Trendy catch phrases you've had enough of...

[Senegoid]

Originally Posted by Sudden Kestrel

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I mentally edit sentences that begin with "So" just as I used to edit my employer's dictations. I find sentences beginning with "And" or "But" equally offensive.

Especially when such sentence does not follow a previous (possibly related) sentence. F'rinstance, when I go to a store and a sales clerk approaches me and says, "AAAAAND how can we help you today?"

I'd like to add to the list "easy-peasy" and other forms of baby talk when not uttered by actual babies.

AAAAAND even when uttered by actual babies, for that matter.

[Eliahna]

Either this is a zombie thread, or I've travelled back in time this afternoon without noticing, or some of you are using a trendy new definition of the word "trendy" that doesn't mean "the current or latest trend".

In the spirit of nominating phrases at least a decade old, I'll take "baby daddy" and "yummy mummy" because they both make my skin crawl.

[Meyer6]

Originally Posted by Tarwater

Cool story, bro.

God, I hate 'cool story'. It's just so dismissive and insulting, especially since it's almost always aimed at someone whose only crime is being slightly boring.

I also hate 'sammich' and 'just saying'.

[Fear Itself]

Originally Posted by Syme

"landfall" as in "Cyclone Cyclops made landfall" We used to say "Cyclone Cyclops landed ", not anymore.

Speaking of weather, another one the media has worn out when a big storm threatens is, "hunker down". You can bet when you see newscritters standing out in the sideways rain, they will end the story with "hunker down".

[Stratocaster]

"Not so much" has moved into annoying territory.

[Filbert]

Originally Posted by Stendhal Syndrome

I have heard people use and say "yahoo", instead of "woohoo", I am assuming, and that irritates me.

At least in my experience in Britain, 'yahoo!' was the normal version- 'woohoo!' only seems to have come into widespread use in the last ten years or so. Is it better if you think of it as a regionalism?

Oh, and anyone who says 'chillax' deserves to be bludgeoned with burning weasels until they see the error of their ways.

[oreally]

Originally Posted by Syme

sentences I love to hate

"are we on the same page .. ? Wouldn't "do we agree on ..." be easier

"landfall" as in "Cyclone Cyclops made landfall" We used to say "Cyclone Cyclops landed ", not anymore.

or just the simple "roadmap" as in the "the roadmap to peace in the Middle East" Roadmap? why not simply : 'the plan for peace in the Middle East?

I don't mind if the Americans use them, but when they enter our Australian parlance, then they make me cringe.

Count your blessings; those have all been around for a long time here. And I'll take any one of those many times over vs the ones I mentioned above.

I'm not sure if this counts as it's also been around a pretty long time at this point, but "I'm all" is a real teeth-grater for me.

Originally Posted by dropzone

I assume that and "so" were upper-Midwest regionalisms.

You assume incorrectly. It's everywhere, near as I can tell.

"So" also has several usages.

Obviously. And many of them (as you noted) grammatically correct and hardly trendy. And-? They aren't the usages we're talking about.

Originally Posted by Stendhal Syndrome

I have heard people use and say "yahoo", instead of "woohoo", I am assuming,

Actually "yahoo" has been around much longer, and if I had been making this post about 10-15 yrs ago, "woohoo" would have easily made the list as it was all the rage then, thanks to "The Simpsons"...along with "d'oh!" (Both said in a Homer kinda way)

Originally Posted by Eliahna

Either this is a zombie thread, or I've travelled back in time this afternoon without noticing, or some of you are using a trendy new definition of the word "trendy" that doesn't mean "the current or latest trend".

Someone else gets it; thank you very much. I was debating whether or not to say something as I know how easily some people are prone to having hissies on msg boards if you dare question anything they say.

Originally Posted by Meyer6

I also hate 'sammich' and 'just saying'.

Excellent additions! I abhor any "baby talk" unless one is actually talking to a baby (actually even then it gets old fairly quickly). "Peeps" is perhaps the worst of all. Recently a boss in another dept said he needed to "talk to his peeps" about something. I wanted to hand him some pink marshmallow treats and say "here, talk to mine first." Don't even get me started on the "street" baby talk, like "shizzle fo nizzle" ad nauseum.

Originally Posted by Stratocaster

"Not so much" has moved into annoying territory.

Another excellent call, although around here that seems to be quickly fading. I'll take whatever small victory I can.

[Blackzilla]

I abhor the rise of spendy, and its even newer, deformed homunculus cousin cashy, as substitutes for "expensive."

"No worries!" also fills me with rage for some reason, as a substitute for "it's ok."

I do, however, want to see "that's just the angle of the dangle" take off in the business world.

[drastic_quench]

Originally Posted by zweisamkeit

Something I've mainly seen in Cooks Illustrated (but have seen or heard it elsewhere) is "mouthfeel". Wtf? JUST SAY "TEXTURE", DAMMIT. It sounds like a hamfisted attempt to create a word for "texture" if we didn't already have the word.

Mouthfeel is useful for non-solids like wines, beers, and even cigar smoke. Texture wouldn't fit these as accurately.

[Sudden Kestrel]

Originally Posted by Senegoid

AAAAAND even when uttered by actual babies, for that matter.

Well, that goes without saying.

Originally Posted by Stratocaster

"Not so much" has moved into annoying territory.

Oh, no shit. I cringe every time I hear it.

Originally Posted by oreally

Actually "yahoo" has been around much longer, and if I had been making this post about 10-15 yrs ago, "woohoo" would have easily made the list as it was all the rage then, thanks to "The Simpsons"...along with "d'oh!" (Both said in a Homer kinda way)

This fits my recollection, too. I remember reading "yahoo!" a lot in children's books in the '60s, but "woohoo!" seems to have become popular with the advent of the Simpsons.

[Kiwi Fruit]

Also, 'like', as in So, I'm like "What is your problem," and she's like "I don't have a problem".

[oreally]

That's actually been around a long time...

[california jobcase]

There are actually people who constantly actually use the words actually and actual at rates far greater than than the actual need for them. I call these people "actualers."

[Lucky 13]

Originally Posted by lizlizliz

"YOLO."

This is the trendy expression that currently gets on my nerves. It stands for "you only live once." I've found it used to justify or excuse irresponsible behavior several times in the past few weeks.

I also can't stand certain abbreviations, like "vacay" for vacation or "adorbs" for adorable. This is why I avoid reading my daughter's and niece's teenybopper fan magazines as much as possible.

[oreally]

Oh making words/phrases into acronyms or abbreviations definitely should go on the list. That whole "text-ese" BS. :gag:

[Rick]

Baby bump.
Die people that use this die.

[Sudden Kestrel]

Originally Posted by california jobcase

There are actually people who constantly actually use the words actually and actual at rates far greater than than the actual need for them. I call these people "actualers."

I do this sometimes when I'm too lazy to think up another substitute for "really."

ETA: Give Rick a prize. "Baby bump" is at the top of my hate list. I hate it so much I forgot it existed.

[Mijin]

None of the phrases in this thread particularly annoy me. Nor do I even think of them as (catch)phrases (though I'm aware that some formal definitions of "phrase" include just about anything).

If I had to think, the management-speak phrases annoy me, but only when they're virtually devoid of useful meaning: e.g. "How do you eat an elephant?", "Get all our ducks in a line" etc.

[piepiepie]

Originally Posted by monstro

Race card. That's another one I hate.

HYFR

[amanset]

Shit pommes frites.

http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/shit_pommes_frites

Makes me want to stuff shit in peoples face where the pommes frites really should be going.

[Fear Itself]

Originally Posted by Mijin

"Get all our ducks in a line" etc.

Row. Ducks in a row.

[enomaj]

Originally Posted by hogarth

Can someone use "I know that's right" in context? I don't know if I've ever heard anyone say it.

You probably haven't heard it because you missed the 70s. Unless it's making a comeback.

[FairyChatMom]

I don't think this is trendy or new, especially since my sister has said it for decades, but the verbal crutch "I mean" makes me stabby!!! And by that, I mean (I'm using it in the proper context here) people who begin a response to a question with that phrase. For example:

Interviewer: What are your plans for the upcoming event?

Interviewee: I mean, I'll be making the most of my opportunities, etc etc

I hear this more and more on the radio and on TV and it makes no sense. You should use "I mean" to expand or clarify, not to introduce a statement which has been preceded by nothing! grrrrrr!!!

I also hate the use of "hopefully" by people who really mean "I am hopeful that" - I know that one's a losing battle. It's too much a part of the language to be eliminated. Doesn't make me like it any better.

[Blackberry]

Originally Posted by FairyChatMom

I also hate the use of "hopefully" by people who really mean "I am hopeful that" - I know that one's a losing battle. It's too much a part of the language to be eliminated. Doesn't make me like it any better.

People probably use it because 1. it's a correct usage of the word and 2. it sounds normal to use in casual conversation, unlike "I am hopeful that" in many contexts.

I don't know why people are so irritated by "hopefully" but not "thankfully" and "fortunately" and the other similar words.

[CookingWithGas]

Pretty much any turn of phrase that is trendy annoys me because such phrases are usually used as a substitute for actual thought.

[CookingWithGas]

Originally Posted by TheMightyAtlas

"I hear you."

To mean, I disagree with you but don't want to say why.

It means, "You have a point but you need to listen to the point that I'm about to make which will show that you're missing the point." Old, not really trendy.

Originally Posted by zweisamkeit

Something I've mainly seen in Cooks Illustrated (but have seen or heard it elsewhere) is "mouthfeel". Wtf? JUST SAY "TEXTURE", DAMMIT. It sounds like a hamfisted attempt to create a word for "texture" if we didn't already have the word.

It's more than just texture; texture is just one facet of mouthfeel. It's been around for a very long time. Not trendy, but it is foodie jargon.

Originally Posted by FairyChatMom

I also hate the use of "hopefully" by people who really mean "I am hopeful that" - I know that one's a losing battle.

Lost battle.

[Sigmagirl]

"Gifted" as a verb.

It was my birthday last week, and my husband gifted me a diamond necklace!

I'll gift you . . .

[Bumbershoot]

"Wait for it..."

Drives me crazy.

[Kevbo]

Originally Posted by Leaffan

Every single sentence begins with "So..."

So, I read something the other day that made me think this is a Northwestern (meaning Oregon, Washington states) thing. Can any Dopers confirm?

[garygnu]

The only one I'm really tired of is, "It is what it is."

[Drunky Smurf]

I'm another hater of "baby daddy".

I was indifferent of it until one day I was watching a Judge/Courtroom type show and the plaintiff kept using it to refer to the defendant who was three feet away from her.

Judge: Ok, Stupid Bitch, tell me what happened.

Stupid Bitch: Well, my baby daddy came over to...

Judge: Excuse me? What?

Stupid Bitch: What?

Judge: Baby daddy?

Stupid Bitch: Yeah my baby daddy.

Judge: Who is the "baby daddy"?

Stupid Bitch: Stupid dude over there.

Judge: Ok.

Stupdi Bitch: As I sa'in, my baby daddy....

[CookingWithGas]

Originally Posted by Sigmagirl

"Gifted" as a verb.

And its partner, regifted.

[Cat Whisperer]

Originally Posted by Blackzilla

I abhor the rise of spendy, and its even newer, deformed homunculus cousin cashy, as substitutes for "expensive."

"No worries!" also fills me with rage for some reason, as a substitute for "it's ok."

I do, however, want to see "that's just the angle of the dangle" take off in the business world.

I like "cashy" - I think I will endeavour to use that as often as possible.

Originally Posted by Drunky Smurf

I'm another hater of "baby daddy".

I was indifferent of it until one day I was watching a Judge/Courtroom type show and the plaintiff kept using it to refer to the defendant who was three feet away from her.

Judge: Ok, Stupid Bitch, tell me what happened.

Stupid Bitch: Well, my baby daddy came over to...

Judge: Excuse me? What?

Stupid Bitch: What?

Judge: Baby daddy?

Stupid Bitch: Yeah my baby daddy.

Judge: Who is the "baby daddy"?

Stupid Bitch: Stupid dude over there.

Judge: Ok.

Stupdi Bitch: As I sa'in, my baby daddy....

I dunno; "sperm donor" is just so cold.

[california jobcase]

Every time I read alum meaning alumnus or alums meaning alumni, I cringe. Alum is potassium aluminum sulfate. How hard would it be to add -i to alum or -nu- into alums? I won't even start about where to put an -a or -ae.

[Jman]

The only thing that I'll agree with here are the 'baby talk' type things (like 'sammich') which drive me crazy. The rest of the rants just sound like a bunch of old people complaining about those youngins with their crazy speech and no respect for their elders!

Colloquialisms are a fact of life and will continue for as long as language exists. I mean, really....

[Nzinga, Seated]

Originally Posted by Cat Whisperer

I like "cashy" - I think I will endeavour to use that as often as possible. ...

I was thinking the same thing. I like it.

Originally Posted by Kiwi Fruit

Also, 'like', as in So, I'm like "What is your problem," and she's like "I don't have a problem".

This has meaning, though, and is actually useful to the language. The person is saying, "I'm paraphrasing here...don't quote me."

Originally Posted by Meyer6

God, I hate 'cool story'. It's just so dismissive and insulting, especially since it's almost always aimed at someone whose only crime is being slightly boring.

I realized, just now, with this post, how old and internet unhip I am. I actually thought "cool story, bro" was used unironically. I often did find the posts that prompted it to be kinda cool stories, if a bit trivial.

[The Devil's Grandmother]

Originally Posted by Sudden Kestrel

Hearing that phrase from anybody always makes me want to slap Christopher Kimball.

There are so many reasons to want to slap the smirk off Christopher Kimball, but "mouthfeel" is not one of them.
In addition to the explanations upthread, mouthfeel can also be used to describe the change in how the food feels when it warms in the mouth.

[dropzone]

Originally Posted by Nzinga, Seated

I realized, just now, with this post, how old and internet unhip I am. I actually thought "cool story, bro" was used unironically. I often did find the posts that prompted it to be kinda cool stories, if a bit trivial.

I thought it was a compliment. I am so very old and unhip.

[Drunky Smurf]

Originally Posted by Cat Whisperer

I dunno; "sperm donor" is just so cold.

Honestly I don't even think it was the words, "baby daddy" that set me off. The chick on the show was such a bitch and it sounded like she was trying to be as disrespectful as possible to the guy. He was standing three feet away and through the whole ten minutes or so she kept calling him that instead of his name.

If she had used a different phrase then I would be hating that one instead of "baby daddy".

[Rachellelogram]

I'm pretty tired of "and then I took an arrow to the knee."

[Blackberry]

Originally Posted by The Devil's Grandmother

In addition to the explanations upthread, mouthfeel can also be used to describe the change in how the food feels when it warms in the mouth.

I think discussing food in too much detail is unappetizing. At some point you're just talking about digestion. I don't want to hear all about how the food feels when it warms in my mouth and goes down my esophagus and mixes with my stomach acid and travels through my intestines.

[Crafter_Man]

"Epic fail."

[Fear Itself]

"Epic" anything. That word is played.

[wheresmymind]

Two phrases that I first noticed on the internet in the past 6 months or so that have now started leaking into real life, and really need to stop:

When someone uses the words "All of the XXX" to refer to an enormous amount of something. As in "Brian was absolutely hammered last night, apparently he drank ALL OF THE DRINKS" or "How much cocaine did Rick James do? ALL OF THE COCAINE!" I'm a daily reader of Cracked, and this phrase now appears in at least 40% of their new articles.

Also, any version of the phrase "Not a single fuck was given today." Sometimes it's written as "Today, not a single fuck was given," or "A single fuck shall not today be given," etc. I have a Facebook friend who posts some variation on this theme at least once a week (usually on Monday or Friday) and it drives me nuts.

[you with the face]

This isn't trendy in the slightest but a coworker the other day referred to snacks as "goodies" and I damn near died. I don't know why either. She has a sing-song whiny voice, so maybe that has something to do with it. But the thing is, she said it in an email.

[Regallag_The_Axe]

Epic pisses me off because whatever the person is talking about isn't.

YOLO makes me wan to SOSO (stab out some organs).

Staycation seems to have died. This is as it should be.

[Becky2844]

One I'd like to see get started, if it hasn't already (I'm old; what do I know) I heard like this: son and friend came up with a plan to get rich. His friend said, "We could make tens of dollars!" Made me laugh.

[you with the face]

The same coworker also tries to be cute by saying "what had happened was..." whenever you ask her to explain something. At least twice a day she'll slip into this obnoxious routine.

I know I need a vacation soon. Like Amber from that train wreck of a series Teen Mom, I don't know how sane I can stay any longer!

[drastic_quench]

Speaking of vacation, "Vacay." Pronounced VAY-cay.

"Just booking a quick vacay."

I'm also on record hating "veggies".

[oreally]

Originally Posted by CookingWithGas

Old, not really trendy.

I think it's time to give up this thread being only about trendy. It's become more of a "any saying or phrase you don't like." Oh well. At least that beats "I know this isn't trendy but..." Hey I think I'll go find a thread on soccer and post something that starts with "I know this has nothing to do with soccer, but........"

Originally Posted by Crafter_Man

"Epic fail."

Actually "fail" used in that way got very old very quickly. Happily, it seems to be fading quickly as well, at least around here.