# Trendy catch phrases you've had enough of... **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 16, 2012, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trendy-catch-phrases-youve-had-enough-of/625336 "2012-06-16T13:30:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![BrassyPhrase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ea666f/32.png) [@BrassyPhrase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrassyPhrase)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trendy-catch-phrases-youve-had-enough-of/625336/41 "2012-06-17T02:46:30Z")
> [@Chicken\_Fingers](#): > > “It is what it is.” > > I don’t know why this banal sentence enrages me. THAT’S the one that makes me want to throw things at mirrors like I’m a drunk in a bad black and white movie! Aaaaaaaaaargh! ---
**Author:** ![Blackberry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ecd19e/32.png) [@Blackberry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackberry)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trendy-catch-phrases-youve-had-enough-of/625336/42 "2012-06-17T03:12:02Z")
Is “good on you” one? I thought it was a British phrase or something and I just heard it every once in a while and that was fine. You can expect that kind of thing from the British. Now all of a sudden everyone says it all the time. ---
**Author:** ![Syme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@Syme](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syme)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trendy-catch-phrases-youve-had-enough-of/625336/43 "2012-06-17T04:14:15Z")
sentences I love to hate "are we on the same page … ? Wouldn’t “do we agree on …” be easier “landfall” as in “Cyclone Cyclops made landfall” We used to say "Cyclone Cyclops landed ", not anymore. or just the simple “roadmap” as in the “the roadmap to peace in the Middle East” Roadmap? why not simply : 'the plan for peace in the Middle East? I don’t mind if the Americans use them, but when they enter our Australian parlance, then they make me cringe. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trendy-catch-phrases-youve-had-enough-of/625336/44 "2012-06-17T04:23:28Z")
> [@River\_Hippie](#): > > “Do you want to come with?” As opposed to “Do you want to come with us?” I assume that and “so” were upper-Midwest regionalisms. Therefore, it would be impossible for them to be trendy. “So” also has several usages. It can be dubious, “So? Do you really think you should start that leaf fire with gasoline?” It can be disapproving, “So. Just how stupid was that?” It can be used to interrupt an endless story, “So how much was the fine?” It can be an indicator of a change of scene, “So I’m there at the front desk of the motel with Lena still in the car,” or a change of situation, “So in walks Lena’s husband, Ole,” or in a recap of the situation when coming back from an aside, “So there I was, sitting on the bed, naked as a jaybird.” A very useful word. And it’s “Ya wanna come with?” “Do you want to come with?” is only a step away from “Will you and Buffy be joining us at the Hamptons?” ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trendy-catch-phrases-youve-had-enough-of/625336/45 "2012-06-17T04:32:26Z")
“Doors at 7.” Because “Doors _open_ at 7” is way too much work. (Ok, I admit this one isn’t so much a ‘trendy’ phrase or anything; I am just annoyed by it.) ---
**Author:** ![Tarwater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9de0a6/32.png) [@Tarwater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tarwater)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trendy-catch-phrases-youve-had-enough-of/625336/46 "2012-06-17T04:44:11Z")
Cool story, bro. ---
**Author:** ![Stendhal\_Syndrome](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/77aa72/32.png) [@Stendhal\_Syndrome](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stendhal_Syndrome)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trendy-catch-phrases-youve-had-enough-of/625336/47 "2012-06-17T05:45:23Z")
I have heard people use and say “yahoo”, instead of “woohoo”, I am assuming, and that irritates me. Another one is: “ok…so…check this out…” No. I don’t want to check it out. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Sudden\_Kestrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@Sudden\_Kestrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sudden_Kestrel)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 6:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trendy-catch-phrases-youve-had-enough-of/625336/48 "2012-06-17T06:35:06Z")
> [@zweisamkeit](#): > > Something I’ve mainly seen in Cooks Illustrated (but have seen or heard it elsewhere) is “mouthfeel”. Wtf? JUST SAY “TEXTURE”, DAMMIT. It sounds like a hamfisted attempt to create a word for “texture” if we didn’t already have the word. Hearing that phrase from anybody always makes me want to slap Christopher Kimball. > [@River\_Hippie](#): > > “My bad.” > > “Do you want to come with?” As opposed to “Do you want to come with us?” I knew “my bad” was dead as soon as I heard a TV news anchorbarbie use it during a broadcast. As **dropzone** noted, “come with” is common here in the Upper Midwest. It sounds normal to me, but I can see how it might be annoying. I mentally edit sentences that begin with “So” just as I used to edit my employer’s dictations. I find sentences beginning with “And” or “But” equally offensive. I’d like to add to the list “easy-peasy” and other forms of baby talk when not uttered by actual babies. Daytime TV is infested with this shit. ---
**Author:** ![Becky2844](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@Becky2844](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Becky2844)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 6:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trendy-catch-phrases-youve-had-enough-of/625336/49 "2012-06-17T06:55:21Z")
Heard too often on singing competitions: “You really made that song your own.” :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Rodgers01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b19c9b/32.png) [@Rodgers01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodgers01)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trendy-catch-phrases-youve-had-enough-of/625336/50 "2012-06-17T07:31:48Z")
> [@Icarus](#): > > Compounded clever words like: > > Chillax > > Bromance Compounded clever words don’t bother me; compounded _stupid_, unintelligible words do. Case in point: Grexit. It’s dumb, it does not work, it does not immediately convey what it means. Chillax and bromance, on the other hand, are almost immediately intelligible. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trendy-catch-phrases-youve-had-enough-of/625336/51 "2012-06-17T07:55:13Z")
> [@Sudden\_Kestrel](#): > > \ > I mentally edit sentences that begin with “So” just as I used to edit my employer’s dictations. I find sentences beginning with “And” or “But” equally offensive. Especially when such sentence does not follow a previous (possibly related) sentence. F’rinstance, when I go to a store and a sales clerk approaches me and says, “AAAAAND how can we help you today?” > [@](#): > > I’d like to add to the list “easy-peasy” and other forms of baby talk when not uttered by actual babies. AAAAAND even when uttered by actual babies, for that matter. ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trendy-catch-phrases-youve-had-enough-of/625336/52 "2012-06-17T08:27:57Z")
Either this is a zombie thread, or I’ve travelled back in time this afternoon without noticing, or some of you are using a trendy new definition of the word “trendy” that doesn’t mean “the current or latest trend”. In the spirit of nominating phrases at least a decade old, I’ll take “baby daddy” and “yummy mummy” because they both make my skin crawl. ---
**Author:** ![Meyer6](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cc9497/32.png) [@Meyer6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meyer6)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trendy-catch-phrases-youve-had-enough-of/625336/53 "2012-06-17T09:45:29Z")
> [@Tarwater](#): > > Cool story, bro. God, I hate ‘cool story’. It’s just so dismissive and insulting, especially since it’s almost always aimed at someone whose only crime is being slightly boring. I also hate ‘sammich’ and ‘just saying’. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 10:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trendy-catch-phrases-youve-had-enough-of/625336/54 "2012-06-17T10:27:57Z")
> [@Syme](#): > > “landfall” as in “Cyclone Cyclops made landfall” We used to say "Cyclone Cyclops landed ", not anymore. Speaking of weather, another one the media has worn out when a big storm threatens is, “hunker down”. You can bet when you see newscritters standing out in the sideways rain, they will end the story with “hunker down”. ---
**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trendy-catch-phrases-youve-had-enough-of/625336/55 "2012-06-17T10:58:52Z")
“Not so much” has moved into annoying territory. ---
**Author:** ![Filbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/filbert/32/3433_2.png) [@Filbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Filbert)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trendy-catch-phrases-youve-had-enough-of/625336/56 "2012-06-17T11:22:00Z")
> [@Stendhal\_Syndrome](#): > > I have heard people use and say “yahoo”, instead of “woohoo”, I am assuming, and that irritates me. At least in my experience in Britain, ‘yahoo!’ was the normal version- ‘woohoo!’ only seems to have come into widespread use in the last ten years or so. Is it better if you think of it as a regionalism? Oh, and anyone who says ‘chillax’ deserves to be bludgeoned with burning weasels until they see the error of their ways. ---
**Author:** ![oreally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7ab992/32.png) [@oreally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/oreally)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trendy-catch-phrases-youve-had-enough-of/625336/57 "2012-06-17T13:07:38Z")
> [@Syme](#): > > sentences I love to hate > > "are we on the same page .. ? Wouldn’t “do we agree on …” be easier > > “landfall” as in “Cyclone Cyclops made landfall” We used to say "Cyclone Cyclops landed ", not anymore. > > or just the simple “roadmap” as in the “the roadmap to peace in the Middle East” Roadmap? why not simply : 'the plan for peace in the Middle East? > > I don’t mind if the Americans use them, but when they enter our Australian parlance, then they make me cringe. Count your blessings; those have all been around for a long time here. 🙂 And I’ll take any one of those many times over vs the ones I mentioned above. I’m not sure if this counts as it’s also been around a pretty long time at this point, but “I’m all” is a real teeth-grater for me. > [@dropzone](#): > > I assume that and “so” were upper-Midwest regionalisms. You assume incorrectly. 🙂 It’s everywhere, near as I can tell. > [@](#): > > “So” also has several usages. Obviously. And many of them (as you noted) grammatically correct and hardly trendy. And-? They aren’t the usages we’re talking about. > [@Stendhal\_Syndrome](#): > > I have heard people use and say “yahoo”, instead of “woohoo”, I am assuming, Actually “yahoo” has been around much longer, and if I had been making this post about 10-15 yrs ago, “woohoo” would have easily made the list as it was all the rage then, thanks to “The Simpsons”…along with “d’oh!” (Both said in a Homer kinda way) > [@Eliahna](#): > > Either this is a zombie thread, or I’ve travelled back in time this afternoon without noticing, or some of you are using a trendy new definition of the word “trendy” that doesn’t mean “the current or latest trend”. Someone else gets it; thank you very much. I was debating whether or not to say something as I know how easily some people are prone to having hissies on msg boards if you dare question anything they say. :rolleyes: > [@Meyer6](#): > > I also hate ‘sammich’ and ‘just saying’. Excellent additions! I abhor any “baby talk” unless one is actually talking to a baby (actually even then it gets old fairly quickly). “Peeps” is perhaps the worst of all. Recently a boss in another dept said he needed to “talk to his peeps” about something. I wanted to hand him some pink marshmallow treats and say “here, talk to mine first.” Don’t even get me started on the “street” baby talk, like “shizzle fo nizzle” ad nauseum. > [@Stratocaster](#): > > “Not so much” has moved into annoying territory. Another excellent call, although around here that seems to be quickly fading. I’ll take whatever small victory I can. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Blackzilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Blackzilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blackzilla)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trendy-catch-phrases-youve-had-enough-of/625336/58 "2012-06-17T13:23:39Z")
I abhor the rise of **spendy** , and its even newer, deformed homunculus cousin **cashy** , as substitutes for “expensive.” “No worries!” also fills me with rage for some reason, as a substitute for “it’s ok.” I do, however, want to see “that’s just the angle of the dangle” take off in the business world. ---
**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trendy-catch-phrases-youve-had-enough-of/625336/59 "2012-06-17T14:40:19Z")
> [@zweisamkeit](#): > > Something I’ve mainly seen in Cooks Illustrated (but have seen or heard it elsewhere) is “mouthfeel”. Wtf? JUST SAY “TEXTURE”, DAMMIT. It sounds like a hamfisted attempt to create a word for “texture” if we didn’t already have the word. Mouthfeel is useful for non-solids like wines, beers, and even cigar smoke. Texture wouldn’t fit these as accurately. ---
**Author:** ![Sudden\_Kestrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@Sudden\_Kestrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sudden_Kestrel)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2012, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trendy-catch-phrases-youve-had-enough-of/625336/60 "2012-06-17T14:45:35Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > AAAAAND even when uttered by actual babies, for that matter. Well, that goes without saying. 😉 > [@Stratocaster](#): > > “Not so much” has moved into annoying territory. Oh, no shit. I cringe every time I hear it. > [@oreally](#): > > Actually “yahoo” has been around much longer, and if I had been making this post about 10-15 yrs ago, “woohoo” would have easily made the list as it was all the rage then, thanks to “The Simpsons”…along with “d’oh!” (Both said in a Homer kinda way) This fits my recollection, too. I remember reading “yahoo!” a lot in children’s books in the '60s, but “woohoo!” seems to have become popular with the advent of the Simpsons. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trendy-catch-phrases-youve-had-enough-of/625336.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trendy-catch-phrases-youve-had-enough-of/625336.md?page=4)