famous example: "the heartbreak of psoriasis". hell, I have psoriasis and heartbreak isn't even in the same country.
― A is for (Aimless), Wednesday, 20 June 2018 23:30 (five years ago) link
exactly -- i'm not saying it's not real, just saying it's an overused and cheap cliche
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Wednesday, 20 June 2018 23:55 (five years ago) link
I wrote a couple sonnets recently and it turns out all metaphors and most three-word phrases are cliches. :(
― valorous wokelord (silby), Wednesday, 20 June 2018 23:57 (five years ago) link
I can't really imagine that kind of pain, Aimless, I hope you never experience it again.
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Thursday, 21 June 2018 02:13 (five years ago) link
‘Shut the front door’ is associated with ‘Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives’ because Guy Fieri says it more often than ‘flavortown’.
― suzy, Thursday, 21 June 2018 07:28 (five years ago) link
I picture Elaine saying it on Seinfeld. I’m glad I don't watch any Guy Fieri shows.
― He said captain, I said wot (FlopsyDuck), Thursday, 21 June 2018 12:13 (five years ago) link
^ Yes! I'm certain that Elaine said it at least a couple times. I have no idea if it's old or not it just sounds like it is somehow.
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Thursday, 21 June 2018 14:31 (five years ago) link
We're probably getting into overly-prescriptive, distinctly 'my problem' territory here, but I keep hearing people at work say 'squash' when they mean 'quash' and it's driving me nuts.
― Rep. Bob Excellentfrappuccino (Old Lunch), Friday, 22 June 2018 13:17 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20hgQa-mkVQ
― womp womp that sucker (Tom D.), Friday, 22 June 2018 13:27 (five years ago) link
That undercuts the impact my much-beloved retort, 'no, YOU'RE the door!'
― Rep. Bob Excellentfrappuccino (Old Lunch), Friday, 22 June 2018 13:32 (five years ago) link
Flippin' eck, Tucker.
― Tim, Friday, 22 June 2018 15:06 (five years ago) link
"hydrate" is not a better way to say "drink water."
― mick signals, Monday, 25 June 2018 15:11 (five years ago) link
Nobody actually says "quash." Everyone says "squash" instead.
― There's more Italy than necessary. (in orbit), Monday, 25 June 2018 15:21 (five years ago) link
It's the new 'expresso'.
― A Frankenstein + A Dracula + A Mummy That's Been Werewolfed (Old Lunch), Monday, 25 June 2018 15:24 (five years ago) link
I don't think I've ever heard that usage of "squash" irl.
― mick signals, Monday, 25 June 2018 15:27 (five years ago) link
I'm going to up the ante and start using 'squish' in the hopes that someone will tell me that, um, actually, it's 'squash'.
― A Frankenstein + A Dracula + A Mummy That's Been Werewolfed (Old Lunch), Monday, 25 June 2018 15:29 (five years ago) link
"up the ante" reminds me about "up your game."
Up Your Avocado Game With These 11 Tricks.
― mick signals, Monday, 25 June 2018 15:56 (five years ago) link
um actually its quish
quash, btw, quote commonly used and i dont think ive ever seen squash used instead in the manner offered itt
― under a mand'rin tsar (darraghmac), Monday, 25 June 2018 16:00 (five years ago) link
Come to the States, we love to say things worng.
― A Frankenstein + A Dracula + A Mummy That's Been Werewolfed (Old Lunch), Monday, 25 June 2018 16:06 (five years ago) link
ive been and I heard
― under a mand'rin tsar (darraghmac), Monday, 25 June 2018 16:09 (five years ago) link
did anyone say "you do you" yet?
― billstevejim, Monday, 25 June 2018 21:16 (five years ago) link
Yeah definitely I think it was me
― mind how you go (Ross), Tuesday, 26 June 2018 02:19 (five years ago) link
"you do you" is only acceptable when it's used as a euphemism for "go fuck yourself"
― the yolk sustains us, we eat whites for days (unregistered), Tuesday, 26 June 2018 14:19 (five years ago) link
It's neutral enough on the face of it that it might've been a more innocuous phrase had it originated in another time, but in our current era it seems to have an inherently passive aggressive vibe.
― A Frankenstein + A Dracula + A Mummy That's Been Werewolfed (Old Lunch), Tuesday, 26 June 2018 14:33 (five years ago) link
"you do you" is definitely the northeast/mid-atlantic "bless your heart"
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 26 June 2018 17:07 (five years ago) link
What does it mean?
― womp womp that sucker (Tom D.), Tuesday, 26 June 2018 17:16 (five years ago) link
"I do not agree with or quite understand what you are doing, but it doesn't really harm me so whatevs."
― ~ cows come home (Ye Mad Puffin), Tuesday, 26 June 2018 17:17 (five years ago) link
"Go fuck yourself"
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 26 June 2018 17:21 (five years ago) link
just putting “go” before any verb is so fucking irritating
― karl wallogina (Autumn Almanac), Tuesday, 26 June 2018 20:43 (five years ago) link
Go figure.
― Bimlo Horsewagon became Wheelbarrow Horseflesh (aldo), Tuesday, 26 June 2018 20:47 (five years ago) link
https://i.redditmedia.com/dCBfAlCwc6wQxlTLRutBJ1RCUodQANBcur8xOId5WKs.png?w=640&s=3920cb76f6c8bd04c400758ad9a96a04
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Wednesday, 27 June 2018 04:04 (five years ago) link
go go.
― Stevolende, Wednesday, 27 June 2018 09:31 (five years ago) link
crankinghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzetG-rucGs
― Stevolende, Wednesday, 27 June 2018 09:32 (five years ago) link
really bored of 'Cockwomble'
― My name is the Pope and in the 90s I smoked a lot of dope (dog latin), Wednesday, 27 June 2018 09:36 (five years ago) link
"my guy" and "my dude" which are everywhere on the internet right now. like "you're using the wrong browser, my dude". ugh.
― circa1916, Friday, 6 July 2018 12:37 (five years ago) link
still better than 'fam' but yeah
― mookieproof, Friday, 6 July 2018 23:25 (five years ago) link
wayyy worse than fam what are you on bruv
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Friday, 6 July 2018 23:31 (five years ago) link
Yeah mookie, that's a hard disagree.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Friday, 6 July 2018 23:32 (five years ago) link
i'm not your dude, pilgrim
― difficult listening hour, Friday, 6 July 2018 23:37 (five years ago) link
“Fam” is aave whereas “my dude” has gotta be white person talk so I’m way more comfortable with white ppl saying “my dude”
― devops mom (silby), Saturday, 7 July 2018 00:18 (five years ago) link
Omg “hard” or “soft” anything for me. Too much!
― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Saturday, 7 July 2018 00:58 (five years ago) link
What everyone really needs to accept is that it’s horribly grating to hear anyone say anything that anyone else has ever said before
― devops mom (silby), Saturday, 7 July 2018 01:18 (five years ago) link
Can u just stop🛑 ✋
― F# A# (∞), Saturday, 7 July 2018 01:27 (five years ago) link
"virtue signalling" and "whataboutism"
― Simon H., Saturday, 7 July 2018 01:28 (five years ago) link
― devops mom (silby), Friday, July 6, 2018 6:18 PM (fifteen minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
otm
― flamenco blorf (BradNelson), Saturday, 7 July 2018 01:34 (five years ago) link
slang usage is embarrassing when employed recklessly
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Saturday, 7 July 2018 06:47 (five years ago) link
"fam" grates on me a bit. The bf's podcast facebook group call each other "fam bam" all the time which is arrrrgh
i also dislike virtue signalling as a phrase because it is used pejoratively by MRA cunts a lot.
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Saturday, 7 July 2018 07:36 (five years ago) link
cat-covered-in-cheeto-dust.jpgBIG MOOD
― circa1916, Saturday, 7 July 2018 08:33 (five years ago) link
'tache
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 7 July 2018 08:44 (five years ago) link
that "fam" shit is really nauseating, but I suppose slang reaches the saturation point of annoying as fuck very fast these days, and we are all bad.
― calzino, Saturday, 7 July 2018 08:55 (five years ago) link