# Phrases we could do without. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 29, 1999, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-we-could-do-without/3718 "1999-12-29T20:24:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![MOJO\_LIZARD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ac91a4/32.png) [@MOJO\_LIZARD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOJO_LIZARD)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 1999, 11:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-we-could-do-without/3718/21 "1999-12-29T23:31:00Z")
You’r next! You smelt it, you dealt it. * * * STAY STRONG ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 1999, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-we-could-do-without/3718/22 "1999-12-30T01:57:00Z")
" . . . and then I say, like, yeah, and then she goes, well, like duh! Y’know? So I just say well I’m just sure! And so she doesn’t even, like, y’know? So then I say . . . " Is it Friday yet? Dr. Watson “Satirized for your protection.” ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 1999, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-we-could-do-without/3718/23 "1999-12-30T02:43:00Z")
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**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 1999, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-we-could-do-without/3718/24 "1999-12-30T02:45:00Z")
All that HTML, & I spelled it wrong. BALLS! * * * “Show me a sane man, and I will cure him for you.”----Jung ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 1999, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-we-could-do-without/3718/25 "1999-12-30T04:17:00Z")
Been there, done that, got the t-shirt. by the way, has anyone heard ANY of the phrases that Dr. F. listed? * * * “No, you got the wrong number. This is 9-1- **2**.” ---
**Author:** ![Alphagene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Alphagene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alphagene)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 1999, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-we-could-do-without/3718/26 "1999-12-30T04:30:00Z")
OK… Too much information! ---
**Author:** ![JBENZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/b77776/32.png) [@JBENZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JBENZ)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 1999, 8:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-we-could-do-without/3718/27 "1999-12-30T08:21:00Z")
> [@](#): > > by the way, has anyone heard ANY of the phrases that Dr. F. listed? Sure…although the correct quote is “…and two hard boiled eggs.” HONK! “and one duck egg.” * * * JB Lex Non Favet Delicatorum Votis ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 1999, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-we-could-do-without/3718/28 "1999-12-30T09:38:00Z")
“Politically Correct.” As an impressionable young man during the '70’s, when I first encountered the term/concept, I naively thought that it would be a good thing that people could be pressured by a new set of social mores to refer to their fellow humans with a bit more sensitivity. Unfortunately, the concept was allowed to morph into a caricature of itself, and later was co-opted by the forces of evil to serve as a general-purpose tool for avoiding any serious discussion that might lead people to conclude that the goals and tactics of the political right wing are not what America is really all about. * * * Of course truth is stranger than fiction. Fiction has to make sense. Mark Twain ---
**Author:** ![Kamino\_Neko](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kamino_neko/32/34_2.png) [@Kamino\_Neko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kamino_Neko)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 1999, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-we-could-do-without/3718/29 "1999-12-30T09:58:00Z")
In that vein: ‘So, I’m not Politically Correct!’ ## Invariably used to justify acting like a total ass. _Eschew Obfuscation_ ---
**Author:** ![Sealemon88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@Sealemon88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sealemon88)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 1999, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-we-could-do-without/3718/30 "1999-12-30T13:24:00Z")
LOL. OMG. Get a life/clue. He/she/you/they **just don’t get it.** * * * You say “cheesy” like that’s a **BAD** thing. ---
**Author:** ![special](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/special)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 1999, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-we-could-do-without/3718/31 "1999-12-30T15:21:00Z")
“dr. fidelius, charlatan”: hmm, i think that means he could have been kidding. ---
**Author:** ![Nickrz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbce88/32.png) [@Nickrz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nickrz)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 1999, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-we-could-do-without/3718/32 "1999-12-30T16:30:00Z")
“Chalupa” is Spanish for “canoe.” ---
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 1999, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-we-could-do-without/3718/33 "1999-12-30T16:51:00Z")
**special** What, me kidding? Never! …well, hardly ever… ---
**Author:** ![meek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce73a5/32.png) [@meek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meek)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 1999, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-we-could-do-without/3718/34 "1999-12-30T19:49:00Z")
“Live from New York, It’s Saturday Night” ---
**Author:** ![Gazelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Gazelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gazelle)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 1999, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-we-could-do-without/3718/35 "1999-12-30T20:08:00Z")
**M.K.** , isn’t surreality in the eye of the beholder? **Sealemon** , I’m tired of LOL too, mostly because I belong to an e-mail list with a member who uses it as quasi-punctuation. Too annoying for words. Later 'gator! ---
**Author:** ![Lanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85e7bf/32.png) [@Lanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lanna)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 1999, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-we-could-do-without/3718/36 "1999-12-30T20:12:00Z")
“That is _so_ gay/queer/homosexual!” It’s become such a common phrase among teenage guys that they don’t seem to realize how derogatory it is, or how it promotes homophobia and whatnot. Hate it. -Lanna ---
**Author:** ![Sealemon88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@Sealemon88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sealemon88)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 1999, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-we-could-do-without/3718/37 "1999-12-30T21:04:00Z")
**Canthearya:** Yeah, I used to use the LOL acronym, as well as its cousins LMAO and ROFLMAO. I still use 'em in chat sometimes. I just get tired of seeing them used _constantly._ I’d rather see a “Ha Ha” or two. A phrase that _really_ needs to go: “Can I be honest with you?” * * * You say “cheesy” like that’s a **BAD** thing. ---
**Author:** ![Shadenwawa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3da27b/32.png) [@Shadenwawa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shadenwawa)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 1999, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-we-could-do-without/3718/38 "1999-12-30T23:16:00Z")
“know what im sayin’?” Except its more said like: “know’m’sayin’?” grr. ---
**Author:** ![Konrad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f475e1/32.png) [@Konrad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Konrad)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 1999, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-we-could-do-without/3718/39 "1999-12-31T00:29:00Z")
> [@](#): > > That is so gay/queer/homosexual! […] they don’t seem to realize how derogatory it is, or how it promotes homophobia Being the sensitive guy I am I prefer to use the term “heterosexually challenged”. As in: That shiny, silver shirt is heterosexually challanged. ---
**Author:** ![Felinecare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Felinecare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Felinecare)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 1999, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-we-could-do-without/3718/40 "1999-12-31T02:17:00Z")
I feel a murderous impulse toward any speaker who uses the word task as a verb, who thinks outside the box, who does lunch, who touches base, and above all uses _get into bed with_ as a synonym for _do business with_. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-we-could-do-without/3718.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-we-could-do-without/3718.md?page=3)