Cliche cutesy-isms that set your teeth on edge

The BBQ Pit
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I overreact cringeingly when I come across the following usages in Dope threads:
[ul][li]penned instead of written[/li][li]anyhoo[/li][li]stepped foot rather than set foot[/li][li]any quote from The Princess Bride[/ul][/li]I’d like to move that these tired tropes be considered local analogs to Godwin’s law: when they start to turn up in a thread, that thread can officially considered done.

Anyone like to add any more items to the list of cliches that adds the number “infinity” to the noise side of the signal**:**noise ratio?

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Yeah: ‘Godwin’s law’ is a very tired clichè. Lets get rid of it.

Like we oughta get rid of “rules” who are thought of by some nobody. Thanks.

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Good point; I agree with the inclusion of Godwin’s Law on the list.

But you really shouldn’t refer to yourself as “some nobody.” Everyone is welcome here, and everyone’s opinion holds equal value. Do something nice for yourself today, gum: take a bath by candlelight, or eat dessert first. Maybe you’ll feel better about yourself.

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Well that was a little pissier than necessary.

I say “anyhoo” all the time. As it annoys you lissner, I’ll try to stop but one or two may slip out anyway.

Penned is somewhat obnoxious, but the Princess Bride* rocks. I refuse to accept a ban on PB quotes.

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[hijack]
lissener, your sig is so fucking funny.
[/hijack]

Maybe we should add fake vB tags (a la [hijack]) to your list.

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You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.

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I have no problem with the movie, but PBisms have become so overdone around here that they’ve come to make me cringe. YMMV.

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lissener That was deserved and very funny. :slight_smile: Thankee.

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How 'bout the book? Can we use anything from the book?

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The only one that the OP mentioned that really bothers me is “anyhoo” and I detest that one. But I always figure that if this is the worst thing to happen to me all day, then my life is pretty good…

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I hate “prolly”. […shivering…]

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HEATHEN!

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The incredibly annoying pseudo-legalism “said,” as in, "Poster X was really stupid in this thread. I was really enjoying said thread until. . . "

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Crap. I say this IRL as well. I wonder if there is a whole group of people just dying to throttle me every time I say it…

:eek:

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You know, I’d like to run all my posts past lissener to make sure I’m not inadvertantly cheesing him off, but really, who has the time?

There are what, 20,000 or so readers of the SDMB? I’m sure that if you took a union of all the phrases, idioms, acronyms, and figures of speech that causes at least one of them to cringe, then any post at all, including a completely blank one, would fail to pass muster.

So I’m sorry if some random turn of phrase I choose during a dashed off post fails to be 100% cliche-free, but I’m not * real * sorry.

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Finagle–

I’m on unemployment at the moment, so I’d be happy to screen your posts before you submit the. Post them here, and I’ll clean them up so you don’t embarrass yourself.

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Looks like someone has a case of the Mondays. :smiley:

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–before you submit them.

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I hereby object to all posts containing spaces.

Fucking cliched, those spaces.

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High on the pucker scale:

  1. slippery slope
  2. the race card
  3. knee jerk reaction
  4. terrorist organization used to describe teachers (not a cliche, but used so vilely that it is worth a mention)
  5. traitors and unpatriotic used to describe peacemakers
  6. pro-abortion substituted for “pro-choice”
  7. misuse of Nazi
  8. misuse and misunderstanding of politically correct
  9. family values used to refer only to traditional families
  10. “nuke-u-lar” and “nuke-ya-lar”
  11. homeland security