What expressions/clichés annoy you?

April 19, 2017, 08:14 AM

Sig209

some good ones have been mentioned...

* kit * referring to gear or equipment

* spot on * referring to agreement or correctness

* trigger * referring to taking offense

* diversity * because their version of it only relates to skin color

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Proverbs 27:17 - As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another.

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 19, 2017, 08:28 AM

Mike -

RogB wrote -

* at the end of the day (agree)

* with all due respect (can be used in certain circumstances)

* game changer (agree)

* set the table (IF your mom says to...!)

* let's unpack this (if it's still packed, it ain't gonna get used !)

* at the granular level. (also depends on the circumstances)

* low hanging fruit (???)

* in the weeds (eh)

* in my tool box (what if "it" IS in your tool box..?)

* I know, right? (HATE this one)

* now that's funny right there (I really hate this one) (yea, also not good)

* in my wheelhouse (agree)

* I get it (eh)

* on the ground (and if "it IS on the ground ?)

* it'll buff right out (seems esp used on SF)
on SF) (eh)

Mike

April 19, 2017, 08:34 AM

greco

"Everybody makes mistakes" -- usually quoted by the biggest f***ups I know

Another vote for--"it's all good".

"If you gotta ask you can't afford it"

"What ever."

"I've got a challenge for you."-- translates to "I have a shit job for you"

Never be more than one step away from your sword-Old Greek Wisdom

April 19, 2017, 08:34 AM

Ironbutt

At the end of the day.

If you will. (WTF is that supposed to mean?)

As it were. (Again, wtf is that supposed to mean?)

Trigger.

Micro or macro aggression.

Network.

Touch base.

Reach out.

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April 19, 2017, 11:10 AM

Super Shooter

"For the money...", everyone doing reviews manages to squeeze this in there when talking about any item crossing their camera lense. Either it is a good value or not, price does not reflect this. Say a Hi-Point for $900 not a good value, Glock for $350 good value.

April 19, 2017, 11:26 AM

FishOn

quote:
Originally posted by Poacher:
quote:
Originally posted by Test1968:
Arfmel mentioned one of mine. One of the others is, 'it is what it is'.

Hate it. Used by quitters

I don't like it either but I have heard that from some of the richest people I know, when they are quitting a bad business decision. They know how to move on. "it is what it is, so F it"... Next?

Successful businessmen know when to quit an idea that is not working, and to move on. Jeff Bezos is a good example of this. He tries many ideas and the ones that do not work, he quits.

April 19, 2017, 11:38 AM

Fredward

Drop the mike.

Really? (Updwards inflection)

Ideal (instead of idea)

Game changer

Run it up the flagpole (Oldie but baddie)

April 19, 2017, 12:36 PM

jljones

Muscle Memory

Slow is smooth, smooth is fast.

NO!

Muscles have no memory in technical skills that requires either conscious or subconscious input. It is a conscious or subconscious conditioned response. But, you hear people constantly claiming in the shooting world about creating "muscle memory". Muscles have no memory when it comes to shooting. You create a subconscious conditioned response.

Slow can be smooth, but it is still slow. Fast is fast. Smooth can be fast, but it still has to be fast.

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April 19, 2017, 02:10 PM

Chris42

One I like, because I don't hear it too often is "It doesn't take a rocket surgeon". Used correctly, the listener has to catch it, think about it and then realize it is some kind of contraction of "rocket scientist" and maybe "brain surgeon". Some less careful listeners miss it entirely.

Subtle humor can be a fun test.