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Who else is really, really tired of...

Posted: Wed Feb 19, 2014 12:20 pm
by Jivermo
"iconic"
"reach out" or "reaching out"
"Share"
"been there, done that"
"boots on the ground"
"cone of uncertainty", "polar vortex" or any other inane, weather related crap phrases.
"be that as it may"
"having said that"
"if you will"
"outside the box"
"at the end of the day"
Just as one fades from usage, another seems to appear to repeatedly annoy and offend... Arrrrggggggg!

Re: Who else is really, really tired of...

Posted: Wed Feb 19, 2014 2:04 pm
by Xelmon
Mmmm, somewhat. You're in marketing, eh?

Re: Who else is really, really tired of...

Posted: Thu Feb 20, 2014 7:23 am
by yondermtn
it is what it is

Re: Who else is really, really tired of...

Posted: Thu Feb 20, 2014 7:38 am
by glasseye
You'll just have to take it to the next level. :cheers:

Re: Who else is really, really tired of...

Posted: Thu Feb 20, 2014 9:46 am
by Jivermo
Thank you for these valued additions...you have the idea, perfectly. It gives me the whole 30,000 foot view...

Re: Who else is really, really tired of...

Posted: Thu Feb 20, 2014 11:01 am
by Mr Blotto
Stay true to yourself

Re: Who else is really, really tired of...

Posted: Thu Feb 20, 2014 11:35 am
by hambone
Sounds like words of the ass-kissing cubicle dwellers, climbing the rungs of an invisible ladder.
BOILERPLATE

Re: Who else is really, really tired of...

Posted: Mon Feb 24, 2014 6:32 pm
by JLT
"World-class"
"Just sayin'"

Re: Who else is really, really tired of...

Posted: Tue Feb 25, 2014 6:17 am
by hercdriver
Image

Re: Who else is really, really tired of...

Posted: Tue Feb 25, 2014 7:23 am
by weisswurst
Jivermo wrote:Thank you for these valued additions...you have the idea, perfectly. It gives me the whole 30,000 foot view...

for me the one that takes the cake is always, "let me be honest with you", what??!! you haven't been telling me the truth?! how long?!! :pukeright:

jeff

Re: Who else is really, really tired of...

Posted: Tue Feb 25, 2014 8:48 am
by Amskeptic
weisswurst wrote:
Jivermo wrote:Thank you for these valued additions...you have the idea, perfectly. It gives me the whole 30,000 foot view...

for me the one that takes the cake is always, "let me be honest with you", what??!! you haven't been telling me the truth?! how long?!! :pukeright:

jeff
The two most offense new inane stupid language killing phrases that irritate me are:
blah blah blah "let's now turn to a concerning development, the intimidation piece . . . . ."

. . . almost as bad as "less people".
Colin

Re: Who else is really, really tired of...

Posted: Tue Feb 25, 2014 1:13 pm
by Boxcar
yes agreed on the shorthand for interesting speech "bla(3)".
language, the virus of the people.

Re: Who else is really, really tired of...

Posted: Wed Feb 26, 2014 7:44 am
by Amskeptic
Jivermo wrote:"iconic"
"reach out" or "reaching out"
"Share"
"been there, done that"
"boots on the ground"
"cone of uncertainty", "polar vortex" or any other inane, weather related crap phrases.
"be that as it may"
"having said that"
"if you will"
"outside the box"
"at the end of the day"
Just as one fades from usage, another seems to appear to repeatedly annoy and offend... Arrrrggggggg!
Indulge me, if you will, in my sharing this experiment outside the box of blathering in a thoroughly modern idiom, so that you may see the sheer waste of words that characterizes the grammatical polar vortex of our accelerating descent into societal collapse.
Having said that, at the end of the day, you will be no more enlightened than when you started reading this. It is time to put our boots on the ground to save ourselves from the inanity, the sheer mental torpor, the onslaught of words cascading around us in the crafty commercialized false brightness and dulcet tones of persuasion, "may cause bleeding and ulcers and hallucinations and death, ask your doctor about Stupidicor," "my whites really are whiter white!"" hey kids, super sugar Craptastic Frosted Poptarts are a great lunch box treat!" and be sure to scream this inanity in your ears as many hours per day as you are awake, yes, eventually, it will all be meaningless and you will be the properly docile consumer widget who asks not what your corporations can do for you, but you can do for your corporations.
Colin

Re: Who else is really, really tired of...

Posted: Wed Feb 26, 2014 8:43 am
by weisswurst
bwwaaaahaaaa!

I just spilled my diet coke...

jeff

Re: Who else is really, really tired of...

Posted: Wed Feb 26, 2014 11:13 am
by Jivermo
And I, my Miller "Lite"! (A wretched, iconic brew, that.)