# Phrases that revolt you just by the reading... **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 26, 2015, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-that-revolt-you-just-by-the-reading/720917 "2015-05-26T22:31:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Teach-me-not](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a4c791/32.png) [@Teach-me-not](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teach-me-not)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2015, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-that-revolt-you-just-by-the-reading/720917/21 "2015-05-27T12:35:19Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > “No worries.” This is now the new “you’re welcome” and I fucking hate it. Maybe Crocodile Dundee could get away with it, but not a waitress in Ottawa. You didn’t mention its cousins “no problem”, “no problemo”, “no probs”, etc. 🙂 I think that all of these sound a bit weird. But the conventional responses “don’t mention it” and “you’re welcome” sound too formal / snotty for my liking. I don’t mind if someone says that to me, but I don’t want to use them phrases outside of an email to a higher-up. > [@RivkahChaya](#): > > “It begs the question,” when it’s used to mean “that suggests that the next thing we should consider is the following:” rather than what it actually means in logic, which is “this predicates two suppositions upon each other.” > > \ In the case of predicating two suppositions upon each other “beg” and “question” and being used in a slightly different sense. An archaic sense, to be sure, but nonetheless, one that makes sense, and means what it is supposed to mean. Not to nitptick, but does it really? Why _begging_ the question? I do accept the older meaning (circular argument), but it’s an idiomatic phrase for me — I don’t see any particular “sense” in this usage that’s missing in the vernacular usage (“raise the question”). [Apparently, the phrase was the result of a mistranslation of Aristotle’s work into Latin.](http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=2290) I’m not surprised. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2015, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-that-revolt-you-just-by-the-reading/720917/22 "2015-05-27T12:37:32Z")
Originally Posted by **Leaper** ---
**Author:** ![KinkiNipponTourist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e9bcb4/32.png) [@KinkiNipponTourist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KinkiNipponTourist)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2015, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-that-revolt-you-just-by-the-reading/720917/23 "2015-05-27T12:43:06Z")
“Follow your bliss” “This is my truth” “Will you post this as your status for just an hour? I know 98% of you won’t.” ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2015, 12:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-that-revolt-you-just-by-the-reading/720917/24 "2015-05-27T12:56:21Z")
> [@RivkahChaya](#): > > “It begs the question,” when it’s used to mean “that suggests that the next thing we should consider is the following:” rather than what it actually means in logic, which is “this predicates two suppositions upon each other.” Sure. But, honestly, I’ve never heard it used that way outside an academic setting. Perhaps I should mingle with a more intellectual crowd. (I think I know exactly one person in my close circle whom I could use that phrase in the technical sense with. And these are mostly college grads, some with Ph.Ds. or M.D.s.) That said, that is a phrase that I almost always avoid and replace with “raises the question” to just sidestep the issue. > [@](#): > > First off all, the euphemistic meaning doesn’t make any sense, if you try to parse it-- you could beg of someone that a question be considered, but you cannot beg a question to answer itself. Yes, if you parse it literally, it’s a bit odd, but idiomatically, it’s pretty straightforward: “begs [that] the question [be asked]” or something like that. The first time I heard the phrase used colloquially, it was clear what it was intended to mean. It never even occurred to me until this thread that when parsed literally, it’s not quite sensical. Still, I avoid the usage so as not to get into a discussion about it. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2015, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-that-revolt-you-just-by-the-reading/720917/25 "2015-05-27T13:03:28Z")
For me, “trigger warning” has been bugging me. And (since it looks like single words and not just phrases are allowed for this thread), “supposably,” though this is typically in speech, not writing. I never noticed it before, but after a thread on it here at the SD, I started hearing it everywhere. (What’s that effect called again?) I wish I had never clicked on that thread. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2015, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-that-revolt-you-just-by-the-reading/720917/26 "2015-05-27T13:29:20Z")
> [@Teach-me-not](#): > > Not to nitptick, but does it really? Why _begging_ the question? I do accept the older meaning (circular argument), but it’s an idiomatic phrase for me — I don’t see any particular “sense” in this usage that’s missing in the vernacular usage (“raise the question”). [Apparently, the phrase was the result of a mistranslation of Aristotle’s work into Latin.](http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=2290) I’m not surprised. You can’t beg a question. You can’t ask anything of a question. A question can’t do anything. Also, “beg” needs an preposition. If you could beg a question, you’d “beg _of_ a question.” Yes, it’s better to say that something is a circular argument, or that two arguments are predicated on each other. But “Begging the question” has been part of logic for a long time. It’s semantically null outside of logic, no matter what you think you are hearing. ---
**Author:** ![Sahirrnee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sahirrnee/32/13937_2.png) [@Sahirrnee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sahirrnee)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2015, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-that-revolt-you-just-by-the-reading/720917/27 "2015-05-27T13:40:00Z")
Can I add ‘conversating’ and using ‘female’ in place of woman? ---
**Author:** ![Soylent\_Juicy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@Soylent\_Juicy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soylent_Juicy)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2015, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-that-revolt-you-just-by-the-reading/720917/28 "2015-05-27T13:40:19Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > “No worries.” This is now the new “you’re welcome” and I fucking hate it. Same with “Cheers.” It’s become both “Thank you” and “You’re welcome”. I first noticed it in Toronto a few years ago and it seems to be migrating to the one-horse town I live in about an hour away. Most of the phrases I dislike just annoy me, but for actual revulsion I’d have to say using the word “gangbanger” to mean “gang member.” ---
**Author:** ![mike\_ahndembroak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecb155/32.png) [@mike\_ahndembroak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mike_ahndembroak)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2015, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-that-revolt-you-just-by-the-reading/720917/29 "2015-05-27T14:50:05Z")
“The bible says” ---
**Author:** ![Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Living\_Well\_Is\_Best\_Revenge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Living_Well_Is_Best_Revenge)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2015, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-that-revolt-you-just-by-the-reading/720917/30 "2015-05-27T14:54:32Z")
I can’t stand “don’t hate on me” or any variation. Just say I hate you or whatever. ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2015, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-that-revolt-you-just-by-the-reading/720917/31 "2015-05-27T15:04:06Z")
“My point being”…annoys me greatly. No, your point most certainly fucking is. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2015, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-that-revolt-you-just-by-the-reading/720917/32 "2015-05-27T15:11:15Z")
I also hate the construction, “I’m not trying to be racist/sexist/etc, but” that is invariably followed with something racist/sexist/etc. Or any similar type of construction (“Don’t mean to be an asshole/No offense/I know it’s not PC, but” and so on) as if that short disclaimer indemnifies the speaker from the clause to follow. ---
**Author:** ![Lowdown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c57346/32.png) [@Lowdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lowdown)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2015, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-that-revolt-you-just-by-the-reading/720917/33 "2015-05-27T15:37:49Z")
-I’m sorry you feel that way. -97% of all bumper stickers. -Would it be “gay” for a guy to drive a hatchback? ---
**Author:** ![The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecc23a/32.png) [@The\_wind\_of\_my\_soul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_wind_of_my_soul)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2015, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-that-revolt-you-just-by-the-reading/720917/34 "2015-05-27T15:45:09Z")
It sets my teeth on edge to hear someone say “nom nom nom” (in reference to food, like saying food tastes good or something). ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2015, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-that-revolt-you-just-by-the-reading/720917/35 "2015-05-27T15:47:30Z")
“You do realize XXX. . . , don’t you?" ---
**Author:** ![stillownedbysetters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/41988e/32.png) [@stillownedbysetters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stillownedbysetters)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2015, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-that-revolt-you-just-by-the-reading/720917/36 "2015-05-27T15:51:10Z")
“It is what it is” generally activates my inner Yosemite Sam. ---
**Author:** ![Teach-me-not](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a4c791/32.png) [@Teach-me-not](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Teach-me-not)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2015, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-that-revolt-you-just-by-the-reading/720917/37 "2015-05-27T15:53:20Z")
“Masculine”, “alpha male”, “real/macho/manly man”, “be a man”… A couple of recent threads in this forum have reminded me how tiresome these social & linguistic constructions are. Being a man is a neutral attribute of a person; you don’t win a medal for being (or showing that you are) one. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2015, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-that-revolt-you-just-by-the-reading/720917/38 "2015-05-27T15:57:00Z")
“Last call” ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2015, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-that-revolt-you-just-by-the-reading/720917/39 "2015-05-27T16:30:25Z")
> [@kayaker](#): > > “Last call” I used to show movies in a restaurant/bar. “Last call” meant the kitchen was going to close in 15 minutes, and so if you wanted to order anything to eat besides popcorn (which they made as long as the bar was open) this was your last chance. What’s wrong with that? Do people use it in some other context? ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2015, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-that-revolt-you-just-by-the-reading/720917/40 "2015-05-27T16:33:45Z")
“soccer mom” “peer pressure” (mainly because it’s usually used inappropriately) and as a pharmacist, “medication therapy management.” One reason I’m glad I left the profession. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-that-revolt-you-just-by-the-reading/720917.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-that-revolt-you-just-by-the-reading/720917.md?page=3)