Phrases/terms that need to be retired immediately (2 Viewers)

[Bull Dozier]

saying "acrossT"

When/why/how did this start? I hear it constantly now and it is so grating I want to rip my ears off.

Midwestern thing. God help you being in MN. I only hear it occasionally with the transplants over here.

Ironically, the biggest transgressor here in the office lived in SoCal through college.

 

[Aerial Assault]

A few from broadcasting, mostly. I'll put them in short separate posts.

"Dial up," unfailingly used for any person in football authority who commands his team to blitz, but now used for the selection of virtually any play. "With [obscure coordinator] dialing up 36 run plays, the Bears . . ." Ugh. I'm sure the blitz, and now everything in the playbook, would like to go unlisted.

 

[Aerial Assault]

"A steady dose of," used by media hacks of all shapes and sizes to describe a situation in football when a team relies heavily on one guy for a period of time, usually but not always a running back in the late stages to burn clock. So hackneyed and makes the player sound like an antibiotic. Equally annoying is the variant "steady diet of."

 

[Homer J Simpson]

AA, you must be annoyed quite often.

 

[Aerial Assault]

Broadcasters inventing conversations between players, coaches, and officials only partially discernible to us, often going into great levels of fantastical detail. Billick is a king of this, and there are countless offenders from college basketball broadcasts. "And ****, you can see Jim Harbaugh saying to the official, 'Hey, I question the validity of your parentage and whether your #### are descended,' and the official pointing out that the receiver came down out of bounds." Worse the more extensive the invented dialogue.

 

[Leroy Hoard]

A few from broadcasting, mostly. I'll put them in short separate posts.

"Dial up," unfailingly used for any person in football authority who commands his team to blitz, but now used for the selection of virtually any play. "With [obscure coordinator] dialing up 36 run plays, the Bears . . ." Ugh. I'm sure the blitz, and now everything in the playbook, would like to go unlisted.

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[Aerial Assault]

AA, you must be annoyed quite often.

Constantly. These three were bothering me for years, but dialed up has reached such ludicrous proportions now that I had to vent.

 

[TheIronSheik]

I'm bothered when people say "ludicrous proportions." God, that really grinds my gears.

 

[-fish-]

Have we done "catch the ball at its highest point" in here yet?

 

[Aerial Assault]

I'm bothered when people say "ludicrous proportions." God, that really grinds my gears.

Also, "grinds my gears"

 

[Jobber]

saying "acrossT"

When/why/how did this start? I hear it constantly now and it is so grating I want to rip my ears off.

Midwestern thing. God help you being in MN. I only hear it occasionally with the transplants over here.

I've heard many Minnesotans say "warsh" instead of wash. Just as bad.

 

[Sarnoff]

A few from broadcasting, mostly. I'll put them in short separate posts.

Few things annoy me more than "Can you talk about x?" That's just lazy journalism. "I can't figure out how to phrase a question to get you to bring up your take on a situation. So, here's the subject... go!"

 

[Bull Dozier]

saying "acrossT"

When/why/how did this start? I hear it constantly now and it is so grating I want to rip my ears off.

Midwestern thing. God help you being in MN. I only hear it occasionally with the transplants over here.

I've heard many Minnesotans say "warsh" instead of wash. Just as bad.

I thought that was a Boston thing? I've never heard a native say that.

 

[Aerial Assault]

A few from broadcasting, mostly. I'll put them in short separate posts.

Few things annoy me more than "Can you talk about x?" That's just lazy journalism. "I can't figure out how to phrase a question to get you to bring up your take on a situation. So, here's the subject... go!"

Ah, good one! What actually drives me insane there is how it gradually morphed into a full-on command from the interviewer, usually a sideline reporter. "Robert, TALK ABOUT your attitude when the Broncos dialed up those blitzes and your offensive line served up a steady diet of suck in response." I always want the player to retort, "No, you talk about it" or some such.

 

[danielmclark]

saying "acrossT"

When/why/how did this start? I hear it constantly now and it is so grating I want to rip my ears off.

Midwestern thing. God help you being in MN. I only hear it occasionally with the transplants over here.

I've heard many Minnesotans say "warsh" instead of wash. Just as bad.

My father in law is from the sticks somewhere in Virginia and he says it that way, too. I can't stand it.

 

[Homer J Simpson]

AA, you must be annoyed quite often.

Constantly. These three were bothering me for years, but dialed up has reached such ludicrous proportions now that I had to vent.

Talk about how you dial up the anger while being fed a steady diet of these cliches.

 

[Aerial Assault]

AA, you must be annoyed quite often.

Constantly. These three were bothering me for years, but dialed up has reached such ludicrous proportions now that I had to vent.

Talk about how you dial up the anger while being fed a steady diet of these cliches.

[brian Billick watches replay and comments:]

"Now, Thom, here you see Homer saying to AA, "I do like your shtick in here, but maybe there's a soupcon of Honda-ing, as in, these things are well-known cliches and there's no need to cover them on page 54," and AA saying, "Hey, I did a search to make sure this wasn't a multi-Honda, but maybe it still was, but it's not reviewable, and I'll take your comments at face value."

 

[Tom Servo]

I'm bothered when people say "ludicrous proportions." God, that really grinds my gears.

But what about ludicrous speed?

 

[E-Z Glider]

saying "acrossT"

When/why/how did this start? I hear it constantly now and it is so grating I want to rip my ears off.

Midwestern thing. God help you being in MN. I only hear it occasionally with the transplants over here.

I've heard many Minnesotans say "warsh" instead of wash. Just as bad.

My father in law is from the sticks somewhere in Virginia and he says it that way, too. I can't stand it.

I know some mouth-breathing Stiller fans who talk this way too. They also pronounce "hour" like "are" and refuse to put an "s" on the end of some words... "Its about 100 mile away. Take you a good "are" or two to get there."

 

[Apes with Guns]

I'm bothered when people say "ludicrous proportions." God, that really grinds my gears.

But what about ludicrous speed?

Keep firing, #######s!

 

[Homer J Simpson]

saying "acrossT"

When/why/how did this start? I hear it constantly now and it is so grating I want to rip my ears off.

Midwestern thing. God help you being in MN. I only hear it occasionally with the transplants over here.

I've heard many Minnesotans say "warsh" instead of wash. Just as bad.

My father in law is from the sticks somewhere in Virginia and he says it that way, too. I can't stand it.

I know some mouth-breathing Stiller fans who talk this way too. They also pronounce "hour" like "are" and refuse to put an "s" on the end of some words... "Its about 100 mile away. Take you a good "are" or two to get there."

Pittsburgh people are horrible in every way.

 

[Homer J Simpson]

AA, you must be annoyed quite often.

Constantly. These three were bothering me for years, but dialed up has reached such ludicrous proportions now that I had to vent.

Talk about how you dial up the anger while being fed a steady diet of these cliches.

[brian Billick watches replay and comments:]

"Now, Thom, here you see Homer saying to AA, "I do like your shtick in here, but maybe there's a soupcon of Honda-ing, as in, these things are well-known cliches and there's no need to cover them on page 54," and AA saying, "Hey, I did a search to make sure this wasn't a multi-Honda, but maybe it still was, but it's not reviewable, and I'll take your comments at face value."

 

[Scoresman]

I hate anybody who refers to snow as "powder". it needs to stop.

 

[Kenny Powers]

Thru

Unless you are referring to a drive-thru, stop writing this. It is not a real word.

Its a real word to me, damnit

 

[Ilov80s]

I hate anybody who refers to snow as "powder". it needs to stop.

Why? It is descriptive of a certain type of snow. Now, if someone refers to all snow as powder, they are just ignorant of the meaning.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

I hate anybody who refers to snow as "powder". it needs to stop.

Why? It is descriptive of a certain type of snow. Now, if someone refers to all snow as powder, they are just ignorant of the meaning.

Exactly

 

[Leroy Hoard]

I hate anybody who refers to snow as "powder". it needs to stop.

Why? It is descriptive of a certain type of snow. Now, if someone refers to all snow as powder, they are just ignorant of the meaning.

Exactly

It has been said that Eskimos have as many as 400 words for snow

. I'd give you a link, but it would more than likely prove me wrong.

 

[Scoresman]

its more when those doushbag snow boarders or skiers use it like "duuuuuuuuuude.. lets go out on the slopes bro, did you see the fresh powder fall?"

that gives me dousch chills.

 

[Buckfast 1]

its more when those doushbag snow boarders or skiers use it like "duuuuuuuuuude.. lets go out on the slopes bro, did you see the fresh powder fall?"

that gives me dousch chills.

I don't see anything objectionable about the term "powder." It's an extremely commonplace and non-controversial term amongst skiers and snowboarders of all types. Most snowboarders would probably call it "fresh pow" instead of "fresh powder" anyways. You might have a better case if you limited your objection to the term "pow-pow," which arguably crosses into douchier lingo territory.

 

[Scoresman]

its more when those doushbag snow boarders or skiers use it like "duuuuuuuuuude.. lets go out on the slopes bro, did you see the fresh powder fall?"

that gives me dousch chills.

I don't see anything objectionable about the term "powder." It's an extremely commonplace and non-controversial term amongst skiers and snowboarders of all types. Most snowboarders would probably call it "fresh pow" instead of "fresh powder" anyways. You might have a better case if you limited your objection to the term "pow-pow," which arguably crosses into douchier lingo territory.

"fresh pow" is even worse. #### anybody who says this.

 

[17seconds]

its more when those doushbag snow boarders or skiers use it like "duuuuuuuuuude.. lets go out on the slopes bro, did you see the fresh powder fall?"

that gives me dousch chills.

I don't see anything objectionable about the term "powder." It's an extremely commonplace and non-controversial term amongst skiers and snowboarders of all types. Most snowboarders would probably call it "fresh pow" instead of "fresh powder" anyways. You might have a better case if you limited your objection to the term "pow-pow," which arguably crosses into douchier lingo territory.

"fresh pow" is even worse. #### anybody who says this.

I've heard snowboarders say "let's hit the pow pow"

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

its more when those doushbag snow boarders or skiers use it like "duuuuuuuuuude.. lets go out on the slopes bro, did you see the fresh powder fall?"

that gives me dousch chills.

I don't see anything objectionable about the term "powder." It's an extremely commonplace and non-controversial term amongst skiers and snowboarders of all types. Most snowboarders would probably call it "fresh pow" instead of "fresh powder" anyways. You might have a better case if you limited your objection to the term "pow-pow," which arguably crosses into douchier lingo territory.

"fresh pow" is even worse. #### anybody who says this.

I've heard snowboarders say "let's hit the pow pow"

If they are over the age of two, they should be smacked for this.

 

[TheIronSheik]

I hate the term "pick 6". I know I'm probably in the minority here with this, but just call it an interception returned for a touchdown. Whenever I hear pick 6 I think of either the lottery or a 12 year old girl writing it in a text with a heart and a smiley face.

 

[danielmclark]

I hate the term "pick 6". I know I'm probably in the minority here with this, but just call it an interception returned for a touchdown. Whenever I hear pick 6 I think of either the lottery or a 12 year old girl writing it in a text with a heart and a smiley face.

I'm glad I'm not alone in this.

 

[Rove!]

mouth breathers

 

[Rove!]

"troof" instead of truth

horrible

 

[Keerock]

"troof" instead of truth

horrible

nufced.

 

[SacramentoBob]

I think we should add "snowboarding" to the list of actions that need to stop.

 

[Buckfast 1]

I think we should add "snowboarding" to the list of actions that need to stop.

The FFA's old age is starting to show in here. Lay off the snowboarders and their fresh pow, brah.

 

[Homer J Simpson]

I hate the term "pick 6". I know I'm probably in the minority here with this, but just call it an interception returned for a touchdown. Whenever I hear pick 6 I think of either the lottery or a 12 year old girl writing it in a text with a heart and a smiley face.

Ten syllables vs two. Efficiency wins on this one, chief.

 

[Mr. Know-It-All]

Just noticed this thread so it has probably already been mentioned, but.....

Ya know, right.

Is this some type of white trash code slang. I hear it and it grates on me.

 

[Dippa]

I hate the term "pick 6". I know I'm probably in the minority here with this, but just call it an interception returned for a touchdown. Whenever I hear pick 6 I think of either the lottery or a 12 year old girl writing it in a text with a heart and a smiley face.

Ten syllables vs two. Efficiency wins on this one, chief.

One of my buddies introduced me to calling it a taint (touchdown after INT).

Efficient and enjoyable to yell at the TV

 

[Buckfast 1]

I hate the term "pick 6". I know I'm probably in the minority here with this, but just call it an interception returned for a touchdown. Whenever I hear pick 6 I think of either the lottery or a 12 year old girl writing it in a text with a heart and a smiley face.

Ten syllables vs two. Efficiency wins on this one, chief.

One of my buddies introduced me to calling it a taint (touchdown after INT).

Efficient and enjoyable to yell at the TV

That's pretty good.

 

[SlaX]

Using letters and numbers in place of words, especially in song titles. Spell out the word "you", genius. Using "U" doesn't give you street cred or make you look edgy. And if you don't believe me, keep in mind that one of the biggest hits to use that convention was the entirely lame "Nothing Compares 2 U". There are few things less edgy or cool than that song.

It's shtick that Prince has done his entire career.

 

[Raider Nation]

"Past medical history"

Just saw a health insurance commercial where they said that our past medical history doesn't matter.

As opposed to our future medical history?

 

[Mrs. Rannous]

"Past medical history"

Just saw a health insurance commercial where they said that our past medical history doesn't matter.

As opposed to our future medical history?

Oh, tell me about it.

"Mixing something together" - As opposed to mixing it apart? There are gazillions of these things. They drive me nuts.

 

[Ilov80s]

Just noticed this thread so it has probably already been mentioned, but.....

Ya know, right.

Is this some type of white trash code slang. I hear it and it grates on me.

I hear it more as, "I know, right." It's been happening for a couple years and I don't think we were able to trace it's origin.

 

[Wild Young Billy]

"Past medical history"

Just saw a health insurance commercial where they said that our past medical history doesn't matter.

As opposed to our future medical history?

Much like "3 a.m. in the morning."

 

[Ilov80s]

"Past medical history"

Just saw a health insurance commercial where they said that our past medical history doesn't matter.

As opposed to our future medical history?

Much like "3 a.m. in the morning."

I can't think of hearing people say this. Also, 3 a.m. isn't morning.

 

[Wild Young Billy]

"Past medical history"

Just saw a health insurance commercial where they said that our past medical history doesn't matter.

As opposed to our future medical history?

Much like "3 a.m. in the morning."

I can't think of hearing people say this. Also, 3 a.m. isn't morning.

Maybe it's a Southern thing? Is there more than 1 3am?