# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Ace309](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ace309/32/1050_2.png) [@Ace309](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ace309)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2004, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-overused-pop-culture-phrases/276082/41 "2004-11-22T23:13:36Z")
_ **Ace’s** classmate Ben sits opposite Ace, doing the New York Times crossword for speed and accuracy. This daily rite of competition before the first class ends as it usually does, with Ben finishing quickly._ **BEN:** WHO’S… YOUR… DADDY?! **Ace:** His name’s Ron. He drove a truck. ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2004, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-overused-pop-culture-phrases/276082/42 "2004-11-22T23:17:39Z")
Sounds like the OP has a case of the Mondays. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Death](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecccb3/32.png) [@Evil\_Death](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Death)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2004, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-overused-pop-culture-phrases/276082/43 "2004-11-22T23:42:06Z")
> [@PoorYorick](#): > > And I guess we need to finally retire the poor word **extreme** But that would abolish Extreme Ironing, perhaps the funniest thing I’ve seen in years. You haven’t lived until you’ve seen a photo of a man ironing a shirt underwater. ---
**Author:** ![buns3000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c89c15/32.png) [@buns3000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/buns3000)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 1:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-overused-pop-culture-phrases/276082/44 "2004-11-23T01:25:35Z")
“Its all good” - ugh! ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-overused-pop-culture-phrases/276082/45 "2004-11-23T01:30:12Z")
Whoa! I saw this thread and I thought, “Don’t even go there, man!” But I went there anyway and it was, like, gnarly. And now that I’m here, I’m gonna share the love. Peace out. ---
**Author:** ![Dragonblink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Dragonblink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragonblink)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-overused-pop-culture-phrases/276082/46 "2004-11-23T02:17:33Z")
Okay, I’ll admit, I say “your mom” as an all-purpose response. And so does my brother. So quite often in the Blink household there will be a conversation like the following: My brother: What’s for dinner? Me: Your mom’s for dinner. Bro: No, _your_ mom’s for dinner. Me: No, _your_ mom, for a nickel. Bro: _Your_ mom, for a Canadian nickel! Me: _Your_ mom, for a Canadian lira! … what’s even sadder is when **infamousmom** joins in. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![AwSnappity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a3d4f5/32.png) [@AwSnappity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AwSnappity)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-overused-pop-culture-phrases/276082/47 "2004-11-23T02:44:06Z")
> [@The Devil's Grandmother](#): > > Do you have a clue on what your roommate is trying to say that you could share? **AwSnappity** …not…comprehending…sentence… Brain…not…work I think my roommate is just trying to be funny. The “your mom” thing was sort of funny…for a week…when I was in 8th grade. She just likes replacing things with “your mom”, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![NikolaiV](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ee7513/32.png) [@NikolaiV](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NikolaiV)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-overused-pop-culture-phrases/276082/48 "2004-11-23T07:03:48Z")
“All your bases are belong to me” along with any variation with the word “bases” replaced with …“biatch, ho`s” etc ---
**Author:** ![roger\_thornhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@roger\_thornhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roger_thornhill)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-overused-pop-culture-phrases/276082/49 "2004-11-23T07:06:29Z")
Anything with “Generation” in it. I don’t even pay attention when people use this gibberish, so don’t know if it’s X-generation or Generation-X, or even if I’ve got the right letter. ---
**Author:** ![roger\_thornhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@roger\_thornhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roger_thornhill)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2004, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-overused-pop-culture-phrases/276082/50 "2004-11-23T07:07:50Z")
Same goes for mobile (cell) phones. Second generation, third generation…who cares? ---
**Author:** ![finette6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7993a0/32.png) [@finette6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/finette6)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2004, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-overused-pop-culture-phrases/276082/51 "2004-11-24T17:42:46Z")
I had a conversation with one of my professors last night after class (he let us go early because of break but I hung around to talk about a book I lent him.) He told me about how his son is on a crusade against the phrase “Everything happens for a reason.” I never really thought about it, but it is far, far overused, and from a logical perspective it is meaningless- well, of course there is a ‘reason’ for any random occurrence, but what significance does that have? Who cares? My prof also said that when he was young, he had a similar reaction to ‘be yourself,’ which was prevalent at the time. It is completely meaninless advice: how can you be anything BUT yourself? ---
**Author:** ![Hostile\_Dialect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e495f1/32.png) [@Hostile\_Dialect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hostile_Dialect)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2004, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-overused-pop-culture-phrases/276082/52 "2004-11-24T18:03:17Z")
> [@Carnick](#): > > Well it’s in style these days because of the Bush administration. Someone, somewhere made the connection and now every politically active college student is saying it. 😕 I’m a (somewhat) politically active college student, and don’t see anyone saying this. > [@dante](#): > > The word “diva”. Hate it, hate it, hate it. Overused and misunderstood. Oh, I’m with you there. Gah! What an annoying word. 😕 I have never heard any of these phrases that **moriah** or **Trunk** mentioned. Also, I think I’m missing something on this Led Zeppelin rock month business. ---
**Author:** ![jlzania](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/67e7ee/32.png) [@jlzania](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jlzania)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2004, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-overused-pop-culture-phrases/276082/53 "2004-11-24T18:11:18Z")
Not necessarily part of pop culture but my teeth start to grind when I hear the word 'basically. It is so overused that it’s pitiful. ---
**Author:** ![LonesomePolecat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a88e57/32.png) [@LonesomePolecat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LonesomePolecat)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2004, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-overused-pop-culture-phrases/276082/54 "2004-11-24T19:16:46Z")
> [@NikolaiV](#): > > “All your bases are belong to me” along with any variation with the word “bases” replaced with …“biatch, ho`s” etc Where the hell did that come from anyway??!? ---
**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 24, 2004, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-overused-pop-culture-phrases/276082/55 "2004-11-24T19:34:30Z")
**All Your Base Are Belong To Us** [HERE](http://www.planettribes.com/allyourbase/) ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2004, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-overused-pop-culture-phrases/276082/56 "2004-11-24T23:32:56Z")
Oh no you didn’t! Could that _be_ any more annoying? Oh, and someone left a Cosmo in the men’s locker room at the gym today (?!) and it was open to some “conversation starters” page, so I can say with some reliability that “off the hook!” is over. The new soon-to-be-worn-threadbare catchphrase is “beyond,” as in “dawg, this party is _beyond_!” ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2004, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-overused-pop-culture-phrases/276082/57 "2004-11-24T23:34:53Z")
> [@The Chao Goes Mu](#): > > **All Your Base Are Belong To Us** > [HERE](http://www.planettribes.com/allyourbase/) Link that _doesn’t_ lead to an endlessly recursive ad for “Alexander” please? ---
**Author:** ![flamingbananas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f4b2a3/32.png) [@flamingbananas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flamingbananas)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2004, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-overused-pop-culture-phrases/276082/58 "2004-11-25T02:17:26Z")
I know, right? ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2004, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-overused-pop-culture-phrases/276082/59 "2004-11-25T03:48:16Z")
“I’m like…” “I couldn’t care less.” “I could care less.” Duh! :wally ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2004, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-overused-pop-culture-phrases/276082/60 "2004-11-25T04:14:11Z")
“Word.” Especially because I don’t know what the hell it means. Dude. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-pit-overused-pop-culture-phrases/276082.md?page=2)