# Words and Phrases Ready for Pasture, Episode ?? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 18, 2009, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-and-phrases-ready-for-pasture-episode/510630 "2009-09-18T18:52:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![sunstone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunstone/32/3372_2.png) [@sunstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sunstone)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2009, 1:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-and-phrases-ready-for-pasture-episode/510630/21 "2009-09-21T01:40:09Z")
“My bad.” A wretched phase when first used, and it hasn’t gotten better with time. ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2009, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-and-phrases-ready-for-pasture-episode/510630/22 "2009-09-21T11:33:03Z")
Meh. Og. Hi Opal. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2009, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-and-phrases-ready-for-pasture-episode/510630/23 "2009-09-21T15:50:46Z")
How can you be tired of _meh_? It’s such a useful expression, and no other word performs quite the same function. I have to cop to a few of these, although I’ve never been quite douchey enough to use _fail_ as a noun. ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2009, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-and-phrases-ready-for-pasture-episode/510630/24 "2009-09-21T16:41:09Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > douchey All douche based references ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2009, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-and-phrases-ready-for-pasture-episode/510630/25 "2009-09-21T17:13:30Z")
> [@Bearflag70](#): > > All douche based references Even [douchebargé](http://www.ministryofmisanthropy.com/thread/2028?count=10)? ☹ ---
**Author:** ![thirdwarning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecccb3/32.png) [@thirdwarning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdwarning)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2009, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-and-phrases-ready-for-pasture-episode/510630/26 "2009-09-21T19:38:20Z")
> [@QuercusMax](#): > > Am I the only one who thinks it’s ironic that **Hal** posted this link? Is he branching out? I saw it, I chuckled, I decided not to notice it publicly. See, this way you get to catch the flak if there is any. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2009, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-and-phrases-ready-for-pasture-episode/510630/27 "2009-09-21T20:00:06Z")
“Band name!” Even Dave Barry himself said that this was no longer funny. ---
**Author:** ![PoorYorick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecccb3/32.png) [@PoorYorick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PoorYorick)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2009, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-and-phrases-ready-for-pasture-episode/510630/28 "2009-09-21T20:06:01Z")
[ul] [li]Don’t go there.[/li][li]I’m all about X[/li][li]Extreme: Let’s just get rid of the word entirely. It’s now too tainted by Gen-X’ers to ever be useful again.[/li][li]Gen-X’ers[/li][li]And from the reality show world: Throw under the bus.[/li][/ul] ---
**Author:** ![Transistor\_Rhythm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/77aa72/32.png) [@Transistor\_Rhythm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Transistor_Rhythm)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2009, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-and-phrases-ready-for-pasture-episode/510630/29 "2009-09-21T20:10:51Z")
“Stabby” as in “such and such makes me feel stabby.” “The boy” or “the girl” for one’s significant other. Stop acting like your entire universe doesn’t revolve around the person. ---
**Author:** ![Shot\_From\_Guns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ccd318/32.png) [@Shot\_From\_Guns](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shot_From_Guns)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2009, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-and-phrases-ready-for-pasture-episode/510630/30 "2009-09-21T20:18:04Z")
> [@PoorYorick](#): > > Extreme: Let’s just get rid of the word entirely. It’s now too tainted by Gen-X’ers to ever be useful again. I’d be happy if we could just get rid of the XTREME variant. ---
**Author:** ![Chessic\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7c8e57/32.png) [@Chessic\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chessic_Sense)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2009, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-and-phrases-ready-for-pasture-episode/510630/31 "2009-09-21T20:57:08Z")
> [@Bearflag70](#): > > I just threw up in my mouth a little. > > \_\_\_\_\_ called and s/he/it wants its \_\_\_\_ back. > > Imma let you finish. [Somehow this was tired the moment it started.] I’m a fan of “1980s called. It wants its joke format back.” It’s reflexive humor! ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2009, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-and-phrases-ready-for-pasture-episode/510630/32 "2009-09-21T21:21:00Z")
> [@Argent\_Towers](#): > > “Band name!” > > Even Dave Barry himself said that this was no longer funny. “Band name!” is a foil phrase: it’s not supposed to shine in and of itself, it’s supposed to make whatever you place beside it _shine bettter_. ---
**Author:** ![gotpasswords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c57346/32.png) [@gotpasswords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gotpasswords)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2009, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-and-phrases-ready-for-pasture-episode/510630/33 "2009-09-21T21:27:13Z")
[QUOTE=Shot From Guns] I’d be happy if we could just get rid of the XTREME variant. [/QUOTE] I’d love it too. At this very moment, I’m using an application called “EXTRA! X-treme” Bet you’ll never guess what it does with a name like that… It’s an IBM 3270 mainframe terminal emulator. About the most boring and un-extreme thing I could ever think of. [QUOTE=Justin\_Bailey] I’ve never understood the appeal of subsitituting “sammich” for “sandwich” and I don’t even know where it comes from. Just annoying all around. [/QUOTE] I believe we have Rachael Ray to blame. She’s big on sammiches, sammies and everything is yummo! to her. ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2009, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-and-phrases-ready-for-pasture-episode/510630/34 "2009-09-21T22:18:28Z")
> [@gotpasswords](#): > > She’s big on sammiches, sammies and everything is yummo! to her. Has anyone ever documented a case of her saying “E.V.O.O.” and not then immediately afterward clarifying by saying “extra virgin olive oil”? I’m really starting to wonder if she fundamentally doesn’t understand what abbreviations are for. ---
**Author:** ![B.Serum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/b.serum/32/14266_2.png) [@B.Serum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/B.Serum)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2009, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-and-phrases-ready-for-pasture-episode/510630/35 "2009-09-21T23:08:54Z")
“…aaannddd ‘Scene.’” ---
**Author:** ![cuauhtemoc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecb155/32.png) [@cuauhtemoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cuauhtemoc)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2009, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-and-phrases-ready-for-pasture-episode/510630/36 "2009-09-22T01:18:21Z")
Blah blah blah… this many dollars. Blah blah blah… a different number of dollars. TV commercial gimmick outliving its novelty by nearly a decade… priceless. ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2009, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-and-phrases-ready-for-pasture-episode/510630/37 "2009-09-22T02:31:11Z")
“Low-hanging fruit.” I was taking part in a teleconference a few weeks ago, and somebody used this cliché four times. I wanted to hang him from a high-hanging limb. ---
**Author:** ![Runs\_With\_Scissors](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/278dde/32.png) [@Runs\_With\_Scissors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Runs_With_Scissors)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2009, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-and-phrases-ready-for-pasture-episode/510630/38 "2009-09-22T02:55:36Z")
Sustainable ---
**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:** [September 22, 2009, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-and-phrases-ready-for-pasture-episode/510630/39 "2009-09-22T12:04:44Z")
> [@sunstone](#): > > “My bad.” A wretched phase when first used, and it hasn’t gotten better with time. A gentleman in the hallway bumped into me the other day, and offered a genuine, ‘‘My bad.’’ At which point I realized that was his way of saying ‘‘excuse me.’’ I was not personally offended, but I found that fascinating. He was roughly my age (mid twenties.) (I of course responded with ‘‘no problem.’’ I can hear the Dopers gnashing their teeth now.) ---
**Author:** ![the\_first\_supraliminal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f475e1/32.png) [@the\_first\_supraliminal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/the_first_supraliminal)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2009, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-and-phrases-ready-for-pasture-episode/510630/40 "2009-09-22T14:40:09Z")
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