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Sep 23, 2020 11:48:36   #
redlegfrog
 
jerryc41 wrote:
I seem to be watching a lot of TV lately, and I'm noticing lots of expressions that should be retired. I'm sure you can add to this list.

I’m on it.
Not even light.
Life as we know it.
As we speak.
Price point.
No problem.
Liquid water.
You don’t have to do this.
How much (time, fuel, food, ammo) is left. "Not enough." or "You don't want to know." It's always an important question, but the person asking doesn't get an answer.

The bad guy is threatening to blow up the city or send a busload of kids over a cliff. The good guy has his/her gun pointed at him, trying to talk him out of it (He's the bad guy!). Rather than just shoot him, he/she gives the bad guy time to do his worst.

I watched a disappointing disaster movie last night. The sun had gone wacky (technical term), and it was going to destroy the earth. I was rooting for the sun. Near the end, a scientist realized that he had a "+" rather than a "-" in his formula, so the sun would not destroy the earth. I was disappointed.
I seem to be watching a lot of TV lately, and I'm ... (show quote)


How about adding worn out words to your list. Like "iconic", that word is so last week! Or "matrix", get real dude, that word has lost its cool! I was looking for the best ICONIC MATRIX but I think I will take a nap instead.

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Sep 23, 2020 11:52:56   #
josquin1 Loc: Massachusetts
 
Duh!

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Sep 23, 2020 13:32:44   #
bobforman Loc: Anacortes, Washington State
 
If we're adding words, how about: "intersectionality"

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Sep 23, 2020 13:33:41   #
gtemple1 Loc: E. Olympia, WA
 
Indian summer

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Sep 23, 2020 13:34:47   #
bobforman Loc: Anacortes, Washington State
 
"Hey" (add a name)

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Sep 23, 2020 13:35:20   #
bobforman Loc: Anacortes, Washington State
 
"We need a national conversation about this."

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Sep 23, 2020 13:44:34   #
Halftrack
 
Amazing

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Sep 23, 2020 14:29:04   #
Abo
 
bobforman wrote:
"Having said that...."


Having said that, you may notice that that notice is not worth noticing

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Sep 23, 2020 14:31:42   #
Abo
 
bobforman wrote:
"Having said that...."


No can do

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Sep 23, 2020 14:33:23   #
Abo
 
josquin1 wrote:
Duh!


As opposed to "daaaaaahhhh"

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Sep 23, 2020 14:33:36   #
scatman Loc: Waterbury, CT
 
How about grossly overused (and almost always hyperbolic) "awesome".

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Sep 23, 2020 14:40:40   #
Bridges Loc: Memphis, Charleston SC, now Nazareth PA
 
This isn’t my first rodeo.

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Sep 23, 2020 15:10:58   #
scatman Loc: Waterbury, CT
 
Back story

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Sep 23, 2020 15:16:06   #
Gilkar
 
So true on your observation that, "The bad guy is threatening to blow up the city or send a busload of kids over a cliff. The good guy has his/her gun pointed at him, trying to talk him out of it (He's the bad guy!). Rather than just shoot him, he/she gives the bad guy time to do his worst." I have often asked myself that very same question. I am often amused at depictions of the bad guy using a person as a human shield. Usually peeking around his shied if not blatantly standing out in the open. Doesn't anyone understand how fast a bullet can travel? Just draw a bead and shoot. 99% of the time the bad guy won't be able to dodge, let alone put his shield in harms way before the bullet strikes.

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Sep 23, 2020 15:31:46   #
Jim Plogger Loc: East Tennessee
 
At the end of the day.
Let me be perfectly clear.

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