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My bad.



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no worries Mad
 
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no worries

How is your crazy neighbor? Sorry for the thread drift.
 
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What not.




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Just sayin

I hate this phrase. It is usually used after and insult or pejorative, like uttering that phrase excuses the insult.


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* Just so you know

* Just sayin (which almost forgot ... until I saw it in this thread ...)

Just sayin'

I started a whole thread to bitch about the use of "just sayin" ... and it was moved to the "Gripes" forum.
 
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I hate it when people do what I call "stupid talk", that is they use inappropriate or incorrect words or terms to try to impress, but they are doing just the opposite, they are showing you how stupid they really are. It is especially bad related to firearms when people use the word "run" "running"ing" and "furniture". "Run" simply means something is functioning as it should, not that I have a piece of auxiliary crap attached to my gun. "Furniture" refers to small accoutrements as parts of a firearm, not gunstocks, pistol grips and forends. I think people that use these terms are trying to impress you with their knowledge, however they are doing just the opposite. If they only knew how silly they sound using a totally incorrect term. The "wannabes", "mall ninjas" and "operators" can't get through two sentences without using one of those words. Just check out YouTube. It is a vast wasteland of ignorance.



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"It's tragic and my heart goes out to the family", after a gang banger tried to kill n LEO. Not !




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They are still investigating. Particularly when the incident happened three minutes ago. Laid to rest is annoying as well. What happened to they buried him? Our hearts go out to them. Come on newscasters do not really give a shit. I find the phrase first responders irritating as well. What happened to cops, and firefighters. If I get there before the police do I qualify?
Wish George Carlin was still alive. He always made fun of our stupid phrases. Oh battling cancer is ridiculous too. Most cancer patients find that annoying as well.

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I can't believe this one isn't listed here yet, a precursor to liberal talking points -

"We need to have a conversation..."



Another is "Riddle me this..." I have a co-worker that I hear say multiple times a day when he has a question for a customer. I like the guy but when I hear this I want to run over and stab him in his eyeball with a pencil.



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The ubiquitous phrase the media uses whenever there's a tragedy "our thoughts and prayers" are with the family,and then go smiley face for the next story makes me cringe.

To add a phrase that only recently has become contagious (can't believe I forgot to include it) is tick tock... as in give us the tick tock on how that situation went down.

I think this cliche driven country is on a slippery slope...


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I'm not easily triggered, but here are mine...

"That's not who we are"

"That's racist!"

"Offensive" (used in any way)

"A candlelight vigil"

From my wife...
"So..."

"I was thinking..." (This usually means spending money or consuming my time on a household project)

"What do you think?" (My response is never long and thorough enough and she assumes that a one-word answer means I'm not listening or I don't care)

"Can you ask so-and-so about x, y, z..." (Why do I have to be the one to ask someone a question that she can ask herself?) Why do I have to be the middle man?

"Honey have you ____ yet?"

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Most of these don't bother me at all.

One that does and that you hear on TV a lot is
"You know what I'm sayin'?"
As in "I was scared, you know what I'm sayin'?
Yeah, I think I have the basic level of comprehension to know what "I was scared" means.

Gun related ones I hate:

"Scary Accurate" ... Accuracy scares you? Seems like inaccuracy would be a lot more frightening.
"It will stay in the 10 ring all day if I do my part" ... Isn't that just assumed? You might as well say "My car doesn't veer off the freeway, if I do my part."
Agree with "Shotty" as well as "Mossy", "Remmy", "Winnie", etc. Sounds like words used by someone too young to handle a shotgun.



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Agree with "Shotty" as well as "Mossy", "Remmy", "Winnie", etc. Sounds like words used by someone too young to handle a shotgun.


Generally, any clever gun related word/name modification. .257 "Bob" (Roberts), .300 "Roy" (Weatherby). It may have been a tiny bit clever the first time, but by the 10,000th Internet repetition, it's just DUMB!
 
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Originally posted by ZSMICHAEL:I find the phrase first responders irritating as well. What happened to cops, and firefighters. If I get there before the police do I qualify?


I think they were swallowed by the same vortex that stole our doctors and nurses who were replaced by "health care providers". Perhaps a similar thing happened when all the bums, vagrants and n'er do wells were replaced by "the homeless"
 
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Phrases that are used as a substitute for thought irritate me. Cliches. Also, little joke phrases that someone thinks are clever, despite having been repeated a million times.




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Synergize
Game Changer
Crosswalk
Onboarding
A lot on my plate
I don't have the bandwidth
Get the ball rolling
Ducks in a row
Thrown under the bus

Yeah I work in Corporate IT and it makes me want to puke sometimesSmile

I also see red when I hear this one:
six of one, half a dozen of the other




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I mean...

Starting or continuing every friggin' sentence with I MEAN.

If you mean it, just say it. I'll assume you mean because you're saying it. There's no need for reiterating the point to me every six words.



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