“love too” has run its course I feel
― flappy bird, Saturday, 22 September 2018 22:52 (five years ago) link
“feature, not a bug”
― omar little, Saturday, 22 September 2018 22:54 (five years ago) link
"love too"? what is this usage?
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Saturday, 22 September 2018 22:56 (five years ago) link
posts in which a reprehensible / stupid action is endorsed, as in "love too undermine sexually assaulted women to endorse my SC nominee" (usually "too" or "2").I kind of like them.
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Saturday, 22 September 2018 23:00 (five years ago) link
wow i am totally unfamiliar with this but it sounds awful
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Sunday, 23 September 2018 00:12 (five years ago) link
Today I caught myself starting a conversation with “you know how people like chips?”
― He said captain, I said wot (FlopsyDuck), Sunday, 23 September 2018 00:18 (five years ago) link
xp nah it was one of those ones that was funny for a bit and then reached critical mass and will probably be on greeting cards next year
― flappy bird, Sunday, 23 September 2018 06:52 (five years ago) link
sorry LL I should have clarified that it's used in a satirical / arch manner, i.e. what kind of moron could endorse this view
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Sunday, 23 September 2018 08:43 (five years ago) link
"as a ....."
― Dmac TT (darraghmac), Thursday, 27 September 2018 23:14 (five years ago) link
The topic on the sports call-in show tonight was "Your hot take on the Leafs"--they were especially encouraging "steaming hot takes on the Leafs."
I've hated "hot take" since the first time I heard it, and the more ubiquitous it gets, the more I hate it. It sounds so creepy. I'm not even sure of its precise meaning: is it supposed to be an instantaneous opinion without any thought, or does any willfully controversial opinion count? Or both? No need to answer--I absolutely don't care.
Just in general: why do people want to say the same things everybody else is saying? If you're suddenly hearing the same phrase over and over, that's like a big red flag: never say or write these words. But so many people just want to grab on and be part of it.
― clemenza, Friday, 28 September 2018 02:11 (five years ago) link
a hot take is a controversial opinion, but its ubiquity has diluted almost all meaning
― flappy bird, Friday, 28 September 2018 04:59 (five years ago) link
doesn’t it just mean an instant reaction in the heat of the moment, and not fully thought through? Doesn’t need to be controversial afaik.
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Friday, 28 September 2018 09:16 (five years ago) link
yeah there could be a whole subthread within this one about these types. i'd add:
"sure sex is great but have you tried ..."
― andrew m., Friday, 28 September 2018 14:27 (five years ago) link
"optics" -- kill me. hearing this ALL the time now
― rip van wanko, Tuesday, 2 October 2018 20:27 (five years ago) link
People failing to pronounce 'Bros.' as brothers, in Super Mario Bros, Super Smash Bros. etc.
It was always pronounced 'brothers'!
― Leaghaidh am brón an t-anam bochd (dowd), Tuesday, 2 October 2018 20:28 (five years ago) link
http://entertainment.ie//images_content/rectangle/620x372/bros2.jpg
― Number None, Tuesday, 2 October 2018 20:31 (five years ago) link
Obviously the band Bros confuses things, but I don't think that has much to do with the shift.
― Leaghaidh am brón an t-anam bochd (dowd), Tuesday, 2 October 2018 20:32 (five years ago) link
(xpost!)
counterpoint: Moss Bros, always pronounced to rhyme
― mark s, Tuesday, 2 October 2018 20:34 (five years ago) link
Even then, its not the 'bro' vowel sound.
― Leaghaidh am brón an t-anam bochd (dowd), Tuesday, 2 October 2018 20:35 (five years ago) link
opened eyesturned headsraised eyebrows
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 2 October 2018 20:37 (five years ago) link
"Prior to"
― You like queer? I like queer. Still like queer. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 2 October 2018 20:37 (five years ago) link
turned stomachs
― mick signals, Tuesday, 2 October 2018 20:40 (five years ago) link
opened eyesturned headsraised eyebrows― mookieproof, Tuesday, October 2, 2018 4:37 PM (five minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― mookieproof, Tuesday, October 2, 2018 4:37 PM (five minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
can't lose
― vote no on ilxit (Will M.), Tuesday, 2 October 2018 20:44 (five years ago) link
a colleague never 'goes upstairs to' do something; he insists on 'going upstairs in order to' do something
see also: egregious use of 'within' rather than 'in'
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 2 October 2018 20:44 (five years ago) link
when people say they're "investing in" expensive gadgets that will be out of date in 3 years
― calamity gammon (Autumn Almanac), Thursday, 11 October 2018 11:23 (five years ago) link
3 year investment
checks out
― Dmac TT (darraghmac), Thursday, 11 October 2018 11:52 (five years ago) link
one I've started noticing recently in political reporting: "have a [good] story to tell"
― soref, Thursday, 11 October 2018 12:04 (five years ago) link
because political reporters, like everyone else, now think they are writers
― Dmac TT (darraghmac), Thursday, 11 October 2018 12:35 (five years ago) link
"deadass"
― rip van wanko, Thursday, 11 October 2018 13:06 (five years ago) link
repeated use of 'proceeded to...'
― kinder, Thursday, 11 October 2018 13:09 (five years ago) link
^^^
― mookieproof, Thursday, 11 October 2018 14:09 (five years ago) link
“happy wife, happy life”
― estela, Thursday, 11 October 2018 14:27 (five years ago) link
'the'. So overused, sounds like 'duh' and is just as much a signifier of stupidity imo. Use other articles, sheeple, gawd.
― Extra Shprankles (Old Lunch), Thursday, 11 October 2018 14:29 (five years ago) link
Still less annoying than 'not a good look' or, worse yet, 'nagl'.
― pomenitul, Thursday, 11 October 2018 14:30 (five years ago) link
First they came for the good looks, and I said nothing, for I was not a good look
― I have measured out my life in coffee shop loyalty cards (silby), Thursday, 11 October 2018 14:32 (five years ago) link
not good lookin'
― jmm, Thursday, 11 October 2018 14:36 (five years ago) link
I probably posted this already, but I'm tired of being told to let things "sink in"
― Paul Ponzi, Thursday, 11 October 2018 15:05 (five years ago) link
"Name a better (whatever variety of thing it is). We'll wait." <---this is a social media account manager's lame attempt at being sassy, and has never been anything else
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, September 22, 2018 2:05 PM (two weeks ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
otm
― Paul Ponzi, Thursday, 11 October 2018 15:06 (five years ago) link
"so stinkin' (cute, adorable, etc)"
what’s especially annoying is that they never wait xp
― 1-800-CALL-ATT (Karl Malone), Thursday, 11 October 2018 15:07 (five years ago) link
social media managers having to gin up verbiage in places that really don't even need verbiage has become the bane of my eyeballs.
see also the sub-headlines under any form of web-quiz (Sporcle is a relentless offender here), which are invariably just restating the title but with the addition of some attempt at being casual, chummy, and sassy, or making an 'insider' reference (which could have been generated by a robot) to the subject matter. like if the quiz is called "Which Gryffindor Student Are You?" it really doesn't need "Break out the Polyjuice Potion and prepare to get lit...erature!"
― |Restore| |Restart| |Quit| (Doctor Casino), Thursday, 11 October 2018 16:06 (five years ago) link
you sure about that?
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 11 October 2018 17:55 (five years ago) link
getting really tired of the use of "bullied" outside of actual bullying contexts. Heard reference to Elizabeth Warren being "bullied" by Trump. I think it's kind of a stretch to suggest that national politicians can "bully" each other.
― Fedora Dostoyevsky (man alive), Wednesday, 17 October 2018 15:29 (five years ago) link
perhaps elizabeth warren is not *being* bullied, but 'bullying' is a pretty accurate term for trump's attitude and world view
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 17 October 2018 15:39 (five years ago) link
imo he is global king of DARVO -- it's way beyond bullyingDARVO is my new favorite acronym
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Wednesday, 17 October 2018 15:41 (five years ago) link
me tooI need to moan about DARVOing somewhere but I'm paranoid the offender will find it and keep on DARVOing even more
― kinder, Wednesday, 17 October 2018 15:49 (five years ago) link
omg it just dawned on medonnie darvo
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Wednesday, 17 October 2018 15:54 (five years ago) link
haha
― kinder, Wednesday, 17 October 2018 15:58 (five years ago) link
carrots and sticks
― marcos, Wednesday, 17 October 2018 16:02 (five years ago) link