Two sayings I hate are l4l you’ve soiled yourself andl4l stop hitting on my wife.
For some reason both of these comments really piss me off.
“Bucket List”
really? you ever use that before the movie? sure.
I’ve worked retail for 20 years, in a variety of places. I’d never heard this phrase until I began working at a discount store chain, but Lord I got sick of this one, as well. Other phrases, generally said by the same types of people who’d say “If it were a snake…”
“Workin’ hard, or hardly workin?” Hyuk.
“Sittin’ down on the job again, huh?” if they happened upon me on the floor fixing things on the lower shelves.
“Don’t work too hard!” as a parting line. That’ll work when management asks why I’m slacking.
On SDMB, the phrase “Recommend me…” bugs me for some reason. It sounds clunky. Maybe “Recommend…” or “Recommend … to me.”
OK, I’ve narrowed it down to a single phrase I’d most like to banish forever…
When someone is agreeing with a statement you’ve made, instead of saying ‘yes’, ‘me, too’, or ‘I agree’, they say:
“I know, right?”
I know people who must spew this phrase 20, 30 times a day.
mmm
The use of “would” in sentances like " I would guess…" or “I would think…”, or “I would say…” Why not just say “I guess…” or “I think…”, or say whatever it is you want to say?
Heh, you guys would probably duck tape me to the ceiling after hanging out with me, I use almost all of these (well, I don’t use irregardless, but that’s mostly because I try not to make up words).
I highly value filler words, because they let me put a thought together, and they sound better than just staring at the wall behind the guy while I think (or saying “Uhm…” which would serve the same purpose).
But then, I’m in the military, being able to throw out meaningless grammatical structure while you figure out what answer to give some pissed off looking sergeant is handy. Depending on the situation, some of those guys won’t buy “…” as an immediate response while you think.
Worth noting, I’ve known a lot of sergeants (particularly when I was in Basic) who didn’t seem like overly sharp tacks use some grammatically loopy sentences while talking. I’m betting it’s one part figuring out what they’re going to say without letting the dialog slow down, and two parts trying to confuse the hell out of some poor trainee to see if he’ll slip up. (Of course, teaching trainees not to get all torqued up on themselves when presented with something stressful/unexpected is half the point of Basic Training).
Now, for my answer: “I’m not telling you how to live your life.”
Has ANYBODY here known ANYONE who ever used that phrase when they were doing anything other than dictating how they felt you should live your life?:rolleyes:
The context I hear that in a lot is the person is saying what they would think, or guess, or say, if they were in the situation presented. That is to say, they’re empathizing (that’s the word for “Emotional Telepathy”, I think) with the listener, but aren’t in the same situation as the listener. So they DON’T guess that, or think that, or say that, because it’s not involving them except by way of being related to them in a conversation.
… as well as a sense of pretentiousness.
:: reaches out and touches Alessan’s arm ::
Yep. You do feel like a sandwich. 
Oh, thank you! That is my second-favorite phrase I hate.
I would change your last sentence to “Everything else is optional.”
It hasn’t reached common use, but “Ima” (see the discography from The Black Eyed Peas) sets my face to twitching.
“Ima be right back”
“Ima gonna be your man”
etc.
“The reality is …”
Actually I’d rather not know, if it is all the same to you.
“I need you to …”
I see, you mean ‘please’ (mind you, only heard that one addressed to other people).
If you use, “First they came for the Jews…” when trying to defend your position, I’m tuning you out.
It has certainly reached common use in Black English. So that means it’s probably just a hot minute before it reaches common use with white suburban teens, and then, you may as well put it in the dictionary.
Your first example, I mean. Your second example…is weird. I’ve never heard ‘I’ma’ used that way.
To contribute to the thread : I will echo others…I hate “it is what it is”. Folks have taken a deep, zen like concept and turned it into a meaningless soundbite.
Also, I hate when politicians say, “Let me be clear” and “make no mistake”.
It always seems so manipulative…as if they are using phrases they were taught in college would sway people, or something.
Likewise, quoting Ben Franklin.
From the get go.
I’ve seen that phrase on the decline due to people not wanting to be confused with Geico. I can’t say I hate the phrase, although it does feel etymologically unrigorous.
ATM machine
Used in a sentence - “I’m looking for the nearest ATM machine”
Uh, the M in ATM stands for…oh, never mind.:smack::smack:
Whenever someone throws out the quote about giving up freedom for security and deserving neither, I throw back the one advocating killing people to keep secrets. Or the one about fish smelling bad after three days, if I just want to be a smartass.
I actually had a bucket list before the movie, but of course, I didn’t call it that. The problem is, what else do you call it? The phrase “List of things I really want to do before I die” uses up about three seconds that I won’t get back… might as well just say “bucket list”.