# I pit overused pop culture phrases **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 22, 2004, 9:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-overused-pop-culture-phrases/276082 "2004-11-22T09:00:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2004, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-overused-pop-culture-phrases/276082/21 "2004-11-22T17:00:56Z")
You’re fired. My bad. ---
**Author:** ![finette6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7993a0/32.png) [@finette6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/finette6)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2004, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-overused-pop-culture-phrases/276082/22 "2004-11-22T17:04:49Z")
> [@Hypno-Toad](#): > > I’m so glad “Rocktober” is over. yeah. Rockvember is the best month, especially with the great weather we’ve been having. Rockcember is nice to, though, since my birthday and the start of winter break are in it. Rocktastic! Get the Led out! ---
**Author:** ![moriah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b2d939/32.png) [@moriah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/moriah)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2004, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-overused-pop-culture-phrases/276082/23 "2004-11-22T17:05:30Z")
“What’s the duck, today?” “Totally balanced, Roy.” “Hey, stop stretching the Spandex!” ---
**Author:** ![jebert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ec9cab/32.png) [@jebert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jebert)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2004, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-overused-pop-culture-phrases/276082/24 "2004-11-22T18:23:44Z")
“Big time.” “24/7” . ---
**Author:** ![The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_chao_goes_mu/32/3191_2.png) [@The\_Chao\_Goes\_Mu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Chao_Goes_Mu)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2004, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-overused-pop-culture-phrases/276082/25 "2004-11-22T18:30:00Z")
It may not so much be pop culture as it is business culture but people who still say “Think outside the box” are not thinking outside the box. Move on to a new catch phrase. Oh, and any Snoop Dogg speak. If I hear “Fo shizzle” or “hizzouse” one more time I’m going to “smack some bitch up” Our society has “jumped the shark” 😃 ---
**Author:** ![NotWithoutRage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/22d042/32.png) [@NotWithoutRage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NotWithoutRage)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2004, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-overused-pop-culture-phrases/276082/26 "2004-11-22T18:34:43Z")
Overheard on Z100 this morning. “Hey bus driver, MOVE THAT BUS!” Cute now, annoying this time next year. ---
**Author:** ![jk1245](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/49beb7/32.png) [@jk1245](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jk1245)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2004, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-overused-pop-culture-phrases/276082/27 "2004-11-22T18:43:57Z")
“It is what is is” Well, thank you for that keen insight. :rolleyes: This one is getting to be really popular. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/41988e/32.png) [@El\_Cid\_Viscoso](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Cid_Viscoso)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2004, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-overused-pop-culture-phrases/276082/28 "2004-11-22T19:02:23Z")
> [@](#): > > _by CanvasShoes_ (emphasis mine) > > I so detest… Please, please, make it stop. “That health club totally pissed me off. I _so_ am not a member.” or “I SO agree with you!!” or “I so **hate** this restaurant.” \ ---
**Author:** ![UrbanChic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/9dc877/32.png) [@UrbanChic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UrbanChic)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2004, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-overused-pop-culture-phrases/276082/29 "2004-11-22T19:18:02Z")
> [@Indygrrl](#): > > Girlfriend! You go girl! Or any variation of the two. Seconded. I’d also like to add to this ‘sister’ and ‘sistah’. I am not your fucking sister, for fuck’s sake. I’m not your _sistah_, either. ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2004, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-overused-pop-culture-phrases/276082/30 "2004-11-22T19:31:00Z")
> [@moriah](#): > > “What’s the duck, today?” > > “Totally balanced, Roy.” > > “Hey, stop stretching the Spandex!” Not to mention. . . “They just kicked the inkwell.” “Moving like Teddy’s Township.” or “Back on the mesa plateau.” ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2004, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-overused-pop-culture-phrases/276082/31 "2004-11-22T20:11:25Z")
> [@finette6](#): > > yeah. Rockvember is the best month, especially with the great weather we’ve been having. Rockcember is nice to, though, since my birthday and the start of winter break are in it. Rocktastic! Get the Led out! Ahh yes…autumn, when we get to see the majestic glory of the leaves changing…as Zeptember gives way to Rocktober… ---
**Author:** ![PoorYorick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecccb3/32.png) [@PoorYorick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PoorYorick)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2004, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-overused-pop-culture-phrases/276082/32 "2004-11-22T21:27:14Z")
And I guess we need to finally retire the poor word **extreme** (extreme weightlifting, extreme hiking, and yes, even extreme programming), and kill its particularly obnoxious brother, **Xtreme**. ---
**Author:** ![mouthbreather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@mouthbreather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mouthbreather)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2004, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-overused-pop-culture-phrases/276082/33 "2004-11-22T21:28:06Z")
> [@UrbanChic](#): > > Seconded. I’d also like to add to this ‘sister’ and ‘sistah’. I am not your fucking sister, for fuck’s sake. I’m not your _sistah_, either. I think it’s time for a sequel to [this classic children’s book.](http://www.readingrockets.org/images/books/0394800184_big.jpg) Are you my sistah? :smack: ---
**Author:** ![mouthbreather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@mouthbreather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mouthbreather)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2004, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-overused-pop-culture-phrases/276082/34 "2004-11-22T21:30:52Z")
> [@PoorYorick](#): > > And I guess we need to finally retire the poor word **extreme** (extreme weightlifting, extreme hiking, and yes, even extreme programming), and kill its particularly obnoxious brother, **Xtreme**. I swear, I am not Maddox, not do I financially gain by linking his site. I just think he’s effing hilarious. [Maddox on EXTREME marketing](http://maddox.xmission.com/c.cgi?u=xtreme_bullshit) ---
**Author:** ![The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Devil_s_Grandmother)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2004, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-overused-pop-culture-phrases/276082/35 "2004-11-22T22:06:08Z")
> [@AwSnappity](#): > > My roommate does this. Example: > > Me: Arg! I can’t understand my French lit assignment. > Roommate: _Your mom_ can’t understand your French lit assignment! > Me: …You’re right, she can’t. Do you have a clue on what your roommate is trying to say that you could share? ---
**Author:** ![Chanteuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de053/32.png) [@Chanteuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chanteuse)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2004, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-overused-pop-culture-phrases/276082/36 "2004-11-22T22:49:30Z")
> [@Ilsa\_Lund](#): > > This rant is hella-lame. Thanks, bud, for making me choke on my cough drop! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2004, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-overused-pop-culture-phrases/276082/37 "2004-11-22T23:01:30Z")
> [@Ilsa\_Lund](#): > > I just walk around yelling “IF I WERE THE KIIIING OF THE FOOOORRRRRRREEESSST!!!” Giggle!!! Do you break potted plants, and wrap the rug around your shoulders too? ---
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2004, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-overused-pop-culture-phrases/276082/38 "2004-11-22T23:03:39Z")
> [@Tracy Lord](#): > > No, but a 1939 movie is. > > 😛 > > Duh. See? Now I went looking to be sure of my date, but damn ISP is a free one from the Uni, and sloooooow… So I figured “heck, someone’ll be along to tell me the correct date if I’ve gotten it wrong here”…Sure enough!!! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![MercyStreet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a9adbd/32.png) [@MercyStreet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MercyStreet)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2004, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-overused-pop-culture-phrases/276082/39 "2004-11-22T23:03:52Z")
Support Our Troops! ---
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2004, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-overused-pop-culture-phrases/276082/40 "2004-11-22T23:10:25Z")
> [@El Cid Viscoso](#): > > Please, please, make it stop. > > “That health club totally pissed me off. I _so_ am not a member.” > > or > > “I SO agree with you!!” > > or > > “I so **hate** this restaurant.” > > \ I’m SO sorry!! 😃 Really, this is not a “pop culture” thing to me, I’ve been using that as an emphasis type word since my teens. I got it from some shakespear line in one of my hs english classes. I guess it was a pop culture thing after all because that same english class had it popularized by the Christmas break. The whole school was doing it. Sooooooo, now you know who to so HATE for making it mainstream. (ps, this was the 1970s, boy it takes a long time for something “cool” to get to the states huh?) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-overused-pop-culture-phrases/276082.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-overused-pop-culture-phrases/276082.md?page=3)