Phrases/terms that need to be retired immediately (4 Viewers)

[Ilov80s]

Read the word "craydar". I really hope that isn't going to be something I start hearing people say.

 

[Bull Dozier]

Soaking the walls.

 

[Dan Lambskin]

BOGO FROYO

 

[nirad3]

"Cool story, bro."

Dumb.

 

[fantasycurse42]

Hard delete.

You shut your dirty mouth

 

[Joe T]

Hard delete.

You shut your dirty mouth

Both of these

 

[Freelove]

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

Crunch.

 

[SacramentoBob]

maths

 

[17seconds]

maths

keys?

 

[Leroy Hoard]

Read the word "craydar". I really hope that isn't going to be something I start hearing people say.

Do they use this when they sense crayfish in the area?

 

[Ilov80s]

Read the word "craydar". I really hope that isn't going to be something I start hearing people say.

Do they use this when they sense crayfish in the area?

If that was how it was used, I would be ok with it.

 

[joseph80]

"Basketball IQ", huh?

 

[Maurile Tremblay]

has 'bae' been mentioned yet?

bae.

As in Baebae's Kids? Or what?

bae caught me slippin

Seconded. Everytime I see this, I automatically deduct 15 IQ points from whoever used it in that context. Many people don't have that much IQ to spare.

where are you guys seeing this?this thread is the only place for me

I still can't figure out WTF it even means.

It's like babe, but bae.

Ok. Now that I know, "bae caught me slippin" makes no ####### sense to me. So it's no wonder I couldn't figure it out.

It means his girlfriend/hookup found evidence of him cheating. Like in True Detective when Marty's wife found pix of Tittys McBlueEyes on his phone. Bae caught him slippin.

So it turns out that BAE = Before Anyone Else. Synonyms: boo, bestie.

Helpful video.

 

[MC Gas Money]

Soup to nuts

 

[SacramentoBob]

Do the needful.

 

[Keerock]

Do the needful.

 

[McGarnicle]

Do the needful.

Good one, but I've only seen this in emails from Indian colleagues. It's spreading??

 

[17seconds]

Do the needful.

Good one, but I've only seen this in emails from Indian colleagues. It's spreading??

Agree. Indian only.

Also they'll use "for long" instead of "for a long time". "That hasn't been done for long"

And.. prepone as the opposite of postpone

And one more... thrice

 

[Ilov80s]

has 'bae' been mentioned yet?

bae.

As in Baebae's Kids? Or what?

bae caught me slippin

Seconded. Everytime I see this, I automatically deduct 15 IQ points from whoever used it in that context. Many people don't have that much IQ to spare.

where are you guys seeing this?this thread is the only place for me

I still can't figure out WTF it even means.

It's like babe, but bae.

Ok. Now that I know, "bae caught me slippin" makes no ####### sense to me. So it's no wonder I couldn't figure it out.

It means his girlfriend/hookup found evidence of him cheating. Like in True Detective when Marty's wife found pix of Tittys McBlueEyes on his phone. Bae caught him slippin.

So it turns out that BAE = Before Anyone Else. Synonyms: boo, bestie.

Nobody knows where it came from. That is just a theory. The other prevailing theory is that it's short for babe, like crazy and cray.

 

[Leroy Hoard]

prepone as the opposite of postpone

I like this one.

 

[El Floppo]

prepone as the opposite of postpone

I like this one.

X

I LOVE this one.

 

[SacramentoBob]

Do the needful.

Good one, but I've only seen this in emails from Indian colleagues. It's spreading??

Nope, just Indian colleagues. Is it standard to just put that in their signature? Christ.

 

[TheIronSheik]

Do the needful.

Good one, but I've only seen this in emails from Indian colleagues. It's spreading??

Nope, just Indian colleagues. Is it standard to just put that in their signature? Christ.

I've never heard of this. How would it be used in a sentence?

 

[Josie Maran]

Do the needful.

Good one, but I've only seen this in emails from Indian colleagues. It's spreading??

Nope, just Indian colleagues. Is it standard to just put that in their signature? Christ.

I've never heard of this. How would it be used in a sentence?

"I'm gonna bang that fat broad because you should always do the needful."

 

[Ralph Furley]

Time for "optics" to go...awful

 

[SacramentoBob]

Time for "optics" to go...awful

Fiber optics? :shuked:

 

[SacramentoBob]

Do the needful.

Good one, but I've only seen this in emails from Indian colleagues. It's spreading??

Nope, just Indian colleagues. Is it standard to just put that in their signature? Christ.

I've never heard of this. How would it be used in a sentence?

Kindly do the needful.

 

[El Floppo]

Time for "optics" to go...awful

Fiber optics? :shuked:

yeah... not sure how this would be over or mis-used, unless it's gone slang somehow.

 

[17seconds]

Time for "optics" to go...awful

Fiber optics? :shuked:

yeah... not sure how this would be over or mis-used, unless it's gone slang somehow.

It means "how something looks" in work slang. Haven't heard it? Was really big a couple of years ago but haven't heard it much lately.

For example: "Regarding that problem last week... Sales changed the optics so the customer is OK now."

 

[17seconds]

prepone as the opposite of postpone

I like this one.

X

I LOVE this one.

It's a legit word in UK English. You can use it and nobody can call you out on it. Give it a shot. Tell people you want to prepone a meeting.

 

[El Floppo]

Time for "optics" to go...awful

Fiber optics? :shuked:

yeah... not sure how this would be over or mis-used, unless it's gone slang somehow.

It means "how something looks" in work slang. Haven't heard it? Was really big a couple of years ago but haven't heard it much lately.

For example: "Regarding that problem last week... Sales changed the optics so the customer is OK now."

nice try. I'm not falling for what has to be made up nonsense.

 

[AhrnCityPahnder]

Mrs. IB just mentioned "Do the Needful" I'd never heard of it. Sounded kinky to me. Anyone?

I've seen that phrase used before, but it was in books written in the 1930s/1940s.

I see it often by people from India when requesting something. "Hey ACP, I need this server rebooted. Please do the needful."

KRS> please do the needful and read this thread before posting.

 

[AhrnCityPahnder]

Time for "optics" to go...awful

Fiber optics? :shuked:

yeah... not sure how this would be over or mis-used, unless it's gone slang somehow.

It means "how something looks" in work slang. Haven't heard it? Was really big a couple of years ago but haven't heard it much lately.

For example: "Regarding that problem last week... Sales changed the optics so the customer is OK now."

That's effin terrible.

 

[Maurile Tremblay]

So it turns out that BAE = Before Anyone Else. Synonyms: boo, bestie.

The other prevailing theory is wrong.

 

[Zow]

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.

Ha, that may have been my Dad. No shtick.

ETA: Just read the link. Before his time there.

 

[Ilov80s]

So it turns out that BAE = Before Anyone Else. Synonyms: boo, bestie.

You are basing this on what?

 

[Christo]

So it turns out that BAE = Before Anyone Else. Synonyms: boo, bestie.

He's Maurile

 

[SacramentoBob]

Mrs. IB just mentioned "Do the Needful" I'd never heard of it. Sounded kinky to me. Anyone?

I've seen that phrase used before, but it was in books written in the 1930s/1940s.

I see it often by people from India when requesting something. "Hey ACP, I need this server rebooted. Please do the needful."

KRS> please do the needful and read this thread before posting.

Well you've been working in Indian software land much longer than me.

 

[msommer]

Time for "optics" to go...awful

Fiber optics? :shuked:

yeah... not sure how this would be over or mis-used, unless it's gone slang somehow.

It means "how something looks" in work slang. Haven't heard it? Was really big a couple of years ago but haven't heard it much lately.

For example: "Regarding that problem last week... Sales changed the optics so the customer is OK now."

nice try. I'm not falling for what has to be made up nonsense.

Made up by consultants, and that's why it has to go

 

[Ilov80s]

So it turns out that BAE = Before Anyone Else. Synonyms: boo, bestie.

No doubt one of the smartest men on this board, but that does not make him an expert on teenager/urban slang. It seems a bit out of his comfort zone. The fact that he had to post that YT video and seems to just now be looking into this matter makes me question his expertise ever more. Bae as teen slang has been extremely popular for the last 1.5-2 years. There is no conclusive answer and based on the population that uses it, my money is on it being a shortened version of baby/babe with "before anyone else" being a backronym.

 

[Mr. Pickles]

Stop ordering "apps." Stop offering "half price apps." I don't want any more "apps" unless they're free and on iTunes.

 

[Ilov80s]

Stop ordering "apps." Stop offering "half price apps." I don't want any more "apps" unless they're free and on iTunes.

Not that it disagree with you, but why is the shortening of one word to apps so much more disagreeable than the shortening of another word to apps?

 

[Mr. Pickles]

Stop ordering "apps." Stop offering "half price apps." I don't want any more "apps" unless they're free and on iTunes.

Not that it disagree with you, but why is the shortening of one word to apps so much more disagreeable than the shortening of another word to apps?

I'm an "appeteasers" man myself.

 

[bluemagic]

Stop ordering "apps." Stop offering "half price apps." I don't want any more "apps" unless they're free and on iTunes.

Not that it disagree with you, but why is the shortening of one word to apps so much more disagreeable than the shortening of another word to apps?

I'm an "appeteasers" man myself.

Not sure if mentioned but Appy Hour needs to go.

 

[Mr. Pickles]

Stop ordering "apps." Stop offering "half price apps." I don't want any more "apps" unless they're free and on iTunes.

Not that it disagree with you, but why is the shortening of one word to apps so much more disagreeable than the shortening of another word to apps?

I'm an "appeteasers" man myself.

Not sure if mentioned but Appy Hour needs to go.

Never heard that one, but it seemed clever for about 3 seconds.

 

[bluemagic]

Stop ordering "apps." Stop offering "half price apps." I don't want any more "apps" unless they're free and on iTunes.

Not that it disagree with you, but why is the shortening of one word to apps so much more disagreeable than the shortening of another word to apps?

I'm an "appeteasers" man myself.

Not sure if mentioned but Appy Hour needs to go.

Never heard that one, but it seemed clever for about 3 seconds.

It's big and long worn out in my area. Your opinion is more than fair.

 

[Riversco]

Saw some artisan salad at the dollar store the other day. Made me think of this thread.

 

[Ilov80s]

Stop ordering "apps." Stop offering "half price apps." I don't want any more "apps" unless they're free and on iTunes.

Not that it disagree with you, but why is the shortening of one word to apps so much more disagreeable than the shortening of another word to apps?

I'm an "appeteasers" man myself.

Not sure if mentioned but Appy Hour needs to go.

Never heard that one, but it seemed clever for about 3 seconds.

It's big and long worn out in my area.

That's what she said.

 

[SacramentoBob]

African-American

 

[SacramentoBob]

African-American

Almost 2 years to the day, WTH.