# Words And Phrases To Stop Using In 2009! **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 3, 2009, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-and-phrases-to-stop-using-in-2009/479752 "2009-01-03T22:58:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2009, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-and-phrases-to-stop-using-in-2009/479752/81 "2009-01-07T14:22:02Z")
> [@SpazCat](#): > > Yes! I hate this with a burning passion. Not everything is an event. When I get up in the morning and wash my face, is that a cleanser event? George Carlin cracked me up with a run about this in one of his HBO specials from the early or mid '90s. He’d heard a weatherman refer to rain as “a rain event.” ---
**Author:** ![Lust4Life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2009, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-and-phrases-to-stop-using-in-2009/479752/82 "2009-01-07T16:39:08Z")
I’ve always found the statement “I’m in a relationship with…” a little pompous rather then" I’m going out with…"its a bit like saying that “I’m closely interacting in a social/emotional sense with…” “I want to find myself” "Pressurise"when the person means that they were pressured not filled with gas at over atmospheric pressure. "A problem that needs addressing"usually used by politicians when the interviewer has brought up an unsavoury practice that the interviewees supporters are guilty of but he doesn’t want to talk about it. "And then I’m like…and shes like! and I’m like …"used usually IME by schoolgirls trying to sound cool. SO used by someone before thay relate an experience to you. AS in “So I’m driving down mainstreet when…” You just know that the next ten minutes of your life will be wasted to listening to a totally uninteresting story that will have all the details of what the narrator wore,where they had just been ,where they were going ,their state of health (In great detail),what they had for breakfast… ---
**Author:** ![Lightray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightray/32/391_2.png) [@Lightray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightray)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2009, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-and-phrases-to-stop-using-in-2009/479752/83 "2009-01-07T17:12:09Z")
> [@Rubystreak](#): > > Yes! Anything Rachael Ray says a lot, including, “How good is THAT?” and "Delish! and “EVOO.” Pretty much, anything she says, ever. Last night, she announced “I’ve got to take a break now, but I’ll just be here, tossing my salad.” Come back after the cut “So, I’ve tossed my salad…” Yes, I _know_ it is a euphamism that gained too much cachet, and she was making a salad (as she always does), and it needed to be mixed… But I will give someone $1 to make her never, ever talk about tossing her salad again. Eugh. ---
**Author:** ![JKilez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e5b9ba/32.png) [@JKilez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKilez)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2009, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-and-phrases-to-stop-using-in-2009/479752/84 "2009-01-07T19:10:51Z")
> [@Nzinga\_Seated](#): > > I never actually used ‘This’, but for the life of me, I can’t figure out why people don’t like it. I cannot figure it out. They are quoting the passage, and saying “I agree with all of this”, but just saying ‘this’ gets that across quite nicely, right? This. I could do without any further references to Opels, pies, death rays, overlords, Rios, once for twenty minutes’, etc. Their welcome was worn a long while ago. The term ‘this’, however, very succinctly makes a point that would otherwise be phrased more verbosely such as: “What he said,” or “I agree,” or “Ditto,” or “The previous poster made a point that I would have made had I posted earlier and did so in such a way that I feel no need to augment what was said but instead wish to express a reinforcement of that point to strengthen its power in argument.” I have no disagreement with the term and find it far more suitable than the other recent phrase, “+1,” which has no redeeming qualities. ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2009, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-and-phrases-to-stop-using-in-2009/479752/85 "2009-01-07T19:13:27Z")
Truthfully… Honestly… In my opinion… Jesus! Just say it already; hopefully, those three things can be assumed the minute you open your mouth. Have you been lying all of the other times? ---
**Author:** ![gravitycrash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/977dab/32.png) [@gravitycrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gravitycrash)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2009, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-and-phrases-to-stop-using-in-2009/479752/86 "2009-01-07T19:22:55Z")
Change. Politicians are especially guilty of this. Obama, just come out and say the Bush administration sucks so we are going to do something different. I guess there aren’t a whole lot of alternatives but at least try. Why even mention change anyway? Presumedly a politician is not going to carry on with the same policies as his opponent anyway, it should be a given. ---
**Author:** ![cher3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2009, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-and-phrases-to-stop-using-in-2009/479752/87 "2009-01-07T19:31:34Z")
> [@AudreyK](#): > > Grow, as a verb. “Use our software to grow your business!” Urg. I agree that this particular usage smacks of biz-speak, but grow _is_ a verb. ---
**Author:** ![MrSquishy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b9e5f3/32.png) [@MrSquishy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrSquishy)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2009, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-and-phrases-to-stop-using-in-2009/479752/88 "2009-01-07T19:48:31Z")
> [@Licentious\_Ectomorph](#): > > A [Super Trouper](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Trouper_(spotlight)) is a specific kind of spotlight. This is why I keep coming back here. Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![CookingWithGas](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cookingwithgas/32/485_2.png) [@CookingWithGas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CookingWithGas)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2009, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-and-phrases-to-stop-using-in-2009/479752/89 "2009-01-07T20:03:56Z")
The use of “so” to intensify a verb phrase, rather than an adjective, or a phrase starting with “not.” OK: I’m so tired, I’m falling asleep. Not OK: I am \*so \*going to buy that coat! Not OK: I am \*so \*not ready for my exam. ---
**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:** [January 7, 2009, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-and-phrases-to-stop-using-in-2009/479752/90 "2009-01-07T20:26:45Z")
> [@JKilez](#): > > This. I could do without any further references to Opels, pies, death rays, overlords, Rios, once for twenty minutes’, etc. Their welcome was worn a long while ago. The term ‘this’, however, very succinctly makes a point that would otherwise be phrased more verbosely such as: “What he said,” or “I agree,” or “Ditto,” or “The previous poster made a point that I would have made had I posted earlier and did so in such a way that I feel no need to augment what was said but instead wish to express a reinforcement of that point to strengthen its power in argument.” > > I have no disagreement with the term and find it far more suitable than the other recent phrase, “+1,” which has no redeeming qualities. Sorry, I disagree. “This.” is the equivalent of the (also extremely annoying) “Me Too!”, with the added bonus of having a snarky undertone. The poster might as well say “I agree with the above, but I haven’t a thought of my own on the subject, so here I am wasting time and monitor space telling you that.” I do agree that “+1” is pretty annoying, as is “golf clap”. ---
**Author:** ![Geek\_Mecha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecae2f/32.png) [@Geek\_Mecha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geek_Mecha)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2009, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-and-phrases-to-stop-using-in-2009/479752/91 "2009-01-07T20:57:19Z")
> [@cher3](#): > > I agree that this particular usage smacks of biz-speak, but grow _is_ a verb. Yeah, I checked just before I posted and was chagrined at the discovery. When I take over the universe, this is one of the first things I’m changing. ---
**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 8, 2009, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-and-phrases-to-stop-using-in-2009/479752/92 "2009-01-08T00:52:04Z")
> [@cher3](#): > > I agree that this particular usage smacks of biz-speak, but grow _is_ a verb. A transitive verb, even: to grow crops. ---
**Author:** ![Geek\_Mecha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecae2f/32.png) [@Geek\_Mecha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geek_Mecha)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2009, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-and-phrases-to-stop-using-in-2009/479752/93 "2009-01-08T01:10:51Z")
It’s annoying when it’s used for anything other than plants. I have no problems with saying things like, “I’m going to grow corn next summer,” but when it’s used for other things, such as businesses, opportunities, resources, options, etc., it’s just grating. ---
**Author:** ![Freejooky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ba8739/32.png) [@Freejooky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freejooky)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2009, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-and-phrases-to-stop-using-in-2009/479752/94 "2009-01-08T01:19:16Z")
“Going forward” and “…not so much,” please! ---
**Author:** ![jali](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ecae2f/32.png) [@jali](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jali)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2009, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-and-phrases-to-stop-using-in-2009/479752/95 "2009-01-08T01:22:07Z")
I heart you. ---
**Author:** ![wonder9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c57346/32.png) [@wonder9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonder9)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2009, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-and-phrases-to-stop-using-in-2009/479752/96 "2009-01-08T01:32:19Z")
“It is what it is” Why do phrases like that one go from unknown, to hip, to ubiquitous, to STOP SAYING THAT!! so quickly? That’s a serious question, by the way, if we have any language geeks who would care to take a stab at it. ---
**Author:** ![Euryphaessa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Euryphaessa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euryphaessa)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2009, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-and-phrases-to-stop-using-in-2009/479752/97 "2009-01-08T02:53:42Z")
> [@JKilez](#): > > This. I could do without any further references to Opels, pies, death rays, overlords, Rios, once for twenty minutes’, etc. Their welcome was worn a long while ago. The term ‘this’, however, very succinctly makes a point that would otherwise be phrased more verbosely such as: “What he said,” or “I agree,” or “Ditto,” or \*\*“The previous poster made a point that I would have made had I posted earlier and did so in such a way that I feel no need to augment what was said but instead wish to express a reinforcement of that point to strengthen its power in argument.” \*\* > > I have no disagreement with the term and find it far more suitable than the other recent phrase, “+1,” which has no redeeming qualities. I want to start using this now. ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2009, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-and-phrases-to-stop-using-in-2009/479752/98 "2009-01-08T04:43:09Z")
> [@Queen of Town](#): > > I want to start using this now. This.😛 ---
**Author:** ![brujaja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4af34b/32.png) [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2009, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-and-phrases-to-stop-using-in-2009/479752/99 "2009-01-08T07:28:07Z")
“Robust.” I used to like that word, until Bush and Fox News got hold of it. “Experience the… \<_whatever_\>.” Much like **events** , not everything can **be experienced**. Some things you gotta do, and some things just happen. “Loser.” Only _losers_ think they can evaluate the worth of a complete stranger. “Pagan.” Can we all be “heathens” or “infidels” for awhile, please? Just for a change. ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2009, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-and-phrases-to-stop-using-in-2009/479752/100 "2009-01-08T12:42:54Z")
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