# Words/expressions I want to be eliminated from usage RIGHT NOW TODAY ENOUGH ALREADY! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 5, 2014, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-expressions-i-want-to-be-eliminated-from-usage-right-now-today-enough-already/697609 "2014-09-05T20:02:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2014, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-expressions-i-want-to-be-eliminated-from-usage-right-now-today-enough-already/697609/21 "2014-09-05T22:20:43Z")
I agree about “baby bump,” “I know, right?” (or the kewl version, “Inorite?”) and “baby mama.” I will add: Baby daddy Preggers Push present Also, I adore my cats, but I agree completely with “furbaby” and “furever home” (though I don’t mind “forever home,” because that’s what it should be). ---
**Author:** ![TimeWinder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bcef8e/32.png) [@TimeWinder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TimeWinder)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2014, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-expressions-i-want-to-be-eliminated-from-usage-right-now-today-enough-already/697609/22 "2014-09-05T22:22:41Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > “Hubby” as in “I gotta ask the hubby [if I can buy this $3 used toy for my kid]” > > Stop using a cutesy name for the man who won’t let you spend three goddamn dollars for a toy without asking first. > [@kayaker](#): > > OMG, I thought women only said that around here. Sweating over $23.75, saying they need to discuss it with their old man. Both of those are just an excuse for saying “I don’t want to buy this” without coming right out and saying it. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2014, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-expressions-i-want-to-be-eliminated-from-usage-right-now-today-enough-already/697609/23 "2014-09-05T22:25:53Z")
Asymmetric information. Just call it inside knowledge, okay? ---
**Author:** ![chiroptera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2014, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-expressions-i-want-to-be-eliminated-from-usage-right-now-today-enough-already/697609/24 "2014-09-05T22:32:58Z")
> [@Sattua](#): > > Furbabies. I came to this thread to express this very same sentiment. I loathe the term “furbabies” to refer to pets with the heat of a thousand suns. It denies the fascinating and complex world of adult animals the slightest bit of dignity, reducing pets to infantilized child substitutes. Often the same people who use the term “furbaby” also refer to their human children as “skinkids” :eek: or otherwise noxious terms. I get “it is what it is”; it’s sort of Zen and accepting in the right concept. Awesome is fine by me as well. _Incentivise_ and _Global Warming_ need to be nuked with extreme prejudice. ---
**Author:** ![DChord568](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@DChord568](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DChord568)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2014, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-expressions-i-want-to-be-eliminated-from-usage-right-now-today-enough-already/697609/25 "2014-09-05T22:35:14Z")
I’d like to think that this is already hopelessly outdated, but I still hear people refer to a random object as a “bad boy” or a “puppy,” as in… …hell, I can’t even bring myself to come up with examples, but you know what I mean. It takes great force of will to hold my tongue when I hear someone say this, especially as they imagine they’re being really clever while doing so. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2014, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-expressions-i-want-to-be-eliminated-from-usage-right-now-today-enough-already/697609/26 "2014-09-05T22:40:23Z")
What about beginning a sentence with: “So,…” Does that fit the theme here? ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2014, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-expressions-i-want-to-be-eliminated-from-usage-right-now-today-enough-already/697609/27 "2014-09-05T22:52:24Z")
“Already” at the end of a command for emphasis. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2014, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-expressions-i-want-to-be-eliminated-from-usage-right-now-today-enough-already/697609/28 "2014-09-05T23:01:15Z")
> [@Infovore](#): > > … > Push present… I’ve never heard this one. Tell me what it is so I can hate it, too. > [@DChord568](#): > > I’d like to think that this is already hopelessly outdated, but I still hear people refer to a random object as a “bad boy” or a “puppy,” as in… > > …hell, I can’t even bring myself to come up with examples, but you know what I mean. > > It takes great force of will to hold my tongue when I hear someone say this, especially as they imagine they’re being really clever while doing so. Guy Fieri preparing a brisket for the barbecue: “Let’s get this bad boy on the fire!” > [@bobot](#): > > What about beginning a sentence with: “So,…” > Does that fit the theme here? Yes! This one is really weird. I’ll hear an interview on NPR or a guest on the Diane Rehm Show and the interviewee begins \*every \*sentence with “So,–” Here’s an [article](http://www.businessinsider.com/heres-why-everyone-is-starting-sentences-with-the-word-so-2014-5)about this phenomenon. The article says > [@](#): > > But linguistically, the use of “so” at the beginning of sentences can serve an important function. Fine. But EVERY sentence??? ---
**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 5, 2014, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-expressions-i-want-to-be-eliminated-from-usage-right-now-today-enough-already/697609/29 "2014-09-05T23:06:12Z")
Lately the word “basic” has been popping up in weird configurations on my FB feed. It seems to be a new term aimed at insulting your average middle class retail-minded Mom. And I have no problem at all with insulting them, but can we please find a different word? Because this one just doesn’t fit. Seldom does one get the chance to squash annoying slang at birth. Let’s kill it before it multiplies. ---
**Author:** ![Bozuit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/edb3f5/32.png) [@Bozuit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bozuit)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2014, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-expressions-i-want-to-be-eliminated-from-usage-right-now-today-enough-already/697609/30 "2014-09-05T23:07:18Z")
> [@Lorene89095](#): > > Decade… 2 decades!! That is 20 years,can’t you say that?!? What’s wrong with 631,152,000 seconds? ---
**Author:** ![chiroptera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2014, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-expressions-i-want-to-be-eliminated-from-usage-right-now-today-enough-already/697609/31 "2014-09-05T23:09:20Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Yes! This one is really weird. I’ll hear an interview on NPR or a guest on the Diane Rehm Show and the interviewee begins \*every \*sentence with “So,–” > > Here’s an [article](http://www.businessinsider.com/heres-why-everyone-is-starting-sentences-with-the-word-so-2014-5)about this phenomenon. The article says > Fine. But EVERY sentence??? I listen to NPR most work days. Most guests who persistently start sentences with “So…”? I hit the off button until I am sure they are gone. I hate it THAT much. And they are usually younger, hyper-educated academics with interesting things to say. But “So…” is right up there with “and he’s like, then she’s like, and I’m like…” in irritation factor for my 50-something year old brain. I simply refuse to tolerate it. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2014, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-expressions-i-want-to-be-eliminated-from-usage-right-now-today-enough-already/697609/32 "2014-09-05T23:21:14Z")
My interpretation of “It is what it is”: “I’m in management and here’s a screwed up situation we could easily correct which I intend to ignore and treat as if it was some immutable property of the Universe. So you peons just put up with it and quit your bitching. Besides, the status quo works to my benefit.” So yes, the phrase and the thought behind it, is hereby banned in my kingdom. ---
**Author:** ![Antinor01](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecae2f/32.png) [@Antinor01](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antinor01)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2014, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-expressions-i-want-to-be-eliminated-from-usage-right-now-today-enough-already/697609/33 "2014-09-05T23:22:52Z")
You know what I mean. Especially when it’s somewhere around half what is being said. ---
**Author:** ![eclectic\_wench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ac91a4/32.png) [@eclectic\_wench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eclectic_wench)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2014, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-expressions-i-want-to-be-eliminated-from-usage-right-now-today-enough-already/697609/34 "2014-09-05T23:24:20Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > I’ve never heard this one. Tell me what it is so I can hate it, too. You’re gonna need to brace yourself for this one. It’s a present that a guy gives his wife/partner/whatever after she has their baby. For pushing, right? There are so many things wrong with this that I can’t even. It seems to be an entirely US thing - I’ve never heard it here in Ireland; I think I learned it on this board - which is an excellent reason for living in Ireland. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2014, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-expressions-i-want-to-be-eliminated-from-usage-right-now-today-enough-already/697609/35 "2014-09-05T23:44:25Z")
> [@Lorene89095](#): > > Decade… 2 decades!! That is 20 years,can’t you say that?!? No! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2014, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-expressions-i-want-to-be-eliminated-from-usage-right-now-today-enough-already/697609/36 "2014-09-05T23:46:39Z")
I’m still waiting for a definition of “food babies”. I refuse to Google it because I might start seeing those stalky picture-ads afterwards, and they might be food babies. That would be ooky. ---
**Author:** ![DChord568](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@DChord568](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DChord568)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2014, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-expressions-i-want-to-be-eliminated-from-usage-right-now-today-enough-already/697609/37 "2014-09-05T23:47:56Z")
> [@Antinor01](#): > > You know what I mean. Especially when it’s somewhere around half what is being said. Even worse is “Ya know what I’m sayin’” – after every other sentence. ISTM that this came out if the black community, so it’s even more amusing to hear white guys use it and imagine they’re sounding really hip. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2014, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-expressions-i-want-to-be-eliminated-from-usage-right-now-today-enough-already/697609/38 "2014-09-05T23:53:06Z")
K (for OK) What, do I work for Men In Black? ---
**Author:** ![chiroptera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2014, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-expressions-i-want-to-be-eliminated-from-usage-right-now-today-enough-already/697609/39 "2014-09-05T23:53:19Z")
> [@teela\_brown](#): > > I’m still waiting for a definition of “food babies”. > > I refuse to Google it because I might start seeing those stalky picture-ads afterwards, and they might be food babies. That would be ooky. I just did. And I would advise against it, to be honest. OK. Not really. Food babies are [mostly really cute.](https://www.google.com/search?q=food+babies&client=firefox-a&hs=0iP&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&channel=rcs&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=60sKVO_ZFcK2yASA_4LIDA&ved=0CAkQ_AUoAg&biw=1876&bih=1020&dpr=0.9) ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2014, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-expressions-i-want-to-be-eliminated-from-usage-right-now-today-enough-already/697609/40 "2014-09-05T23:54:45Z")
Until people learn to use them properly the words racist and misogynistic (and any variations of the same) should be banned. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-expressions-i-want-to-be-eliminated-from-usage-right-now-today-enough-already/697609.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/words-expressions-i-want-to-be-eliminated-from-usage-right-now-today-enough-already/697609.md?page=3)