"optics" -- kill me. hearing this ALL the time now
Still less annoying than 'not a good look' or, worse yet, 'nagl'.
― pomenitul, Thursday, 11 October 2018 14:30 (six years ago) link
First they came for the good looks, and I said nothing, for I was not a good look
― I have measured out my life in coffee shop loyalty cards (silby), Thursday, 11 October 2018 14:32 (six years ago) link
not good lookin'
― jmm, Thursday, 11 October 2018 14:36 (six years ago) link
I probably posted this already, but I'm tired of being told to let things "sink in"
― Paul Ponzi, Thursday, 11 October 2018 15:05 (six years ago) link
"Name a better (whatever variety of thing it is). We'll wait." <---this is a social media account manager's lame attempt at being sassy, and has never been anything else
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, September 22, 2018 2:05 PM (two weeks ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
otm
― Paul Ponzi, Thursday, 11 October 2018 15:06 (six years ago) link
"so stinkin' (cute, adorable, etc)"
what’s especially annoying is that they never wait xp
― 1-800-CALL-ATT (Karl Malone), Thursday, 11 October 2018 15:07 (six years ago) link
social media managers having to gin up verbiage in places that really don't even need verbiage has become the bane of my eyeballs.
see also the sub-headlines under any form of web-quiz (Sporcle is a relentless offender here), which are invariably just restating the title but with the addition of some attempt at being casual, chummy, and sassy, or making an 'insider' reference (which could have been generated by a robot) to the subject matter. like if the quiz is called "Which Gryffindor Student Are You?" it really doesn't need "Break out the Polyjuice Potion and prepare to get lit...erature!"
― |Restore| |Restart| |Quit| (Doctor Casino), Thursday, 11 October 2018 16:06 (six years ago) link
you sure about that?
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 11 October 2018 17:55 (six years ago) link
getting really tired of the use of "bullied" outside of actual bullying contexts. Heard reference to Elizabeth Warren being "bullied" by Trump. I think it's kind of a stretch to suggest that national politicians can "bully" each other.
― Fedora Dostoyevsky (man alive), Wednesday, 17 October 2018 15:29 (six years ago) link
perhaps elizabeth warren is not *being* bullied, but 'bullying' is a pretty accurate term for trump's attitude and world view
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 17 October 2018 15:39 (six years ago) link
imo he is global king of DARVO -- it's way beyond bullyingDARVO is my new favorite acronym
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Wednesday, 17 October 2018 15:41 (six years ago) link
me tooI need to moan about DARVOing somewhere but I'm paranoid the offender will find it and keep on DARVOing even more
― kinder, Wednesday, 17 October 2018 15:49 (six years ago) link
omg it just dawned on medonnie darvo
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Wednesday, 17 October 2018 15:54 (six years ago) link
haha
― kinder, Wednesday, 17 October 2018 15:58 (six years ago) link
carrots and sticks
― marcos, Wednesday, 17 October 2018 16:02 (six years ago) link
Greta Darvo, and MonroeDietrich and DiMaggio
― CERN troll (Ye Mad Puffin), Wednesday, 17 October 2018 16:05 (six years ago) link
iplayer trails keep talking about "box sets". it's digital, there is no box.
(see also those angry letters to papers / bbc complaints email about how they should be called "boxed sets", because "box set" is a set of boxes)
― koogs, Friday, 19 October 2018 08:56 (six years ago) link
Or even iTunes changing its nomenclature from Disc 1, Disc 2 ... to Disk 1, Disk 2 ... - it’s freakin me out.
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Friday, 19 October 2018 09:12 (six years ago) link
a colleague never 'goes upstairs to' do something; he insists on 'going upstairs in order to' do something
lol
― andrew m., Friday, 19 October 2018 14:10 (six years ago) link
did "scantily clad" show up here yet?
― billstevejim, Saturday, 27 October 2018 17:59 (five years ago) link
'scantily clad' is an all-time yellow journalism coinage
― A is for (Aimless), Saturday, 27 October 2018 19:43 (five years ago) link
Ungrammatical use of ‘myself’ when ‘me’ would be correct and sufficient. As just used by the chancellor of the exchequer (who ought to know better) on the Andrew Marr politics show.
― suzy, Sunday, 28 October 2018 10:50 (five years ago) link
that shits me right the fuck to tears
― calamity gammon (Autumn Almanac), Sunday, 28 October 2018 11:09 (five years ago) link
Suzy otm. Whenever you can use “me” or “you,” do so. “Myself” should only be used as a reflexive - “I washed myself.”
― calstars, Sunday, 28 October 2018 11:31 (five years ago) link
Like a bridge over troubled waterI will lay myself down
― the Warnock of Clodhop Mountain (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 28 October 2018 11:37 (five years ago) link
seems to be a willingness to overlook subtleties of dialect or vernacular in that pov tbh, "myself" does a lot of running in at least one strain of anglic id be passing familiar with meself
― lie back and think of englund (darraghmac), Sunday, 28 October 2018 12:16 (five years ago) link
Another shit trend to blame on The Apprentice (UK) where all of them are at it.
― suzy, Sunday, 28 October 2018 13:00 (five years ago) link
The use of the word "spoiler" to function as an exclamation mark at the start of a sentence.
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Sunday, 28 October 2018 14:51 (five years ago) link
if you put it at the end of the sentence it defeats the purpose tbf
― the Warnock of Clodhop Mountain (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 28 October 2018 14:55 (five years ago) link
I assume the over-use of myself is (in large part) overcorrection by people who get nervous about when to say "I" and when to say "me".
― Tim, Sunday, 28 October 2018 18:51 (five years ago) link
“Myself” - Also used as attempt to add flair to an otherwise dull phrase - “When you’ve finished, please let David and myself know.”Nope
― calstars, Sunday, 28 October 2018 18:58 (five years ago) link
Ah, it's yourself, deems.
― Alma Kirby (Tom D.), Sunday, 28 October 2018 19:34 (five years ago) link
http://www.quickmeme.com/img/c2/c2c6d28b0e2c7d6ee4f8068544489b35f902061f66c48e90b897d6d4a7e971c3.jpg
― kinder, Sunday, 28 October 2018 19:59 (five years ago) link
― calstars, Sunday, 28 October 2018 20:01 (five years ago) link
I ask students about this every semester, and the honest answer is, "I don't know whether to use 'I' or 'me.'" So they avoid the problem.
― You like queer? I like queer. Still like queer. (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 28 October 2018 20:02 (five years ago) link
its meself tom is it yerself?
― lie back and think of englund (darraghmac), Sunday, 28 October 2018 20:43 (five years ago) link
mise mé féin agus an bfhuil sé tusa féin anois a mhic
― lie back and think of englund (darraghmac), Sunday, 28 October 2018 20:44 (five years ago) link
Myself when I am real(ly pedantic)
― You (bleeping) need me. You can't Finn without me (fionnland), Sunday, 28 October 2018 20:49 (five years ago) link
subject object——————-I mewe usshe herhe himthey themwho whom^ should be on every english-speaking wall imo
― calamity gammon (Autumn Almanac), Sunday, 28 October 2018 20:56 (five years ago) link
that would help if everyone who speaks english already knew what subjects and objects are, but they don't
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Sunday, 28 October 2018 20:57 (five years ago) link
true
― calamity gammon (Autumn Almanac), Sunday, 28 October 2018 21:10 (five years ago) link
Yrself is steam
― calstars, Sunday, 28 October 2018 21:20 (five years ago) link
xxp just put "is/are gonna do it to" between the pairs huh
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Monday, 29 October 2018 09:59 (five years ago) link
Heard on the radio this morning that Twitter is going to eliminate their like button and replace it with something that will incentivize good behavior. Not the worst word in the world, but encourage perfectly well. (When did incentivize enter common usage? Guessing within the past 25 years.) The problem is that the next step is to start punishcizing bad behavior.
― clemenza, Monday, 29 October 2018 11:35 (five years ago) link
"works perfectly well"
in instruction manuals:"simply.. (action)"subtext: u moron
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Monday, 29 October 2018 12:04 (five years ago) link
Step 1: purchase the parts. Step 2: assemble the object. Step 3: enjoy.
― pomenitul, Monday, 29 October 2018 12:05 (five years ago) link
simply enjoy
― Karl Malone, Monday, 29 October 2018 16:17 (five years ago) link
"Then, simply press up on the outer ring and turn clockwise without disengaging the battery housing"
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Monday, 29 October 2018 19:01 (five years ago) link