Phrases/terms that need to be retired immediately (1 Viewer)

[RedmondLonghorn]

Not like the pollock next door whose name looks like a clue in the Jumble.

Theragra chalcogramma?Jackson?

 

[Leroy Hoard]

Stay classy ____________________Please stop starting threads with this every week when someone f's up.

 

[Brock Middlebrook]

"I'm kind of a big deal"

just stop

 

[Bob Sacamano]

"I'm kind of a big deal"just stop

<<<<<<<<<<<< I'm an important person

 

[Aerial Assault]

"shtick"

 

[Finless]

Boner Chrome

It's got to go.

 

[Tom Servo]

"I'm kind of a big deal"just stop

<<<<<<<<<<<< I'm an important person

 

[sho nuff]

______ hates Pearl Jam

 

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Overheard a man saying "let's order a couple 'appies'". Ooof.

That woulda earned a haymaker on principle

 

[Zow]

Two phrases/word plays/whatever it's called that always bothered me from college:

1. Adding "ski" to the end of words. I.e. "alrightski," "let's get some lunchski"

2. Calling buddies broseph. As if "bro" isn't dumb enough.

 

[Zow]

"hubby"

Every old hen on Facebook likes to use this in their all-important "status update." "Hubby is mowing the lawn.""Waiting for hubby to bring home Chinese.""Home alone while hubby works late."Just stop.

I smell jealousy here.

Save this crap for guys like Woz.

#### you. definitely not jealous of married dudes at this point. talk to me in ten years when i get bored of doing whatever i want all the time

 

[tomarken]

Has anyone mentioned "lunch and learn" yet?

 

[Zow]

Saying 'za instead of pizza. You sound like a ######. Go punch yourself in the face.

Never heard of this. Where are you from?

You've never heard someone say "za"? Oh come on.That's one of those thing that is so idiotic to say that you start saying it sarcastically and then start enjoying saying it. Like "slacks" and "shark move".

I called an FBG in a local league last night to discuss a trade offer and told him not trading with him was the, "shark move." He found it comical.

 

[KnowledgeReignsSupreme]

Saying 'za instead of pizza. You sound like a ######. Go punch yourself in the face.

Never heard of this. Where are you from?

You've never heard someone say "za"? Oh come on.

No.

OH COME ON

We say pie in NJ. That's short enough.

 

[KnowledgeReignsSupreme]

"hubby"

Every old hen on Facebook likes to use this in their all-important "status update." "Hubby is mowing the lawn.""Waiting for hubby to bring home Chinese.""Home alone while hubby works late."Just stop.

I smell jealousy here.

Save this crap for guys like Woz.

#### you.

Stay classy Woz.

 

[RudiStein]

Overheard a man saying "let's order a couple 'appies'". Ooof.

That woulda earned a haymaker on principle

I thought it was hailmaker.

 

[Sheriff Bart]

Never heard 'za before.

It was used often when I was in college. Stoner shorthand - you've only got so many functioning brain cells to devote to ordering snacks. That extra syllable was just too harsh.

A guy from KC that lived in the dorm across from my room in college used "za". Needless to say we never let him forget it. He had a long year.

 

[jon_mx]

1. Adding "ski" to the end of words. I.e. "alrightski," "let's get some lunchski"

Oh, have a brewski...

 

[bentley]

Two phrases/word plays/whatever it's called that always bothered me from college:1. Adding "ski" to the end of words. I.e. "alrightski," "let's get some lunchski"2. Calling buddies broseph. As if "bro" isn't dumb enough.

These seem like things that would be popular among the Dane Cook crowd. Are you sure you don't use them?

 

[Maurile Tremblay]

"As per."

"As per your request" is monumentally horrible, and "as per usual" is a thousand times worse.

 

[KnowledgeReignsSupreme]

"As per.""As per your request" is monumentally horrible, and "as per usual" is a thousand times worse.

Never heard this one either. West coast thing?

 

[Sheriff Bart]

"Reaching out"

I don't know where this came from but it needs to go back.

 

[Idiot Boxer]

'teaching moment'

This one is quickly growing old.

 

[Sheriff Bart]

'teaching moment' This one is quickly growing old.

:giggles:

 

[RudiStein]

'teaching moment' This one is quickly growing old.

"teachable moment" is a very old and overused term in education. I always like to say "you mean as opposed to all those other moments when we don't need to teach".

 

[Bob Sacamano]

'teaching moment' This one is quickly growing old.

"teachable moment" is a very old and overused term in education. I always like to say "you mean as opposed to all those other moments when we don't need to teach".

Think of all the teachable moments you let pass. Stupid laws.

 

[IDrinkyourMilkshake]

Halftime adjustments.

 

[General Malaise]

"hubby"

Every old hen on Facebook likes to use this in their all-important "status update." "Hubby is mowing the lawn.""Waiting for hubby to bring home Chinese.""Home alone while hubby works late."Just stop.

I smell jealousy here.

Save this crap for guys like Woz.

#### you. definitely not jealous of married dudes at this point. talk to me in ten years when i get bored of doing whatever i want all the time

 

[General Malaise]

Saying 'za instead of pizza. You sound like a ######. Go punch yourself in the face.

Never heard of this. Where are you from?

You've never heard someone say "za"? Oh come on.That's one of those thing that is so idiotic to say that you start saying it sarcastically and then start enjoying saying it. Like "slacks" and "shark move".

Wait, what???

 

[AhrnCityPahnder]

I only know of "za" because it's a playable 2 letter word in scrabble. Never heard anyone actually use it.

"As per _____'s request" guilty here, often.

 

[RudiStein]

Saying 'za instead of pizza. You sound like a ######. Go punch yourself in the face.

Never heard of this. Where are you from?

You've never heard someone say "za"? Oh come on.That's one of those thing that is so idiotic to say that you start saying it sarcastically and then start enjoying saying it. Like "slacks" and "shark move".

Wait, what???

Shuke,How do you feel about 'trousers' and 'dungarees'?

 

[Sheriff Bart]

Saying 'za instead of pizza. You sound like a ######. Go punch yourself in the face.

Never heard of this. Where are you from?

You've never heard someone say "za"? Oh come on.That's one of those thing that is so idiotic to say that you start saying it sarcastically and then start enjoying saying it. Like "slacks" and "shark move".

Wait, what???

Shuke,How do you feel about 'trousers' and 'dungarees'?

 

[Bob Sacamano]

Guy code. It's not as bad as manlaw, but only because it wasn't abused by a marketing rep.

 

[Verbal Kint]

swagger.

 

[Bob Sacamano]

swagger.

This reminds me.SWAG

 

[Sheriff Bart]

Guy code. It's not as bad as manlaw, but only because it wasn't abused by a marketing rep.

If you use either, you are in fact, not a guy.

 

[Thorn]

Now imagine _____ was black.

 

[YSR]

Now imagine _____ was black.

Racist.

 

[AhrnCityPahnder]

Now imagine _____ was black.

:( marginally funny when it was first rolled out. last 175 times I've read it, not funny.

 

[E Street Brat]

Dungarees is one of my favorite words.

"Given him/me the business" Old school "Leave it Beaver" style is back in my rotation and will never get old.

On the other hand I was watching Leno last night and caught MANgagment ring for the first time.

Let's please stop this phrase as well as the practice of men wearing am engagement ring before they get started.

 

[Thorn]

Dungarees is one of my favorite words.

"Given him/me the business" Old school "Leave it Beaver" style is back in my rotation and will never get old.

On the other hand I was watching Leno last night and caught MANgagment ring for the first time.

Let's please stop this phrase as well as the practice of men wearing am engagement ring before they get started.

Who is doing the what now?

 

[Aerial Assault]

"School night"

This was a handy disqualifier when I was eDating, though. If any chick busted out this stale phrase, it was an excellent sign that we weren't going to be compatible.

 

[Brock Middlebrook]

"School night" This was a handy disqualifier when I was eDating, though. If any chick busted out this stale phrase, it was an excellent sign that we weren't going to be compatible.

Although it's probably a definite for Homer J

 

[shuke]

Referring to yards after catch as YAC and pronouncing it like "yak". Just dumb.

 

[Verbal Kint]

Referring to yards after catch as YAC and pronouncing it like "yak". Just dumb.

wat?

 

[bostonfred]

Never heard 'za before.

It was used often when I was in college. Stoner shorthand - you've only got so many functioning brain cells to devote to ordering snacks. That extra syllable was just too harsh.

Same thing with 'rents instead of "parents".

Another one - people who call a computer a " 'puter " needs to seriously reevaluate things in their life.

 

[E Street Brat]

Dungarees is one of my favorite words.

"Given him/me the business" Old school "Leave it Beaver" style is back in my rotation and will never get old.

On the other hand I was watching Leno last night and caught MANgagment ring for the first time.

Let's please stop this phrase as well as the practice of men wearing am engagement ring before they get started.

Who is doing the what now?

Men wearing engagement rings. Not wedding bands actual diamond engagement rings. And they are being called mangagement rings. I could see The Moops or Otis sporting one of these. Please Don't.

 

[AhrnCityPahnder]

I could see The Moops or Otis sporting one of these.

Let's not group these two together.

 

[Offa]

"that guy is a phenominal"

 

[Parrothead]

"Game of the year / decade/ century"

"Instant Classic"

ugh