Phrases/terms that need to be retired immediately (5 Viewers)

[Bob Sacamano]

I'm going to have to throw Homer under the bus here.

 

[Mr. Pickles]

"staycation"

"bailout"

 

[Uncle Humuna]

old school

killing it

up in here

 

[Buffaloes]

hating on

 

[Your Mother]

FAIL

There's no need to deviate from the proper usage here to get the same effect, ie. "He is a failure" works just as well (if not better) than "He is fail."

4-chan is making the world stupid.

 

[Mr. Pickles]

hating on

"haterade"

 

[Buffaloes]

uber

 

[Ghost Rider]

"No worries."

 

[Homer J Simpson]

I'm going to have to throw Homer under the bus here.

 

[Dante Hicks]

honda

 

[the hairy scotsman]

hating on

"haterade"

Haters.

 

[the hairy scotsman]

FAIL

There's no need to deviate from the proper usage here to get the same effect, ie. "He is a failure" works just as well (if not better) than "He is fail."

4-chan is making the world stupid.

Agreed.

 

[the hairy scotsman]

game changer

Back in the day Oh how I hate that phrase.

What's funny, is it's usually like some 13 y.o. who uses it ad nauseum.

savvy - it just doesn't die

Savvy's just a word, not a catchphrase. Don't think it's gonna die anytime soon.

Was this the best _____ ever?common applications includeWas this the best Super Bowl ever?Is LeBron James/Kobe Bryant the best ever?Was that dump I took in the tank of the executive's toilet the best dump ever?

Damn... ...It seems everything that's even remotely good these days has to be thrown into some discussion of "Best Evers". So many people have no sense of history.

 

[Your Mother]

game changer

Back in the day Oh how I hate that phrase.

What's funny, is it's usually like some 13 y.o. who uses it ad nauseum.

savvy - it just doesn't die

Savvy's just a word, not a catchphrase. Don't think it's gonna die anytime soon.

Was this the best _____ ever?common applications includeWas this the best Super Bowl ever?Is LeBron James/Kobe Bryant the best ever?Was that dump I took in the tank of the executive's toilet the best dump ever?

Damn... ...It seems everything that's even remotely good these days has to be thrown into some discussion of "Best Evers". So many people have no sense of history.

This is true. I'm no fan of 43 by any stretch, but when I hear people definitively call him "THE worst President ever", it doesn't to me that they're taking everyone into account. Bush might very well be, but at least research Mr. Warren G. Harding first.

 

[Limp Dogg Bizkits]

LOL

 

[Verbal Kint]

This

This

This

 

[AhrnCityPahnder]

Powergrundle

choadorama

 

[sholditch]

Was this the best _____ ever?common applications includeWas this the best Super Bowl ever?Is LeBron James/Kobe Bryant the best ever?Was that dump I took in the tank of the executive's toilet the best dump ever?

A common offshoot:Can ________ save ________ ?as inCan LeBron save the NBA?Can Phelps save swimming/the olympics?Can A-Rod save the Yankees?Can Michelle Wie save the PGA?Insert any loosely related athletes and sports into this formula and all of a sudden a boring fluff piece is hard-hitting sports journalism.

 

[Jobber]

Atheletes giving more that 100%.

When someone replies to a witty comment with the no-so-witty "I see what you did there". Did ya?

 

[Parrothead]

oh snap..

HATE it

 

[bostonfred]

Powergrundle

choadorama

chadstroma

 

[Carver]

[espn] "Shocking allegations today from the world of Baseball..."[/espn]

 

[Buffaloes]

[espn] "Shocking allegations today from the world of Baseball..."[/espn]

 

[Finless]

[espn] "Shocking allegations today from the world of Baseball..."[/espn]

+1,S

 

[george]

Efforting instead of trying

Aggragate instead of compiling

 

[BR33ZE]

"toxic debt"

or

"toxic assets"

 

[Parrothead]

Actually

this word is overused...

 

[Verbal Kint]

Actually

this word is overused...

That's why I always use Factually.

 

[glock]

"What's up?"

 

[Zow]

Sports- "He's like a coach on the field"

A nice way of saying he's old & slow.

game manager

 

[Zow]

game changer

Back in the day Oh how I hate that phrase.

What's funny, is it's usually like some 13 y.o. who uses it ad nauseum.

savvy - it just doesn't die

Savvy's just a word, not a catchphrase. Don't think it's gonna die anytime soon.

Was this the best _____ ever?common applications includeWas this the best Super Bowl ever?Is LeBron James/Kobe Bryant the best ever?Was that dump I took in the tank of the executive's toilet the best dump ever?

Damn... ...It seems everything that's even remotely good these days has to be thrown into some discussion of "Best Evers". So many people have no sense of history.

This is true. I'm no fan of 43 by any stretch, but when I hear people definitively call him "THE worst President ever", it doesn't to me that they're taking everyone into account. Bush might very well be, but at least research Mr. Warren G. Harding first.

 

[SteevieG]

Anything ______-American (Ukranian, Slavik, Mexican, etc).

 

[Tom Servo]

"What's up?"

Bob Knight really hates this phrase.

 

[Mr. Pickles]

Unnecessary or awkward shortened terms are bugging me lately:

"navi" for GPS navigation system (I think this is also a brand, but it's been used to describe GPS in general, notably by Subaru)

"presser" for press conference

"stim" for stimulus bill/package (Keith Olbermann seems to be a fan of this)

 

[krista4]

While I agree that "shovel-ready" is grating, I heard on NPR someone from the NIH talking about the "beaker-ready" projects they could pursue under the stimulus plan (or stim). I didn't mind that one so much, mostly because it made me think of the Muppet Show.

 

[The Juggernaut]

Hella-

 

[Hov34]

word

 

[Hov34]

Phones "blowing up" - Just stop it.

 

[Cajun Heat]

"Ed Werder, live from Valley Ranch."

 

[Zot]

The practice of giving famous couples "cute" nicknames by combining their first names.

TomKat

BrAngelina

The practice of creating a nickname by using the first initial and first two or three letters of the last name.

JLo

ARod

KRod

 

[Zot]

FAILThere's no need to deviate from the proper usage here to get the same effect, ie. "He is a failure" works just as well (if not better) than "He is fail."4-chan is making the world stupid.

Its older than 4chan.

 

[Zot]

Aight

Drinking the Kool Aid

My baby's daddy/momma

Big ups

crib

 

[Mr. Pickles]

The practice of giving famous couples "cute" nicknames by combining their first names.TomKatBrAngelinaThe practice of creating a nickname by using the first initial and first two or three letters of the last name.JLoARodKRod

Chris Matthews loves to call Rod Blagojevich "BRod."

 

[FlapJacks]

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[Topes]

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[Topes]

"too big to fail"

 

[Mr. Pickles]

"nonplussed" and "that begs the question" only because I never hear either used properly.

 

[Moe Green]

capitalism

 

[General Malaise]

"It is what it is".

 

[Bob Sacamano]

The practice of giving famous couples "cute" nicknames by combining their first names.TomKatBrAngelinaThe practice of creating a nickname by using the first initial and first two or three letters of the last name.JLoARodKRod

Chris Matthews loves to call Rod Blagojevich "BRod."

RVag