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mac56 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-15-04 10:11 PM
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Is there a particular slang term or phrase that just annoys you?
I have never understood the phrase "cool beans". It just annoys the rip-roaring shit out of me. What the hell is it supposed to mean, anyway? "Cool" is cool, but why add the "beans"?

Are there slang terms that annoy you?
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nothingshocksmeanymore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-15-04 10:16 PM
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1. "nuff said"
As though that poster's words are the last words on the subject.
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Richardo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-16-04 11:10 AM
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69. Ooooo I use that one sometimes...
...little did I know that I was building a dangerously high annoyance factor with NSMA :scared:
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aQuArius Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-17-04 03:36 PM
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110. prabably me...
I like to say 'nuf said, but then rave or rant for a while. GUILTY!
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Maddy McCall Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-20-04 03:10 AM
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130. I hate "nuff said" too. It's so egotistical
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Baclava Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-15-04 10:17 PM
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2. Rip-roaring...
...really pisses me off.
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mac56 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-15-04 10:17 PM
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3. hee hee!
:evilgrin:
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Kamika Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-15-04 10:18 PM
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4. shiznit
every single guy at church uses that and it drives me nutz
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WillParkinson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-16-04 09:09 AM
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48. ANY SHIZ!
My shizzle has lost its fazizzle.

Pig latin it ain't.
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phoebe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-15-04 10:18 PM
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5. .."the fact of the matter is.". just say "fact is"..aargh..
n/t
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Newsjock Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-15-04 10:19 PM
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6. "bling bling"
Epitomizes so much of what's gone so wrong with our culture.
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ScholarSeeker Donating Member (70 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-15-04 10:21 PM
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7. "gots"
Where did "gots" come from? I "gots" me some good .... whatever I hate it.
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Norbert Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-15-04 10:21 PM
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8. 24/7
Aaaaaaaaaaghhh!!!!
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last_texas_dem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-16-04 12:39 AM
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33. I hate that one, too
Edited on Fri Jan-16-04 12:40 AM by last_texas_dem
Also "fudge" used for "fu*k", "it's your birthday!", "my bad", maybe a couple others.

haha I really need to update my avatar image, but I'm also really lazy...
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mac56 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-16-04 09:31 AM
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51. "It's your birthday"?
Okay, that's new for me.
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Richardo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-16-04 11:02 AM
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65. That's the first one I thought of...
:thumbsdown: x(
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noiretextatique Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-16-04 03:58 PM
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88. 24/7/365
even more annoying :D
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pasadenaboy Donating Member (877 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-15-04 10:22 PM
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9. for shizzle my nizzle.
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terrya Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-16-04 08:51 AM
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47. What the hell does that mean, anyway?
I've seen those Old Navy ads with Fran Drescher and she uses that term in one of the ads. What in the world is she talking about?

Terry...who's apparently out of it.
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MisterP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-16-04 04:01 PM
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89. ugh, those ads are like a bad trip:
Drescher, chimp, Drescher, demonic rendition of "Let it Snow," Drescher, chimp, Drescher, a guy who's both in his 20's and his 50's, Drescher, chimp, Drescher, Drescher's laugh
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DS1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-15-04 10:24 PM
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10. wacky
say it in a morning radio jock voice and risk a public execution
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DrWeird Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-15-04 10:24 PM
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11. I get annoyed by other people who are annoyed by slang terms.
As if one persons slang is any better than somebody elses slang.

With the obvious exception being, do what now?
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phaseolus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-15-04 10:38 PM
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12. Who's your daddy
What the hell is it supposed to mean, anyway?? I hear aging frat-boy types say this sometimes, vainly trying to be clever or funny. I've even seen it on a bumper sticker which seemed especially pointless...
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mykpart Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-15-04 10:41 PM
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13. I'm offended by the term
"pussy" when used to describe someone who is weak.

For different reasons, the expression "at this point in time" sets my teeth on edge.
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eek Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-15-04 10:47 PM
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19. so many. how to choose?
lately it is "THATs what I'm talkin' about"


any version of Warhol's "15 minutes"

"to die for" which always seems to get used for shoes and desserts
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T Roosevelt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-15-04 10:44 PM
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14. happy camper
huh?
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populistmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-15-04 10:45 PM
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15. "What's up?" when...
they don't really want to hear what's up. Just say "hi" for crying out loud.
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Catshrink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-15-04 10:45 PM
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16. "my bad" my students say it all the time and I can't stand it!
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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-15-04 11:02 PM
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24. I don't get that one either...
I can't bring myself to say it.
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Catshrink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-15-04 11:19 PM
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30. Exactly... what the heck does it mean?
Of course, I annoy them by saying "Okily dokily" ala Flanders.
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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-16-04 12:28 AM
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32. Good response!
I always want to say something like, "Can I have a noun and a verb, Pat?"
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mac56 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-16-04 09:42 AM
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54. How about:
"Your bad what?!"
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GoddessOfGuinness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-16-04 04:11 PM
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94. That's what I said the first time I heard it...
I thought the girl who said it zoned out in mid-sentence.
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LWolf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-16-04 08:39 AM
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41. I'll second that one.
It sets my teeth on edge. I've been known to ask them to restructure their remark so that it is grammatically correct. Just to watch them do this:

:wow: :wtf: :shrug:
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blondeatlast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-16-04 08:43 AM
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43. I despise that phrase. Is there a problem with a simple "I'm sorry" or
"My mistake?"
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KLA2004 Donating Member (14 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-16-04 09:45 AM
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55. I hate that one
too.
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IronLionZion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-16-04 04:02 PM
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90. It started as a gang term
then hip hop adopted it and young people love hip hop so many of us started using it. I limit my use of slang terms to other young people. There are different ways to speak to different types of people.
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hlthe2b Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-17-04 05:02 PM
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119. I HATE that one too... also "come with" or "take with"
Call me old fashioned, but I still speak in complete sentences.
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BigMcLargehuge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-15-04 10:46 PM
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17. bling-bling
ooooooh shiny... I HATE that friggin term. It automatically makes me think the user is an imbecile.
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flamingyouth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-15-04 11:11 PM
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27. I hate that too
Mostly because I really don't GET it.
:shrug:
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dudeness Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-15-04 10:47 PM
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18. not really a phrase..
but all that yeah man..yahoo.. high 5 crap ..gets right under my skin
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Solly Mack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-15-04 10:54 PM
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20. I'm more interested in how slang words evolved
How widespread they are...where did they originate...

Color me not annoyed...
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mac56 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-15-04 10:57 PM
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22. Cool! (notice I didn't say "beans")
Maybe you can help me figure out how "cool beans" originated.
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Solly Mack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-15-04 11:16 PM
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28. I'm still working on that one
I heard it for the first time about 10 years ago.

It was while in Florida and it came out of the mouth of a Macon, Georgia fellow. I've heard it several times since but no one seems to know where they got it from.."we say it back home"....

Some claim it came out of Boston(beans that were ready to eat had cooled)...some say it's from the 70's...especially used among "preps" in the 80's...
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Fenris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-15-04 10:56 PM
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21. ANY SLANG TERM STUPID WHITE PEOPLE USE
Especially "fo' shizzle" and it's variations, "dawg," "in tha house" (or "hizzouse"), "crib," "ghetto" (in reference to the bad parts of their middle class towns)...

Okay, I just hate when honkies try to use black slang terms. STOP IT. We tore them from there homes, enslaved them for 200+ years, and still manage to treat them like second-class citizens. The least we could do is not make their slang terms uncool.
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wickerwoman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-16-04 02:40 AM
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37. I'll second that.
Although I'm not really that keen on celebrities (black or white) who invent stupid-ass slang terms to draw out their fifteen minutes. The only thing more irritating are the middle-class kids who encourage them by picking it up.

I still remember watching "In Living Color" on TV and then having expressions like "You rock my world" ripped out of context and vomited back at me at school.

To a lesser extent, it's also irritating when non-Brits, Irish or Australians try to use "shite", "arse", "wanker" etc. As counterintuitive as the concept of pretentious profanity is, I think this acheives it.

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Th1onein Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-15-04 10:59 PM
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23. Bring 'em on
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tainted_chimp Donating Member (637 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-15-04 11:07 PM
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25. "Good On Ya!"
Edited on Thu Jan-15-04 11:08 PM by tainted_chimp
makes my skin crawl.

~Lisa
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bubblesby2002 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-15-04 11:09 PM
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26. At the end of the day
Drives me nuts
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kmla Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-16-04 09:54 AM
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56. Oooh. Me too.
Makes me wanna slap someone when I hear someone say that....
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SeanQuinn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-15-04 11:17 PM
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29. There are chemical, nuclear, and biological weapons in Iraq
n/t drives me insane!
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qwertyMike Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-15-04 11:20 PM
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31. "Are we on the same page?"
and
"We have our ducks in a row"

yeeeuugghhh
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twistedliberal Donating Member (299 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-16-04 12:39 AM
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34. All of the above, as well as...
"WOO-HOO,"

"Issues," as in "I have 'issues' with that statement." (not sure if that's really slang, but it seems overused,
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Blaukraut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-16-04 12:41 AM
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35. prefacing every other sentence with
'clearly'

When did that become a fad? It's pretty annoying.
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Richardo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-16-04 11:04 AM
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66. Ooooo I hate that one, too...
Condescending at best...
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mkultra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-16-04 12:52 AM
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36. Weeny ass substitutes
I just hate when people use substitutes for cus words to avoid actually cussing.
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CrownPrinceBandar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-16-04 02:44 AM
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38. Any term that begins with sch...
instead of the sw that was intended. Like Schweet! Schwanky! Schwaga-delic. Let it die already!
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Piperay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-16-04 05:27 AM
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39. "So called"
I just hate that. "News" people use the term all the time, I think they think it makes them look impartial, investigative, intelligent or something but it irritates the hell out of me. It is stupid, either a thing is called something or it isn't, the only place where "so called" actually fits is when referring to chimp as "so called" president.
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Art_from_Ark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-20-04 08:41 AM
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137. But "so-called" has been standard English since at least the 14th C.
And it has a very practical use, as you yourself pointed out in your post.

The so-called "president"
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Nile Donating Member (354 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-16-04 06:00 AM
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40. touch base
I am not into baseball.
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jimbo fett Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-16-04 08:42 AM
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42. any-hoo or bling-bling
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jogi1969 Donating Member (139 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-16-04 08:47 AM
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44. the way some people
end phone msgs
'laters' or the even more vile 'one'

WTF?!?!
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terrya Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-16-04 08:48 AM
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45. "Embedded". I am thoroughly sick to death of that term. eom
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Intelsucks Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-16-04 08:49 AM
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46. "Fixin' to"... I'm fixin' to do this, or fixin' to do that...
Southern rednecks may have exclusive rights to this one.
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Mrs. Venation Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-16-04 04:27 PM
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101. Hey, That's Not Slang
that's a fixture of language in the South. And it is not limited to rednecks, dear. Some of us progressive thinkers use the term, too. So get over yourself, or I'm fixing to whup ya.
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YellowRubberDuckie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-20-04 09:00 AM
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139. I'm in the south, and I think it's a stupid phrase, myself...
I like to piss off my friends who say that by making fun of them and their grammar. "About to" is so much easier to say and sooo much easier on my ears. And no it's not limited to rednecks, but it is limited to the people who are too lazy to use proper grammar. I think it's horrible when people don't, especially around children.
Duckie
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regularguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-16-04 09:11 AM
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49. "Natch" I can barely bring myself to type it.....
.
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Tracer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-16-04 09:14 AM
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50. "You Go, Girl!"
I hate, hate, hate this phrase!

(and I'm a female).
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YellowRubberDuckie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-16-04 09:38 AM
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52. It's all good...or my bad...
Kids at work aren't allowed to use these terms because they are "gang-related." But in all reality, they just drive us adults crazy...this one especially. USE PROPER ENGLISH, will ya? FORM A COMPLETE SENTENCE...And I'll give you a cookie. lol
Duckie
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INTELBYTES Donating Member (881 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-16-04 09:39 AM
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53. "Whatever"
When ever someone is losing an arguement they like to pull that one out. My kids use it occasionally, soon followed by "What do you mean I'm grounded?"
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Anaxamander Donating Member (550 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-16-04 10:14 AM
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57. "Too much information!" I hate that one. (nt)
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mac56 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-16-04 10:17 AM
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58. or the abbreviation "TMI"
I always liked the alternative "overshare", though.
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Dees Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-16-04 10:32 AM
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59. "Bottom Line" and "No problem"...as in
Thank you...response "no problem".
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beawr Donating Member (358 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-16-04 10:34 AM
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60. AWESOME
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Brewman_Jax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-16-04 10:42 AM
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61. "At this time"
especially when announced over a loud speaker. Of course, it's "at this time". If not "at this time," when would it be? Annoys me to no end.
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Bill McBlueState Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-16-04 10:50 AM
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62. "nip it in the bud"
Bud? You're not doing anyone any favors by saying 'bud' instead of 'butt'

Same goes for all those other butt euphemisms.
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arwalden Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-16-04 11:32 AM
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72. I Thought "Nip It In The Bud" Was Correct...
Edited on Fri Jan-16-04 11:50 AM by arwalden
you mean it's supposed to be BUTT?

I always thought that when Barney Fife kept reminding us to "nip it in the bud"... he was suggesting that we take care of problems early-on when they are small (the bud) before they grow, sprout, go to seed, and get all out of hand.

-- Allen
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Richardo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-16-04 11:39 AM
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75. It's "bud"
Edited on Fri Jan-16-04 11:40 AM by Richardo
Your are correct, Allen, sir...YES!!

Richardo <-- as Phil Hartman as Ed McMahon
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Bill McBlueState Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-16-04 04:21 PM
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97. really? that's great news!
I mean, not that great.

But I can take that saying off my list now. Thanks! :)
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Khephra Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-16-04 10:55 AM
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63. "Ax"
For "ask"

It's a three letter word, for god's sake. Do you really need to cut it down to two?
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bigwillq Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-16-04 10:56 AM
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64. I dislike "wicked cool"
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arwalden Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-16-04 11:05 AM
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67. "You Know" Anyone Who Says "You Know" Or "Know What I'm Sayin'"
as an crutch for ACTUALLY SAYING what they want the other person to understand. "You Know" and "Noam Sayin'" are NOT a substitute for having an actual vocabulary and being able to construct coherent complex sentences that convey the meaning of the thoughts and ideas which are formulated in your brain.

You know what I'm sayin'?

-- Allen
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Mrs. Venation Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-16-04 04:19 PM
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96. I Agree, Allen
Especially with "know what I'm sayin." It makes me crazy! If someone whom I know well says it, I get to be a real smart-ass; I tell them, "yes, I speak English quite well, and I understand perfectly." Grrrrr.
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ScreamingMeemie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-16-04 04:40 PM
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Oh Allen, you would hate me...
you know what I mean?? :)
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Name removed Donating Member (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-16-04 04:40 PM
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Richardo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-16-04 11:08 AM
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68. "No problem" instead of "You're welcome"; especially in retail...
Me: "Thanks for your assistance in finding this item."

Clerk: "No problem."

(I didn't EXPECT it to be a "problem" - it's your JOB. I was just being polite.)

BTW I part-time in retail so I'm entitled to be annoyed at this.
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Blue-Jay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-16-04 11:11 AM
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70. "dis", as in disrespected.
Normally slang doesn't bother me, but "disrespected" as a VERB has now made it's way into news articles. I'm no grammar purist, but COME ON.
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Jeff in Cincinnati Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-16-04 11:21 AM
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71. It's all good...
...like hell it is!
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CreamyGoodness Donating Member (38 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-16-04 11:33 AM
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73. "Methinks"
Maybe it's not slang, but it just sounds so ridiculous.
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brainshrub Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-16-04 11:49 AM
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77. Especially in posts...
As in: "Methinks you do not understand why Dean is the superior candidate."

It's pseudo-sophistication makes me want to :puke:
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sasquatch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-16-04 11:34 AM
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74. "Frozen Tundra"
It's like saying "wet water"
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Mrs. Venation Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-16-04 04:21 PM
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98. No, It Isn't
I've been the the Alaskan tundra, and I can tell you that in July it is decidedly not frozen. It is, in fact, green and beautiful.
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Art_from_Ark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-20-04 08:50 AM
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138. You are right
There is a layer of tundra, called the "active layer", that thaws in summer. The part that is permanently frozen is called "permafrost".
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brainshrub Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-16-04 11:47 AM
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76. "Shut-up!"
Said as in: "That's incredible, I don't beleive you."
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Richardo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-16-04 11:51 AM
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78. Along with: "Oh no you didn't....!"
Meaning: "Please don't do that",
"Why did you do that?", or
"I wish you hadn't done that."
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arwalden Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-16-04 03:53 PM
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83. Pronounced "Dihh-Unhh"
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Richardo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-16-04 03:55 PM
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85. Hee!
:D

Pretty funny, Allen. Keep 'em coming, ah-eet?
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Richardo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-16-04 03:58 PM
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87. BTW, "Alright" pronounced "Ah-eet"
:-(
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jimbo fett Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-16-04 12:01 PM
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79. Or how about "Stop stalking me, 7blades, or I'll get a restraining order!"
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geniph Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-16-04 03:24 PM
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80. "Extreme" or "Ultimate" anything
We're now to the point where we have "Extreme" margarine and "Ultimate" shoes. The words have become meaningless. Besides, both mostly seem to be an excuse for frat-house behavior from those who really ought to have outgrown it.
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mac56 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-16-04 03:31 PM
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81. "Diva" is another one.
Edited on Fri Jan-16-04 03:32 PM by mac56
Time was that a diva was a prima donna, the principal female singer in an opera. Now every female entertainer (and female impersonator, I'm betting) gets to describe her(him)self as a "diva". Cheapens the term.
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ThomWV Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-16-04 03:43 PM
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82. A Person's Home Town
It drives me up a wall when I hear someone, often a Sports Announcer, describe someone as being "Out of" some place or another, as in Jim Jones, out of Sand Diego, California an now living in Boston is comming to bat ..." or some crap like that. I was raised to believe that the phrase "out of" was used in describing the lineage of colts when naming the mare.

Thom
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Damn Hippie Donating Member (163 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-16-04 03:57 PM
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86. As we "go forward"...
Or "on a go-forward basis" blah, blah, blah, blah...
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Capn Sunshine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-17-04 03:51 PM
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112. I HATE that one
In financial circles it's all the rage.
"Going forward" where the hell else can you "go" ??????
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Bertha Venation Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-16-04 03:55 PM
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84. at the end of the day
and

as a general proposition

Both way, way overused here in one of the largest and "most prestigious" law/lobbying firms in the nation's capitol. :eyes:
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Mrs. Venation Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-16-04 04:25 PM
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99. And "Make No Mistake"
Arrrgh!

Hi, Bertha.

Mrs. Venation
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Bertha Venation Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-16-04 04:26 PM
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100. Hiya, Cutie.
;)
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IronLionZion Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-16-04 04:03 PM
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91. how ya doin!
when they really don't want to know how you are doing.
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Susang Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-16-04 04:04 PM
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92. "Hella" anything
It makes you sound like a moron when you say it, so just stop already!!!
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noiretextatique Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-16-04 04:11 PM
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95. hey susang!!!
it's hella good to see you LOL :hi:
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Susang Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-16-04 04:29 PM
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102. ARRRGHHHHHH!!!!
It's like, you know, like really good to see you too! :evilgrin:
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noiretextatique Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-16-04 04:05 PM
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93. whatever...or whatever..."like, you know"
Edited on Fri Jan-16-04 04:58 PM by noiretblu
the way some people use it. and of course..."LIKE"...as in "it was like" or "i was like" or "he was like WHATEVER" :argh: and of course there is that horrid phrase "you know"...as in "she was LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHATEVER" :argh: and a close cousin "know what i'm saying?" usually, i'm like...hell no i don't know :wtf: you're saying, so fuck it: WHATEVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :argh:
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nothingshocksmeanymore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-20-04 03:20 AM
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131. Great seeing you both!
(nuff said)
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geniph Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-16-04 04:34 PM
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103. Prefacing every statement with Dude!
Dude! One of my stepsons does that, and Dude! it drives me insane.
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Bertha Venation Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-16-04 04:38 PM
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104. Dude. Spend one half hour with my 13-yr-old surf bum nephew
and you will understand.

Dude. I can no longer even TRY to control it.
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ScreamingMeemie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-16-04 04:43 PM
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106. Let's all think outside the box.
Yuck...
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KFC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-16-04 04:52 PM
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107. Thinking out of the box
Especially when spoken by a midwesterner: box = "baaks".
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eek Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-17-04 03:32 PM
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108. "individual" rather than "person"
Cops and sportscasters waaay overuse it.
"we have taken the individual in for questioning"

Worse yet is when a cop uses "gentleman" as in "we apprehended the gentleman as he was reloading his rifle during a 12 hour killing spree"
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aQuArius Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-17-04 03:35 PM
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109. Keep this on the "down low"
:wtf: Just say, "don't tell anyone", you retard!
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arwalden Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-17-04 03:41 PM
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111. "Don't Go There" -- "Talk To The Hand" -- "Been There, Done That"
Perhaps I've been hanging around too many 'attitudinous' drag queens.

-- Allen
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Kamika Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-17-04 03:57 PM
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113. This thread is the shiznit
right dawg
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mac56 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-17-04 06:33 PM
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125. word that
;-)
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twistedliberal Donating Member (299 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-17-04 03:58 PM
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114. LOL, BRB, IMO.
LOL & BRB - Not sure why, but they both just jerk my frog. Seem to be the work of LFR's (lazy f-in' rejects).

IMO, or worse yet, IMHO -- Most people can differentiate between fact and opinion, and the "H" for "humble" is almost always used with a complete lack of humility.

That, of course, is just IMHO.
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Kellanved Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-17-04 04:02 PM
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115. neither term nor phrase
Edited on Sat Jan-17-04 04:02 PM by Kellanved
In modern German an apostrophe is frequently (and incorrectly) used to form the genitive (whose?) and the plural. :grr: I hate it.
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NewHampster Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-17-04 04:12 PM
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116. Having Said That
you said it so shut up already.
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AntiCoup2K4 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-17-04 04:16 PM
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117. Phrases that really piss me off
"They hate us for our freedoms"
"You Liberals are on the wrong side of history"
"FAUX News : Fair & Balanced"
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Odessey Donating Member (62 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-17-04 04:22 PM
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118. Phrases I hate
Not sure if I'd call it a slang term, but I really hate "Like, ya know" as in "I was going to class and like, ya know, it started to rain and then like, ya know, I ran into a friend who like, ya know, wanted to...". Also, somebody mentioned "whatever". Yep, hate that one too!
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GreatCaesarsGhost Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-17-04 05:30 PM
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120. neo con
instead of fascist
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jmm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-17-04 05:33 PM
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121. wicked
I think MA is stuck in some 80's time warp because I hear it too often.
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Parrcrow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-17-04 05:41 PM
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122. 110%
:puke:
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Blue Gardener Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-17-04 05:43 PM
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123. "No Problem"
The correct response to "Thank You" is "Your Welcome." I have no idea what "no problem" means. What happened to good manners?
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ByRillYAN Donating Member (56 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-17-04 07:00 PM
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127. Well...
I tend to use "No Problem" when i don't feel i deserve the thanx
in the use of 'my bad' bad is the verb, and therefor the sentence is gramatically correct. Don't tell me its incorect for a noun to become a verb, either, its happened so many times in the last century, its surprising that all noun and verbs arent interchangeble from subject to predicate.

whats really gets my goat, though, is when adults use 'gang-related' to prevent teens from using phrases that anoy them. Its like,:wtf: , how the hell is THAT 'gang-related!' though playing devils advocate, i can see why they like doing that so much. its an easy out for getting us to stop saying the shit that anoys you.
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randr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-17-04 05:50 PM
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124. mmmmbye
I don't know if this is a local colloquialism or not but some people do this when they are ending a phone conversation-----mmmmmmmbye.
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UrbScotty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-17-04 06:53 PM
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126. Anything of a pessimistic nature.
I'm an optimist by nature.
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JackDragna Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-17-04 08:27 PM
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128. "Closure."
Psychologists have determined that "closure" has no meaning for people, as events seen as conclusions to mentally scaring events actually do nothing to relieve long-term mental anguish. It's a term made up by a society so incredibly addled by movies and TV that they think the right event will just help them get over anything that happened to them.
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nothingshocksmeanymore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-20-04 03:57 AM
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133. As much as I hate his politics,
James Elroy has a good rant about "closure" in his book, "My Dark Places"
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jonnyblitz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-17-04 08:34 PM
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129. chillin n/t
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montana_hazeleyes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-20-04 03:52 AM
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132. Not slang I guess but,
"Have a nice Day!"
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NJCher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-20-04 05:15 AM
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136. funny you should mention that
Yesterday I went to the supermarket--I rarely go to them, preferring places like Whole Foods or the greengrocers--and the checkout clerk said, "Have an interesting day." I said, "What?" (not expecting to hear anything like this in a SUPERMARKET) and he repeated himself. I said, sarcastically, "Isn't that supposed to be 'nice day'?

To which he replied, "Yes but I'd rather you have an interesting day than a nice day."

I'll have to patronize this guy's checkout line more often.


Cher
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nyrnyr1994 Donating Member (525 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-20-04 04:00 AM
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134. "on the other hand"
Especially when it's used more than once in the same discussion...you only have two!!!!
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nothingshocksmeanymore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-20-04 04:07 AM
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135. Actually everything everybody else says annoys me
on some days
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