Is just ‘bump’ OK? Because otherwise, what are you supposed to call it, in contexts like ‘Could you switch on the cooker? I can’t reach over the ----- to the switch’ or ‘We can’t sit in a booth, my ---- won’t fit.’ Fecund uterus? Developing foetus? Or what?
Also, OH DEAR GOD ‘reach out’. The first time someone used that in an email to me, I could not figure out what he was talking about. I barely know you, we’re only professional contacts, there’s no deep emotional connection here, I’m fine and as far as I know so are you; why the hell are you ‘reaching out’ to me? It took me two reads to figure out that he meant ‘contacting’.
See, I still don’t see the difference. Texture, to me, includes all those factors as well. I may well be missing some subtle distinction, but ‘mouthfeel’ still makes me twitch.
Oops. I say “not a problem” in response to “thank you” quite often and I wasn’t raised by wolves. I also often respond to “excuse me” or “sorry” (as in, grocery store shopping cart conflicts) with “not a problem” or “oh, you’re fine!”
“Thank you for sharing.” In any context. It just feels demeaning.
I have never heard “baby bump” IRL. I thought it was just a tabloid term. Do people actually say this, in spoken speech?
I don’t mind the second usage – it just irks the crap out of me in the first usage. (I never said it was logical!)
And I’m one of those annoying people who says “no worries” in response to “excuse me” or “sorry”, so you know. We open our mouths and annoy the crap out of someone. All the time.
I also say “So…” a lot, mostly because I really am thinking back to something else previously said. Or thought. By me.
eclectic_wench: I don’t mind just “bump”. Or ignore the reason and say “I can’t fit in the booth/I can’t reach the stove controls.” If we can tell you’re pregnant, we’ll know what’s in the way. (And if you just have an ice cream bump, come sit by me!)
Websites have got to stop running popup ads for their own crap. This one was the worst since it covered up the entire screen and included no X button or anything. You had to scroll down and click outside of it to get back.
You want me to share something after reading an article or sign up for your newsletter, put it straight in the text or video. And avoid it entirely before you start reading, because that will just make people leave.
And, yes, I know it’s off topic, but at least it’s still something that ought to be retired.
It’s really sorta…
I hate this so much. I haven’t ever heard it in real life but Hollywood types say it so much. I really sorta hate them. If something is really, let’s say, organic, then it’s not also sorta organic. Also, sorta? Fuck you. I hang out with someone who hangs out with with Hollywood people and they always seem to say this instead of " I can’t bother to find the right word so I’ll use a buzzword"
So, (and I hate that too), so Quentin says " I wanted Uma to be naked and she understood because it was really sorta organic"
3 words in a row that mean nothing
Here are a couple from the public education arena, South Georgia style- pre-planning (or preplanning) and post-planning. All planning is, by definition, pre-, as it is done before that which is planned. Preplanning is a repetitiously redundant term! Post- means after, which contradicts the inherent pre-ness of planning, so I say post-planning is a contradiction in terms. I did see a guy post plan once. He then set up the posts and erected his fence! Using the term post-planning as a label for those days at the end of the school year when the teachers attend but the students don’t is just silly.
Oh gawd yes, I’m going to start skeet-shooting “pre-planning” every time it pops out of someone’s mouth. Also, “pre-owned.” This would refer to the time before it was owned. If it’s used, it’s used. Deal with it.
I recently heard someone say, “color me surprised”. I haven’t heard that expression since the disco days of the seventies and early eighties. I thought the speaker was intentionally dredging up a retro (there’s another word we could live without) expression, which was fine as most people today were not alive back then. then I reralized he thought it was still a hip thing to say. Sad.
I think we can put every cooldouchebro thing that Guy Fieri says on the list. Same with management jargon, recovery jargon, and all other kinds of jargon.
I hate “it is what it is.” It’s usually used as filler, often by athletics, law enforcement, or military types, or people who have that kind of manner.
Your “mama” is your mother. Your “baby mama” is the mother of your child. She’s not your girlfriend, wife, partner, or anything else. Your only relationship with her is that she is your child’s mother. The same for “baby daddy.”
The origin of this is in married couples who are pushing back against the idea that because they are married, they no longer can/need to have time alone together like when they were dating. It’s a way of saying “this is our time as lovers and friends, not as spouses or parents” and people use it to prevent others (family, friends) from encroaching on their “date night” time.
Yeah, that’s what I was trying to say.
And I was going to say this also. Though it might be overused and annoying at this point, “three strikes and you’re out” is a legitimate metaphor. “Three strikes and you’re in” doesn’t mean anything.
Sorry, but “no problem” is a perfectly legitimate response to “thank you.” In fact, I like it better than “you’re welcome.” The more I think about “you’re welcome,” the weirder it sounds. Plus, non-Americans get confused when you say “you’re welcome.” “I’m welcome to what? To thank you?”
I also often respond to “excuse me” or “sorry” (as in, grocery store shopping cart conflicts) with “not a problem” or “oh, you’re fine!”