# Worst. Cliched Phrase. Ever. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [November 13, 2003, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-cliched-phrase-ever/213097 "2003-11-13T20:59:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Creative\_Munster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/919ad9/32.png) [@Creative\_Munster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Creative_Munster)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2003, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-cliched-phrase-ever/213097/21 "2003-11-13T23:54:13Z")
What is leet? And Jesus, Ilsa, how long did it take you to learn that nonsense? Couldn’t you have spent that time learning Spanish or something useful? ---
**Author:** ![Ilsa\_Lund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a6a055/32.png) [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2003, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-cliched-phrase-ever/213097/22 "2003-11-13T23:55:08Z")
I know Spanish, and I used a translator. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Kantalooppi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a5b964/32.png) [@Kantalooppi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kantalooppi)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2003, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-cliched-phrase-ever/213097/23 "2003-11-13T23:57:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by More Cowbell \* > \*\*This is a much, much worse cliche. \*\* I’d say that ‘jump the shark’ has already crossed the fine line between a cliche and a figure of speech. Er, to the figure-of-speech direction. ---
**Author:** ![Dizzy\_Fingers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dizzy\_Fingers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dizzy_Fingers)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-cliched-phrase-ever/213097/24 "2003-11-14T00:28:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Dooku \* > \*\*Come to Homer’s BBBQ. The extra B is for BYOBB. \*\* What’s the extra B for in BYOBBB? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-cliched-phrase-ever/213097/25 "2003-11-14T01:28:28Z")
> [@](#): > > This is a much, much worse cliche. whoosh. ---
**Author:** ![fushj00mang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/d26b3c/32.png) [@fushj00mang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fushj00mang)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-cliched-phrase-ever/213097/26 "2003-11-14T02:52:09Z")
1 4m t3h l337 h4x0R! Ph33r m1 l337 typ1ng $k1llz! Actually, leet is the bastard child of online gamers who, for some ungodly reason, found that typing in symbols and numbers instead of normal letters made them more ‘elite’ then their standard alphabet counterparts. Just wait until someone breaks out the charachter map. ---
**Author:** ![DreadCthulhu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/db5fbb/32.png) [@DreadCthulhu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DreadCthulhu)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-cliched-phrase-ever/213097/27 "2003-11-14T03:47:46Z")
Supposably, 1337 speech was created to confuse supposed computer controlled government monitoring of message boards, back in the BBS days. ---
**Author:** ![Punoqllads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@Punoqllads](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Punoqllads)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-cliched-phrase-ever/213097/28 "2003-11-14T04:37:35Z")
Now, we’re going to have to dig deep, give 110%, and remember that there’s no “me” in team. Oh, wait — no “I” in team. We do this, and the momentum will go our way. ---
**Author:** ![fushj00mang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/d26b3c/32.png) [@fushj00mang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fushj00mang)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-cliched-phrase-ever/213097/29 "2003-11-14T04:52:44Z")
Punoqllads…what the fuck!? ---
**Author:** ![Sketch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Sketch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sketch)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-cliched-phrase-ever/213097/30 "2003-11-14T05:21:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Dizzy Fingers \* > \*\*What’s the extra B for in BYOBBB? 😃 \*\* That’s a typo. ---
**Author:** ![Punoqllads](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/d2c977/32.png) [@Punoqllads](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Punoqllads)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-cliched-phrase-ever/213097/31 "2003-11-14T05:25:08Z")
The above sports cliches have each been used a million times more than, “Worst \ ever.” Every time an athlete is interviewed above their team’s performance, they average about one of those quotes per interview. Sometimes, all are used in the same interview. Multiple times. ---
**Author:** ![Barks\_dog\_food](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c68b51/32.png) [@Barks\_dog\_food](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barks_dog_food)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-cliched-phrase-ever/213097/32 "2003-11-14T12:21:49Z")
> [@](#): > > It Is true that the comic book guy punctuation has lost its funniness. Bu tthe bigger question here is why this happens? Is it an expression of repressed agression in out collective psyche? To Be or not to be, really. I mean, when people chime in with the meaningless phrase like the one the OP mocks? When I burning your dog? If we can figure out the answer to these questions, we can advance as a people. If the reason people went to the trouble of decoding this lame attempt at being funny by writing posts in leet, you are a fucking moron.Basically, people, you are not so leet. I think there are two reasons: People are not funny but they want to be. So like children they repeat things people laugh at. The best example is probarbly “cheese eating surrender monkeys”. The other reason for things like I burning your dog or 1920’s style death rays is to identify themselves as part of the group. By showing they know the insider jokes they tell themselves they are part of the group. ---
**Author:** ![More\_Cowbell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@More\_Cowbell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/More_Cowbell)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-cliched-phrase-ever/213097/33 "2003-11-14T14:51:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Otto \* > \*\*whoosh. \*\* God blessed! I questioned whether or not I was being whooshed right before I hit submit. But I hit submit anyway. Worst.Whoosh.Ever. ---
**Author:** ![Ilsa\_Lund](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a6a055/32.png) [@Ilsa\_Lund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ilsa_Lund)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-cliched-phrase-ever/213097/34 "2003-11-14T15:04:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Barks’ dog food \* > \*\*I think there are two reasons: > People are not funny but they want to be. So like children they repeat things people laugh at. The best example is probarbly “cheese eating surrender monkeys”. > The other reason for things like I burning your dog or 1920’s style death rays is to identify themselves as part of the group. By showing they know the insider jokes they tell themselves they are part of the group. \*\* WHO OSH[SIZE=6]![/SIZE] ---
**Author:** ![NYR407](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbe5ce/32.png) [@NYR407](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NYR407)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-cliched-phrase-ever/213097/35 "2003-11-14T15:10:11Z")
Forgetting about “Worst \_\_\_\_\_ Ever” for a minute, IIRC isn’t Leet on the “Do not use” list with the Mods? It’s not like I am going to report you but I would be careful using it around here. I am pretty sure they don’t like it in the same realm that they don’t like posts in languages other than English. Bottom line, they need to make sure they can read what you are typing. ---
**Author:** ![whatami](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/85f322/32.png) [@whatami](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whatami)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-cliched-phrase-ever/213097/36 "2003-11-14T15:23:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ilsa\_Lund \* > \*\*WHO OSH[SIZE=6]![/SIZE] \*\* Who Osh? I believe Osh was the Greek god of sarcasm. In ancient times people would walk by his temple and instead of actually leaving something would instead say, “I’ll really leave something for the God of Sarcasm. I mean, he does soooo much for us.” [note the sarcastic tone of phrase] On the slim occasion when one needed to actually leave something for Osh, for instance if they lost their sarcastic tone, you could see the floor littered with :rolleyes:'s. Although not very well known, and indeed not a very powerfull God, Osh is one of my favorite. On the off chance that you would like to learn more about him please pick up a book. ---
**Author:** ![TheInterruptingCow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e9c0ed/32.png) [@TheInterruptingCow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheInterruptingCow)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-cliched-phrase-ever/213097/37 "2003-11-14T15:24:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jackmannii \* > \*\*LSMFT \*\* I know it’s late, but… Lucky Strike Means Fine Tobacco Yeah, I’m old. ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-cliched-phrase-ever/213097/38 "2003-11-14T15:38:37Z")
MEh, that rant is teh suxxorz! ---
**Author:** ![elf6c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c57346/32.png) [@elf6c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elf6c)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-cliched-phrase-ever/213097/39 "2003-11-14T15:50:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Kantalooppi \* > \*\*I’d say that ‘jump the shark’ has already crossed the fine line between a cliche and a figure of speech. Er, to the figure-of-speech direction. \*\* Err, or to the side of verbal crutch for the dimwitted like: “Where’s the Beef?” “whhhaaaaatssss uppppp” “Talk to the hand” and other idiocy. ---
**Author:** ![sperfur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9adbd/32.png) [@sperfur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sperfur)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2003, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-cliched-phrase-ever/213097/40 "2003-11-14T21:20:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Barks’ dog food \* > \*\*I think there are two reasons: > People are not funny but they want to be. So like children they repeat things people laugh at. The best example is probarbly “cheese eating surrender monkeys”. > The other reason for things like I burning your dog or 1920’s style death rays is to identify themselves as part of the group. By showing they know the insider jokes they tell themselves they are part of the group. \*\* 1: My cat’s breath smells like **Barks’ dog food**. 2: When come back, loosen up a little. 3: Has anybody seen Opal? 😛 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-cliched-phrase-ever/213097.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/worst-cliched-phrase-ever/213097.md?page=3)