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Post by ninworks on Dec 5, 2020 8:10:15 GMT -5
The words "I mean" used every other phrase.
Anything "Going forward" annoys me to no end. That screams "SALESMAN" or "POLITICIAN" trying to manipulate me and sell me on something I don't need or want.
Millenials using the word "Literally" in every other phrase when they obviously have no idea what that really means.
My wife using the phrase "Don't you think" at the end of a statement. That's her passive-aggressive way of trying to get me to agree with her when she knows I don't.
It's a way of speaking, usually by Millenials, where they barely use enough air to make their vocal chords work. It's very quiet and gravelly sounding. I'm old. If you want me to hear you and respond then you're going to have to make an effort to speak. It sounds very lazy to me. The technical term for that is 'vocal fry.'
Ending every phrase with a higher pitch so it sounds like they're asking a question? Another Millenial thing.
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Post by slacker 🐨 on Dec 5, 2020 8:22:12 GMT -5
Literally. My SIL said the other day "my head literally exploded". I was surprised she survived that.
New biz slang i heard this week: "Make sure you loop Steve in on that." That crap just gets worse every year.
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Post by jhawkr on Dec 5, 2020 10:28:47 GMT -5
Business-speak is full of cliches and the meeting attendees are so proud of themselves when they can interject one. Makes an independent thinker want to puke!
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Post by Peegoo 🏁 on Dec 6, 2020 20:47:20 GMT -5
Price point. If you want to sound educated, don't use the wrong term when "price" and "cost" are more accurate descriptors.
The habit of some people to pronounce the plural form of word 'process' as 'processeez'. So tell me more about your successeez, willya?
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Post by Peegoo 🏁 on Dec 6, 2020 20:52:10 GMT -5
I'm so triggered by the use of triggered. It really triggers me. It's also used a lot in a subject we will not speak of. I'm also not found of the 'en vogue' thing. When I hear that reference, it reminds me of hipsters. And don't get me started on 'gender'. The fact that many anti-gun types use the word "triggered"...I find that particularly amusing. Another amusing one is when ultra-religious persons use the word "meme." If they knew Richard Dawkins coined that term, they'd probably be genuinely concerned about that pesky purgatory thing
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Post by Opie on Dec 7, 2020 9:01:39 GMT -5
"Have a nice one" . One what?
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Post by modbus on Dec 7, 2020 9:08:39 GMT -5
It's a way of speaking, usually by Millenials, where they barely use enough air to make their vocal chords work. It's very quiet and gravelly sounding. I'm old. If you want me to hear you and respond then you're going to have to make an effort to speak. It sounds very lazy to me. The technical term for that is 'vocal fry.' I know what you mean. It's even more funny to compare that way of speaking with old-timey voice-overs with the generic midwestern accent and overly-forced diction on each syllable. Even so, I much prefer it to today where it sounds like the narrator is going to float away asleep on a cloud at the end of every sentence.
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Post by Taildragger on Dec 8, 2020 17:50:11 GMT -5
FYI, hipsters: please stop telling me you "have my back", OK? For better or worse, only I "have my back", got it? You may have your back, but you don't have mine.
Just wanna "establish some boundaries", here...
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Post by Larry Madsen on Dec 8, 2020 18:15:29 GMT -5
Not much bothers me, but this one I have a hard time with.
Some one makes a suggestive or descriptive statement on something and at the end adds, "If you will".
Is that a question? Is it a request for acceptance? What the heck is "if you will" all about?
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Post by windmill on Dec 8, 2020 20:15:32 GMT -5
Whenever I hear "That there is a lot to unpack" I want to leave.
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JDC
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I STILL say: "If it ain't broke, don't fix it"
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Post by JDC on Dec 10, 2020 17:25:46 GMT -5
Using a percentage figure that makes no sense , as in "He is a reliable employee and always gives 110%"
That dog won't hunt
The fact of the matter
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Post by Buster on Dec 10, 2020 17:42:28 GMT -5
Not really a cliche but I hate those commercials that say "A $75 value for only $19.95." No, if it costs $19.95, it's a $19.95 value.
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MoJoe
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Post by MoJoe on Dec 18, 2020 1:02:13 GMT -5
Love ˋem all.
Favourites are ˋmost underrated --- ever!´ and ˋwho's watching in 2020?´ with (way too) many yt clips. When I just can't seem to understand the point of the latter. In my best Billy Bob Thornton voice: ...me (?)
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