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Capperdan

(492 posts) Wed Jan 29, 2020, 01:01 PM Jan 2020

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"At the End of the Day"

I am sooooo sick of this phrase. Every pundit and politician has to spout this, sometimes twice in the same sentence. It has replaced "the Bottom Line" as the the biggest waste of verbiage. And another one is, "that being said". Guess I'm just watching way too much TV.

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"At the End of the Day" (Original Post) Capperdan Jan 2020 OP

I started a tally during my company's CEO address to the minions Cirque du So-What Jan 2020 #1

'The fact of the matter' C_U_L8R Jan 2020 #2

You used to hear it a lot Turbineguy Jan 2020 #3

At the end of the day, the bottom line is that there won't be witnesses. That being said.... scheming daemons Jan 2020 #4

Nice to know Capperdan Jan 2020 #5

"Moving forward" bugs me ElementaryPenguin Jan 2020 #6

Cirque du So-What

(25,941 posts)

1. I started a tally during my company's CEO address to the minions

Reply to Capperdan (Original post)

Wed Jan 29, 2020, 01:09 PM

Jan 2020

of the times he would say, '...and with that...'. I counted 15 times during one hour of speeches.

C_U_L8R

(45,003 posts)

2. 'The fact of the matter'

Reply to Capperdan (Original post)

Wed Jan 29, 2020, 01:15 PM

Jan 2020

The gravitas-y way to usher in a big lie. A Cheney favorite.

Turbineguy

(37,343 posts)

3. You used to hear it a lot

Reply to Capperdan (Original post)

Wed Jan 29, 2020, 01:56 PM

Jan 2020

on the Yes, Minister and Yes, Prime Minister series. One of Appleby's expressions.

scheming daemons

(25,487 posts)

4. At the end of the day, the bottom line is that there won't be witnesses. That being said....

Reply to Capperdan (Original post)

Wed Jan 29, 2020, 01:57 PM

Jan 2020

.... we knew that all along.

Capperdan

(492 posts)

5. Nice to know

Reply to Capperdan (Original post)

Thu Jan 30, 2020, 11:11 AM

Jan 2020

Someone else notices this.

ElementaryPenguin

(7,800 posts)

6. "Moving forward" bugs me

Reply to Capperdan (Original post)

Thu Jan 30, 2020, 11:14 AM

Jan 2020

As if times gives us the option of moving backwards.

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