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

mr. furley said:
it has been around for a long time but recently (the last year??) has blown up in popularity. i see it all over the sneaker community. seems to be big on reddit.
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My son is 13, goes to a small private school with about 12 kids in his class.  He's not always on the cutting edge of new lingo.

 
Bull Dozier said:
My son is 13, goes to a small private school with about 12 kids in his class.  He's not always on the cutting edge of new lingo.
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i think it has moved past cutting edge to on its way out (i hope).

if i'm hearing about it, it's already way past "cool" and on to "omg, my parents are saying this".  soon enough it will be used in a country song and finally it will be replaced.

 
nirad3 said:
"Woke"

stop.
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DallasDMac said:
What's the usage here? I assume we aren't talking about "The alarm woke me up."
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"Woke" is the state of grace where you not only tolerate every aspect of individuality - hereditary, sociological or hysterical - but embrace the difference as an edifying, embiggening, extrasupercalifragilistic opportunity for all to grow and glow.

 
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Has "at the end of the day" really not been mentioned yet?  At the end of the day, I feel this is a traveshmockery.  

 
Did anybody mention Nothingburger yet?

All of a sudden in 2017 this has become a thing to mean a politician who has an idea with no substance.  It's everywhere.

 
Ren Ho3k said:
Has "at the end of the day" really not been mentioned yet?  At the end of the day, I feel this is a traveshmockery.  
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I'm not saying I employ this phrase but just curious, what would you suggest as an alternative?  "When it's all said and done"?  "Ultimately"?

It does convey something that's fairly specific so I can see how it's grown in popularity.  

 
nirad3 said:
I'm not saying I employ this phrase but just curious, what would you suggest as an alternative?  "When it's all said and done"?  "Ultimately"?

It does convey something that's fairly specific so I can see how it's grown in popularity.  
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"After everything" or phrase it differently somehow.  It really depends on the context.  "Well Burt, taking everything into account I'd call the party a resounding success."  

I just feel like it's become one of those overly-used crutch expressions but I'm probably being melodramatic.  

 
nirad3 said:
Ren Ho3k said:
Has "at the end of the day" really not been mentioned yet?  At the end of the day, I feel this is a traveshmockery.  
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I'm not saying I employ this phrase but just curious, what would you suggest as an alternative?  "When it's all said and done"?  "Ultimately"?
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"Around nightfall."

"By sundown."

"Before dusk."

If those sound stupid, it's because "at the end of the day" is equally stupid. They all mean the same thing.

 
Maurile Tremblay said:
"Around nightfall."

"By sundown."

"Before dusk."

If those sound stupid, it's because "at the end of the day" is equally stupid. They all mean the same thing.
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Maybe if you use it in a literal context.  I'll take the garbage out at the end of the day.  At the end of the day I'll count the register.  That's different from Stephen A. Smith saying "At the end of the day, Tony Romo just didn't score enough touchdowns to win the game."  I almost want to start caring about sports again just so I can trash the ESPN mongoloids who make basic comments like this.  

I've heard it used as a metaphor for "in summary" many times.  It's like really basic people that say "it is what it is" and "workin hard or hardly workin!" and talk about weather a lot.  Just horrible.  

I had to google it just to make sure I'm not being too cynical.  I'm glad I did: 

At the end of the day
A saying mostly used by people trying to prove points without having any other intelligent way of expressing it.
Person 1: How do you feel about the continuing threat of nuclear proliferation 

Person 2: Well at the end of the day...nuclear weapons must be stop.
 

at the end of the day
Rubbish phrase used by many annoying people.
at the end of the day i got the last laugh because i shagged his wife
 
at the end of the day
An irritating verbal crutch, indicating closure or synopsis, for morons who are incapable of finishing a sentence without incorporating at least one tired cliche.
And so, at the end of the day, when all was said and done, we wrapped things up and we were all happy campers.
 
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=at the end of the day

 
Maurile Tremblay said:
"Around nightfall."

"By sundown."

"Before dusk."

If those sound stupid, it's because "at the end of the day" is equally stupid. They all mean the same thing.
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Everyone knows the proper way to say this is 'when all is said and done at the end of the day.'  

 
AF In my day you were drunk as hell, dead as hell, broke as hell, etc. There was zero need to upgrade (downgrade?) to the f bomb. 

 
Tom Servo said:
AF In my day you were drunk as hell, dead as hell, broke as hell, etc. There was zero need to upgrade (downgrade?) to the f bomb. 
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AF In my day you were drunk as heck, dead as heck, broke as heck, etc, There was zero need to upgrade (downgrade?) to that h-e-double hockey stix. 

 
Ilov80s said:
Tom Servo said:
AF In my day you were drunk as hell, dead as hell, broke as hell, etc. There was zero need to upgrade (downgrade?) to the f bomb. 
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AF In my day you were drunk as heck, dead as heck, broke as heck, etc, There was zero need to upgrade (downgrade?) to that h-e-double hockey stix. 
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AF in my grandpa's day you were drunk as the dickens, dead as the dickens, broke as the dickens, etc. There was zero need to upgrade (downgrade?) to that h-e-see-kay.

 
Leroy Hoard said:
The one that I don't get is "colder than hell". Last I heard hell was hot, and for children.
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If something is cold, it's hot. Like if something is dumb it's smart or bad it's good. Literally means to exaggerate. Everything you say means the opposite. 

 
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