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OmahaBlueDog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-15-10 01:17 AM
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Poll question: Do any of these phrases annoy you?
...or is it just me
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-15-10 01:32 AM
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1. My dear OmahaBlueDog...
Any variant of the word "douche" kind of bothers me. I'm not sure why, though...

:shrug:
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OmahaBlueDog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-15-10 01:41 PM
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17. I know that guys calling one another Douchebags has been a NY/NJ thing for a long time
A popular South Florida radio host from the 80s and 90s named Neil Rogers used the phrase all the time. St seems to have found its way into the Sports Talk radio lexicon. So now we hear words like "the douchouise" and "douchocracy" to describe groups of people. It's overdone, IMHO.
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emcguffie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-15-10 11:27 PM
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28. It was common in Memphis, Tennessee --


It was common in Memphis, Tennessee, back in the early 1970s.
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Manifestor_of_Light Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-15-10 11:03 PM
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27. It means "shower" in French, actually.
And I am NOT a French scholar!

What I want to know is, why I do I keep seeing lamps that look like douchebags?

:rofl:
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HopeHoops Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-15-10 07:18 AM
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2. "Teachable moment" is a pretty douchey phrase.
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TZ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-15-10 07:21 AM
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3. Going forward I'm going to have to say...
I think I agree with you...:rofl: And oh yeah..I hate "going forward" and I hear it at work ALL THE TIME....:banghead:
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HopeHoops Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-15-10 08:11 AM
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5. I think the paradigm of that strategic initiative will increase functionality.
In other words, I have to go take a shit to relieve myself of the memories of all the executroids who have used such terms in my vicinity.
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Dr Morbius Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-15-10 07:25 AM
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4. I'm sure I can come up with a new one every day.
For today:

How ya doin'?

Any response other than "fine" stumps the questioner, who doesn't actually care what he's asking. I usually tell people "I'll make it."
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blueamy66 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-15-10 08:14 AM
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6. This is my co-worker's phrase, that annoys the crap outta me:
"We're physically looking at a negative quantity."

physically looking at?? WTF?
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bif Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-15-10 08:15 AM
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7. It's a paradigm shift.
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Tuesday Afternoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-15-10 08:20 AM
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8. the only time I find this phrase acceptable is when I am playing cards:
Edited on Fri Oct-15-10 09:09 AM by Tuesday Afternoon
"let's review the bidding."

used in any other scenario seems to bring the conversation down to a level of playing games.
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OmahaBlueDog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-15-10 01:33 PM
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15. "All in" (from Texas Hold'em shows) is another one
as in... "The Vikings ownership showed they are 'All in' by trading for Randy Moss."
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Ineeda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-15-10 08:30 AM
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9. At the end of the day...
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OmahaBlueDog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-15-10 01:35 PM
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16. I will plead guiltiy on that one, and another that I know annoys people
"It is what it is." I catch myself saying that one all the time.
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yankeepants Donating Member (602 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-15-10 08:46 AM
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10. That being said . . .
I have found closure. I have found my voice. I feel empowered.

Oh please STFU.
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In_The_Wind Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-15-10 09:05 AM
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11. Yes, it bothers me!
I answered your poll.
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tigereye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-15-10 09:15 AM
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12. "moving forward"
totally sick of it already!
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doc03 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-15-10 08:52 PM
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21. You know what I think of every time I hear moving forward,
bend over.
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frogmarch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-15-10 09:23 AM
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13. The word douche bothers me, but
it also annoys me to hear scientists refer to microbes and asteroids as "guys."
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Recovered Repug Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-15-10 10:37 AM
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14. All of those phrases are annoying, BUT the most annoying is
"Not tonight honey, I have a headache"
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dimbear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-15-10 05:56 PM
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18. Serious advice. If you really really hate the word douche,
stay out of France.
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Inchworm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-15-10 06:12 PM
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19. "Surreal" does kill me
;)
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RandomThoughts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-15-10 08:57 PM
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23. You misspelled that word actually.
Edited on Fri Oct-15-10 09:01 PM by RandomThoughts
And it is not about killing.

:)

:rofl: That is cute everyone else spells it Surreal,

Instead of Sirreal. Very cute :) So the letter substitution is a cute little message, thanks


Great picture there :hug:
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OmahaBlueDog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-15-10 10:50 PM
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26. It's basically come to mean "extremely unique"
"How did you feel when the copmissioner handed you the Lombardi Trophy?" "It was surreal".

No! Exciting - yes. Unique - yes.

Surreal would have been if Rachel Ray, dressed in a nun's habit, handed you the Lombardi Trophy -- and little black ants were springing forth from it, while Gala (Salvador Dali's sorta kinda wife) stood nude, atop the lockers, balanced on a crutch and twirling a melon on her finger like a basketball.
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MiddleFingerMom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-15-10 11:43 PM
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30. Oh my...
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"Surreal would have been if Rachel Ray, dressed in a nun's habit,
handed you the Lombardi Trophy -- and little black ants were
springing forth from it, while Gala (Salvador Dali's sorta kinda
wife) stood nude, atop the lockers, balanced on a crutch and
twirling a melon on her finger like a basketball."
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I'll be in my bunk.
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M-m-m-m-m-m-m... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Lombardi Trophy.
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Demoiselle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-15-10 08:30 PM
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20. The word "metrics" annoys me.
But since I don't know what it means, I can't elaborate.
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OmahaBlueDog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-15-10 10:45 PM
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25. "Metric" means unit of measurement.
Edited on Fri Oct-15-10 10:45 PM by OmahaBlueDog
It became a popular term of art among six-sigma quality managers, and is now generally used as a tool to evaluate performance in corporate settings.
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doc03 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-15-10 08:56 PM
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22. Douchy? Isn't that the one assholes' name on Fox and Friends?
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Xipe Totec Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-15-10 09:15 PM
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24. Thank you very much for your input.
That's the most annoying phrase in my opinion.
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Iggo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-15-10 11:41 PM
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29. None of those annoys me as much as...
..."Athleticism."

(Or, more recently, "Misspoke.")
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sea_dream Donating Member (46 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-16-10 11:47 AM
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34. This annoys me....
"Are you guys still working on that?" This is in a nice restaurant addressed to two middle-aged women..... Usually by a 20 something male.
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Bertha Venation Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-16-10 12:06 PM
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35. + 1
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MiddleFingerMom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-15-10 11:47 PM
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31. Blah-blah-blah-blah... y'know what I'm sayin? Blah-blah-blah-blah... y'know what I'm sayin'?
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Eventually, when it becomes UNBEARABLY annoying, I start to respond to that.
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"Why, yes!! If I'm right, you meant 'Blah-blah-blah-blah."
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It will cure them of their affliction pretty quickly.
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Y'know what I'm sayin'?
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Iggo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-15-10 11:54 PM
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32. We've shortened it to know'm say'n at my house.
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soleiri Donating Member (913 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-16-10 12:19 AM
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33. Best practices
Translation:

Shut the hell up with your ideas/thoughts, etc., don't criticize what we say to do, we know best, lalala we're not listening, these are the best practices ever ever ever.
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OmahaBlueDog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-16-10 12:35 PM
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37. Yep
Edited on Sat Oct-16-10 12:35 PM by OmahaBlueDog
It's my way or the highway - basically
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MorningGlow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-16-10 12:07 PM
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36. Other: "game changer"
I don't know if it's the catchphrase, its current prevalence, or the way it's delivered that gets to me.

"THIS IS A REAL GAME CHANGER, BOB!!!!!!!!!!!!" (Usually in reference to something of very little importance.)
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begin_within Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-16-10 01:03 PM
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38. "hating on" and "speaks to"
as in, "Why y'all hating on him?"

and, "Her tragic story speaks to the issues of race and class in America."

Can we please retire these?
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CTyankee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-16-10 03:34 PM
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39. "ekphrasis" just drives me nuts. Also, "diminishing marginal utility." I mean, any idiot
can understand what it means, but why is value in the last utility? Why not in the first utility, when you can charge more for it?
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old mark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-16-10 03:39 PM
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40. Nothing bothers me - I am so serene it's surreal!... I hope this has been a teachable moment for
Edited on Sat Oct-16-10 03:41 PM by old mark
some of you who are not too douchey to appreciate it...

Whatever.

Oh.My.God!

Totally!

You better get centered...

mark
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Arugula Latte Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-16-10 05:30 PM
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41. Just have to say that the "use of the term Douchebag" thread was one of the funniest in DU history
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rucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-16-10 05:32 PM
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42. "creamy"
and "moist"
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rbnyc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-16-10 05:38 PM
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43. proactive still bugs me.
Active is active. It's alrady "pro."

Also, "I COULD care less." Well, then. So, indeed you care.
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The Velveteen Ocelot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-16-10 05:51 PM
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44. "At the end of the day."
:puke: :banghead: :nuke:
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soleiri Donating Member (913 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-16-10 08:13 PM
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45. I love that one.
Only because it makes me think of a Les Miserables song instead of listening to their yammering.

At the end of the day
She's the one who began it!
There's a kid that she's hiding
In some little town
There's a man she has to pay
You can guess how she picks up the extra
You can bet she's earning her keep
Sleeping around
And the boss wouldn't like it!
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Odin2005 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Oct-16-10 08:39 PM
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46. "Paradigm Shift" "Synergy" "Spiritual Energies" "Scientistic Reductionism"
Edited on Sat Oct-16-10 08:41 PM by Odin2005
"Fundamentalist Atheist"
"Holistic"
"Use your right brain"
"It's true for ME!!!"
"Your Western Reductionist worldview is just too outdated (to understand my BS)"
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