# 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:** 3
**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, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-and-phrases-ready-for-pasture-episode/510630/41 "2009-09-22T14:41:23Z")
> [@olivesmarch4th](#): > > 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 think this came from a movie, where someone asked what mea culpa meant. ---
**Author:** ![enomaj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/59ef9b/32.png) [@enomaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enomaj)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2009, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-and-phrases-ready-for-pasture-episode/510630/42 "2009-09-22T15:20:11Z")
> [@sunstone](#): > > “My bad.” A wretched phase when first used, and it hasn’t gotten better with time. > [@the\_first\_supraliminal](#): > > I think this came from a movie, where someone asked what mea culpa meant. The first commercial use of ‘my bad’ that I can recall is by Cher in Clueless(1995). We were using it in 1985. It was actually preceded by ‘my fault’. > [@gotpasswords](#): > > I believe we have Rachael Ray to blame. She’s big on sammiches, sammies and everything is yummo! to her. ‘Sammiches’ is also way old. I was mispronouncing(actual not ironic) sandwich as a kid in the 70s. When it became part of pop culture, I don’t know. But the Bruh man character on Martin(1992-1997) was using it. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2009, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-and-phrases-ready-for-pasture-episode/510630/43 "2009-09-22T15:29:47Z")
I propose we replace sammich with sangwich. ---
**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 22, 2009, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-and-phrases-ready-for-pasture-episode/510630/44 "2009-09-22T15:36:58Z")
> [@enomaj](#): > > ‘Sammiches’ is also way old. Yeah, I grew up with my mom referring to “peanut butter sandwiches” as “peener butter sammiches” (no snickering, now–she’s also called a “spoon” a “poon” :smack:). I hate peanut butter, so I didn’t pick up the first part, but after many years of resisting, I was finally assimilated into the \*sammiches \*camp, to the extent that giving it the standard \*sandwiches \*pronunciation feels awkward. ---
**Author:** ![Chopper9760](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cdc98d/32.png) [@Chopper9760](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chopper9760)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2009, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-and-phrases-ready-for-pasture-episode/510630/45 "2009-09-22T16:29:04Z")
> [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#): > > Yeah, I grew up with my mom referring to “peanut butter sandwiches” as “peener butter sammiches” (no snickering, now–she’s also called a “spoon” a “poon” :smack:). I hate peanut butter, so I didn’t pick up the first part, but after many years of resisting, I was finally assimilated into the \*sammiches \*camp, to the extent that giving it the standard \*sandwiches \*pronunciation feels awkward. LMAO, my dad calls tampons “poons.” Like you, I have been assimilated and tampons have been refiled in my mental rolodex as “poons.” If your mother asked my father to set the table, hilarity would ensue. ---
**Author:** ![luv2draw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/46a35a/32.png) [@luv2draw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/luv2draw)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2009, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-and-phrases-ready-for-pasture-episode/510630/46 "2009-09-22T17:24:11Z")
these drive me nuts: focus (what, are you a camera?–can’t you just say concentrate… jeez) proactive my bad ---
**Author:** ![Never\_Say\_Dice](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ee59a6/32.png) [@Never\_Say\_Dice](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Never_Say_Dice)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 5:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-and-phrases-ready-for-pasture-episode/510630/47 "2009-09-23T17:04:00Z")
“Um” to start any sentence, any forum or media, any time, any place! Make it go away! ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-and-phrases-ready-for-pasture-episode/510630/48 "2009-09-23T17:16:03Z")
> [@Ponch8](#): > > \*\*“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. Just kick him in the . . . errr . . .yeah. ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2009, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-and-phrases-ready-for-pasture-episode/510630/49 "2009-09-23T17:21:56Z")
Green. Going green. Thinking green. Green this and green that. ---
**Author:** ![FallenAngel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@FallenAngel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FallenAngel)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2009, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-and-phrases-ready-for-pasture-episode/510630/50 "2009-09-24T20:31:24Z")
“Amazing.” “I was at Subway and got the meatball sub. The marinara was amazing. The guy who made my sandwich had the most amazing nose ring, and then I went to 7-11 and got the most amazing pack of Chicklets.” Look, you skeezy twit, “Amazing,” means it filled you sense of reverential awe. If you’re that easily impressed, I suspect you could fill in for that guy in Flowers for Algernon. Try, “good,” or “nice.” ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2009, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-and-phrases-ready-for-pasture-episode/510630/51 "2009-09-24T20:38:47Z")
National Football League. “Right now he’s one of the best receivers in the National Football League, and by the time he’s finished his National Football League career I wouldn’t be surprised if he’s looked at as one of the best that ever played in the National Football League.” Abbreviations exist. Use 'em, dillweed. ETA: Ok, it shouldn’t be “retired”, but c’mon announcers – stop using the phrase when calling a game. We all know what sport we’re watching, just say “NFL”. ---
**Author:** ![It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/it_s_not_rocket_surgery/32/312_2.png) [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/It_s_Not_Rocket_Surgery)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2009, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-and-phrases-ready-for-pasture-episode/510630/52 "2009-09-24T21:15:54Z")
> [@Shot\_From\_Guns](#): > > Yeah, I grew up with my mom referring to “peanut butter sandwiches” as “peener butter sammiches” (no snickering, now–she’s also called a “spoon” a “poon” :smack:). Did she use it to stir Tang? ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2009, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-and-phrases-ready-for-pasture-episode/510630/53 "2009-09-24T21:28:23Z")
> [@FallenAngel](#): > > “Amazing.” > > “I was at Subway and got the meatball sub. The marinara was amazing. The guy who made my sandwich had the most amazing nose ring, and then I went to 7-11 and got the most amazing pack of Chicklets.” > > Look, you skeezy twit, “Amazing,” means it filled you sense of reverential awe. If you’re that easily impressed, I suspect you could fill in for that guy in Flowers for Algernon. Try, “good,” or “nice.” If you haven’t noticed that no one ever uses mild vocabulary anymore and only jump to the most extreme superlative they can get their hands on, you’re, like, the least observant guy EVER. (yes, yes, it irks me as well.) ---
**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 24, 2009, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-and-phrases-ready-for-pasture-episode/510630/54 "2009-09-24T21:47:31Z")
> [@FallenAngel](#): > > Try, “good,” or “nice.” My second-grade teacher would smack you on the knuckles for that, especially the “nice.” We were explicitly forbidden from ever using it in a composition–she always wanted us to use a more descriptive word. You may also wish to try, using, fewer, commas. ETA: > [@It\_s\_Not\_Rocket\_Surgery](#): > > Did she use it to stir Tang? … Maybe. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![TheMadHun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/53a042/32.png) [@TheMadHun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheMadHun)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2009, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-and-phrases-ready-for-pasture-episode/510630/55 "2009-09-26T17:13:27Z")
The line often used in lame sitcoms: \*in insulted tones \*“I’m your mother, the woman who gave you birth”, usually said in conjunction with some inconsequential request, like would you mind splitting the tab? ---
**Author:** ![HelloKitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecccb3/32.png) [@HelloKitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelloKitty)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2009, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-and-phrases-ready-for-pasture-episode/510630/56 "2009-09-26T23:09:18Z")
> [@Hal\_Briston](#): > > National Football League. > > “Right now he’s one of the best receivers in the National Football League, and by the time he’s finished his National Football League career I wouldn’t be surprised if he’s looked at as one of the best that ever played in the National Football League.” I have been noticing this too. Very annoying. Did the league tell all the announcers they can’t say “NFL” this year or something? A couple other sports phrases that should be retired: True Freshman (is there such a thing as a False Freshman?) Player X does Y as good as anyone in the league. (That’s supposed to be a compliment!?) Brett Favre ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2009, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-and-phrases-ready-for-pasture-episode/510630/57 "2009-09-26T23:17:49Z")
“Well, I’ll discuss it with my DH when he comes home from work”. “My DS got an A+ in class”. “My DD and I are the same size.” :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2009, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-and-phrases-ready-for-pasture-episode/510630/58 "2009-09-30T16:52:23Z")
In a discussion about sex, porn, or similar things … “I’ll need to see some photos to be sure of my response.” … or similar words. ---
**Author:** ![BurnMeUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@BurnMeUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BurnMeUp)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2009, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-and-phrases-ready-for-pasture-episode/510630/59 "2009-09-30T21:31:15Z")
> [@salinqmind](#): > > “Well, I’ll discuss it with my DH when he comes home from work”. “My DS got an A+ in class”. “My DD and I are the same size.” :rolleyes: You and your designated driver are the same size? Handy if you throw up on your shirt I suppose. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2009, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-and-phrases-ready-for-pasture-episode/510630/60 "2009-09-30T21:41:18Z")
> [@HelloKitty](#): > > True Freshman (is there such a thing as a False Freshman?) The phrase is used to distinguish a first-year college student from a redshirt freshman, who sat out his/her first season for any of various reasons (injury, academic difficulties, lack of opportunity for playing time). The redshirt freshman is a sophomore academically, but still in his/her first of four years of athletic eligibility. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-and-phrases-ready-for-pasture-episode/510630.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-and-phrases-ready-for-pasture-episode/510630.md?page=4)