Phrases/terms that need to be retired immediately (10 Viewers)

[chauncey]

So stinking cute. Seems pretty common among southern girls, give a point to the North.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

"In my former life..." Doesn't seem to be going away.

Is this used as in reincarnation or "I used to turn tricks behind the Waffle House for oxy"?

 

[spreagle]

"Rummage Sale" signs for people trying to sell their stuff at retail prices. if they value their stuff so highly, it isn't rummage. Call it what it is, a "Retail Sale".

 

[Tom Servo]

"Rummage Sale" signs for people trying to sell their stuff at retail prices. if they value their stuff so highly, it isn't rummage. Call it what it is, a "Retail Sale".

To me, the object of rummage/garage/yard sales to get rid of stuff, not make money.

 

[Leroy Hoard]

Hashtag, its a damn pound sign for one thing, and now i hear people literally saying it out loud when something happens. A lady tripped coming out of the grocery store and i heard some kid say 'hashtag walkfail" Wanted to grab him by the collar and shake the crap out of him

[SIZE=10.5pt]if you’re going to be mad at people calling it a hashtag, you should be just as mad at people calling it a pound sign. [/SIZE][SIZE=10.5pt]WTF. That’s not a pound sign. I can't think of a single time anyone used it to represent a pound.[/SIZE]

It's a tic-tac-toe sign or a number sign.

 

[Buck Bradcanon]

If I hear one more chick say "adorbs" I'm going to shoot them.

Adorbs is soups cute.

 

[daddo39]

Hashtag, its a damn pound sign for one thing, and now i hear people literally saying it out loud when something happens. A lady tripped coming out of the grocery store and i heard some kid say 'hashtag walkfail" Wanted to grab him by the collar and shake the crap out of him

if you’re going to be mad at people calling it a hashtag, you should be just as mad at people calling it a pound sign. WTF. That’s not a pound sign. I can't think of a single time anyone used it to represent a pound.

You heard a lot of people saying "pound sign" lately? Yea, didn't think so.

I hear it anytime I dial into a conference call.

That's because on the phone, it is called the pound key (not pound sign). Pretty much standard usage in the US. When's the last time you heard a pre-recorded message say "Enter the last four digits of your account, then press the pound sign" or "number key"?

That is just about the worst argument ever made in the history of arguments.

I suppose it would be... if I were making any argument. He said he heard it all the time on conference calls. You do understand those take place on phones right? So it makes sense he would hear it a lot during conference calls. That's quite a bit different than someone going down the street and saying, out loud, "pound sign walkfail."

My point about it being a pound sign is that I've never heard it called hashtag until Twitter. My annoyance is the use of it in a lot of everyday life now, as the example i stated, or in response to a video posted on Facebook regardless of the topic. It seems to be a copout when someone cant think of something to say. Show a video of a fight, half the responses are # knockout or something stupid like that.

 

[AhrnCityPahnder]

Still a lot of "let's talk offline" as well.

"let's take it off line" is often one of the bigger passive aggressive moves out there.

I don't mind this at all. If you're hearing it a lot, you may want to work on keep your meetings on point and concise.

 

[Keerock]

Still a lot of "let's talk offline" as well.

"let's take it off line" is often one of the bigger passive aggressive moves out there.

I don't mind this at all. If you're hearing it a lot, you may want to work on keep your meetings on point and concise.

(FYP)

 

[Sarnoff]

Hashtag, its a damn pound sign for one thing, and now i hear people literally saying it out loud when something happens. A lady tripped coming out of the grocery store and i heard some kid say 'hashtag walkfail" Wanted to grab him by the collar and shake the crap out of him

if you’re going to be mad at people calling it a hashtag, you should be just as mad at people calling it a pound sign. WTF. That’s not a pound sign. I can't think of a single time anyone used it to represent a pound.

You heard a lot of people saying "pound sign" lately? Yea, didn't think so.

I hear it anytime I dial into a conference call.

That's because on the phone, it is called the pound key (not pound sign). Pretty much standard usage in the US. When's the last time you heard a pre-recorded message say "Enter the last four digits of your account, then press the pound sign" or "number key"?

What sign is on the pound key?

Octothorpe.

 

[Ilov80s]

Heard two 6th graders today talking about "trappin out the bando" and I knew that it was time to retire that.

 

[AhrnCityPahnder]

Still a lot of "let's talk offline" as well.

"let's take it off line" is often one of the bigger passive aggressive moves out there.

I don't mind this at all. If you're hearing it a lot, you may want to work on keep your meetings on point and concise.

(FYP)

Let's take these edits offline, chief.

 

[SacramentoBob]

How about not having these stupid meetings in the first place.

 

[shuke]

Hashtag, its a damn pound sign for one thing, and now i hear people literally saying it out loud when something happens. A lady tripped coming out of the grocery store and i heard some kid say 'hashtag walkfail" Wanted to grab him by the collar and shake the crap out of him

[SIZE=10.5pt]if you’re going to be mad at people calling it a hashtag, you should be just as mad at people calling it a pound sign. [/SIZE][SIZE=10.5pt]WTF. That’s not a pound sign. I can't think of a single time anyone used it to represent a pound.[/SIZE]

See it all the time.

 

[Mr. Pickles]

"...tracking at 100% on Rotten Tomatoes."

OH MY GOD WE'VE FINALLY FOUND THE PERFECT MOVIE

 

[Mr. Pickles]

Hashtag, its a damn pound sign for one thing, and now i hear people literally saying it out loud when something happens. A lady tripped coming out of the grocery store and i heard some kid say 'hashtag walkfail" Wanted to grab him by the collar and shake the crap out of him

[SIZE=10.5pt]if you’re going to be mad at people calling it a hashtag, you should be just as mad at people calling it a pound sign. [/SIZE][SIZE=10.5pt]WTF. That’s not a pound sign. I can't think of a single time anyone used it to represent a pound.[/SIZE]

See it all the time.

A bunch of nerds at Bell Labs made it up. It has nothing do to with weight.

 

[Zegras11]

Calling the Dodgers the "Doyers"

 

[Insein]

"...tracking at 100% on Rotten Tomatoes."

OH MY GOD WE'VE FINALLY FOUND THE PERFECT MOVIE

Thats not so much a phrase as just stating a fact.

 

[Mr. Pickles]

"...tracking at 100% on Rotten Tomatoes."

OH MY GOD WE'VE FINALLY FOUND THE PERFECT MOVIE

Thats not so much a phrase as just stating a fact.

Can we give it a week?

 

[Insein]

"...tracking at 100% on Rotten Tomatoes."

OH MY GOD WE'VE FINALLY FOUND THE PERFECT MOVIE

Thats not so much a phrase as just stating a fact.

Can we give it a week?

Probably wont be 100% by then at least.

 

[shuke]

Hashtag, its a damn pound sign for one thing, and now i hear people literally saying it out loud when something happens. A lady tripped coming out of the grocery store and i heard some kid say 'hashtag walkfail" Wanted to grab him by the collar and shake the crap out of him

[SIZE=10.5pt]if you’re going to be mad at people calling it a hashtag, you should be just as mad at people calling it a pound sign. [/SIZE][SIZE=10.5pt]WTF. That’s not a pound sign. I can't think of a single time anyone used it to represent a pound.[/SIZE]

See it all the time.

A bunch of nerds at Bell Labs made it up. It has nothing do to with weight.

But I actually see it used in lieu of "lb"

 

[offdee]

At lunch today and heard a woman say...."Bee tee dubs" (instead of "by the way"). Just stop it.

 

[Raider Nation]

Calling the Dodgers the "Doyers"

Ehhh... at the end of the day, what's the difference?

 

[Mister CIA]

"let's take it off line" is often one of the bigger passive aggressive moves out there.

Take it offline = Shut the #### up

Take it offline = Politeness <> passive-aggressive

 

[-fish-]

Calling the Dodgers the "Doyers"

X

totally acceptable for Dodgers fans.

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

Calling the Dodgers the "Doyers"

X

totally acceptable for Dodgers fans.

Yeah but they're a bunch of yahoos.

 

[-fish-]

Calling the Dodgers the "Doyers"

X

totally acceptable for Dodgers fans.

Yeah but they're a bunch of yahoos.

Blaze fan, huh?

 

[Officer Pete Malloy]

Calling the Dodgers the "Doyers"

X

totally acceptable for Dodgers fans.

Yeah but they're a bunch of yahoos.

Blaze fan, huh?

Hell no. Worst baseball stadium in the world.

 

[-fish-]

Calling the Dodgers the "Doyers"

X

totally acceptable for Dodgers fans.

Yeah but they're a bunch of yahoos.

Blaze fan, huh?

Hell no. Worst baseball stadium in the world.

sounds about right.

 

[El Floppo]

At lunch today and heard a woman say...."Bee tee dubs" (instead of "by the way"). Just stop it.

oh em efffing gee.

that;s worse than just about anything else I"ve seen in here.

 

[Buck Bradcanon]

At lunch today and heard a woman say...."Bee tee dubs" (instead of "by the way"). Just stop it.

oh em efffing gee.

that;s worse than just about anything else I"ve seen in here.

My daughter says BRB for be right back but I'll take it over to the Funny Things Your Kid Has Said thread. She's 7.

 

[El Floppo]

At lunch today and heard a woman say...."Bee tee dubs" (instead of "by the way"). Just stop it.

oh em efffing gee.

that;s worse than just about anything else I"ve seen in here.

My daughter says BRB for be right back but I'll take it over to the Funny Things Your Kid Has Said thread. She's 7.

I don't mind it if it's actually shortening something. And/or done by a 7 year old.

I want to reach through the internet and time and three-stooges eye poke that woman from offdee's post.

 

[SacramentoBob]

At lunch today and heard a woman say...."Bee tee dubs" (instead of "by the way"). Just stop it.

No you didn't.

 

[El Floppo]

At lunch today and heard a woman say...."Bee tee dubs" (instead of "by the way"). Just stop it.

No you didn't.

wait a sec... how did Offdee even know what that meant? serious question.

 

[offdee]

At lunch today and heard a woman say...."Bee tee dubs" (instead of "by the way"). Just stop it.

No you didn't.

wait a sec... how did Offdee even know what that meant? serious question.

I know BTW is "by the way"...she said this at the beginning of a sentence where saying by the way worked. It took me a second to process what she said and when I realized it, just shook me head.She had one of the most annoying cackling laughs I've ever heard in my life as well, so that was just icing on her annoying cake.

 

[SaintsInDome2006]

Take someone to the woodshed.

Like, 'Goodell will really take Josh Gordon to the woodshed' when he exacts punishment.

No one has woodsheds anymore, and if they do why do people go back there for punishment or get beatings?

 

[El Floppo]

At lunch today and heard a woman say...."Bee tee dubs" (instead of "by the way"). Just stop it.

No you didn't.

wait a sec... how did Offdee even know what that meant? serious question.

I know BTW is "by the way"...she said this at the beginning of a sentence where saying by the way worked. It took me a second to process what she said and when I realized it, just shook me head.She had one of the most annoying cackling laughs I've ever heard in my life as well, so that was just icing on her annoying cake.

of course she did. saying some idiotic thing like that goes hand in hand with everything else in her arsenal being annoying.

eta: and I hate that if I ever hear that now, I'll know what it means. damn you, offdee.

 

[tonydead]

Take someone to the woodshed.

Like, 'Goodell will really take Josh Gordon to the woodshed' when he exacts punishment.

No one has woodsheds anymore, and if they do why do people go back there for punishment or get beatings?

Because that's where the switches are.

 

[TheIronSheik]

At lunch today and heard a woman say...."Bee tee dubs" (instead of "by the way"). Just stop it.

No you didn't.

wait a sec... how did Offdee even know what that meant? serious question.

I know BTW is "by the way"...she said this at the beginning of a sentence where saying by the way worked. It took me a second to process what she said and when I realized it, just shook me head.She had one of the most annoying cackling laughs I've ever heard in my life as well, so that was just icing on her annoying cake.

Janice?

 

[SaintsInDome2006]

Take someone to the woodshed.

Like, 'Goodell will really take Josh Gordon to the woodshed' when he exacts punishment.

No one has woodsheds anymore, and if they do why do people go back there for punishment or get beatings?

Because that's where the switches are.

Don't you have to fashion the switches out of the wood? Or are the switches just laying around? 'Wait here while I make this switch.'

Sounds like an episode out of 'Little House on the Prairie' or "Walton Mountain'.

 

[fantasycurse42]

"PHABLET"

This ####### word is so annoying... Great advertising Samsung - It isn't a phone or a tablet, it's a phablet...

Like #### off, it is one or the other, it isn't both!

Heard this one 3x in the last week

 

[Buck Bradcanon]

Take someone to the woodshed.

Like, 'Goodell will really take Josh Gordon to the woodshed' when he exacts punishment.

No one has woodsheds anymore, and if they do why do people go back there for punishment or get beatings?

Oooh need a ruling. Don't hear this much and feel like it has some value left in it. Hold.

 

[SacramentoBob]

I like taking someone to the woodshed.

 

[jamny]

Probably mentioned already:

"not in MY house"...meaning stadium, not actual house.

 

[Binky The Doormat]

Hashtag, its a damn pound sign for one thing, and now i hear people literally saying it out loud when something happens. A lady tripped coming out of the grocery store and i heard some kid say 'hashtag walkfail" Wanted to grab him by the collar and shake the crap out of him

[SIZE=10.5pt]if you’re going to be mad at people calling it a hashtag, you should be just as mad at people calling it a pound sign. [/SIZE][SIZE=10.5pt]WTF. That’s not a pound sign. I can't think of a single time anyone used it to represent a pound.[/SIZE]

See it all the time.

A bunch of nerds at Bell Labs made it up. It has nothing do to with weight.

It is called the pound sign because the symbol comes from the abbreviation for weight, lb, or “libra pondo” literally “pound by weight” in Latin. When writing lb, it was not uncommon for scribes to cross the letters across the top with a line across the top, like a t.

Bell Labs guys named it "octothorpe."

 

[Insein]

Hashtag, its a damn pound sign for one thing, and now i hear people literally saying it out loud when something happens. A lady tripped coming out of the grocery store and i heard some kid say 'hashtag walkfail" Wanted to grab him by the collar and shake the crap out of him

[SIZE=10.5pt]if you’re going to be mad at people calling it a hashtag, you should be just as mad at people calling it a pound sign. [/SIZE][SIZE=10.5pt]WTF. That’s not a pound sign. I can't think of a single time anyone used it to represent a pound.[/SIZE]

See it all the time.

A bunch of nerds at Bell Labs made it up. It has nothing do to with weight.

It is called the pound sign because the symbol comes from the abbreviation for weight, lb, or “libra pondo” literally “pound by weight” in Latin. When writing lb, it was not uncommon for scribes to cross the letters across the top with a line across the top, like a t.

Bell Labs guys named it "octothorpe."

I'm using octothorpe now.

ctothorpe:hipster

 

[Dan Gladden's Mustache]

Hard delete.

 

[shuke]

Hashtag, its a damn pound sign for one thing, and now i hear people literally saying it out loud when something happens. A lady tripped coming out of the grocery store and i heard some kid say 'hashtag walkfail" Wanted to grab him by the collar and shake the crap out of him

if youre going to be mad at people calling it a hashtag, you should be just as mad at people calling it a pound sign. WTF. Thats not a pound sign. I can't think of a single time anyone used it to represent a pound.

See it all the time.

A bunch of nerds at Bell Labs made it up. It has nothing do to with weight.

It is called the pound sign because the symbol comes from the abbreviation for weight, lb, or libra pondo literally pound by weight in Latin. When writing lb, it was not uncommon for scribes to cross the letters across the top with a line across the top, like a t.

Bell Labs guys named it "octothorpe."

Sick ownage

 

[St. Louis Bob]

Calling the Dodgers the "Doyers"

X

totally acceptable for Dodgers fans.

Yeah but they're a bunch of yahoos.

Blaze fan, huh?

Hell no. Worst baseball stadium in the world.

 

[Maurile Tremblay]

A bunch of nerds at Bell Labs made it up. It has nothing do to with weight.

But I actually see it used in lieu of "lb"

Yes, and it needs to be retired immediately.