# 99 message board words or phrases to retire in 2014

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/99-message-board-words-or-phrases-to-retire-in-2014/677752>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [January 2, 2014, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/99-message-board-words-or-phrases-to-retire-in-2014/677752 "2014-01-02T23:39:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![seal\_cleaner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@seal\_cleaner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seal_cleaner)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2014, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/99-message-board-words-or-phrases-to-retire-in-2014/677752/21 "2014-01-03T01:55:00Z")

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'Murica.  
Stupid. Seems like it’s in almost every thread in redditt. \*Now \*how do you feel about it?

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**Author:** ![That\_Don\_Guy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/that_don_guy/32/538_2.png) [@That\_Don\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/That_Don_Guy)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2014, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/99-message-board-words-or-phrases-to-retire-in-2014/677752/22 "2014-01-03T02:01:06Z")

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+1 (and its twin, “This”), especially when quoting a lengthy post

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**Author:** ![CT\_Damsel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CT\_Damsel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CT_Damsel)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2014, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/99-message-board-words-or-phrases-to-retire-in-2014/677752/23 "2014-01-03T02:30:55Z")

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this will not end well

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**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2014, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/99-message-board-words-or-phrases-to-retire-in-2014/677752/24 "2014-01-03T03:18:12Z")

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“You do know that…”

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**Author:** ![Enola\_Gay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3ab097/32.png) [@Enola\_Gay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Gay)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2014, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/99-message-board-words-or-phrases-to-retire-in-2014/677752/25 "2014-01-03T03:18:34Z")

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What? No one mentioned “Band name”?

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**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2014, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/99-message-board-words-or-phrases-to-retire-in-2014/677752/26 "2014-01-03T03:27:07Z")

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Discuss.

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**Author:** ![buddha\_david](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ee7513/32.png) [@buddha\_david](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buddha_david)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2014, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/99-message-board-words-or-phrases-to-retire-in-2014/677752/27 "2014-01-03T03:29:53Z")

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Cool story, bro.

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**Author:** ![Otara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a88e4f/32.png) [@Otara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otara)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2014, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/99-message-board-words-or-phrases-to-retire-in-2014/677752/28 "2014-01-03T03:34:06Z")

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Retire.

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**Author:** ![Enola\_Gay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3ab097/32.png) [@Enola\_Gay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Gay)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2014, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/99-message-board-words-or-phrases-to-retire-in-2014/677752/29 "2014-01-03T04:26:45Z")

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Wins the thread.

(Fill in the blank) much?

As in confirmation bias much? Project much?

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**Author:** ![Blackberry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecd19e/32.png) [@Blackberry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackberry)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2014, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/99-message-board-words-or-phrases-to-retire-in-2014/677752/30 "2014-01-03T04:27:21Z")

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Zombie jokes, most of the time. Some are funny but most are not funny and just way overdone.

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**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2014, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/99-message-board-words-or-phrases-to-retire-in-2014/677752/31 "2014-01-03T05:29:41Z")

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> [@seal\_cleaner](#):
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> 'Murica.

Yes, totally! Also “'merica” and “Murka” and “merkin” (not when referring to an actual merkin)

Windoze and Micro$oft.

“Rinse, repeat.” I call for this one to be retired as often as I can.

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**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2014, 5:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/99-message-board-words-or-phrases-to-retire-in-2014/677752/32 "2014-01-03T05:51:17Z")

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That whole gold clap thing.

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**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2014, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/99-message-board-words-or-phrases-to-retire-in-2014/677752/33 "2014-01-03T07:16:00Z")

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#hashtag

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**Author:** ![Tangent](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tangent/32/3098_2.png) [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2014, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/99-message-board-words-or-phrases-to-retire-in-2014/677752/34 "2014-01-03T07:41:49Z")

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Point, the first…

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**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2014, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/99-message-board-words-or-phrases-to-retire-in-2014/677752/35 "2014-01-03T07:45:28Z")

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> [@Leaffan](#):
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> That whole gold clap thing.

That really was supposed to say _golf_. :smack:

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**Author:** ![Apollyon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/apollyon/32/4238_2.png) [@Apollyon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apollyon)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2014, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/99-message-board-words-or-phrases-to-retire-in-2014/677752/36 "2014-01-03T08:18:07Z")

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In Soviet Russia 99 message board words or phrases retires you!

😛

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**Author:** ![zoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zoid/32/336_2.png) [@zoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zoid)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2014, 9:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/99-message-board-words-or-phrases-to-retire-in-2014/677752/37 "2014-01-03T09:31:34Z")

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Recommend me a X

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**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2014, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/99-message-board-words-or-phrases-to-retire-in-2014/677752/38 "2014-01-03T12:41:26Z")

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Hi, Opal!

She herself hated the phrase, most people use it wrong, and it’s waaaaay past its expiration date.

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**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2014, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/99-message-board-words-or-phrases-to-retire-in-2014/677752/39 "2014-01-03T13:04:43Z")

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_inserts action here_

or

::inserts action here::

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**Author:** ![Chilliwack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e79b87/32.png) [@Chilliwack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chilliwack)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2014, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/99-message-board-words-or-phrases-to-retire-in-2014/677752/40 "2014-01-03T14:50:56Z")

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> [@That\_Don\_Guy](#):
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> +1 (and its twin, “This”), especially when quoting a lengthy post

QFT

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