Phrases/terms that need to be retired immediately (32 Viewers)

[Tom Servo]

played out. Move on.

These are a couple good ones.

Purely unintentional.

 

[Mr. Pickles]

"beyond the pale"

Completely overused these days. It now means, "something that I disagree with."

 

[northern exposure]

"Book it" is overused in some threads in the FFA.

 

[Seymour Corn]

not unapposed to

 

[Mr. Pickles]

not unapposed to

I'm assuming you mean "unopposed" and not some rant about misspellings.This brings up a good one that I hate about fantasy sports columns:"There's no reason to believe he won't..."

 

[Gr00vus]

"ping" used to infer talking to a person, as in "I'll ping him on that and get back to you."

People are not remote hosts captain nerd.

 

[Seymour Corn]

not unapposed to

I'm assuming you mean "unopposed" and not some rant about misspellings.This brings up a good one that I hate about fantasy sports columns:"There's no reason to believe he won't..."

I'd claim it was a typo, but they are 'at polar oppassits' of the keyboard.

 

[Mr. Pickles]

"Do work"

Sports Center has used this maybe 10 times in the last half hour. Enough, fellas.

 

[amnesiac]

___________ is the new ________

This.

i ####### hate the new "This." thing.

 

[amnesiac]

This

ok, nevermind. apparently i'm not the only one.

 

[AhrnCityPahnder]

"ping" used to infer talking to a person, as in "I'll ping him on that and get back to you."People are not remote hosts captain nerd.

guilty as hell here.

 

[BR33ZE]

"mancation"

"don't sleep on _____________ " <------------------------- this is horid

 

[Bob Sacamano]

"mancation""don't sleep on _____________ " <------------------------- this is horid

Don't sleep on vacay

 

[northern exposure]

I'm not a big fan of the use of "sammitch".

 

[Bob Sacamano]

"Not that I'm a virgin, but..."

 

[BR33ZE]

Blue Dogs

 

[Verbal Kint]

"Child, please" Can we just nip this in the bud?

Also "Epic" and "fail" both need to go individually. Put them together and its like a cataclysm of sucktitude.

 

[Tom Servo]

I would personally like my pastor to quit using the word "unpack". He says it at least 3 times every Sunday.

 

[Parrothead]

People need to stop referring to the wife and kids as "the fam"..

 

[Masked Vigilante]

______ gate

Come up with something original or GTFO.

 

[Bob Sacamano]

vacay

 

[urbanhack]

"ping" used to infer talking to a person, as in "I'll ping him on that and get back to you."People are not remote hosts captain nerd.

guilty as hell here.

This is still in its prime as far as I'm concerned.

 

[AhrnCityPahnder]

"ping" used to infer talking to a person, as in "I'll ping him on that and get back to you."People are not remote hosts captain nerd.

guilty as hell here.

This is still in its prime as far as I'm concerned.

 

[urbanhack]

"ping" used to infer talking to a person, as in "I'll ping him on that and get back to you."People are not remote hosts captain nerd.

guilty as hell here.

This is still in its prime as far as I'm concerned.

Same with "bandwidth"

 

[Finless]

People really say ping?

 

[AhrnCityPahnder]

People really say ping?

they really do.

 

[Finless]

People really say ping?

they really do.

Like "hey, let me Ping Ahrn and Hack and see if we can get this thing off the ground"

 

[urbanhack]

People really say ping?

they really do.

Like "hey, let me Ping Ahrn and Hack and see if we can get this thing off the ground"

"it's a go if me and my crew have the bandwidth."

 

[Bob Sacamano]

People really say ping?

they really do.

Like "hey, let me Ping Ahrn and Hack and see if we can get this thing off the ground"

"it's a go if me and my crew have the bandwidth."

Oh hell no.

 

[Mr. Pickles]

______ gateCome up with something original or GTFO.

I think people have been harping on this since 1974.

 

[drummer]

"Tiger Woods is done...."

 

[kaa]

Also "Epic" and "fail" both need to go individually. Put them together and its like a cataclysm of sucktitude.

Phrases are like clothes. Before they go obsolete, they must first become formal. In this case, "formal" means something adults use to try to be cool. When kids start hearing their parents say "epic fail" that's when it gets retired, and not before.

 

[Parrothead]

how about all these commercials reffering to "these hard economic times" and then still try and get you to buy their ####..

 

[Phil Elliott]

"Detailing" when what you're referring to is just cleaning the inside of your car.

"Staging" when you're referring to getting your house ready to sale.

 

[bostonfred]

Honeydew list

 

[Brock Middlebrook]

"naughty bits"

 

[Brock Middlebrook]

The Perfect Storm. Enough already.

Everything seems to be a perfect storm these days.

Like everybody is a "genius" nowadays too

 

[Masked Vigilante]

"Deuces"

 

[Tom Servo]

For a certain someon:e:, I nominate the word "blouses".

 

[Masked Vigilante]

For a certain someon:e:, I nominate the word "blouses".

He needs to be retired permanently.

 

[AhrnCityPahnder]

"I'm your huckleberry."

You probably fancy yourself some sort of tough cowboy outlaw type as you throw this out. You come off more like people who still say "DROP THE CHALUPA". Let it go, dork.

 

[Mr. Pickles]

"meta"

 

[Idiot Boxer]

"mancation""don't sleep on _____________ " <------------------------- this is horid

horid.

 

[Dought Man]

"what, with 9/11 and all..."

People are still saying, typically when complaining about why they cant sell their house. Heard it from more than a few neighbors.

 

[shuke]

"A case of the dropsies".

 

[Walton Goggins]

"mancation"

"don't sleep on _____________ " <------------------------- this is horid

horid.

Any word changed and replace with either man or bro

bromance

mancation

manscaping

 

[Walton Goggins]

"what, with 9/11 and all..."People are still saying, typically when complaining about why they cant sell their house. Heard it from more than a few neighbors.

Tell them to put their house up and list it 50% less than any other house and see how long it takes to get sold.

 

[Walton Goggins]

I know this sounds crazy...

 

[Masked Vigilante]

"A case of the dropsies".

I like this actually. Let's keep it.

 

[Mr. Pickles]

"A case of the dropsies".

I like this actually. Let's keep it.

Vetoed.