").

“That” when “who” should have been used and vice versa. This has become particularly prevalent recently.

Veg

Heartstopper

"Less" instead of "fewer." "Amount" instead of "number."

“To be clear…”

This is specific to my upbringing. I had a gaslighting, narcissistic dad growing up, who reflexively opposed and contradicted anything I ever said or thought. (He 's still like this). The phrase he often used in setting me straight was:

"Well, the REALITY is, ..."

"Let me speak my truth".

Suppose to or use to to instead of supposed to or used to

pronouncing important as imPORDindt

I hate when somebody wants to Axe me a question on my birfday !

I was today years old

The overuse of "wholesome" ("That is so wholesome!") and "low-key" (spelled as one word) by (a) certain generation(s). "I'm lowkey excited about it."

Dutchie, like many others I used to be annoyed by your fellow countrymen's use of "Dan heb ik zoiets van...", but that may have gone out of fashion since I moved away back in 2010 ("zou zomaar kunnen" was suddenly everywhere when I returned for a visit 5 years later).

[quote]...standard grammar is a relatively new development and was mostly pushed as a way to sell books about manners to social climbers around the time of the reformation?

[quote]...should I politely correct my friend's shitty "should have went" grammar?

On the latter point, it might be best to leave well alone. If he becomes aware it sounds awkward to others, he might self-correct. It could be too ingrained though, so (not wrongly) he'd think, to hell with that. Best to play Henry Higgins by consent only.

"Don't take this the wrong way but..."

You and me both, R280. Weird stop-words and sentences that are just cluttering the spoken word.

The word "dan" itself isn't the issue, as it's an extremely versatile word. I have yet to find a similar word in another language that can be used in so many situations and contexts.

Roughly 12 years ago, a form of upseak / overly optimistic tone came into fashion. Every little thing, from ordering a coffee to arranging your grandmother's funeral, was met with a chirpy "can-do!" response. I think it's going out of fashion, at last.

R282 "With all due respect..."

A friend - not a native speaker - started writing "prolly" instead of "probably". Awful. And R1, isn't hating "thanks" a little excessive?

brekkie

Dutchie, as someone who once did an intensive Dutch course (with the much-praised "nonnen in Vught"), I can tell you that the word "er" and its multiple and extremely versatile uses confused the hell out of me and my fellow students. That's a tough little fucker to nail down! (My mum--not "mom", duly noted--is Dutch but unfortunately could not be bothered to raise me and my siblings bilingually, believing that the language would be of no use to us anyway. For shame!).

*This was in New Zealand, so she may have had a point.

oh, good one R287, I forgot about that one!

This can be used as for "it" and "there", but also as a placeholder, a subject, a location, and a provisional subject. I cannot imagine how difficult and confusing this must be for a non-native speaker.

Someone once told me one can compare "er" to the French "en".

I want to visit New Zealand, someday. And yes, your mother chose wisely.

"It's been a minute."

So annoying. Isn't the person saying this actually mean that "it's been a long time?"

Weird emphasis on the "d" in certain words, so that the speaker sounds as if he's in pre-school:

"Gar-DEN"

"Sud-DEN"

"Bi-DEN"

“Rest in power”

Words/phrases that have just been overused in the past 5-7 years:

toxic

narcisstic

gaslight

These words have been around forever, but they just seem to roll of peoples' tongues regardless of the situation.

That said

On "The Weekend" this morning, Symone and the other cohosts used plenty of the words and phrases we have listed here. Before breaking for commercial, she signed off with 'We have a lot to unpack here, so don't go away...' She also said "folkses in South Carolina" instead of 'folks in South Carolina'. Maybe it's appropriate in the south, but it didn't sound right.

When people find something funny they say ‘I’m weak’

So dumb.

"Vibe"

Sick of its use.

Symone signed off 'The Weekend' this morning, inviting everyone to tune in tomorrow because they'll have 'a lot to unpack' about the SC primary tomorrow.

"Vibe" as a verb is annoying too. "We just didn't vibe." "If we vibe, we vibe."

"This is me" when being dropped off somewhere.

"ripped of the Band-aid"

“Your FTA and VDRL are back and the doctor wants you to come in asap”

*off

Referring to grandmother as "Nana"

"Please and Thank You" You're not Ron Swanson.

“It’s a bop”.

"X is an expression/exploration/meditation of/on queer joy."

*meditation

“Just saying” makes me want to commit a crime. Smarmy and sarcastic.

To R292, "Rest in Power".... seriously!!

Where did that phrase come from?

R310 I hate that comment. So ridiculous.

GENOCIDE

Tell me you’re ….without telling me you’re….

I could literally KILL.

Referring to a husband as "hubs" or "the hubster."

Husbear

“Is goals”.

"Criming," "crimed," or "crimer" Make it stop, it's criminal.

Monoculture.

[quote] "With all due respect..."

All of the UK is upset with you right now!

Gen Z and now Gen A expressions are the new low in cringe.

Kings: where are my short kings in the comments?

Smash: I want to smash that ass

Bricked: why you showing your meat like that, you got me all bricked up

Rotting: here I am rotting in bed

“Dope” - When used as an adjective to mean cool, awesome, great.

[quote] Gen Z and now Gen A expressions are the new low in cringe.

Sorry, but look how you just sounded, too.

“I Stephen A thinks that…..

It makes no difference what follows

R321

Fucking A Dude that is one dope take

[quote] Sorry, but look how you just sounded, too.

People have been saying cringey or cringe for decades. Are you new to our planet, man who fell to earth?

R76 All these fucktards running around saying, "My husband gifted me this or this purse was gifted to me". I immediately assume whoever says it is lower in class and intelligence. It becomes just another way for me to judge others.

I don't have a problem with something being cringey, but saying something is cringe, makes me want to eradicate people and their entire bloodlines.

When did everyone start saying right every third word? I hear this constantly, right? Even professionals doing interviews say it non-stop, right?

Is it a form of trying to force the listener into agreeing with you even if they don't? I have no idea but it's fucking obnoxious.

I noticed that things about saying, "Right?" after everything. I think it's similar to when people began saying, "You know?"

I have a friend who has a rather prestigious management job in the food industry. She's in her 40s and every other word is "like".

'So we were like in the dining hall like planning tomorrow's specials, when he like came over and he was like 'I already took care of tomorrow's menu' and I was like you weren't supposed to do that, like that's my job...'

I can take her in very small doses. I no longer meet her for dinner or lunch - now it's a quick coffee at Dunkin or Starbucks. After 15 minutes of "like" my head starts spinning.

"Y'know what I'm saying?" after every sentence.

Dude. I guess it's as bad as, "Man."

Income inequality

Empowerment Center

Natural hair

Marginalized communities

Transphobia

Diversity roleplay

Sexual surrogate

Person of size

Dietary preference

I love "person of size," but only because it makes me laugh out loud. I never knew it was *not* a parody.

Happy born day

“You’re a whore, and your mother before you was a whore.”

I hear this entirely too much.

it is what it is

I will admit I’ve put the phrase “just so you know” back in rotation.

Best said with slightly downcast side eye and a little smirk.

Well, that’s when it ends a sentence. When I use it at the beginning, it’s broken up with a questioning sound. (“Just so you know?…. Matt isn’t here tonight?… So, you can slide your syphilitic hose hole back home.”)

R325 people have been using “cringe” as a verb for centuries. It’s only idiots like you who use it as an adjective who have been doing so more recently.

Bless you, r339.

R337

Nope indeed useful and now unforgettable in terms of presidential history

It is what it is, the thing speaks for itself, and some Latin phrase I don’t remember, capture the essence of something in a unique way.

To R338-Here you go DL..."Just so you know, I fucked your BF Matt (husband, son, boss, brother, cousin, Uncle, best friend, you can substitute your word of choice)". You told me you broke up& you didn't Love him anymore. We hooked up at the World Trade Center tearoom. Matt loves cum, you didn't tell me he sucked that good, tight hole too. There's nothing I can do to change what happened, It is what it is!!

Mafuckin slaty

"Happy Born Day".... that's a thing, really.

People say that!!

Holding space

gag me with a spoon

23 skidoo

keeping up with the smart set

Did you mean Res ipsa loquitur, r341?

That's what I thought, R347. But res ipsa loquitur means "the thing speaks for itself."

R347 R348

:-)

Yes that is the one. It was a light hearted attempt at a joke. But I knew the lawyers or former priests would step up and spell it for me.

No 'there' there.

[quote]No 'there' there

It was startling way back when Gertrude Stein wrote it about Oakland, but these days it's way overused (a cliché of travel writing). As well as misunderstood:

[quote]Stein's most famous line is always used to say something which she never intended. “There's no there there” meant no insult to the old hometown. It was simply an expression of painful nostalgia. Stein lived in Oakland from age six to 17—crucial years in a child's life.

[quote]Ever since Gertrude Stein wrote of Oakland, "there is no there there," people have used this quote to condemn the city. But taking a closer look at the quote and the context in which it was written, we can see it is an expression of "painful nostalgia" and not of disdain or insult to Oakland. Let's take a closer look at this famous quote and how it relates to the artists interviewed in Oakland in Popular Memory putting a new "there" in Oakland.

"...for reading [insert name or descriptor here] TO FILTH!"

Hyperbolic ridiculous mincing queen talk.

“Cohort” in a business setting. Suddenly it’s everywhere.

"We're loving the new __________"

"We need to be mindful of...." Ugh.

When people say "burger" instead of "hamburger".

“It’s a red light asshole “

I so hate it when people yell that at me

Queen Bey

Commas are R357's friend.

"Grand rising."

I may actually cut a bitch for that one.

I am sorry but I have to ask.... WTF is "GRAND RISING".

"comfy"

I hate hearing “obviously” dropped into sentences so often.

If it’s obvious, you don’t have to point it out. Obviously.

r361 my inquiring wants to know too.

I'm not R360, but I have heard this before in different communities. I believe it has to do with someone's death, according to the online obituary I read.

R360 how about "sucked off" as they say in the US version of the TV series "Ghosts".

Preach, R163.

I did not have the energy to go into the depth that you did when I wrote about my hatred of “no worries,” and I appreciate that you did. I fucking HATE this trend among servers. I recently had a server whose every response to each order was “No problem.”

Oh, I’m sorry, server. Am I somehow troubling you by telling you what I would like to order from the establishment that has hired you to take my order?

JFC.

I feel validated and seen by you,

I hate when servers drop off the order and chirp, “Enjoy!”

Like it would never occur to me to enjoy something I specifically chose from a menu. Why, I was just going to force it down, for sustenance!

"game changer"

Forgive me if this was already posted....I HATE the insertion of "Like" after every couple of words. It's kind of disturbing actually.

"vicious face slapping"

‘The Littles’ when referring to kids.

When a couple says "We're pregnant."

No. SHE'S pregnant.

“The Littles” when referring to men on DL

R372

r361 and r364 'Grand rising' is something that obnoxiously cheery morning people say to greet others in the morning; usually coworkers.

"Wine o'clock"

“420”

Its far to limiting and restrictive.

"I'm speaking my truth."

No asshole, you're giving your opinion based off your indignant, impotent outrage. It's not THE truth.

R378

Just a wild guess here but do you think “my” truth vs “THE” truth was picked for a reason?

“Spill the tea.”

“Read to filth.”

I scream inside.

"Right?" is really an annoying response when telling someone something and they agree with it. Just say "I know" or "that's true." Don't phrase it like a question and say it in an "up speak" manner like you're a jaded 16 year old girl.

R379 just hate it when they try to say "speaking my truth " like it's fact. It's not.

Wins the internet

Owns this thread

Bougie

"It's a bop!"

"That's my jam."

"Are you still working on your plate?"

No, your restaurant's meal is not "work" for me.

“It’s a bop!”

No, it’s a song. It might be a catchy song, but it’s still just a song.

This phrase is a red flag that someone lives on social media and should be avoided.

I hate it when gay men refer to their asshole as their "pussy."

Outside of Datalounge, I have never heard anyone actually use "bussy" or "mussy." But I hear gay men frequently refer to their asshole as their "pussy," and I hate it.

[quote] "I'm speaking my truth."

At least it acknowledges some subjectivity. Some people think that their opinions are "THE truth."

This expression is not commonly used anymore but I've always loathed it-

THAT CRACKS ME UP!

“Fill me with fluids boys”

legit used incorrectly

low key used incorrectl

it slaps

“Incoming”

"not gonna lie"

bruh bruv "boss" when directed towards a customer

"my brother in christ"

R388, I would get so turned off if someone did that in bed.

R387, it also sounds like something a midwestern soccer mom would say. "Oh my god, have you heard that latest bop by Taylor Swift?".

any lingo that gets used frequently on reddit

R397- That and any qween who wears a

COCK RING 😣

R400 I have noticed that it's usually very "straight acting" types who wear these things. It's like they think they have to go wild.

If someone goes on and on about his "bussy," I might need a cock ring.

"Kick her in the cunt bone"

Queen Elizabeth is

DEAD TO ME

Someone may have already mentioned it her but I needed to mention it myself.

Put your clothes back on. I’m taking you home.

"Loving on" someone

"I know, right?", because it became so ubiquitous and people were just parroting each other

"Thirsty" in the contemporary meaning/"thirst trap"

"Arguably the best ________ of his/her generation" is an annoying journalistic cliché (and often not true, hence the "arguably")

Get your cock out of my ass!

"Read the room!" and "Learn to read the room!", but mainly for the type of people who tend to say it.

Smell my ass

I overheard my co-worker, in his loud piercing voice, say, "Read the room!" He's the worst and HE should learn to read the room.

[quote]"I'm speaking my truth."

I’m speaking my truth because this is MY JOURNEY.

I’m always irritated when I hear “Get a life.” I mean, everyone living has a life. It may be boring, but it’s still a life.

And how well do we know what seemingly boring people get up to, unobserved? They might have very full, secret lives… as serial killers and whatnot.

"Not me..." 🙄🙄🙄

[quote]The hole left by the Sussexes has just been mercilessly exposed

Charged adjectives in headlines (and thread titles) like the one above, which was both a Datalounge thread title and the title of an article from 'The Telegraph' newspaper. The use of 'mercilessly' contributes nothing except as a good clue to keep moving, there's nothing but clickbait and/or hyperbole here. And from the fucking Telegraph.

Titles such as 'Uvalde Guardian of Massacre Victim Gets Arrested for Reading Coward Cop TO FILTH!' are the worst sort. If the condemnation were in fact some sort of earth-shatteringly devastating 'take down,' it could certainly be appropriate (if tired and tacky) as a DL sensational thread title. And yet, these eviscerations are almost never more than shrill and dimwitted scoldings of a low order. While theoretically they may have the occasional place at DL, the rhetoric of RuPaul's Drag Race is embarrassing for legitimate news media. The Telegraph has always been a shit newspaper politically, but once it played by some rudimentary standards of journalism and letting a story tell itself and the reader to make his own conclusion,

“Mercilessly” is an adverb, r414, not an adjective. And we won’t get into your comma splicing.

Oh, dear.

Help

"Do better"

Getting laid. It's so vulgar.

Oh that’s what you call it

Not in my wheelhouse.

Rug rats.

It's giving.

That's so extra.

Food insecurity.

Body positivity.

Trigger warning

Woke

All the feels

Pet parents

Just sayin’

News reporter at a live shot opening with, “Hey, guys!”

Pups, instead of dogs

News reporters starting with "Yeah." "Yeah, Dave, I'm standing outside the courthouse ..."

Oh, “the feels” is so inane!

Also, fur babies.

Nom Nom Nom & Yummers.

woot woot!

Those who type "take the L" for "take the loss," and "take the W" for "take the win" should "take the S."

S = Stupid.

Fetch

R431 = Fido

“If you look at…”

I’m Marion Davies 11 room bungalow on the MGM lot being cut in half and loaded onto trucks when she flounced over to Warner Bros. in 1934.

(This dressing room had “4 bathrooms, a master kitchen, sitting room, walk-in fireplace, serving pantry, and dining room”… though that still leaves some rooms missing.)

^^ well, it would appear I’m in the wrong thread!

"Oh, DEAR"

The omission of the word "of". I jumped out the car. No, I jumped out OF the car.

"Based off of" instead of "based on."

"Based out of" instead of "based in."

“You have to remember…”

No, I don’t!

"calling balls and strikes" (unless you are an actual UMPIRE)

"tickling the ivories" - those keys aren't even IVORY any more!

"Verse" as a verb.

"Sam Fisher is versing Big Daddy"

"Who wants to verse me?"

R441 I like when guys spell it that way to describe their preferences. I guess that means he likes to sing.

I never liked the expressions rug rats.

R432 fetch is a word being foisted upon us via gen z

444, stop trying to make Fetch happen!

“Hate on”.

Incel

“I was shock” and “I was surprise”. Why did this start and what’s wrong with “d”?

“Who you is?”

“Step foot”.

When you breed something you are taking the parents and are forcing them to create the offspring that was bred.

R450 I also can't stand "step foot."

Or "butt naked."

The FUCK is "step foot"?

Fuck with" used to mean you like something. "I fuck with Cadillacs."

It’s as annoying as “the fuck, R454.

Shorty or Shawty to mean a woman.

R456 Oooh, I see what the FUCK you did there.

R457, not just any woman, but an attractive one or one who is your sweetheart.

R457

It’s Little Shorty when referring to a woman .

We were in complete agreeance.

Shorty a lil' baddie

Shorty my lil' boo thing

And shorty got the fatty

Shorty be catching mood swings

Every time I fuck without a rubber

I nutted on the covers

And I kept it undercover

'Cause I don't kiss and tell (kiss and tell)

Every time I fuck, she call me daddy

My lil' mama nasty

I see the pussy through the panties (whatever you want)

She taste like candy

Cashiers/staff who refer to customers as "hon", sweetie, boss

R455, this Bangladeshi guy told me that he "fucks with prawns". As in, "I like to eat prawns." So unnecessary.

Sesh

love on

kiddos/littles

doggos

"Grandkid" instead of "grandchild".

Hole

(1) "I'm old enough to remember."

(2) Cashier/clerk saying "Following" to beckon the next person in line. (Yes, you, DeJoy USPS.)

"Cheers!" instead of "bye!"

“Chill,” as in, “You’ll like her, she’s chill.” Especially out of the mouth of a person of a certain age.

Chill r471

'Let that sink in.' No thanks, not worth it.

Babymoon

It ends NOW.

"Will you be using your mobile app today?"

"This is the way"

[QUOTE] This is the way.

Reddit-speak is a plague on society.

I really can’t stand seeing tRump or repugs. I get the point but give it a rest, or come up with new insults.

MAGAt, also.

Appending the word "event" to just about everything. Weather forecasters used to talk about a chance of snow. Now we have a "snow event." We no longer have rain. We have rain events. And it's not limited to weather. Earlier today, I read about next month's "solar eclipse event."

“I’m too lazy to look it up”.

But you could have looked it up by the time that you posted your question, you dumb lazy fuckstick.

It's also now mandatory for weather reporters to needlessly add the word "hours" to specific times of the day, even though doing so adds no information whatsoever. "Rain in the morning hours," "sunny in the afternoon hours," "windy in the evening hours" . . .

“In the books” (“Another Smith family Christmas is in the books!”)

“This one” (“This one starts third grade today!”)

And you are ...?

I always wait as if they have not finished their question.

“ I am weak and soft and oh so fem or Frau like and I will block everyone that triggers me”

furbaby

forever home

bonded pair

who rescued who

"on read"

delusional

tl;dr

Dollars to donuts.

THIS!

^THAT!

Shit the bed

Timmy

Pussy face

Cunt face

Ass face

Loose meat labia lips

Donald Trump.

Using verbs as nouns: “an assist”, “a reveal”.

Oh My Sides

For Christ sake, would do something about your Diverticulitis?

“Everything happens for a reason.”

No bitch, it doesn’t. Frequently said by the religious to explain something they fucked up without owning any personal responsibility for the outcome.

I saw "monstered" used a a verb on another DL thread. The poster claimed it's very common usage.

when decorators say...hang this painting here, the color really "pops"!

HATE THAT!

why can't they say something else?

“An” for “and”.

“Non” for “none”.

Gender reveal.

"Try harder"

"we celebrate you" instead of 'Happy Birthday'.

"Playing 3 dimensional chess"

For some reason, every political reporter is saying this about every primary across the country right now.

"Trooper" for "trouper," as in, "She's a real trouper."

"oh dear"

No one invited this grammar Nazi to the board. People speak freely, openly, sometimes speech to text which is wildly inaccurate. If you want to spell check people, go teach an English class where you can "Oh Dear" all day long.

Can you imagine in real life is some rando started correcting your words at a party without asking you? Rude fucks.

I’m fidna clap back

Celebration of life = funeral

I Appreciate You

R509 - wasn't that a game in Star Trek?

rando

I am holding all of you cunts in the light.

“Wait, what?”.

“I’m too lazy to look it up but…”.

"Right wing talking points" when used to slam middle wingers. Not everything lives at the extremes.

“Care-a-mell”

There are two Britishims that drive me crazy. One is referring to shots as "jabs" and the other is saying a person is "called" by their name (ex: "she's dating a guy called Tom") instead of saying a person is "named" by whatever their name is.

for shits and giggles

Stretch goals

'Deep dive'

She's my "ride or die"

Car-mull (for caramel).

I was molested

Do you enjoy Car-Ah-Mel corn, R527?

I pronounce the "car" part the same way I would in "carry." And I do put the 2nd syllable in the word. After all, there's an "a" after "car."

The most annoying zengkish Queen I know pronounces it “cara-MELL” with major emphasis on the third syllable.

Thanks autocorrect - I meant “English” but I do like “zengkish”.

Let's agree to disagree.

No, the only thing we agree on is you are cunt trying to shut down this conversation with your 1980's self help phrases.

I don’t like “speaks to”, but that’s just me.

Be better.

Lived experience

R531 and R532, I thought it was a Yiddish word, and was about to look it up.

Let's make zengkish happen!

Labia though I say it constantly

^Gynecologist

“Timmy” and “our dear Paul”.

“I was shock”. “I am surprise”.

[quote]Lived experience

Also known as "anecdotal evidence"

“My truth”.

"Healing" or "My/your truth"

I call it Oprah talk

My journey

Pitties (for pit bull)

This is “my journey”, R544. If I’m “living my truth” then I want to be able to “speak on it”.

When people use single words when sharing a video on social media:

"Goals"

"Same"

"This"

"own your power"

"rest in power"

"Speak your truth"

“Jus' sayin’…"

This is usually grumbled by surly losers, when no one asked for their opinion.

I love this/that for you.

Great, I love it for myself, don't need your validation.

[quote]"rest in power"

I hate this one. What does it even mean?

Cervical, vaginal, vulvar, anal…

“Quality time.”

“Not to sound…”

Followed by you-know-whatever opposite, you passive-aggressive asshat. .

“Eat Pray Love”

🤮

“How’s that workin’ out for ya’?”

So damn condescending and snarky.

"Folks"

“All the feels”.

Just, no.

“I’m excited for”.

“I’m bored of”.

To R533..."Let's agree to disagree". Dealing with my employees at work, especially the "under 35's", sometimes I have to stop them from "saying something stupid." in a business setting. I actually said yesterday in a meeting in Chicago, "We have to circle back to that point later", because I have told you what the clients want, you keep pushing an agenda they do not want to follow, and on that point, we will agree to disagree."

“Let’s action that.”

"Unhinged" is everywhere. What does it even mean? There's no hinges on the door or drawer, so- whoah- look out!

“You do YOU!”

No matter how many people you hurt, how many lives you damage, how irreparable your reputation is after you’re done “doing you."

"Let's run it up the flagpole and see if anyone salutes."

"Salty" when used to describe anything but food.

"Make bank" instead of "make a lot of money."

Zoomies for an animal playfully running, inevitably used by the Peter Pan generations (millennials and Gen Z)

"looking for an off-ramp..."

Anything spoken by an up-talker.

"Meta" as in...It's so meta.

What the hell does that mean??

The DL thread headline "Dead to Me" when a celebrity dies. It's so obnoxious.

My truth

American Riviera Orchard

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle parading around as royals. They are frauds.

"My truth"

Lot to unpack here

“Your truth? Your little twisted arsewipe truth?”

Meta would be a thread on DL talking about DL specific issues. A topic about a topic? Something like that.

E.G. A DL thread about a specific poster from another thread that was started about about the negative reaction to a dollar store poundcake thread. <— Meta

“Welcome In!” Anywhere from a five star restaurant to the Goodwill.

"Smoke show," as in:

[quote]Rusler . . . was an absolute smoke show in the 80s and 90s.

“100%”

“It’s a bop”.

[quote]A Spike Lee Joint

[quote]I love myself the way I am! It's your fault for not supporting me!

Fat women who then goes on Ozempic and, after losing 170 pounds, announce in tears:

[quote]I hated myself the way I was! It's your fault for not supporting me!

^go on, or "take"

"Told you I was hard-core."

"game changer"

I can't think of one right now but I've noticed that "awesome" seems to have finally run its course. TG.

“folks” deserves to be mentioned again.

I'm envious of people with intellectual disability because they and society have banned "retarded" to the hate speech list. Whereas I, a gay man, am told by non gay men that I am "queer" just like they are and we all have that great queer commonality.

Bambi

“Guilty Pleasure”. Why should one feel guilty for enjoying something?

"folk" is even worse than the plural "folks" - Eddie Glaude uses "folk" all the time.

Queen as Folk

Oops. Queer as Folk.

Haha! Good one, R106.

"Enjoy the rest of your day "

Just say have a nice day.

[quote]."Let's agree to disagree". Bla, Bla, Bla..............Dealing with my employees at work, especially the "under 35's", Bla, Bla, Bla....... on that point, I said, we will agree to disagree.

Boomers cant stop Booming 80's speak even when it pointed out to them how lame they are for using those cli·ché 😂

For the 1,000th time, because it will never go away: the vile VEGGIES.

I’ll see your veggies R599 and raise you with “yummy”.