# Overused Phrases in 2021? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 31, 2021, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overused-phrases-in-2021/957010 "2021-12-31T20:54:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2022, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overused-phrases-in-2021/957010/21 "2022-01-02T01:04:29Z")
> [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](#): > > > [@Senegoid](#): > > > > I nominate “At the end of the day . . .”   > > “…you’re another day older.”   . . . and deeper in debt. ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2022, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overused-phrases-in-2021/957010/22 "2022-01-02T05:06:29Z")
> [@carnut](#): > > will try to unlearn That is all that could be asked. It’s not the concept that’s objectionable, just that specific phrase. English is a rich language, something evocative will evolve. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2022, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overused-phrases-in-2021/957010/23 "2022-01-02T11:54:32Z")
> [@BippityBoppityBoo](#): > > I would like to never hear or read again “easy peasey”. It is so caviler and dismissive. > ‘ > [@carnut](#): > > > [@BippityBoppityBoo](#): > > > > I would like to never hear or read again “easy peasey”. It is so caviler and dismissive. > > Uh oh. I picked that one up from the Brits. I will try to unlearn it, but I also can’t say “no worries” so what do I say? “You got it!” sounds too much like a sycophant’s phrase. “No worries” is typically used as a reply to “thank you”. I have been working on responding to “thank you” with “you’re welcome”. Worse than “easy peasy” is “easy peasy lemon squeezy”. I have a co-worker who says this daily. My version: “easy peasy George and Wheezy”. mmm ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2022, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overused-phrases-in-2021/957010/24 "2022-01-02T13:51:26Z")
“Holistic approach.” Gaaaah, quit trying to sound fancy. Just say “We’re trying something else.” ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b77776/32.png) [@Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_was_in_Saudi)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2022, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overused-phrases-in-2021/957010/25 "2022-01-02T13:59:51Z")
“We have been trying to get in touch with you about your car’s extended warrantee.” ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2022, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overused-phrases-in-2021/957010/26 "2022-01-02T15:34:12Z")
I’ll nominate “normalcy”. I think the term has context in post-war history, and even if it has some relevance WRT the pandemic, it seems to be the catch-all, overused phrase for any ember of the pandemic easing - people are saying it thru their mask. 😜 Should people be using “normality” instead? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2022, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overused-phrases-in-2021/957010/27 "2022-01-02T15:37:21Z")
> [@snowthx](#): > > Should people be using “normality” instead? Groovy with me. It’s the word I’d use. ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b77776/32.png) [@Paul\_was\_in\_Saudi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_was_in_Saudi)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2022, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overused-phrases-in-2021/957010/28 "2022-01-02T15:42:21Z")
I prefer “normality.” [It seems much more commonly used.](https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=normality%2C+Normalcy%2C+normalness+&year_start=1800&year_end=2019&corpus=26&smoothing=3&direct_url=t1%3B%2Cnormality%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2CNormalcy%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Cnormalness%3B%2Cc0) ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2022, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overused-phrases-in-2021/957010/29 "2022-01-02T16:58:05Z")
Been many years since I visited Oz, but I have heard “no worries” (twenty years ago) to mean: 1. Don’t mention it//You are welcome. 2. It’s no big deal./Apology accepted. 3. Things are fine. ---
**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:** [January 2, 2022, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overused-phrases-in-2021/957010/30 "2022-01-02T17:04:26Z")
“… bad, bad, bad…” 😆 😉 ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2022, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overused-phrases-in-2021/957010/31 "2022-01-02T17:25:24Z")
I would like to see that chart updated to include 2020 and 2021 (it appears to be thru 2019, prior to all the pandemic stuff). Nearly every newscast today someone says “normalcy”. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2022, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overused-phrases-in-2021/957010/32 "2022-01-02T17:42:40Z")
“Normalcy” is forever linked to Warren G. Harding, mitigated somewhat by the fact that nobody knows who Warren G. Harding was. Isolationism, women and Blacks have come far enough for their actual limitations, Big Business is good for everyone; basically 1920’s MAGA. —— Enough of “woke,” used 1000 times as a sneer for every one time anyone used it in sincerity. Just use “sanctimonious,” and trust your readership sees your point. Enough of “problematic.” If you believe something is offensive to any reasonable person, just say so. “Problematic” lacks trust that the average person can be reasonable, and, unlike you, only read Foucault and Baudrillard in translation if at all. ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2022, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overused-phrases-in-2021/957010/33 "2022-01-02T18:05:02Z")
I’m pretty weary of the phrase “I see you” in either the negative sense of “I have surmised your true intentions” or the positive sense of “your efforts have not gone unnoticed.” Nothing lexically wrong with it. It’s just an affectation that’s starting to wear. ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2022, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overused-phrases-in-2021/957010/34 "2022-01-02T23:23:03Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > My version: “easy peasy George and Wheezy”. That made my day. Thanks mmm! 😊 ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2022, 7:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overused-phrases-in-2021/957010/35 "2022-01-03T07:24:06Z")
Hey…!! ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2022, 10:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overused-phrases-in-2021/957010/36 "2022-01-03T10:40:35Z")
> [@carnut](#): > > > [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > > > My version: “easy peasy George and Wheezy”. > > That made my day. Thanks mmm! 😊 I stole it from somewhere. Maybe “Community”? mmm [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/overused-phrases-in-2021/957010.md?page=1)