# 99 message board words or phrases to retire in 2014 **URL:** \ **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\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2014, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/99-message-board-words-or-phrases-to-retire-in-2014/677752/61 "2014-01-04T06:16:20Z")
> [@Quimby](#): > > Typing “Umm” before a sentence. As in: > > Ummm you do know that typing “Ummm” may be the douchiest thing in the Universe? Uhm, at least spell “uhm” correctly. I mean, wow. Just wow. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2014, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/99-message-board-words-or-phrases-to-retire-in-2014/677752/62 "2014-01-04T14:23:00Z")
**John** , I have never seen it spelled “uhm” in all my years on the intertoobz. Are you trying to create a new internet meme? Don’t do this again, m’kay? ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2014, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/99-message-board-words-or-phrases-to-retire-in-2014/677752/63 "2014-01-04T16:05:09Z")
[Google is your friend](http://lmgtfy.com/?q=google+is+your+friend). Punctuation is your friend. \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ is your friend. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2014, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/99-message-board-words-or-phrases-to-retire-in-2014/677752/64 "2014-01-04T16:20:06Z")
Bwahahaha ---
**Author:** ![ZenBeam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3ab097/32.png) [@ZenBeam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZenBeam)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2014, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/99-message-board-words-or-phrases-to-retire-in-2014/677752/65 "2014-01-04T16:22:59Z")
I don’t see it on here that often, but referring to your husband as DH, or it’s variants. I really hate that. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2014, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/99-message-board-words-or-phrases-to-retire-in-2014/677752/66 "2014-01-04T16:37:11Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > **John** , I have never seen it spelled “uhm” in all my years on the intertoobz. Are you trying to create a new internet meme? Don’t do this again, m’kay? Yeah, “uhm” looks weird to me. It’s “um(m…)” or “erm.” ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2014, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/99-message-board-words-or-phrases-to-retire-in-2014/677752/67 "2014-01-04T17:01:28Z")
> [@That\_Don\_Guy](#): > > +1 (and its twin, “This”), especially when quoting a lengthy post While I agree on ‘+1’ because we’re not keeping score, some short phrase like ‘This’ or ‘QFT’ is a hell of a lot faster than “This post says exactly what I would have said, if this poster hadn’t already said it first.” ---
**Author:** ![GrandWino](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grandwino/32/67_2.png) [@GrandWino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GrandWino)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2014, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/99-message-board-words-or-phrases-to-retire-in-2014/677752/68 "2014-01-04T17:38:50Z")
This. ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2014, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/99-message-board-words-or-phrases-to-retire-in-2014/677752/69 "2014-01-04T20:29:53Z")
Whenever I hear someone refer to their husband/wife/boyfriend/girlfriend as **significant other** (SO), I feel like screaming. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2014, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/99-message-board-words-or-phrases-to-retire-in-2014/677752/70 "2014-01-04T20:54:31Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > **John** , I have never seen it spelled “uhm” in all my years on the intertoobz. Are you trying to create a new internet meme? Don’t do this again, m’kay? Uhm, [Really?](http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=uhm) ---
**Author:** ![SerafinaPekala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecae2f/32.png) [@SerafinaPekala](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SerafinaPekala)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2014, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/99-message-board-words-or-phrases-to-retire-in-2014/677752/71 "2014-01-04T21:05:52Z")
“It is what it is” = dumbest phrase ever. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2014, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/99-message-board-words-or-phrases-to-retire-in-2014/677752/72 "2014-01-04T21:40:02Z")
Is _meh_ still okay? ---
**Author:** ![Peanuthead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peanuthead/32/360_2.png) [@Peanuthead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peanuthead)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2014, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/99-message-board-words-or-phrases-to-retire-in-2014/677752/73 "2014-01-05T02:18:00Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > Is _meh_ still okay? Much better than “teh”. Which is neither cute nor clever. We need to get rid of “anyways”. There is no such word. Also " 'cuz". (Unless you’re talking about your cousin. Then I’ll let you slide.) And stop signing your damn posts. We already know who you are. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2014, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/99-message-board-words-or-phrases-to-retire-in-2014/677752/74 "2014-01-05T02:33:24Z")
Language Nazis. It’s a linguistic holocaust!! ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2014, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/99-message-board-words-or-phrases-to-retire-in-2014/677752/75 "2014-01-05T05:52:48Z")
> [@Blackberry](#): > > Oh, sammies is all over the place. I think I’ve seen it on a restaurant menu somewhere. Or maybe it was at the grocery store. Quiznos has sandwiches they call “Sammies.” Which reminds of people who type sammich instead of sandwich. Incredibly annoying. ---
**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 5, 2014, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/99-message-board-words-or-phrases-to-retire-in-2014/677752/76 "2014-01-05T09:06:54Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > “Penis ensues.” Huh-huh. Huh-huh. You said “penis”. ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Shine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr_shine/32/464_2.png) [@Mr\_Shine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Shine)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2014, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/99-message-board-words-or-phrases-to-retire-in-2014/677752/77 "2014-01-05T09:27:11Z")
Silly swearing words, where you take a standard swear word and add a random suffix or prefix (e.g cuntlapper) ---
**Author:** ![Martini\_Enfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/martini_enfield/32/11123_2.png) [@Martini\_Enfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Martini_Enfield)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2014, 9:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/99-message-board-words-or-phrases-to-retire-in-2014/677752/78 "2014-01-05T09:52:15Z")
Not confined to messageboards, but whenever I see something on a website entitled “Is this the best \_\_\_\_\_ of all time/ever?” the answer is, invariably, “No.” Sometimes it’s “No, not even close.” I’d like to see “heartbreaking” vanished as well. Reality is unpleasant enough as it is without people playing I Am More Sad Than You Over Something That Doesn’t Actually Matter. It’s terrible someone out there kicked a puppy, but turning a video of it into a recreational outrage topic filled with calls for the puppy kicker to be cast into the Thunderdome to be torn apart by ill-tempered sea bass with fricking laser beams attached to their heads is, well, unhelpful at best. Similarly, “You need to see this pic of \_\_\_\_\_”. No, I don’t. I need to breathe in and out, consume nourishment, and go to work to ensure minor trivialities like the power bill get paid, I have somewhere to live, and said nourishment is available. I don’t _need_ to see a picture of a platypus having a sleepytime cuddle with a giraffe, however cute the image may be. ---
**Author:** ![vontsira](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/51bf81/32.png) [@vontsira](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vontsira)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2014, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/99-message-board-words-or-phrases-to-retire-in-2014/677752/79 "2014-01-05T11:08:14Z")
> [@MrSquishy](#): > > " > … that I think I’ve only ever seen here: > “Cow-orker” Another board which I frequent, is fond of a variation of that one: “cow-irker” (as in someone who annoys cattle). I admit to rather liking that usage, which I do find funny – maybe I have a puerile sense of humour. The expression in general has a bit of an exotic feel to us in the UK. Standard for us, is to speak of work colleagues – rarely if ever, of co-workers. ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2014, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/99-message-board-words-or-phrases-to-retire-in-2014/677752/80 "2014-01-05T15:00:36Z")
> [@MrSquishy](#): > > I think I’ve only ever seen here: > “Cow-orker” Cow-orker has been around for a long time. > **[Origins of "cow-orker"](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=358206)** > > This post in another thread said that However, I seem to remember this phrase before Scott Adams’s newsletters started. The first place I saw it was on alt.fan.cecil-adams. Anybody have a definitive cite for first use, or is this one of those... [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/99-message-board-words-or-phrases-to-retire-in-2014/677752.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/99-message-board-words-or-phrases-to-retire-in-2014/677752.md?page=5)