# Trendy Expressions That Need to Die! **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 18, 2007, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trendy-expressions-that-need-to-die/388469 "2007-01-18T17:19:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2007, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trendy-expressions-that-need-to-die/388469/61 "2007-01-20T00:09:04Z")
“It is what it is” is exactly what I thought of when I read the thread title. I thought we’d killed off “110% effort” a few years ago but it keeps popping up. “It’s game on now” bugs me. What have you been doing up to now? Want to really bug me? “I always give 110%, but now it’s game on.” ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2007, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trendy-expressions-that-need-to-die/388469/62 "2007-01-20T00:43:04Z")
[QUOTE=Cunctator] Twenty four seven I hate people who use this to imply how busy they are. I bet they’re not working 168 hours straight! [/QUOTE] How about 24/7/365 - yep, that’s 24 hoiurs a day, seven days a week, for all 365 weeks of the year. ---
**Author:** ![delphica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9a140/32.png) [@delphica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/delphica)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2007, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trendy-expressions-that-need-to-die/388469/63 "2007-01-20T01:41:12Z")
[QUOTE=pokey] “Baby bump” also bothers me. Every time a famous female gets the least bit bloated I see a photo of her in the grocery store line with a big arrow saying “baby bump???” They do it to Angelina Jolie all the time. I always figure she just got off a plane from some place where she didn’t get to take a proper dump for 3 weeks and imagine an arrow pointing to her lower abdomen that says “impacted???” [/QUOTE] Oooh, baby bump always annoys me too, but now whenever I see it/hear it, I’m going to think “impacted” and then giggle myself into a fit. The phrase that always boggles my mind is any reference to an actor who “shows some serious acting chops.” I don’t even know what that means. Okay, that’s not true, I know exactly what it _means_, what I don’t know is why anyone would use those words to convey that meaning when “good acting” takes care of the whole concept. Does anyone ever have any frivolous acting chops? How about other professions? Does a teacher have serious teaching chops? Every time I hear it, I imagine someone acting in a Civil War period movie with big mutton chop whiskers, which is disconcerting when it’s being said about someone like Cate Blanchett. ---
**Author:** ![Chanteuse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9de053/32.png) [@Chanteuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chanteuse)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2007, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trendy-expressions-that-need-to-die/388469/64 "2007-01-20T02:53:16Z")
“_ **" is the new "** _\_.” I know what it means, but it’s always sounded so stupid to me! Oh, and I absolutely LOATHE “baby bump.” ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2007, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trendy-expressions-that-need-to-die/388469/65 "2007-01-20T06:57:25Z")
I’m hereby declaring a moratorium on the phrases “In a world…” and “…one man…” in movie previews. ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2007, 7:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trendy-expressions-that-need-to-die/388469/66 "2007-01-20T07:14:55Z")
[QUOTE=VCO3] I absolutely cannot stand “No worries!” (used as an affirmative) for some reason. It spontaneously cropped out a few years ago, and now it seems like I can’t have any interaction with hipsters without it cropping up. It just makes me want to punch someone when I hear it. [/QUOTE] I’m no hipster and I say “no worries” a fair bit. 'Course, I’m also a Kiwi, so geography has a lot to answer for. Have to second **Cunctator’s** “24/7”. Just too, too overused. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2007, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trendy-expressions-that-need-to-die/388469/67 "2007-01-20T08:56:59Z")
Cow-orker. I don’t want to read about anybody’s “cow-orkers” again. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2007, 11:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trendy-expressions-that-need-to-die/388469/68 "2007-01-20T11:46:13Z")
_Men and women_, when you mean “people”. :mad: The young men and women of our armed forces — ugh! It’s an attempt to appear non-misogynistic by being inclusive of women, but it’s condescending and ridiculous instead. For one thing, it just tacks women on as an afterthought at the end with a conjunction. For another, it’s twice as many syllables. Also, it’s beginning to bleed over into historically absurd contexts, like the men and women who gave their lives on Omaha beach. Just say _people_, dammit. The young people of our armed forces. ---
**Author:** ![Landshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/77aa72/32.png) [@Landshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Landshark)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2007, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trendy-expressions-that-need-to-die/388469/69 "2007-01-20T14:37:25Z")
Not certain why, but I find “Got your back” irritating. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2007, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trendy-expressions-that-need-to-die/388469/70 "2007-01-20T14:40:03Z")
But we all like **git 'er done!** , right? […hey! Those tomatoes hurt!..] ---
**Author:** ![e-bow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@e-bow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/e-bow)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2007, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trendy-expressions-that-need-to-die/388469/71 "2007-01-20T14:45:38Z")
[Thread Summary] I hate what young people say! I really hate what black people say! [/Thread Summary] I would like to echo the call for everyone to revert to the language they used 50 years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Misnomer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misnomer/32/14897_2.png) [@Misnomer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Misnomer)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2007, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trendy-expressions-that-need-to-die/388469/72 "2007-01-20T15:13:21Z")
[QUOTE=Der Trihs] Cow-orker. I don’t want to read about anybody’s “cow-orkers” again. [/QUOTE] Seconded! ---
**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 20, 2007, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trendy-expressions-that-need-to-die/388469/73 "2007-01-20T18:20:19Z")
> [@](#): > > Nah. “Bad” = “error, mistake, fault”; an adjective being used as a noun. > So “My bad” is a truncated version of “[sorry, that was] my [error]”. I think I have a decent (if only anecdotal and personally embarrassing) case. When I was 10ish (1993) I had a “Sassy Magazine” that listed. “'Mibad?” as the hippest new lingo on the street. For the first part of its early existence in print in girly magazines it was definitely phrased as a question. Sassy Magazine’s explanation for the term was roughly what I offered. I am pretty sure it started out this way and only morphed into “my bad” by masses of people who didn’t really know anything about its origins. It would be an easy mistake to make because even in its original incarnation, you didn’t get that it was a question solely by the tone of voice. Um… not that I care, or anything. > [@](#): > > [Thread Summary] > I hate what young people say! > > I really hate what black people say! > [/Thread Summary] I would have to at least partially agree with your assessment. Even though I’ve bitched about my own pet peeves in this thread, I’ve never quite been able to be militantly against slang words since I took a linguistics class and learned about all the inherent age, ethnic, and class biases that go into determining what’s “acceptable” speech. And yet… and yet… I still hate what i hate. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2007, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trendy-expressions-that-need-to-die/388469/74 "2007-01-20T19:02:51Z")
Oh, I bet white rednecks could make a respectable showing. Unless you’re a fan of phrases like the aforementioned “git 'er done”. ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2007, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trendy-expressions-that-need-to-die/388469/75 "2007-01-20T19:28:57Z")
[QUOTE=boytyperanma] ‘The squeaky wheel gets the most oil.’ When is the last time most people actual oiled a squeaky wheel? [/QUOTE] Actually, as someone else already pointed out, it’s “the grease,” not “the most oil.” Wheels get greased all the time. Don’t you ever take your car in for a lube job? ---
**Author:** ![Indygrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/58f4c7/32.png) [@Indygrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indygrrl)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2007, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trendy-expressions-that-need-to-die/388469/76 "2007-01-20T19:40:05Z")
I hate , “snap!” and I also hate when people use “so” a la Friends, “I _so_ wish she would just shut up.” ---
**Author:** ![wonderlust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonderlust/32/7237_2.png) [@wonderlust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonderlust)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2007, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trendy-expressions-that-need-to-die/388469/77 "2007-01-20T19:50:16Z")
I hate the way some people use the term “female” instead of woman. It’s as if they stop themselves from saying “chick”, but don’t know what to put there instead. They say things like “there’s this female I work with who…” or “men like (something) but females like (something else)”. It makes me think they’re talking about chimps or birds or something. I’m not a designation within a species, I’m a woman, damn it. ---
**Author:** ![wonderlust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonderlust/32/7237_2.png) [@wonderlust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonderlust)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2007, 7:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trendy-expressions-that-need-to-die/388469/78 "2007-01-20T19:52:03Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally Posted by pokey > “Baby bump” also bothers me. Every time a famous female gets the least bit bloated…" Gah! Perfect example. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2007, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trendy-expressions-that-need-to-die/388469/79 "2007-01-20T21:51:08Z")
[QUOTE=wonderlust] I hate the way some people use the term “female” instead of woman. It’s as if they stop themselves from saying “chick”, but don’t know what to put there instead. They say things like “there’s this female I work with who..” or “men like (something) but females like (something else)”. It makes me think they’re talking about chimps or birds or something. I’m not a designation within a species, I’m a woman, damn it. [/QUOTE] It’s weird crusty old guy talk. I was hanging out with my grandmother’s partner the other day and he kept saying “females,” as if it was physically painful to say “women.” I think he used “dame” once or twice as well. Also, he referred to Martin Luther King Day as “that shwartz holiday.” I’m always mildly bemused when I hear a new ethnic slur I’d never heard before. Don’t ask me where he got it; he’s Italian, not German or Jewish. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2007, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trendy-expressions-that-need-to-die/388469/80 "2007-01-20T22:07:57Z")
[QUOTE=wonderlust] I hate the way some people use the term “female” instead of woman. It’s as if they stop themselves from saying “chick”, but don’t know what to put there instead. They say things like “there’s this female I work with who..” or “men like (something) but females like (something else)”. It makes me think they’re talking about chimps or birds or something. I’m not a designation within a species, I’m a woman, damn it. [/QUOTE] I picked up “female” from my military days. Males and females, that’s what we were, when we weren’t just soldiers. I heard a woman-soldier make the same complaint as you. _Females_ are for other species, human _women_ are _women_! Meanwhile, she had no problem with boys, guys, dudes, etc. But women must always be women. There is no womanly equivalent to “guys” but “women” is too formal sounding sometimes. Can you ladies… er I mean gals… er I mean girls… er I mean women come up with an equivalent to “guys” that doesn’t make you sound so precious and special all the dang time? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trendy-expressions-that-need-to-die/388469.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trendy-expressions-that-need-to-die/388469.md?page=5)