Cutesie-wootsie, overused, and/or trendy expressions I'd like to kill with fire

LucyPR said:

and people calling me hun. Make it stop!

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Well, no wonder, they're spelling it wrong. It's Hon. Baltimorians perfected the insult derivitive ... er... address a long time ago. Someone even tried to trademark it...

"That's what she said"
and
"Bae"

A few things that irk me no end:

1. pwned - WTH????
2. on-going - Whatever happened to the various forms of 'continue', i. e. continuing?????? "This research project is on-going." So, the research continues, does it not? The term is horribly over-used. aaaaaaaaarrrggghhh!
3. it's a man/woman thing - *grinds teeth* This just makes me want to punch the person saying it. *snort*
4. way, as in: "No way!" "Way!" Shoot them. Firing squad at noon.

Any more and I'll need defib.

-- Richard, on half of J. R. Hardesty

I second "Way!"



*stormie storms off, grumbling*

JRHardesty said:

A few things that irk me no end:

1. pwned - WTH????

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That's a really dated word and I didn't think anyone still used it, but it originated from a misspelling of "owned" (as in defeated) in a video game called Warcraft, I believe.

My kids say "You got Shrecked" which means "wrecked, but with more ogre." I still think that one is funny, but I'll report to this thread when it starts to annoy me.

"I'm bringing something new to the table."

(Not if you say that you're not.)

This is an oldie but a not-so-goodie:

"I turned around and said...."

"Then he turned around and said...."

All of that turning around would make me dizzy.

Sick, Sick, SICK of It!!!

"Wheelhouse"

The word "groovy." It's made a resurrgence of sorts. Or else it's always been around but under the radar.

I hated the word in the '60s, and I hate it now.

I have spoken.

Someone saying "dayum" -- meaning, of course, "damn" -- when she or he is enthralled, or in awe, or in some state of wonderment. The word always expresses strong feelings, so I guess it should actually be "Dayum!" I've heard people say it at the end of a great movie, a great TV show, a great concert, etc.

Actually I love "dayum!" and I say it all the time!

CassandraW said:

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Dayum!

Don't know if this was mentioned, and thankfully I haven't heard it in awhile:

Bee-otch (for bitch).

I was at a party and this one woman said bee-otch constantly.
My Rumpleminz schnapps almost landed on her head to shut her up.

I hear a lot of phrases in California that I think are really stupid.

Bomb is one. My wife has started saying it now. I have to save our daughter.

I also hate the word "mad," as in, "that was mad cray, yo."

What drives me up the wall the most, though, is when people just purposely mispronounce things for the sake of being cool. Like "I'm gonna drank that shit." Or "Sprang Break." Crap like that.

cray said:

my workout levels in order....

1. conversational
2. easy
3. getting some work done
4. beast mode

and finally,....

5. barf mode <--- that's the highest.


actually, there is one other level that i've achieved.
it's called,

the medical tent

best to avoid that one.

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I have achieved all of those. When I hit the medical tent, it was the culmination of the other 4. What got you there? It was my first marathon. I'm doing a half in a couple weeks, and I'm expecting a repeat performance. Hopefully without the tent this time.

I tend to barf when I run really hard. That's pretty much the only thing that will do it, although I have felt that way after some especially terrible (in a good way) WODs.

CassandraW said:

I threw up at the end of a half-marathon once -- my best one. Usually I don't push myself quite that hard (I'm athletic, but not particularly competitive as a rule). And it was a very hot, humid day.

I ended up in the medical tent with hypothermia after my second marathon. On a day in the 60s. Note to self: no matter how overheated you feel at the end of your marathon, you need that shiny silver blanket.

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Yes indeedy. I threw up after my first because I went out way faster than I planned to, and then I proceeded to fight desperately to hang on. I also didn't hydrate super great, and I didn't really eat anything. Bad juju.

I yakked twice about 5 minutes after finishing, then went to the medical tent for some Gatorade, but of course they didn't have any. So I drank some water, and then threw up again and walked back to our team's rally point where there was supposed to be Gatorade. And of course there wasn't. :/

Haha, I know. Only two other people in my family race, and one is my wife. Everyone else thinks I'm crazy. It gets worse when I tell them that half the reason I do the races is for the t-shirt.

Thanks!

CassandraW said:

you realize that everyone in this thread who doesn't race thinks we're insane.

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FIFY.

I think "My bad" has outlived its novelty, yet I still have to stop myself on occasion from saying it. "Oh snap" is a runner up.

CassandraW said:

Welcome to AW, Thurmadir!

I've been sick of "oh snap" since the first time I heard it.

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Thanks for the welcome