# 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:** 12\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2014, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/99-message-board-words-or-phrases-to-retire-in-2014/677752/81 "2014-01-05T15:01:24Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Language Nazis. It’s a linguistic holocaust!! Do you know who e… DOH! ---
**Author:** ![Rysto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecccb3/32.png) [@Rysto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysto)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2014, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/99-message-board-words-or-phrases-to-retire-in-2014/677752/82 "2014-01-05T16:29:51Z")
> [@Martini\_Enfield](#): > > 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.” [Betteridge’s Law of Headlines](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge%27s_law_of_headlines): If a headline is posed as a question, the answer is invariably no. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2014, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/99-message-board-words-or-phrases-to-retire-in-2014/677752/83 "2014-01-05T18:01:51Z")
Did I mention? It manages to irritate in both of the ways it can be used. Example 1: “I like tomatoes. My friend gave me a tomato sandwich. Did I mention I like tomatoes?” _Commentary: yes, you fucking did, just now._ Example 2: “I went to my friend’s house last Sunday. My friend gave me a tomato sandwich. Did I mention I like tomatoes?” _Commentary: no you fucking didn’t and you know it, you’re doing it now._ This affectedly coy phrase must die. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Feldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lord_feldon/32/341_2.png) [@Lord\_Feldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Feldon)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2014, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/99-message-board-words-or-phrases-to-retire-in-2014/677752/84 "2014-01-05T22:36:39Z")
USian, USAian, USAnian, etc. The word you’re looking for is American. ---
**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, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/99-message-board-words-or-phrases-to-retire-in-2014/677752/85 "2014-01-05T22:40:11Z")
"Worst \_\_\_\_\_\_ _ever_! [/Comic Book Guy] ---
**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 6, 2014, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/99-message-board-words-or-phrases-to-retire-in-2014/677752/86 "2014-01-06T11:18:51Z")
> [@Rysto](#): > > [Betteridge’s Law of Headlines](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betteridge%27s_law_of_headlines): If a headline is posed as a question, the answer is invariably no. My understanding is that principle applies to actual news articles which (ostensible) have a journalistic point, as opposed to random pics and graphics on news/entertaintment aggregator sites. So, “Is the President about to authorise a nuclear strike against Sandistan?” would meet the requirement for the abovementioned Law Of Headline Questions, since the answer, when you read the article, will generally be “No” - and it will be explicitly stated (“The President has absolutely ruled out a nuclear strike against Sandistan, saying it would only further destabilise the region and lead to un-necessary tension with the Duchy of Unterland”), whereas in an infotainment story the question will never be addressed beyond the headline. Thus, “Is this the best picture ever taken of a wombat surfing a crocodile?” will never actually be explicitly addressed in the accompanying “article” - there will be a pic of a wombat apparently surfing a crocodile, and the caption will probably mention something about how odd/cute the depicted scenario is, and perhaps some background or amusing commentary, but the actual question of whether or not the image really is the best ever taken of its subject is left as a purely subjective one for the reader to answer themselves. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2014, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/99-message-board-words-or-phrases-to-retire-in-2014/677752/87 "2014-01-06T11:28:34Z")
> [@x-ray\_vision](#): > > I think you guys got them all. > > /thread This post has been graped by The Grapist. ---
**Author:** ![Themis00](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/13edae/32.png) [@Themis00](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Themis00)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2014, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/99-message-board-words-or-phrases-to-retire-in-2014/677752/88 "2014-01-06T11:31:00Z")
> [@drewtwo99](#): > > This post has been graped by The Grapist. Dude, are you really the Grapist? You seem to have quite a fascination with him. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Enright3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/enright3/32/2897_2.png) [@Enright3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enright3)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2014, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/99-message-board-words-or-phrases-to-retire-in-2014/677752/89 "2014-01-10T16:23:10Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > The trouble with that is I believe in Og. I do to; which is why I think we should stop using Og’s name all the time. Poor Og. ---
**Author:** ![citizenzen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a8b319/32.png) [@citizenzen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/citizenzen)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2014, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/99-message-board-words-or-phrases-to-retire-in-2014/677752/90 "2014-01-10T16:28:13Z")
> [@TBG](#): > > … “Faux News” – Faux is both spelled and pronounced differently than Fox. It’s not witty to write it like that, it’s trite and boorish. Find some new material. OMG. It’s spelled and pronounced differently? Well, I suppose it then loses its meaning entirely. Somebody should have alerted me before about this. > [@seal\_cleaner](#): > > 'Murica. > Stupid. Seems like it’s in almost every thread in redditt. \*Now \*how do you feel about it? I feel like it’s a pretty apt descriptor for a lot of 'Muricans. ---
**Author:** ![Laggard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de053/32.png) [@Laggard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laggard)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2014, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/99-message-board-words-or-phrases-to-retire-in-2014/677752/91 "2014-01-10T17:25:21Z")
cite? ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2014, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/99-message-board-words-or-phrases-to-retire-in-2014/677752/92 "2014-01-10T22:05:34Z")
> [@Quimby](#): > > Typing “Umm” before a sentence. As in: > > Ummm you do know that typing “Ummm” may be the douchiest thing in the Universe? Ohm, I choose to resist. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/99-message-board-words-or-phrases-to-retire-in-2014/677752.md?page=4)