Never heard that one but looked it and up and can completely agree. [You can actually hear how awful it sounds at Urban Dictionary.]
Impactful.
“ON FLEEK” meaning perfect, perfectly groomed. My vision is obscured by a billowing red cloud of hate when I hear, for example, that idiot on Fashion Police say, ‘she was definitely on fleek last night’. I understand it is rapidly falling out of favor with the in crowd, thank god.
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Disagree. Either it’s not trendy or it’s been around long enough not to qualify:
whoa - isn’t that from, like, the 30’s or 40’s?
ok how about hopscotching to the 70s:
too much
off the charts
stacked (often used in reference to Raquel Welch)
(ok - I just said “like”…that could be another bothersome affectation)
Funny (no - too much) - as I was typing my previous post, yours got posted, which in a way addresses my previous post, so, if we’re also looking at older buzzwords (which, yeah, have become obsolete cliches now), then, heck - throw’em in, too.
Stop trying to make hangry happen. It’s not going to happen.
Soccer mom
“Epic” Triple so for “Epic fail”
Safe space (well, mostly the concept)
Jezebel is currently using “woke bae” ironically, but it’s still annoying even when it’s a self-aware joke.
“Bespoke” for anything but tailoring.
“Reach out”
runtelldat ~cringe~ for those unwilling to enunciate
thirsty - used when someone is desperate. Just use desperate
fierce - It’s a good word to use for a wild animal, but not a woman. Sounds stupid.
So you’re saying it needs to go away?
Yeah, and “trigger”. And “mansplain”/“manspread”/any other neo-feminazi garbage.
The bottom line.
What is _____? (as an answer, mimicking Jeopardy!)
_____gate.
Dis (for either “this” or “disrespect”)
Bipolar (unless in a medical diagnosis)
And of course, AMAZING.
What I came to say - totally infuriates me, especially when used in business.
Conversate - doesn’t make you sound important, makes you sound stupid.
Female - as in I saw my bf talking with another female.
Soul mate/Twin flame.
I have a lot of single friends, women in their late 40’s/early 50’s, desperate to find their* soul mates*.
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I actually like “low-hanging fruit.” Perhaps it’s getting overused, but it’s vivid, funny, and fits a real need. I doubt we’ll associate it with any particular decade, just as “barking up the wrong tree” is a perennially useful phrase.
I too detest “hangry”. Also, “stabby”. Ugh !
And, “portmanteau” words to refer to countries contemplating leaving the European Union – “Grexit”, “Brexit”. For me, not clever or punchy – just nauseating.