I don’t mean stupid things like “drop the chalupa” or “where’s the beef” here, but there are lots of phrases I would love to see expunged.
Two that come to mind are “get a life” and “deal with it” (familiar to anyone who reads these posts). I dislike them because they seem to say that it isn’t worth wasting one’s time responding to another person. Well, if it isn’t, don’t respond. If a person does respond, though, they should have arguments or ideas or something.
and several other phrases I cannot recall at the moment.
Dr. Fidelius, Charlatan
Associate Curator Anomalous Paleontology, Miskatonic University
“You cannot reason a man out of a position he did not reach through reason.”
current:
“Talk to the hand”
“Inside voice”
Describing anything that is not surreal as “surreal”
“Hel–OO-o?!”
The word “zany” or any of those other words no one really uses except for small-town newspaper arts critics
[ul][li]Last something of the century/millennium - Whoever says this is going to be bored next year, as nothing has been planned for the year 2000, the last year of the 20[sup]th[/sup] Century and 2[sup]nd[/sup] Millennium AD.[/li][li]“24/7” - Just say “around the clock”, please.[/li][li]…like… - when this is used in every pause in a conversation, it drives me batty![/ul][/li]
Myself when the correct use is me. eg. John went with myself to the store.
For some reason this is big with sports figures who also do the other thing that drives PUN nuts, refer to themselves in the third person.
“You can be smart or pleasant. For years I was smart.
I recommend pleasant.”
Elwood P. Dowd
