Saturday, April 17, 2010

Reason Number 85&: Most Hated Expressions

brain fart
epic fail
I, myself, for one,
artsy!
grab life by the balls
examining the other
busting my balls
ergo
balls-out
the panopticon
vis a vis
cleansing
hubby
decolletage
can't see the forest for the trees
boo
I am a woman who speaks her mind.
raison d'etre
left-brained
vixen
toxins
tail
FML
deus ex machina
chick lit
because, clearly, you see,
girls' night
amigo
chinoiserie
je ne sais quoi
juice fast
ho's before bro's
ganja (gange, trees, smokes (n.))
takin' names
avant-garde
one cannot help but note
herstory
bro's before ho's
FIFY
ciao
chocoholic
guilty pleasure


I take no issue with the insertion of "like" into intelligent, well-meaning conversations. We all get anxious for filler now and then.

10 comments:

Jay Dickson said...

body politic

twelve.dollar.soup said...

. . . in Shakepeare!

FUN TIMES!

twelve.dollar.soup said...

*Shakespeare. Jesus.

Jay Dickson said...

at the garden grill!

B. Boo said...

my name's in there

twelve.dollar.soup said...

As soon as I get to Providence I want to go to the Garden Grill! I'm planning a trip as we speak. PRONTO! (another expression I should add to the list)

Maybe I should have specified the "boo" I was referring to, if I even spelled it right in the first place. Boo as in "my boo," a reference to a significant other. Yuck!

Ryan said...

others:

STAT! (when someone who isn't a doctor yells this, unless they're aware of the fact that they are talking like a tool, I instantly hate them. This includes when I use the term, I then hate myself.)

ASAP
reverse racism
card carrying _____
____ is the new ____
tween
problematic
the dialectic/dialog/discourse
that's so meta

Ryan said...

one more, and this might be quickly rising among the ranks of my most hated:

"it is what it is."

AQ: said...

"Epic" is the worst.

twelve.dollar.soup said...

"Epic" is truly awful. Especially the intonation people use when saying it.