Time to Retire These Expressions
Sep 23, 2020 15:49:35 #
Sep 23, 2020 16:33:22 #
Dont forget "social justice", "equality", and "black lives matter". ...all lies to further anti-American agendas, repeated at every oportunity with zero reverence to actual facts.
Sep 23, 2020 16:47:55 #
jerryc41 wrote:
I seem to be watching a lot of TV lately, and I'm ... (show quote)
At the end of the day, . . .
Sep 23, 2020 18:18:52 #
jerryc41 wrote:
I seem to be watching a lot of TV lately, and I'm ... (show quote)
“Perfect”. When we go out to a restaurant and the server takes each order, he or she replies “Perfect”.
This has only been used around us for a couple of years. It replaced, “Thank you” and I do not understand why. Everyone uses it though and I’ve grown tired of it.
Sep 23, 2020 19:26:47 #
Great list, Jerry. For all the news reporters out there please retire "on the ground."
jerryc41 wrote:
I seem to be watching a lot of TV lately, and I'm ... (show quote)
Sep 23, 2020 20:27:05 #
Aww, come on man.
You're better than this.
I gotta speak my own truth.
Fur shure.
The one I hate, truly loathe, is when a cop refers to a bloodthirsty killer or a rapist as "the gentleman".
Another cop-speak thing that just irritates a little is when they refer to men or women as "the female" or the "male". Why can't they just say the woman or the man. I enjoyed 911 Live until the PC police killed it, by the way.
You're better than this.
I gotta speak my own truth.
Fur shure.
The one I hate, truly loathe, is when a cop refers to a bloodthirsty killer or a rapist as "the gentleman".
Another cop-speak thing that just irritates a little is when they refer to men or women as "the female" or the "male". Why can't they just say the woman or the man. I enjoyed 911 Live until the PC police killed it, by the way.
Sep 23, 2020 20:32:32 #
Bridges wrote:
This isn’t my first rodeo.
Sorry, Bubba, that dog won't hunt.
Sep 23, 2020 22:24:53 #
Glenn Harve wrote:
Dont forget "social justice", "equality", and "black lives matter". ...all lies to further anti-American agendas, repeated at every oportunity with zero reverence to actual facts.
The problem is that Black Lives Matter is a cry for social justice and recognition and while it resonates as being a needed process, the problem is that the inner circle and leadership of the movement are leading the uneducated and poor blacks into something they don't even understand. The heart of the movement has an agenda that discredits our constitution and an aim at destroying our way of life.
Sep 24, 2020 03:42:10 #
"So...." is being used at the beginning of every response e.g. interviewer asks someone what they do for a living and the answer comes "So, I'm a bank clerk". Once you notice it really grates on the ear.
Sep 24, 2020 05:52:06 #
My pet hate is when people, particularly the media, use the words "almost exactly". The media people should know better than to use contradictory English. Is it peculiar to Australia or has it spread to your shores?
Sep 24, 2020 09:02:18 #
Sarco wrote:
My pet hate is when people, particularly the media, use the words "almost exactly". The media people should know better than to use contradictory English. Is it peculiar to Australia or has it spread to your shores?
Like the proverbial flood.
It seems like the scribes and reporters couldn't have gotten past 9th grade grammar.
The other thing that grates on my ears, is the incessant "valley girl" intonement to their voice cadences. Can't the news outlets get nice altos or baritones for reporting? I know they need to cram a lot into the sound bites, but nasally, breathless reporting is a real downer.
Sep 24, 2020 11:04:00 #
razw33
Loc: Livermore, CA
How about "the new normal". What happened to the word abnormal? For example, you go to your doctor and point out the new growth on your nose, and Dr. says that it's the "new normal". What? No biopsy, no closer observation and come back in a week? The "new normal" is like putting your head in the sand. Since it's now normal we'll just move on. No problem solving or solutions.
Sep 24, 2020 13:11:20 #
Sep 25, 2020 15:52:37 #
I hate the ads where they say "to the", as in:
S to the U to the C to the C to the E to the S to the S
Half the time you can't figure out what the heck they are saying. To that end. . .whatever!
S to the U to the C to the C to the E to the S to the S
Half the time you can't figure out what the heck they are saying. To that end. . .whatever!
Sep 25, 2020 22:56:19 #
"At this point in time" we should perhaps retire this thread. I always thought that time progressed quite smoothly and was without points. Of course I am technically wrong as I seem to recall that atomic clocks were adjusted by a leap second some time ago. Is that a point in time?
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