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What expressions/clichés annoy you?
April 18, 2017, 08:28 PM
RogBWhat expressions/clichés annoy you?
Here are some of mine. Annoying and often used as a lazy excuse for substantive thought.
* at the end of the day
* with all due respect
* game changer
* set the table
* let's unpack this
* at the granular level.
* low hanging fruit
* in the weeds
* in my tool box
* I know, right?
* now that's funny right there (I really hate this one)
* in my wheelhouse
* I get it
* on the ground
* it'll buff right out (seems esp used on SF)
What are some of yours?
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I wouldn't let anyone do to me what I've done to myself
April 18, 2017, 08:30 PM
arfmelReach out
April 18, 2017, 08:33 PM
Test1968Arfmel mentioned one of mine. One of the others is, 'it is what it is'.
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Jim April 18, 2017, 08:33 PM
dry-flyquote:
Originally posted by Test1968:
Arfmel mentioned one of mine. One of the others is, 'it is what it is'.
You nailed mine..."it is what it is" grates on my nerves
"Attack life, it's going to kill you anyway." Steve McQueen...
April 18, 2017, 08:34 PM
Poacherquote:
Originally posted by Test1968:
Arfmel mentioned one of mine. One of the others is, 'it is what it is'.
Hate it. Used by quitters
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"Do what you can, with what you have, where you are." Teddy Roosevelt April 18, 2017, 08:37 PM
synthplayer"Knock yourself out."
I dunno why, but when someone says that to me, I feel like knocking
them out.
Of all the enemies the American citizen faces, the Democrat Party is the very worst. April 18, 2017, 08:38 PM
bionic218"I'm not gonna lie"
April 18, 2017, 08:41 PM
JALLENSo, ....
Luckily, I have enough willpower to control the driving ambition that rages within me.
When you had the votes, we did things your way. Now, we have the votes and you will be doing things our way. This lesson in political reality from Lyndon B. Johnson
"Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." - Justice Janice Rogers Brown April 18, 2017, 08:42 PM
12131To be perfectly honest with you, I can't believe the OP missed that.
Q
April 18, 2017, 08:43 PM
ZSMICHAELTo be honest with you, followed by I am being totally honest with you.
April 18, 2017, 08:46 PM
12131quote:
Originally posted by synthplayer:
"Knock yourself out."
I dunno why, but when someone says that to me, I feel like knocking them out.
But then, you can't be my guess.
Q
April 18, 2017, 08:46 PM
oilpatch29If you ain't cheatin' you aint' tryin'.
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April 18, 2017, 09:08 PM
KenS"Peception is reality"
Makes me want to strangle the speaker or maybe just punch them in the head and tell them "I percieved I was picking daisies"
Ken
April 18, 2017, 09:42 PM
chellim1quote:
at the end of the day
That one annoys me.
Also: Reach out
You also list: I get it
I admit I use that one.
When someone starts to repeat themselves or tell me the same thing they know I've already heard...
I get it!
"Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible."
-- Justice Janice Rogers Brown
"The United States government is the largest criminal enterprise on earth."
-rduckwor April 18, 2017, 09:44 PM
Silent"It's all good"
Silent
April 18, 2017, 09:51 PM
2012BOSS302It's not rocket science.
We're not curing cancer here.
Let's move the goalposts.
Donald Trump is not a politician, he is a leader, politicians are a dime a dozen, leaders are priceless. April 18, 2017, 09:56 PM
Rey HRHI know someone who could string phrases like this for several minutes several times inside a meeting.
"It did not really matter what we expected from life, but rather what life expected from us. We needed to stop asking about the meaning of life, and instead to think of ourselves as those who were being questioned by life – daily and hourly. Our answer must consist not in talk and meditation, but in right action and in right conduct. Life ultimately means taking the responsibility to find the right answer to its problems and to fulfill the tasks which it constantly sets for each individual." Viktor Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning, 1946.
April 18, 2017, 09:59 PM
doublesharpOne I like is don't sweat the small stuff.
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God spelled backwards is dog
April 18, 2017, 10:01 PM
TMatsAll those annoy you, RogB? I'll bet you're a sweetheart behind the wheel
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despite them
April 18, 2017, 10:09 PM
cyanide357"To add insult to injury" & "The fact of the matter"