# Things people say - maybe too often **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** movies, liquor-alcohol\ **Created:** [January 10, 2024, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-people-say-maybe-too-often/995877 "2024-01-10T07:08:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2024, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-people-say-maybe-too-often/995877/41 "2024-01-10T17:45:45Z")
It still annoys me. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2024, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-people-say-maybe-too-often/995877/42 "2024-01-10T17:47:22Z")
> [@XOldiesJock](#): > > Has here ever been a mass murder that was needed? There was no other way for Sophie Ellis-Bextor to win that sparkly trophy. ---
**Author:** ![peccavi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peccavi/32/388_2.png) [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2024, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-people-say-maybe-too-often/995877/43 "2024-01-10T17:48:39Z")
> [@Spice\_Weasel](#): > > It still annoys me. Well, that’s the way the cookie crumbles… ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2024, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-people-say-maybe-too-often/995877/44 "2024-01-10T17:52:21Z")
Another one. “I didn’t have X on my Bingo card today.” Stop it. I can’t even imagine that being funny the first time it was said. ---
**Author:** ![dorvann](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df705f/32.png) [@dorvann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dorvann)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2024, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-people-say-maybe-too-often/995877/45 "2024-01-10T17:56:53Z")
One expression I am sick of hearing too much… “You are under arrest”… ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2024, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-people-say-maybe-too-often/995877/46 "2024-01-10T18:00:26Z")
“If I’m honest. . .”, which is a Britishism that has crept into American usage. My son, who is married to an English woman, uses it. To me it implies “I’m normally a shameless liar, but in this case I’ll make an exception.” ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2024, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-people-say-maybe-too-often/995877/47 "2024-01-10T18:05:46Z")
> [@snowthx](#): > > “ **Obvious/Obviously** ” > If something is obvious, there should be no need for the speaker to say that. By saying the word, the speaker is degrading the listener, assuming they’re stupid or not paying enough attention. If something is easily perceived, there should be no need to use this word. Obviously this is too simplistic. For example, in the construction “obviously X but Y” you’re just making clear that you are not _disputing_ X while making the additional observation Y. ---
**Author:** ![Author\_Balk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Author\_Balk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Author_Balk)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2024, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-people-say-maybe-too-often/995877/48 "2024-01-10T18:06:16Z")
I hear you. I want to reply with something like “that wasn’t a hearing test”. ---
**Author:** ![Toxylon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f05b48/32.png) [@Toxylon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Toxylon)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2024, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-people-say-maybe-too-often/995877/49 "2024-01-10T18:07:58Z")
> [@Mangetout](#): > > In my experience, they may be trying to avoid _being degraded_ by the listener; like they’ve had someone reflexively shout ‘DUH!’ at them one too many a time when they state something that is obvious, but would also be nitpicked if they omitted it. This. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2024, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-people-say-maybe-too-often/995877/50 "2024-01-10T18:16:36Z")
> [@XOldiesJock](#): > > Today, it seems, every crisis is an “ **existential** crisis.” An ordinary old crisis won’t do. It must be an **existential** crisis. Watch any news or discussion program and you will hear this word used over and over again. We need for this usage to change. But not just a regular change, no: a _sea change_ (But will the writer insist that won’t happen on his watch? I can’t say. It’s not in my wheelhouse). ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2024, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-people-say-maybe-too-often/995877/51 "2024-01-10T19:04:49Z")
> [@Author\_Balk](#): > > I hear you. I prefer that to “I feel you”. These days I think many simply say “heard.” mmm ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2024, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-people-say-maybe-too-often/995877/52 "2024-01-10T22:11:22Z")
I am here for it. ---
**Author:** ![Al128](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/al128/32/16541_2.png) [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2024, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-people-say-maybe-too-often/995877/53 "2024-01-11T00:20:45Z")
**fuckin** ’ way too overused … especially when somebody from the artistic world is using it in an interview… (using it more than once is huge turnoff for me) … the guy who played bass for Pink Floyd does this a lot ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2024, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-people-say-maybe-too-often/995877/54 "2024-01-11T00:36:38Z")
> [@Hatchie](#): > > **“Pot, meet kettle.”** > Shortened version of a cliche that is also pretty ugly when you think about it - “You’re black!” “_ **You** _ are!” - no. Comes from 1620 and Don Quixote. Long before The rise of American black slavery and even longer before we started using “Black” rather than “negro”. And anything from Cervantes is just gold IMHO. > [@Ulfreida](#): > > Not everything is about racism. I suggest you try to clean soot off a pot and then talk. Exactly. ---
**Author:** ![Hatchie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hatchie/32/3983_2.png) [@Hatchie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hatchie)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2024, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-people-say-maybe-too-often/995877/55 "2024-01-11T00:40:49Z")
I’m sticking with “everything is about racism”. When it comes to old sayings loosely translated from other tongues, I’m not an Originalist. Whatever it might have meant in 1620 is irrelevant. Because America. Oh and **“Because (thing)”** - another bad one. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2024, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-people-say-maybe-too-often/995877/56 "2024-01-11T00:53:45Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > “are there other periods of your past that you _ **are** _ able to get back?” Yes. If I work for 90 minutes, I get X dollars in my bank account that I can use for other things. If I read an interesting book for that time, I can call on those ideas in the future. If I hang out with friends, I have good memories of that time. But if those 90 minutes are shitty enough, I want to forget about them forever, as if they never happened at all. I’ll never get any value from them, ever. ---
**Author:** ![dirtball](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dirtball/32/18772_2.png) [@dirtball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dirtball)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2024, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-people-say-maybe-too-often/995877/57 "2024-01-11T03:46:34Z")
> [@Slithy\_Tove](#): > > > [@XOldiesJock](#): > > > > Today, it seems, every crisis is an “ **existential** crisis.” An ordinary old crisis won’t do. It must be an **existential** crisis. Watch any news or discussion program and you will hear this word used over and over again. > > We need for this usage to change. But not just a regular change, no: a _sea change_ > > (But will the writer insist that won’t happen on his watch? I can’t say. It’s not in my wheelhouse). It’s good that you intend to stay in your lane. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_other_waldo_pepper/32/12370_2.png) [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Other_Waldo_Pepper)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2024, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-people-say-maybe-too-often/995877/58 "2024-01-11T03:48:57Z")
Everything that happened during the Cold War happened At The Height Of The Cold War. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2024, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-people-say-maybe-too-often/995877/59 "2024-01-11T03:50:05Z")
Everyone who has cancer is in a war. They always lose their “battle with cancer”. ---
**Author:** ![3AxisCtrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/3/ecd19e/32.png) [@3AxisCtrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3AxisCtrl)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2024, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-people-say-maybe-too-often/995877/60 "2024-01-11T04:13:08Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > They always lose their “battle with cancer”. But inevitably that battle was, if not heroic then at least courageous. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-people-say-maybe-too-often/995877.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/things-people-say-maybe-too-often/995877.md?page=4)