"think ____" used instead of "for example, ____" or "such as ____"
i find "think" to be very common in dumb bloggy salon/slate/atlantic/nytimes thinkpieces that are trying to be authoritative. i really don't like the imperative tone, the "think THIS not THAT" as a way to way to make a point. i can't find an immediate example since it is hard to search for on its own, but something like:
"and the boundaries between fashion and tech trends are blurring everyday - think apple watch and google glass"
― marcos, Monday, 26 January 2015 21:24 (nine years ago) link
think ____ sounds a lot like parenthetical read: ____
― Mordy, Monday, 26 January 2015 21:25 (nine years ago) link
"_______ much?"
― just1n3, Monday, 26 January 2015 21:28 (nine years ago) link
the woman who was kind of herding everyone into the theater (where most of the seating was on the floor) kept saying "Our style of seating is criss-cross applesauce, please move forward and we are sitting criss-cross applesauce."
I am annoyed by this even apart from the super annoying phrasing. I have a dodgy knee, I am not sitting on the floor in any formation for more than 2 minutes thanks
― club mate martyr (a passing spacecadet), Monday, 26 January 2015 21:55 (nine years ago) link
"utilize"
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 26 January 2015 21:56 (nine years ago) link
offensive to christians iirc
― Mordy, Monday, January 19, 2015 11:45 AM (1 week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
A+ joke.
― Vic Perry, Monday, 26 January 2015 23:18 (nine years ago) link
KILL
RAGE
*steam coming out of ears*
― no fucks given or implied (get bent), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 09:56 (nine years ago) link
and thank heavens people have cooled it with the "got _____?"
"cow-orker"
it's funny cuz "cow" is in it
― no fucks given or implied (get bent), Wednesday, 28 January 2015 00:05 (nine years ago) link
Yummy and, worse, yucky used in recipes and food blogs.
― about a dozen duck supporters (carl agatha), Wednesday, 28 January 2015 03:43 (nine years ago) link
Yummy 20 minute meals that avoid yucky processed ingredients!
Ugh are you four years old? What are you doing using the stove???
― about a dozen duck supporters (carl agatha), Wednesday, 28 January 2015 03:44 (nine years ago) link
"adult beverages"
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 28 January 2015 03:44 (nine years ago) link
just order a lemonade and hand over the martini, fool.
The phrase "(adjective) goodness" used in place of a noun. E.g. "flaky puff pastry filled with chocolaty goodness". This is everywhere and it's so lazy!
― ghetto phablet (rip van wanko), Wednesday, 28 January 2015 03:51 (nine years ago) link
The phrase "(adjective) goodness" used in place of a noun. E.g. "flaky puff pastry filled with chocolaty goodness." This is everywhere and it's so lazy!
Oops sorry
― ghetto phablet (rip van wanko), Wednesday, 28 January 2015 03:53 (nine years ago) link
adding "man" to the beginning of words (ex. manscaping, mansplaining, mangina). I want to slap the living shit out of people who do that. Also, "amazeballs." DIE.
― Poliopolice, Wednesday, 28 January 2015 06:55 (nine years ago) link
basically all food blogs are awful and full of irritating words/usages/etc, not to mention boring longwinded stories about the origin of a recipe interspersed between a dozen 'arty' pictures of ingredients laid out on an artisan chopping board or whatever the fuck, like stfu and just tell me how to make the thing
on a similar note, the word 'tummy' when it is used in text/dialogue aimed at full grown adults
― salsa shark, Wednesday, 28 January 2015 07:44 (nine years ago) link
nom?
― conrad, Wednesday, 28 January 2015 07:46 (nine years ago) link
uugghhh
― salsa shark, Wednesday, 28 January 2015 07:53 (nine years ago) link
I really hate the use of 'think' or 'think about it' especially when the user clearly isn't themselves or probably can't.
Also the idea that citing an example automatically cancels out something else that would also fit. & slippery slope arguments in general aren't great
― Stevolende, Wednesday, 28 January 2015 09:33 (nine years ago) link
salsa shark you are the OTMest.
― about a dozen duck supporters (carl agatha), Wednesday, 28 January 2015 12:38 (nine years ago) link
I refuse to use this even in the context of my baby.
"Your baby needs TUMMY TIME!""Then I shall place him on his stomach"
― joygoat, Wednesday, 28 January 2015 16:06 (nine years ago) link
swingeing looks gross every time
― r|t|c, Wednesday, 28 January 2015 16:08 (nine years ago) link
Seems to me that when I see the phrase "Think about it.", the writer is coming off a right-wing-nut rant of some sort.xxxp
― Moon tells the salt (doo dah), Wednesday, 28 January 2015 16:46 (nine years ago) link
and, "Hope me", instead of "Help me".
― Moon tells the salt (doo dah), Wednesday, 28 January 2015 16:47 (nine years ago) link
Was metafilter the origin of that? http://metatalk.metafilter.com/1403/fghdfhdfg
― Jeff, Wednesday, 28 January 2015 18:07 (nine years ago) link
Yes, for me at least, among other annoyances.
― Moon tells the salt (doo dah), Wednesday, 28 January 2015 18:44 (nine years ago) link
I just got a spam email with the header "Let's talk about your bag situation."
― walid foster dulles (man alive), Wednesday, 28 January 2015 18:57 (nine years ago) link
"game" replaced "situation" years ago smh
― ghetto phablet (rip van wanko), Wednesday, 28 January 2015 21:19 (nine years ago) link
lol I got this too and mentally said "Oh god let's please not" and hit Delete.
― Orson Wellies (in orbit), Wednesday, 28 January 2015 21:32 (nine years ago) link
I don't have anything resembling a "situation" when it comes to bags, unless you count the cabinet full of reusable grocery totes.
― walid foster dulles (man alive), Wednesday, 28 January 2015 21:40 (nine years ago) link
― ghetto phablet (rip van wanko), Wednesday, January 28, 2015 4:19 PM (21 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Another recent one urged me to "step up" my "sock game"
― walid foster dulles (man alive), Wednesday, 28 January 2015 21:41 (nine years ago) link
ime this is mostly used when someone wants to say something boring (buy these socks, i like your shirt) and can't just say it plainlystep up your sock game!you've really on point with your shirt game!
― groundless round (La Lechera), Wednesday, 28 January 2015 21:45 (nine years ago) link
you've = you're
Back when I used to do that sort of thing I wrote a short story about a very dull man who thought he was a hotshot and would do things like say to himself "Time for a little burger action" as he was pulling into a Wendy's. Seems like the same concept.
― walid foster dulles (man alive), Wednesday, 28 January 2015 21:50 (nine years ago) link
that's all i see when people use language like thatsomeone says "damn my spaghetti game is on point" and my brain translates "i think i make really good spaghetti"
― groundless round (La Lechera), Wednesday, 28 January 2015 21:54 (nine years ago) link
the analysis situation in this thread is off the heazy
― walid foster dulles (man alive), Wednesday, 28 January 2015 21:55 (nine years ago) link
it's doesn't bother me necessarily but the person's intention shines brighter than their statement
― groundless round (La Lechera), Wednesday, 28 January 2015 21:56 (nine years ago) link
game game strong
― example (crüt), Wednesday, 28 January 2015 21:58 (nine years ago) link
i'm game to up my game game with this venison, but i hope i'm not gaming the system.
― no fucks given or implied (get bent), Wednesday, 28 January 2015 22:42 (nine years ago) link
I put in a new staircase this weekend -- really upped my step game
― walid foster dulles (man alive), Wednesday, 28 January 2015 22:48 (nine years ago) link
sounds like you took it to another level
― why you gotta be so rmde (NickB), Wednesday, 28 January 2015 22:50 (nine years ago) link
landinged that one
― local eire man (darraghmac), Thursday, 29 January 2015 00:33 (nine years ago) link
I remember this gross dude I knew in the 90s that referred to his facial hair as his "flavor savor" so that.
― Darin, Thursday, 29 January 2015 00:51 (nine years ago) link
"saver", surely
― A Severus of Snapes (contenderizer), Thursday, 29 January 2015 01:52 (nine years ago) link
Favor Savior
― about a dozen duck supporters (carl agatha), Thursday, 29 January 2015 03:17 (nine years ago) link
Yeah flavour saver is so gross. OTOH, the pidgin for moustache is "mouth grass" which totally rules, so.
― I checked Snoops , and it is for real (Trayce), Thursday, 29 January 2015 04:39 (nine years ago) link
Hello. I clicked on this thread to express my disgust with the misuse of "penultimate" but it appears I already did it ten years ago under the moniker "Anyone For Newcomb." Not for nothin' but I have no recollection of making that post.
Submitted for your displeasure: the incredibly annoying suffix "licious" Booty-licious, Jersey-licious, etc. Barf out man!
― kornrulez6969, Thursday, 29 January 2015 05:06 (nine years ago) link
simultaneous cranial anal bi-location.Or at least people with this rare skill do. Or is it that rare, hope it is.
― Stevolende, Thursday, 29 January 2015 08:57 (nine years ago) link