Expressions you'd like to see retired

Gigantalope wrote these on the "favorite expressions" thread.
http://www.tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?mode=viewtopic&topic=10863&forum=6&start=15
It inspired me to start a expressions to retire thread.

I was thinking up some of mine, and all I could think of were the one's I hate which are overused...nice companion to this topic

Metrosexual

Re-Inventing themselves

Wellness

Athletisiciam

In Da House

makes me grouchy just listing them

Let's start with:

"Thinking outside the box"
"Taking it to the next level"
"I'm so over it"
"Carbs"

....next!

[ Edited by: stuff-o-rama on 2004-09-14 19:12 ]

[ Edited by: stuff-o-rama on 2004-09-14 19:16 ]

"I want these colors to pop!" Arrrgh!

[ Edited by: foamy on 2004-09-14 19:31 ]

"Taking it to the next level"

Being an editor in TV news this is without a doubt the most overused, cliche soundbite from any athlete, coach or manager. It drives me insane!

besides wanting to knock the spleen out of anyone using "Happy Camper", I hate any business that begins with an X or Z and ends in "Solutions"

It's not just the phrase, but the it's insertion...People from NY (maybe boston and Philly too)ask a question that's AKSHULLY a statment, and as you begin to answer...the yell Huh? HUH?

a recent supervisor of mine (who was let go) used the term PROACTIVE constantly. Every time I heard it I'd flashback to the Simpsons episode where the Itchy & Scratchy writers responded to their bosses by saying, "'Proactive?' Isn't that just a word that stupid people say to make themselves seem more important?"

And I'd quietly chuckle :P

-Z

BTW, speaking of the Simpsons, this topic reminds me of Life In Hell's Forbidden Words of 19XX (fill in any year)

[ Edited by: Feelin' Zombified on 2004-09-14 20:01 ]

"Potential red flag."

If I hear that again, I think I'm going to scream. Or just say: "can't we say 'problem'?"

Oh, wait. Sorry. I meant "challenge."

Someone at Johnson & Johnson told me they have to call their bosses "thought leaders." I wonder if that's still the case.

I remember ages ago going to "Total Quality Management" training and then going to my boss and asking him if he wanted it explained. He said he already understood TQM. "It means 'layoffs,' pal."

And oh yes. "Data rich and information poor." Whenever I hear that, I always think of Lincoln's words: "that is a political obfuscation, as opposed to an honest lie."

Oh oh oh!
how could we have passed over...

"XTREEEEM"

Here's about 8 pages worth... https://tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=4303&forum=6

I hate the expressions:
"Alternative" - Music, Books, Medicine, Dance,
and also "Cutting Edge"

Those expresions just don't mean anything to me anymore!!!
Later,
Spermy

Oh yeah, "New Age"

[ Edited by: The Sperm Whale on 2004-09-14 21:27 ]

On 2004-09-14 20:25, Doctor Z wrote:
Here's about 8 pages worth... https://tikicentral.com/viewtopic.php?topic=4303&forum=6

Oops! My Bad!

(you can add that one to the list as well)

No worries! (there's another one...) It's just a quick way of instantly expanding this thread!!

When my students (5th graders) say "my bad", I make them stand up and apologize to the class for using incorrect and unacceptable language.

Drives me up the f*ckin' wall, I tell ya...

[ Edited by: dogbytes on 2004-09-14 23:41 ]

When I hear an immigrant replace the word "any" with "no" as in
"I don't seen no cops" I about loose it!

I heard a Yuppie order a coffee at Starbucks once, "Non-fat soy latte, extra hot, no foam, extra sprikels, Grande in a venti cup, I left before slapping him and I get my coffee at 7-11 now!

Other yuppie favorites,
Ramp up
slippery slope
doable
pencil me in
I want to be sure we are on the same page.

ya know, I think I better quit now, I am getting irritated!
Same page! hell you aint even in the same book, grrrrrrrrrrr

"Waaaazzzzzuuuuuup?""Dude" (my daughters call each other and their friends "dude". A guy is a dude, a girl is not.)

Do Lunch
Window treatments (they're just f'n curtains)
Ice chips

I really hate the "N-bomb" being tossed about. One night when I was in Grad-School (people are grouchy there) some younger kids were goofing around in a computer lab calling each other "N-----" and laughing

I'm sure it's a goofy hip-hop thing...like the lowered Hondas they also had in common, but I was really offended...but not as offended as the large African American guy who also heard.

He stopped just short of violence (dissapointment) they were all scurrying around telling him "it's cool" and saying the words to Rap Songs that also used the offending word.

I thought about that for quite awhile after...The thought of these halfwitted kids yelling such a hurtfull word, throwing it around with no respect for what it signified in the lives of people.

I guess that's part of racial equality in pop culture that nobody thinks of.

N-bomb...

The weather people around here have stopped saying "rain event" and "snow event" but...

"grow your business" is pezing from the mouths of business consultants everywhere. It works, but I'm sick of it already, particularly when they emphasize and elongate "groooooow" as if they think we are just hearing it for the first time.

By the way, ya like "pez" as a verb? I usually use it for people who have too many kids too fast.

'Pushing the envelope'

'Run it up the flagpole'

'This is a no blame culture'...i.e. we're gonna blame someone

The word "whatever"-saying something is "not acceptable"-"coolio"-I can't think of anymore right now,but I'm sure I will.

Anyone who uses "at the end of the day" needs to be hauled off to jail. :D

I'm glad to see that my favorite newish word, "manscaping," hasn't made the list. :D

Anyone who uses the word "manscaping" needs to be hauled off to jail (at the end of the day).

:wink:

On 2004-09-15 11:17, Bamboo Dude wrote:
Anyone who uses the word "manscaping" needs to be hauled off to jail (at the end of the day).

Whoops -- that's what I get for posting before reading the entire thread. 8)

'Upbeat'. Any time I bengin to discuss music with a client for a commercial, they say 'we want something upbeat'.

Yes, of course. As opposed to that dirge music I was planning on.

Also, they request I should make them ads that really 'stand out'.

On 2004-09-15 11:35, tikifish wrote:
Also, they request I should make them ads that really 'stand out'.

a good idea for ads for viagra or cialis...

"To die for"

I still hear people say that and I still want to strangle the life out of them when I hear it just to see if they really mean it.

"Wow, that salad is to die for, aaaaaagggggghhhhhh"

Also, I know it was already said, but "My bad" has to be the most irritating phrase ever.

I can't take "at this point in time" or if they really want to sound important "at this particular point in time" ... puke!

How about "at this point" or even "at this time" geez.

On 2004-09-15 12:30, laney wrote:
I can't take "at this point in time" or if they really want to sound important "at this particular point in time" ... puke!

How about "at this point" or even "at this time" geez.

Good one, Laney. "Now" works, too.

On 2004-09-14 23:09, bananabobs wrote:
....I about loose it!

When people gripe about someone else's poor grammar and then use "loose" when they mean "lose" - that's when I lose it!
:)

Cyn: "At the end of the day" is the title to my favorite Ink Spots song.

I could live happy if I didn't hear this phrase again for the rest of my life:

"For sizzle my nizzle on my k swizzle dizzle". As Snoop likes to put it.

I just thought of one that drives me insane! Why is it now when someone is waiting in line for say a Slurpee at the local 7-11 - it's now referred to as waiting on line? Are people so intent on proving their technological savvy that they have to use computer jargon to describe everyday events? WTF?

On 2004-09-15 15:30, Tiki-bot wrote:
Cyn: "At the end of the day" is the title to my favorite Ink Spots song.

I was referring to all the media pundits who are always saying "...and at the end of the day, you have...." aargh.

I mentioned "manscaping" earlier. During our current warm weather, I'm seeing plenty of it! (yum!) :wink:

Sometimes salespeople (mostly in Nordstrom) in a clothing store will say, "It looks great on." while you're looking at an item. If you're in a mood,and you were going to buy it anyway, it's fun to pour on the charm and say, "Oh, it will never be put on, but I'll take it, it's fabulous!"

Apropos of the Nordstrom's thing, I've been noticing a lot of dropped-subject/object sentences lately, as in:

"You want me to go with?"

Wassup wid dat, anyway?

I mentioned "manscaping" earlier. During our current warm weather, I'm seeing plenty of it! (yum!) :wink:

Is this what you would consider "manscaping" to be?

[ Edited by: stuff-o-rama on 2004-09-15 20:33 ]

I suppose language is a living, breathing thing...but must it hack up so much phlegm?

On 2004-09-15 20:31, stuff-o-rama wrote:

I mentioned "manscaping" earlier. During our current warm weather, I'm seeing plenty of it! (yum!) :wink:

Is this what you would consider "manscaping" to be?

That's some scary stuff there.

[ Edited by: foamy on 2004-09-16 06:38 ]

retire: dr. phil

:)

On 2004-09-16 06:38, Johnny Dollar wrote:
retire: dr. phil

:)

How's that working for you?

On 2004-09-15 20:31, stuff-o-rama wrote:
Is this what you would consider "manscaping" to be?

Hahahahaha! Somebody needs to finish the job! :lol:

On 2004-09-16 10:54, cynfulcynner wrote:

On 2004-09-15 20:31, stuff-o-rama wrote:
Is this what you would consider "manscaping" to be?

Hahahahaha! Somebody needs to finish the job! :lol:

Well, the bright side is, if #3 crashes, he can always switch to #8.

Fair and Balanced...

"Peace--Out""Keepin' it real"

My store is a block away from an elementary school, I often hear entire "conversations" of "Dude","Sick","Tight" "Coolio"...

Damn kids.

e. Putting "e" in front of everything. It's very e-nnoying!

And Mrs Pineapple would like me to stop saying "I gotta get me...". I'll think about it, but then I gotta get me another phrase instead.

I just thought of an expression that (thankfully) I have only heard once - But, it changed the world as I knew it. It was easily one of the stupidest phrases ever uttered.

I was standing in line at Starbucks when a lady walked up to the counter and asked the clerk with a straight face...

"If I were sugar, where would I be?"

I haven't stepped foot in a Starbucks since.

On 2004-09-20 15:41, MachTiki wrote:
"If I were sugar, where would I be?"

rut roh, steer clear of me, because i've been using the "if i were [blank], where would i be" phrase forever. mostly in reference to my car keys...

the other utterance i enjoy blurting out is "who would tell me, how would i know?" a phrase i heard at a Dr. W. Edwards Deming conference.

elicia

On 2004-09-15 15:30, Tiki-bot wrote:

On 2004-09-14 23:09, bananabobs wrote:
....I about loose it!

When people gripe about someone else's poor grammar and then use "loose" when they mean "lose" - that's when I lose it!
:)

Haa! My bad...oops

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[ Edited by: bananabobs on 2004-09-20 23:51 ]