Tom Servo
Nittany Beavers
Purely unintentional.These are a couple good ones.
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Phrases/terms that need to be retired immediately (1 Viewer)
- Thread starter Mr. Pickles
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Mr. Pickles
Footballguy
"beyond the pale"
Completely overused these days. It now means, "something that I disagree with."
Completely overused these days. It now means, "something that I disagree with."
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northern exposure
Footballguy
"Book it" is overused in some threads in the FFA.
Seymour Corn
it=info
not unapposed to
Mr. Pickles
Footballguy
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..."
Seymour Corn
it=info
I'd claim it was a typo, but they are 'at polar oppassits' of the keyboard.
Mr. Pickles
Footballguy
"Do work"
Sports Center has used this maybe 10 times in the last half hour. Enough, fellas.
Sports Center has used this maybe 10 times in the last half hour. Enough, fellas.
amnesiac
beer is good
i ####### hate the new "This." thing.
amnesiac
beer is good
ok, nevermind. apparently i'm not the only one.
AhrnCityPahnder
Yinz-o-riffic
Bob Sacamano
Footballguy
Don't sleep on vacay
northern exposure
Footballguy
I'm not a big fan of the use of "sammitch".
Bob Sacamano
Footballguy
"Not that I'm a virgin, but..."
Verbal Kint
Footballguy
"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.
Also "Epic" and "fail" both need to go individually. Put them together and its like a cataclysm of sucktitude.
Parrothead
Footballguy
People need to stop referring to the wife and kids as "the fam".. 
Masked Vigilante
Footballguy
______ gate
Come up with something original or GTFO.
Come up with something original or GTFO.
Bob Sacamano
Footballguy
vacay
urbanhack
Fight The Power!
This is still in its prime as far as I'm concerned.
AhrnCityPahnder
Yinz-o-riffic
This is still in its prime as far as I'm concerned.
urbanhack
Fight The Power!
Same with "bandwidth"This is still in its prime as far as I'm concerned.
AhrnCityPahnder
Yinz-o-riffic
they really do.
Finless
Footballguy
Like "hey, let me Ping Ahrn and Hack and see if we can get this thing off the ground"
urbanhack
Fight The Power!
"it's a go if me and my crew have the bandwidth."Like "hey, let me Ping Ahrn and Hack and see if we can get this thing off the ground"
Bob Sacamano
Footballguy
Oh hell no."it's a go if me and my crew have the bandwidth."Like "hey, let me Ping Ahrn and Hack and see if we can get this thing off the ground"
Mr. Pickles
Footballguy
I think people have been harping on this since 1974.
kaa
Footballguy
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
Footballguy
how about all these commercials reffering to "these hard economic times" and then still try and get you to buy their ####..
Phil Elliott
Footballguy
"Staging" when you're referring to getting your house ready to sale.
bostonfred
Footballguy
Honeydew list
Brock Middlebrook
Footballguy
"naughty bits"
Brock Middlebrook
Footballguy
Everything seems to be a perfect storm these days.
Like everybody is a "genius" nowadays tooMasked Vigilante
Footballguy
"Deuces"
Masked Vigilante
Footballguy
He needs to be retired permanently.
AhrnCityPahnder
Yinz-o-riffic
"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.
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
Footballguy
"meta"
Idiot Boxer
Footballguy
horid.
Dought Man
Footballguy
"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.
People are still saying, typically when complaining about why they cant sell their house. Heard it from more than a few neighbors.
Walton Goggins
Footballguy
Walton Goggins
Footballguy
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
Footballguy
I know this sounds crazy...
Masked Vigilante
Footballguy
I like this actually. Let's keep it.
Mr. Pickles
Footballguy
Vetoed.
