  Turkeycall Member Username: Turkeycall Post Number: 24 Registered: 09-2008 |
Don't farmers GROW beans and corn? They plant, cultivate, and irrigate. That's how they GROW their crops. If only the government would GROW the economy. Plant the seed, water, fertilize, pull the weeds, tend to it! (So to speak) Oh, yeah, our government is helping to GROW the Chinese economy. | ||
Johnlodge Member Username: Johnlodge Post Number: 8729 Registered: 10-2003 |
quote: HAHA! I had no idea that was still around. Apology accepted. | ||
56packman Member Username: 56packman Post Number: 2465 Registered: 12-2005 |
The noun "Product" used to describe insurance policies (note to insurance industry: a word already exists in the language-- "policy") and investments or loans, for which there are also perfectly suitable, descriptive words. The computer I'm using to post this is a product, the desk I am sitting at is a product,comes from a factory that employs people. A piece of paper made by people in a cube farm stating what you will pay for if I smash my car is a policy. | ||
Rb336 Member Username: Rb336 Post Number: 7688 Registered: 02-2007 |
"save up to ___% and MORE!" "world-class" stop using "impact" as a verb god, i have a million of them, but of course, I can't think of them once a thread is started | ||
Wally Member Username: Wally Post Number: 643 Registered: 12-2003 |
quote: quote:This thread should have been titled: "After Vetting Common Phrases, These Are Words & Phrases That Need To Be Thrown Under The Bus At The End Of The Day | ||
Chuckjav Member Username: Chuckjav Post Number: 811 Registered: 09-2007 |
56packman...On a related note: Back in the early 1990s, Michigan Department of Social Services was on a "Quality" kick. Matter of fact, I believe DSS actually bought into the whole JD Power thing. Anyhoo....... During that time, DSS employees were actually required to address/refer to their clients as "customers". Incredible. | ||
Johnlodge Member Username: Johnlodge Post Number: 8730 Registered: 10-2003 |
Sea-change. Constantly misused by "professional" journalists. "Last year Hillary opposed this bill, is this evidence of a sea-change in her policies?" No asshole, the sea does not change things that fast. Go put a rock on the beach, and come tell us when its round. Until then, shut up. From Shakespeare's "The Tempest": Full fathom five thy father lies: Of his bones are coral made: Those are pearls that were his eyes: Nothing of him that doth fade But doth suffer a sea-change Into something rich and strange. | ||
Chuckjav Member Username: Chuckjav Post Number: 812 Registered: 09-2007 |
Pardon my consecutive posts: Wally....The entire panel of Judges award: 10 | ||
Johnlodge Member Username: Johnlodge Post Number: 8731 Registered: 10-2003 |
Also Carrot-and-Stick. Apparently pundits today think this means you encourage a country to do something by offering a reward (carrot), while also implying some threat if they don't (stick). But the whole idea of dangling a carrot is about unrealized promise. The donkey never gets the carrot, it just walks towards it while pulling the cart. And the stick is for holding the carrot, not for beating the donkey. Probably confused with "Big Stick" diplomacy. But sorry guys, different stick. | ||
Flanders_field Member Username: Flanders_field Post Number: 1016 Registered: 01-2008 |
Carbon Footprint Cracks in the glass ceiling PUMA Low hanging fruit Cherry pick Disenfranchise Touch base Drill Here, Drill Now Face time Homeland Stagflation Ask your Doctor Bullshit Generator I am Flanders_field, and I approve this message. (Message edited by Flanders_field on September 23, 2008) | ||
Rb336 Member Username: Rb336 Post Number: 7690 Registered: 02-2007 |
"PUMA" but then i'll be barefoot | ||
Tkshreve Member Username: Tkshreve Post Number: 582 Registered: 07-2006 |
Why does everything out of the ordinary have to be "Sick"? It makes me sick to hear that word rabbled over and over. | ||
Larryinflorida Member Username: Larryinflorida Post Number: 2821 Registered: 02-2007 |
That's so retarded. | ||
Larryinflorida Member Username: Larryinflorida Post Number: 2822 Registered: 02-2007 |
Or in the act of astonishment: "Shut Up!" | ||
Wash_man Member Username: Wash_man Post Number: 963 Registered: 05-2006 |
"ACTUALLY" So overused and it really means nothing. It can be eliminated from most sentences without altering the meaning. Makes my skin crawl when I hear it so much. I recently heard a host on HGTV say: "We are actually going to take out this old tile and we are actually going to install new tile." WTF? See my point? "I was driving down the road when I actually saw the car roll over." | ||
Pam Member Username: Pam Post Number: 4688 Registered: 11-2005 |
Perfect storm | ||
Sstashmoo Member Username: Sstashmoo Post Number: 2522 Registered: 02-2007 |
"Shits and giggles" Undeniably the most annoying phrase ever uttered. Some more that need last rites: "At the end of the day" "Hook-up" "Hook me up" "Hook them up" "Hook it up" etc. "We can do this for $XXX" "Throw some cash at that" "Put a number on it" | ||
Chuckjav Member Username: Chuckjav Post Number: 827 Registered: 09-2007 |
"six of one, half a dozen of the other" "righteous indignation" "material witness" "bi-polar" "lucid episodes" | ||
Jimaz Member Username: Jimaz Post Number: 6465 Registered: 12-2005 |
It's a beautiful thing, the destruction of words. | ||
Ravine Member Username: Ravine Post Number: 2769 Registered: 01-2006 |
"De-construct." (Oh, shut up.) "Disingenuous." (A fine word, but I'm convinced that 95% of the folks who are, currently, over-using it have no idea what it means.) | ||
Crystal Member Username: Crystal Post Number: 287 Registered: 05-2007 |
Misuse of literally "It was literally a bloodbath out there." "It was literally raining cats and dogs." Misuse and overuse of devastated has cheapened and weakened the word. Misuse of enormity. My current pet peeve is subject-verb agreement. Don't they teach grammar any more? Don't they diagram sentences? | ||
Larryinflorida Member Username: Larryinflorida Post Number: 2854 Registered: 02-2007 |
Maybe they is loosers. | ||
Crystal Member Username: Crystal Post Number: 288 Registered: 05-2007 |
Mixed metaphors might be included in this list, but I for one hope they will continue unchecked. I look forward to every priceless pearl, and appreciate what seems to be an unending source of humor! I offer a modest, recent sampling: Our high school basketball coach writes on his web page that his motto is: Keep the big picture burning brightly! This week my Mom declared that one of the candidates for President was not the brightest shrub in the forest. Sports mixed metaphors are my favorites. A trustee of our homeowners' association e-mailed a request that someone step up to the plate and get behind the eight ball on an important issue. | ||
Larryinflorida Member Username: Larryinflorida Post Number: 2858 Registered: 02-2007 |
If you talk the talk, they say you should walk the walk, yet they also say money talks and bulls**t walks. So which is it? | ||
Mauser765 Member Username: Mauser765 Post Number: 3271 Registered: 01-2004 |
babybump +1 Larry, you mean " maybe they is morans ". okay heres my new one (although babybump is supremely grotesque) : MAINSTREET / WALLSTREET in any combined metaphor ! And all the old favorites: "terror" "terrorists" "those who would seek to do us harm" "war on ____ " "conspiracy theory" "debunked" oh, and also: "babydaddy" | ||
Rb336 Member Username: Rb336 Post Number: 7719 Registered: 02-2007 |
"If you talk the talk, they say you should walk the walk, yet they also say money talks and bulls**t walks. So which is it?" money feeds us a line of bullshit, the bullshit takes OUR money and off they go like the dish and the spoon | ||
Rb336 Member Username: Rb336 Post Number: 7720 Registered: 02-2007 |
Pam -- "perfect storm!" that is the one I couldn't think of can we also eliminate the use of car horns as door bells? are we so fat and lazy we can't get out of the car? if so, use your damn cell instead of annoying all the neighbors | ||
Patrick Member Username: Patrick Post Number: 5598 Registered: 10-2003 |
Tapas "ooooh, hey everyone, there is this hip new fusion bistro off of Woodward with an excellent tapas selection. Guess it is more of a trendy/fake hipster thing anyways. | ||
Rrl Member Username: Rrl Post Number: 1023 Registered: 12-2003 |
Rb, great last point about the car horns, nothing frosts me more than having some jackass blowing his horn at 8am on a Saturday AM. Phrases I'd like to see eliminated: "....Long Story Short...." and "....Phone Tag...." | ||
Larryinflorida Member Username: Larryinflorida Post Number: 2878 Registered: 02-2007 |
"I'm ______, and I approve this Message", followed by a litany of mis-statements that would get their nose bloodied if they said them to that individual in person, lol. |
