Words and Phrases That Are Like Fingernails on a Chalkboard to You
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Guess no more gettin "turnt up" either. This dude's a real bore. Geeze.Then how will we get "woke" if you do that? (I think I used it wrong)
"Let's see what kind of play Coach Saban will dial up in this situation."
I can see a coach or a coordinator in the press box or sidelines with a big black rotary phone.
I can see a coach or a coordinator in the press box or sidelines with a big black rotary phone.
I have yet to understand "throwing shade". I understand its meaning, but don't see any connection.
Dig in
Double down
blow back
I just thought of another one. I hate when I hear the words "There is nothing worse than...." I guarantee no matter what you say after those words someone can come up with something worse. This phrase is used in a lot of commercials, too.
"There is nothing worse than a dead car battery." Yep. Dead car batteries definitely suck. But accidentally drinking battery acid would be much worse.
"There is nothing worse than shopping for razors." I use clippers and just trim, but I do occasionally buy razors. I don't think it sucks worse than shopping for anything else. The list of things worse than shopping for razors is almost infinitely long.
"There is nothing worse than a dead car battery." Yep. Dead car batteries definitely suck. But accidentally drinking battery acid would be much worse.
"There is nothing worse than shopping for razors." I use clippers and just trim, but I do occasionally buy razors. I don't think it sucks worse than shopping for anything else. The list of things worse than shopping for razors is almost infinitely long.
Exactly! I think if their commercial said something like "Nothing is worse than babies dying of cancer" I could get on board with the idea that they might be right. But that phrase is always used for things that are, big picture, not really all that bad.
Oh, here is one that bugs me at work. I work as an accounting manager and all of the clerks here say "Bill Of Ladings." As many times as they have heard me say "Bills Of Lading," they still have not self-corrected, and I won't just directly point out that they are driving me crazy saying it wrong.
“Proactive”, “drive results”, “Omni-channel”, “customer-centric”, and the latest that seems to making the rounds in business circles that I travel—“servant leadership”. Some of them are well-intended, but they are just worn out in their usage. It wouldn’t bother me if we deleted everyone of them from our vocabulary.
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My mother-in-law likes to say, “OMG”, instead of ‘oh my god’—and says it all the time. Drives me absolutely up the wall.
Oh yeah, I hate those and I will add another...organic...as in most of our revenue growth was organic. One of my all time most hated, and this goes way back is "team"...as in we have a great team, as in business, not sports related.
I don't recall ever hearing of "servant leadership" until deliveryman35 posted it and it immediately made me cringe.
I think I have mentioned this before but I heard it during a meeting yesterday. Adding a th sound to the end of height.
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