nirad3 Posted July 28, 2020 Share Posted July 28, 2020 3 hours ago, Binky The Doormat said: and when they wear things they like to say they are "rockin" them I've definitely said this on more than one occasion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DallasDMac Posted July 28, 2020 Share Posted July 28, 2020 I love this thread. It's one of the few things out there right now that make me feel truly blessed in that I have never heard 90% of the things people bring up here. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Binky The Doormat Posted July 28, 2020 Share Posted July 28, 2020 6 minutes ago, DallasDMac said: I love this thread. It's one of the few things out there right now that make me feel truly blessed in that I have never heard 90% of the things people bring up here. aren't you around 80 though? 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DallasDMac Posted July 28, 2020 Share Posted July 28, 2020 11 minutes ago, Binky The Doormat said: aren't you around 80 though? Close. But I imagine it is tied more to my lack of a FB account. 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs. Rannous Posted July 29, 2020 Share Posted July 29, 2020 13 hours ago, Binky The Doormat said: Mr. Rannous likes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Cranks Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 The CEO of Starbucks was on CNBC yesterday and kept saying, "our handcrafted beverages." After the third time I jumped out of my first floor window. 1 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nirad3 Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 6 hours ago, Captain Cranks said: The CEO of Starbucks was on CNBC yesterday and kept saying, "our handcrafted beverages." After the third time I jumped out of my first floor window. My wife is a supervisor/barista at the 'bucks. I'll have to ask her if she considers what she makes "handcrafted". Edit: Yup, that's definitely a company buzzword and she feels that what she produces would be called "handcrafted". No other way to say it, really. . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leroy Hoard Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 So a wine company that crushes grapes the old fashioned way. Would that be considered "footcrafted"? 1 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Floppo Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 1 hour ago, nirad3 said: 7 hours ago, Captain Cranks said: The CEO of Starbucks was on CNBC yesterday and kept saying, "our handcrafted beverages." After the third time I jumped out of my first floor window. My wife is a supervisor/barista at the 'bucks. I'll have to ask her if she considers what she makes "handcrafted". Edit: Yup, that's definitely a company buzzword and she feels that what she produces would be called "handcrafted". No other way to say it, really. if they can't use their hands, how else are they supposed to make my overpriced slushee? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drunken knight Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 On 7/28/2020 at 9:57 AM, Maurile Tremblay said: Why has nobody mentioned "doggo" yet? Fur-babies 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs. Rannous Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 5 minutes ago, Drunken knight said: Fur-babies The worst. Usually said by people who have no lives. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ilov80s Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 7 hours ago, Captain Cranks said: The CEO of Starbucks was on CNBC yesterday and kept saying, "our handcrafted beverages." After the third time I jumped out of my first floor window. this tweet from @dril killed me: Quote epic ; supreme court rules nabisco is legally allowed to label their products as "Homemade" after forcing the employees to live at the factory 2 2 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Malaise Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 8 hours ago, Captain Cranks said: The CEO of Starbucks was on CNBC yesterday and kept saying, "our handcrafted beverages." After the third time I jumped out of my first floor window. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krista4 Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 19 minutes ago, Drunken knight said: Fur-babies This one is awful, but I think both "doggo" and "pupper" should be allowed. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Elliott Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 “Socialize” - pretty sure this is a Honda but it has all of a sudden became the word our management is using in every conversation. “Hey Doug, when you talk to ‘client x’, just socialize the plan for them to give us more advance notice on project resource requests.” 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ilov80s Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 1 minute ago, Phil Elliott said: “Socialize” - pretty sure this is a Honda but it has all of a sudden became the word our management is using in every conversation. “Hey Doug, when you talk to ‘client x’, just socialize the plan for them to give us more advance notice on project resource requests.” that is awful 1 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs. Rannous Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 3 minutes ago, Phil Elliott said: “Socialize” - pretty sure this is a Honda but it has all of a sudden became the word our management is using in every conversation. “Hey Doug, when you talk to ‘client x’, just socialize the plan for them to give us more advance notice on project resource requests.” No. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Franknbeans Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 it is what it is... is it, really? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Binky The Doormat Posted July 30, 2020 Share Posted July 30, 2020 22 minutes ago, Franknbeans said: it is what it is... is it, really? especially those people who really think they are saying something terribly meaningful/philosophical when they use it 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Floppo Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 2 hours ago, Franknbeans said: it is what it is... I use this at work on occasion....if there's an existing and immutable site condition that makes anything we want to do impossible. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ilov80s Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 2 hours ago, Franknbeans said: it is what it is... is it, really? 2 hours ago, Binky The Doormat said: especially those people who really think they are saying something terribly meaningful/philosophical when they use it I agree it's awful if you say it as some kind of deep statement. I will cop to saying "it is what it is" but never trying to be clever. It is always trying to get someone to just accept a situation and move on. For example, a co-worker complaining to me about some new procedure that we have to do at work that I don't actually think is a big deal. "Yeah, I hear you. It does suck but I guess it is what it is." I am just trying to end the conversation or at least move it to a new topic. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Binky The Doormat Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 Just now, Ilov80s said: I agree it's awful if you say it as some kind of deep statement. I will cop to saying "it is what it is" but never trying to be clever. It is always trying to get someone to just accept a situation and move on. For example, a co-worker complaining to me about some new procedure that we have to do at work that I don't actually think is a big deal. "Yeah, I hear you. It does suck but I guess it is what it is." I am just trying to end the conversation or at least move it to a new topic. only acceptable use we like to call that an "idiot ender" 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ilov80s Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 (edited) 2 minutes ago, Binky The Doormat said: only acceptable use we like to call that an "idiot ender" I find it works really well for that because it's so pointless and adds so much nothing that it's hard to even respond to. Edited July 31, 2020 by Ilov80s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ilov80s Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 Also, let us be clear that "it is what it is" should not be confused with, "It's what it is". Subtle distinction that only a native English speaker could understand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Man of Constant Sorrow Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 5 hours ago, Binky The Doormat said: 5 hours ago, Ilov80s said: I agree it's awful if you say it as some kind of deep statement. I will cop to saying "it is what it is" but never trying to be clever. It is always trying to get someone to just accept a situation and move on. For example, a co-worker complaining to me about some new procedure that we have to do at work that I don't actually think is a big deal. "Yeah, I hear you. It does suck but I guess it is what it is." I am just trying to end the conversation or at least move it to a new topic. only acceptable use we like to call that an "idiot ender" Yep. I believe a great wise man of the 20th century used a 1st person variant of this quite often. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AAABatteries Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 11 hours ago, Franknbeans said: it is what it is... I don’t use it often but when I do it’s as a polite way of saying “Deal with it.”. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Servo Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 On 7/28/2020 at 12:57 PM, Maurile Tremblay said: Why has nobody mentioned "doggo" yet? I say pupper. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Servo Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 13 hours ago, Phil Elliott said: “Socialize” - pretty sure this is a Honda but it has all of a sudden became the word our management is using in every conversation. “Hey Doug, when you talk to ‘client x’, just socialize the plan for them to give us more advance notice on project resource requests.” If someone said that to me, I’d ask them to rephrase their question in words regular people use. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IvanKaramazov Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 15 hours ago, Phil Elliott said: “Socialize” - pretty sure this is a Honda but it has all of a sudden became the word our management is using in every conversation. “Hey Doug, when you talk to ‘client x’, just socialize the plan for them to give us more advance notice on project resource requests.” I can't even figure out what that word is supposed to mean in this context. Probably just as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maurile Tremblay Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 19 minutes ago, IvanKaramazov said: I can't even figure out what that word is supposed to mean in this context. Probably just as well. They obviously want the government to take over the planning and production of something or other, but in that example, it's hard to say what. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leroy Hoard Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 12 hours ago, Ilov80s said: I find it works really well for that because it's so pointless and adds so much nothing that it's hard to even respond to. Yes, it sounds like a mute point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maurile Tremblay Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 The phrase "it is what it is" seems dismissively flippant. People should make clear what they really mean -- that the ontological characteristics constituting a thing's cardinal essence are, in the present situation, fundamentally more resolute than malleable. Is that so hard to say? 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CGRdrJoe Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 2 hours ago, Tom Servo said: I say pupper. Oh do ya now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CGRdrJoe Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 melting... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arrow1 Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 1 hour ago, CGRdrJoe said: melting... #noted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drunken knight Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 2 hours ago, CGRdrJoe said: melting... you got something against fondue? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Servo Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 7 hours ago, CGRdrJoe said: Oh do ya now Yes. I. Do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs. Rannous Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 10 hours ago, Tom Servo said: If someone said that to me, I’d ask them to rephrase their question in words regular people use. Amen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DallasDMac Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 On 7/30/2020 at 4:58 PM, Phil Elliott said: “Socialize” - pretty sure this is a Honda but it has all of a sudden became the word our management is using in every conversation. “Hey Doug, when you talk to ‘client x’, just socialize the plan for them to give us more advance notice on project resource requests.” If my boss said that to me, I'd sign up for Facebook under a pseudonym and make a page for the plan. Then email the link to the client. Maybe with a cc: for the boss. "Hey boss, totally socialized the plan." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CGRdrJoe Posted July 31, 2020 Share Posted July 31, 2020 1 hour ago, Tom Servo said: Yes. I. Do. End of the lane way, don’t come up the property 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FairWarning Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 This political season will be full of these cute little phrases, all can go away ASAP. - Trump/Biden's America - Right/Wrong side of history - Data Driven approach based on science - Heres looking at you Gov Whitmer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aerial Assault Posted August 28, 2020 Share Posted August 28, 2020 "Kitchen table issues" Oof Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Servo Posted October 7, 2020 Share Posted October 7, 2020 (edited) I'm going to submit that this one be strangled in the cradle: TWINDEMIC. Quote The term “twindemic” was first introduced—to the general public, at least—by The New York Times in an article published on August 16. The Times credits L.J. Tan, PhD, as an "early promoter of the term." Tan is the chief strategy officer for the Immunization Action Coalition, a nonprofit group that works to increase vaccination rates. It's just the sort of word that the purveyors of fear porn will use heavily and often, nonstop. Edited October 7, 2020 by Tom Servo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osaurus Posted October 7, 2020 Share Posted October 7, 2020 Spooky Season. John Oliver just introduced me to this stupid generic phrase. I regret ever hearing it spoken. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nirad3 Posted October 7, 2020 Share Posted October 7, 2020 I'm fairly sure I've already posted this here, but I still can't stand when people sign off emails with "Best". Drives me absolutely crazy. Dunno why. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shuke Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 11 hours ago, Tom Servo said: I'm going to submit that this one be strangled in the cradle: TWINDEMIC. It's just the sort of word that the purveyors of fear porn will use heavily and often, nonstop. Total bull#### too. I would expect the precautions everyone is talking will keep flu numbers way down this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs. Rannous Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 2 hours ago, shuke said: Total bull#### too. I would expect the precautions everyone is talking will keep flu numbers way down this year. If everyone were doing that, we wouldn't have either one. And "twindemic" sounds like it came from The Shining. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AAABatteries Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 (edited) Aligned/alignment/align It’s not so bad as it’s unbelievably overused: ”We need to get alignment on....” ”You and I need to align” ”I’m aligned with that strategy” I catch myself saying it because it’s used so damn much. Edited October 8, 2020 by AAABatteries Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boston Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 Robust-anyone who uses this word is about ready to lie, exaggerate or in the legal world defend someone who is guilty...probably my least favorite word right now Pivot-a word corporate American execs like to use because they need to show how smart they are Best practices-another entry from corporate America because God forbid they use the words good idea Main Street-a phrase out-of-touch politicians use when they haven't left DC in years 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arrow1 Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 Women who use the term "momma." For example: "This momma has had enough," for you mommas out there" I don't know why, but I dislike it a lot. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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