# List board phrases that have degenerated to useless from intended purpose. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 8, 2010, 8:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-board-phrases-that-have-degenerated-to-useless-from-intended-purpose/538732 "2010-05-08T08:44:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2010, 8:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-board-phrases-that-have-degenerated-to-useless-from-intended-purpose/538732/1 "2010-05-08T08:44:38Z")
List board phrases that have degenerated to useless from intended purpose. Add to the list if you have one 1. Need answer fast. This one was allowed to be used in attempts at humor too many times by people that didn’t need the answer in the next couple hours. It is now useless, if you do need the answer fast. 2. This is not a phrase but manner of phrasing thread titles that has shown up which is useless. This is especially so in General Questions purposely written like the poster is a retard or texting. Either or take your pick I’m not deciphering the thread it’s skipped. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2010, 12:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-board-phrases-that-have-degenerated-to-useless-from-intended-purpose/538732/2 "2010-05-08T12:11:32Z")
> [@Harmonious\_Discord](#): > > … Either or take your pick I’m not deciphering the thread it’s skipped. ??? ---
**Author:** ![Cicero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cicero/32/3594_2.png) [@Cicero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cicero)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2010, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-board-phrases-that-have-degenerated-to-useless-from-intended-purpose/538732/3 "2010-05-09T12:31:32Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > ??? This. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2010, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-board-phrases-that-have-degenerated-to-useless-from-intended-purpose/538732/4 "2010-05-09T12:34:57Z")
Shouldn’t your list have had at least three items? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2010, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-board-phrases-that-have-degenerated-to-useless-from-intended-purpose/538732/5 "2010-05-09T13:27:20Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > Shouldn’t your list have had at least three items? 😉 I was leaving room for all the responses that nobody added to the list. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2010, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-board-phrases-that-have-degenerated-to-useless-from-intended-purpose/538732/6 "2010-05-09T17:49:25Z")
> [@Cicero](#): > > This. This.😉 ---
**Author:** ![Find\_Friends](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@Find\_Friends](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Find_Friends)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2010, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-board-phrases-that-have-degenerated-to-useless-from-intended-purpose/538732/7 "2010-05-09T17:53:43Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > Shouldn’t your list have had at least three items? 😉 Hi, Opal! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2010, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-board-phrases-that-have-degenerated-to-useless-from-intended-purpose/538732/8 "2010-05-09T21:53:48Z")
> [@Trans Fat Og](#): > > Hi, Opal! 😃 That’s useless.🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Find\_Friends](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@Find\_Friends](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Find_Friends)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2010, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-board-phrases-that-have-degenerated-to-useless-from-intended-purpose/538732/9 "2010-05-11T21:54:29Z")
> [@Harmonious\_Discord](#): > > That’s useless.🙂 Yayyyyy! _ **- Og** _ ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2010, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-board-phrases-that-have-degenerated-to-useless-from-intended-purpose/538732/10 "2010-05-11T22:02:15Z")
> [@Trans Fat Og](#): > > \*\*Yayyyyy! > > _- Og_ I burning your post! \*\* ---
**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2010, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-board-phrases-that-have-degenerated-to-useless-from-intended-purpose/538732/11 "2010-05-11T22:22:01Z")
> [@Ludovic](#): > > I burning your post! > \*\*[/color] In Soviet Russia, posts burn YOU! ---
**Author:** ![Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f08c70/32.png) [@Crowbar\_of\_Irony\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crowbar_of_Irony_3)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2010, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-board-phrases-that-have-degenerated-to-useless-from-intended-purpose/538732/12 "2010-05-12T04:01:05Z")
+1 ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2010, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-board-phrases-that-have-degenerated-to-useless-from-intended-purpose/538732/13 "2010-05-12T04:20:29Z")
> [@Trans Fat Og](#): > > Hi, Opal! 😃 Hello. I knew when I saw this thread that I’d show up somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2010, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-board-phrases-that-have-degenerated-to-useless-from-intended-purpose/538732/14 "2010-05-12T04:25:45Z")
Google is your friend. Unless you’ve offended it. ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2010, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-board-phrases-that-have-degenerated-to-useless-from-intended-purpose/538732/15 "2010-05-12T04:29:24Z")
now your,cookin Too soon? ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2010, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-board-phrases-that-have-degenerated-to-useless-from-intended-purpose/538732/16 "2010-05-12T11:01:04Z")
> [@OpalCat](#): > > Hello. I knew when I saw this thread that I’d show up somewhere. Sadly, not in the third post. ---
**Author:** ![Find\_Friends](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@Find\_Friends](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Find_Friends)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2010, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-board-phrases-that-have-degenerated-to-useless-from-intended-purpose/538732/17 "2010-05-12T19:42:10Z")
> [@Smeghead](#): > > Sadly, not in the third post. But on the other hand, if she is a “perfect 10” it all sort of adds up. _ **- Og** _ ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2010, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-board-phrases-that-have-degenerated-to-useless-from-intended-purpose/538732/18 "2010-05-12T21:36:38Z")
> [@Koxinga](#): > > now your,cookin and shit. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2010, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-board-phrases-that-have-degenerated-to-useless-from-intended-purpose/538732/19 "2010-05-12T21:58:51Z")
Buckeyes are taboo IIRC. ---
**Author:** ![Rasa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rasa/32/3578_2.png) [@Rasa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rasa)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2010, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-board-phrases-that-have-degenerated-to-useless-from-intended-purpose/538732/20 "2010-05-12T22:04:04Z")
I accidentally the whole thing. Even though it didn’t originate here. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-board-phrases-that-have-degenerated-to-useless-from-intended-purpose/538732.md?page=2)