# Stupid phrases that must die! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [April 11, 2002, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-phrases-that-must-die/103011 "2002-04-11T10:17:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Vorae](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d78d45/32.png) [@Vorae](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vorae)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2002, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-phrases-that-must-die/103011/81 "2002-04-17T15:28:48Z")
"TMI"and “too much information.” Both just irritate me, more so than someone who actually gives me too much information. ---
**Author:** ![monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monster)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2002, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-phrases-that-must-die/103011/82 "2002-04-17T17:23:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Hamlet \* > \*\*There is one phrase I hear waaaayyyy to often, and it is really starting to get on my nerves: > > “Sir, please put some pants on.” \*\* Took me just a minute, but damn that was funny! ---
**Author:** ![Billy\_Baroo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/76d3ee/32.png) [@Billy\_Baroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billy_Baroo)\ **Post date:** [April 17, 2002, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-phrases-that-must-die/103011/83 "2002-04-17T19:18:23Z")
Anyone else notice how people get the concept of ‘the bottom line’ stuck in their heads so completely that they end up peppering their conversation with it ad nauseam? Ehh, yep it’s just me. ‘The bottom line’ is a perfectly apt metaphor sometimes, but sweet bearded Jesus, both my boss and my roommate got addicted to this phrase at the same time, and a fter a month or so, it began to lose its meaning to me. Instead of following what they were saying I would just indulge some murderous fantasies. ---
**Author:** ![Legomancer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/779978/32.png) [@Legomancer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Legomancer)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2002, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-phrases-that-must-die/103011/84 "2002-04-18T13:03:24Z")
DIVA For god’s sake, let it **die**. ---
**Author:** ![Tarkus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@Tarkus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tarkus)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2002, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-phrases-that-must-die/103011/85 "2002-04-18T14:17:32Z")
“That was sooo funny, I was laughing hysterical.” Well, were you laughing AND you were hysterical? Or, were you laughing hysterically? P.S. - The word “Like” should be surgicaly removed from everyone’s vocabulary. It’s, like, so annoying!!! ---
**Author:** ![catsix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19b73/32.png) [@catsix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/catsix)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2002, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-phrases-that-must-die/103011/86 "2002-04-18T14:31:15Z")
Like, Whatever. _brain aneurism_ That single phrase is enough to give me a headache. ---
**Author:** ![Tarkus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@Tarkus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tarkus)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2002, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-phrases-that-must-die/103011/87 "2002-04-18T14:45:59Z")
“I’ll take a cup of expresso please”. There is no “X” in the word. It’s espresso. ---
**Author:** ![Tarkus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@Tarkus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tarkus)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2002, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-phrases-that-must-die/103011/88 "2002-04-18T14:52:12Z")
ANY phrase that is Politicaly Correct. As a matter of fact, “Politically Correct” is annoying all by itself! ---
**Author:** ![Tarkus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@Tarkus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tarkus)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2002, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-phrases-that-must-die/103011/89 "2002-04-18T15:00:35Z")
“You go girl” Ugghhhhhhhhhhhhh ---
**Author:** ![Tarkus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@Tarkus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tarkus)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2002, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-phrases-that-must-die/103011/90 "2002-04-18T15:08:25Z")
“Having said THAT…” ---
**Author:** ![PhiloVance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e19adc/32.png) [@PhiloVance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhiloVance)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2002, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-phrases-that-must-die/103011/91 "2002-04-18T16:35:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*\*“He came to play football today.” \*\* I think that was John Madden at the Wimbledon Finals. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Largo62](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/45deac/32.png) [@Largo62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Largo62)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2002, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-phrases-that-must-die/103011/92 "2002-04-18T17:47:51Z")
I heard THAT! You got THAT right! I hear you. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2002, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-phrases-that-must-die/103011/93 "2002-04-19T10:30:14Z")
Even better than “I hear you” is “I feel you”. Get your damn hands offa me! And then there’s “think outside the box”. Anyone caught uttering these words will be boxed about the ears. ---
**Author:** ![meyer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ccd318/32.png) [@meyer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meyer)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2002, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-phrases-that-must-die/103011/94 "2002-04-19T11:32:16Z")
**Irregardless** People, regardless already means without regard, it is already negative! What are you putting that extra syllable in there for!? It’s not going to get more negative if you keep adding prefixes to it! Grrr. ---
**Author:** ![Raoul\_Anatherwan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7993a0/32.png) [@Raoul\_Anatherwan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raoul_Anatherwan)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2002, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-phrases-that-must-die/103011/95 "2002-04-19T15:21:09Z")
How about the phrase,“I didn’t know whether to shit or go blind.” Old and tired on its own, it acquires vibrant new life with the addition of its seldom-used trailer, “…so I just closed one eye and farted.” ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2002, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-phrases-that-must-die/103011/96 "2002-04-24T23:45:22Z")
How about “Back in the day?” I can’t seem to find the thread I opened asking about the origin of this very thread, but from the replies it appears that it came out of the gang culture. Why would anyone want to identify with that, unless they do belong to it? Yet I hear the phrase being used more and more. ---
**Author:** ![dwc1970](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a183cd/32.png) [@dwc1970](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dwc1970)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2002, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-phrases-that-must-die/103011/97 "2002-04-25T06:00:55Z")
Nobody has mentioned “redouble” yet. A common example is, “we need to redouble our efforts to eliminate using stupid words.” [Dictionary.com](http://www.dictionary.com/search?q=redouble) simply says it means “to double”, so I don’t see why the damn _re_ is even there! As I see it, this word should mean to increase something fourfold. You double it, and then you double it again, in other words _re_double it. I hear this one on the news a lot, which makes it even more annoying. ---
**Author:** ![Miss\_Creant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b487fb/32.png) [@Miss\_Creant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miss_Creant)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2002, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-phrases-that-must-die/103011/98 "2002-04-25T06:28:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by featherlou \* > \*\*I’ve found that the cure for old, tired, over-used phrases is to mangle them and use them with a straight face, without letting on that you’re mangling them on purpose. Some of my favourites; > “Well, we’ll jump off that bridge when we get to it.” and > “That’s the way the cookie bounces.” > Sometimes, when I get inspired, I might mash three sayings into one. “No use crying over spilled bouncing cookies.” \*\* **Featherlou** you are my newest hero and I’m stealing that line for my new sig. I am now working on throwing that into my conversations on a regular basis. So much so, that perhaphs it will show up in this thread in about a year ---
**Author:** ![Fionn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Fionn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fionn)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2002, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-phrases-that-must-die/103011/99 "2002-04-25T06:42:42Z")
I’m personally sick of people rearranging restaurant names. Taco Hell, Jack in the Crack, Crappleby’s, whatever the hell fuck people call McDonald’s-these were only mildly amusing when they debuted years ago. Now they’re just annoying. Today in the library, I inadvertantly overheard three of my fellow college students discuss whether Taco Smell and Feela-Chik were still open in the student union. I managed to stifle my urge to scream “For fuck’s sake, are you people 12 years old? Couldn’t the brain power used to generate these inanities be better spent elsewhere?” ---
**Author:** ![The\_Big\_Cheese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8baadc/32.png) [@The\_Big\_Cheese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Big_Cheese)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2002, 11:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-phrases-that-must-die/103011/100 "2002-04-25T23:02:29Z")
**My bad !** Huh?? You’re bad …what?? Complete the sentence!!! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/stupid-phrases-that-must-die/103011.md?page=4)