# Expressions I hate **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 10, 2022, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expressions-i-hate/962620 "2022-04-10T16:15:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2022, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expressions-i-hate/962620/41 "2022-04-11T17:12:38Z")
Anal Gland Expressions ---
**Author:** ![BrickBat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac91a4/32.png) [@BrickBat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrickBat)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2022, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expressions-i-hate/962620/42 "2022-04-11T17:12:52Z")
“Price point” ---
**Author:** ![BrickBat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac91a4/32.png) [@BrickBat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrickBat)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2022, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expressions-i-hate/962620/43 "2022-04-11T17:16:01Z")
> [@scareyfaerie](#): > > “Reach out” is my pet peeve. No, you’re getting in touch. Yeah, that one makes my skin crawl. I like to reply as scornfully and inarticulately as possible. ---
**Author:** ![Napier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2022, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expressions-i-hate/962620/44 "2022-04-11T17:19:20Z")
“At this juncture of maturation”, an expression meaning “now”. Used by Al Haig. I guess this isn’t actually a popular expression, but it’s still an expression I hate. I only use it for sinister purposes. “In a forward going way”, an expression meaning we stipulate we will not use time travel. I don’t get the utility. ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2022, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expressions-i-hate/962620/45 "2022-04-11T17:20:16Z")
I’m with previous posters on “curated” and “influencer.” Every time I hear “influencer,” I think of some narcissistic twerp who wasn’t even a zygote when I was in college, taking selfies in front of products and thinking anybody else other than their fellow narcissistic twerps should give a damn what they think. Also, “circle back.” Ugh. I hate corp-speak in general. ---
**Author:** ![Napier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2022, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expressions-i-hate/962620/46 "2022-04-11T17:27:09Z")
> [@Mighty\_Mouse](#): > > “It’s no problem” said by the person who screwed up or just blew off a task and is now delaying and inconveniencing ME. A friend forty some years ago told me there was an Arabic word that sounds like “malish”. It means “it does not matter” and is often used in situations where we might say “I’m sorry”. For example, if somebody accidentally drops your camera in the Nile, he might shrug and say “malish”. I’m not sure if this is accurate. If anybody knows any better please correct me. Otherwise, no problem, it is what it is, no worries. ---
**Author:** ![Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/earl_snake-hips_tucker/32/3269_2.png) [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earl_Snake-Hips_Tucker)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2022, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expressions-i-hate/962620/47 "2022-04-11T17:32:50Z")
“Aren’t I?” ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2022, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expressions-i-hate/962620/48 "2022-04-11T17:58:31Z")
> [@](#): > > ## No Worries? > > The Arabic word _malesh_ is a perfect case in point. Among the Japanese, this is surely one of most misunderstood words in the Arabic language. The origins of the term are too complex to explain here, but the basic meaning is: “There’s nothing to it”; in English, it is widely translated as “never mind.” In my native Egypt, we often use it sympathetically, in the sense of “that’s tough,” or “never you mind,” or “there, there.” But it also frequently serves as a somewhat terse apology, along the lines of “Sorry!” > > Here are two perfectly acceptable examples of the use of _malesh_ . > > (A steps on B’s foot.) > A: Malesh. [Sorry!] > > A: Everything’s been going wrong for me lately. > B: Malesh. [Don’t let it get you down.] > **[Lost in Translation: “Malesh” and Other Linguistic Hazards](https://www.nippon.com/en/column/g00143/)** > > Studying a foreign language can sharpen one's appreciation of the deep layers of meaning beneath the words one… ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2022, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expressions-i-hate/962620/49 "2022-04-11T18:12:15Z")
“Go woke, go broke.” ---
**Author:** ![Cardigan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardigan/32/187_2.png) [@Cardigan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cardigan)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2022, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expressions-i-hate/962620/50 "2022-04-11T18:13:26Z")
“bro’s before ho’s” ---
**Author:** ![Bonum\_Legatum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bonum_legatum/32/6183_2.png) [@Bonum\_Legatum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bonum_Legatum)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2022, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expressions-i-hate/962620/51 "2022-04-11T18:19:00Z")
“Not in my wheelhouse.” Raises the bile because it is so imprecise. There’s a big difference between being unable to do something, being unauthorized to do something, being forbidden to do something, and just being a …who refuses to do something because you like the feeling of power. ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2022, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expressions-i-hate/962620/52 "2022-04-11T19:25:41Z")
You are who you are. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2022, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expressions-i-hate/962620/53 "2022-04-11T19:44:30Z")
Oh, absolutely. I might even go so far as to say: And not just another lovely lady Set out to break my heart. ---
**Author:** ![Kron](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kron/32/12444_2.png) [@Kron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kron)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2022, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expressions-i-hate/962620/54 "2022-04-11T21:06:32Z")
> [@Princhester](#): > > > [@UltraVires](#): > > > > > [@FairyChatMom](#): > > > > > > It is what it is > > > > That one also makes me growly. > > I’ve never entirely understood the hate for this one - is it overused or used incorrectly where you are from? > > I find it quite a useful expression where people are railing about or can’t get past a certain unchangeable situation, and are thereby preventing a useful discussion about what you do about that situation. Thanks, glad I’m not the only one! It’s a genuinely useful truism, and sometimes, some folks get hung up on what they WISH the situation should be, that they don’t move on and deal with it as it is. > [@Napier](#): > > It’s “No problem!” that I hate, when said by a clerk or waiter after I thank them. It’s jarring. I’d have assumed it wasn’t a problem. They’re doing their job in the normal way. Of course it isn’t a problem. Or at least, so I thought. Why did “problem” enter the interaction? Why are we even talking about it being a problem? Oof. “No problem!” is one of my go-to responses; after all, my time is valuable, so if somebody thanks me for doing something for them, or asks me if I can do something for them, then it seems like it fits… not for everyone, apparently! > [@jnglmassiv](#): > > “No worries!” Well, shit. There’s another one. ---
**Author:** ![jaycat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat/32/3015_2.png) [@jaycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaycat)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2022, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expressions-i-hate/962620/55 "2022-04-11T21:58:19Z")
> [@Bonum\_Legatum](#): > > “Not in my wheelhouse.” I like this one, mainly because Charlie McCoy said he played the harmonica part on Obviously Five Believers because it wasn’t “in (Dylan’s) wheelhouse.” Being a polite way of saying Bobby didn’t have the chops. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2022, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expressions-i-hate/962620/56 "2022-04-11T22:31:44Z")
[Here’s a superhero comic chock-full of annoying business expressions](https://ibanniebtechsupport.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/action_item_superhero.jpg). Away! ---
**Author:** ![Boycott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boycott/32/6741_2.png) [@Boycott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boycott)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2022, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expressions-i-hate/962620/57 "2022-04-11T22:34:32Z")
_my lived experience…_ Why not just say _my experience_ ---
**Author:** ![EastUmpqua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eastumpqua/32/6025_2.png) [@EastUmpqua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EastUmpqua)\ **Post date:** [April 11, 2022, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expressions-i-hate/962620/58 "2022-04-11T22:37:02Z")
> [@Princhester](#): > > What? They are totally different expressions that have no relation to one another. > > The first means “what you are saying is irrelevant” and the second means “we are faced with a situation that we cannot change, so we have to deal with it”. Ok you’re right. But I have used these two expressions interchangeably. I appreciate you clarification. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2022, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expressions-i-hate/962620/59 "2022-04-12T00:39:59Z")
“Ya know what I’m sayin’?” ---
**Author:** ![CorpusNeptune](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/corpusneptune/32/17561_2.png) [@CorpusNeptune](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CorpusNeptune)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2022, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expressions-i-hate/962620/60 "2022-04-12T03:05:55Z")
“Because I said so.” No, really, _why_?? Saying this just shows you aren’t worth listening to. Why should I listen to you if you haven’t a reason? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expressions-i-hate/962620.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expressions-i-hate/962620.md?page=4)