"... said no one, ever"
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 30 January 2019 14:46 (five years ago) link
thousandths
― gray say nah to me (wins), Wednesday, 30 January 2019 16:35 (five years ago) link
*chef kiss* and *checks notes*
― ultros ultros-ghali, Wednesday, 30 January 2019 16:50 (five years ago) link
i'm *checks notes* still on board with "*checks notes*"
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 30 January 2019 20:50 (five years ago) link
"Let's link"No
― nathom, Wednesday, 30 January 2019 22:05 (five years ago) link
i have usually heard "link up" which is also horrible
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 30 January 2019 23:15 (five years ago) link
it means "meet at some future date"
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 30 January 2019 23:17 (five years ago) link
yeah, let's meet, let's exchange numbers, let's become friends. I thought I was posting that one into the void because this is the first time anyone has shared my dislike of "Let's link"
― flappy bird, Wednesday, 30 January 2019 23:20 (five years ago) link
― nathom, Thursday, 31 January 2019 08:24 (five years ago) link
"Famously", as used by journalists when describing something not at all well-known, in which case it's condescending; or when describing something very well-known, in which case it's a get-out for the writer's laziness. In either case it's redundant.
― fetter, Thursday, 31 January 2019 09:34 (five years ago) link
i still like and use chefs kiss bc it still makes me think of a cartoon chef and thats still funny to me
― suggest boban (Will M.), Thursday, 31 January 2019 15:25 (five years ago) link
Using "reboot" rather than "new adaptation of the original source." Dune isn't being "rebooted" any more than your local theater's staging of A Midsummer Night's Dream is rebooting Shakespeare.
― Plinka Trinka Banga Tink (Eliza D.), Thursday, 31 January 2019 16:45 (five years ago) link
_yeah, let's meet, let's exchange numbers, let's become friends. I thought I was posting that one into the void because this is the first time anyone has shared my dislike of "Let's link"_Good god dislike doesn't do it justice. It shld be illegal.
― flappy bird, Thursday, 31 January 2019 16:54 (five years ago) link
"having a moment"
― calumy (rip van wanko), Thursday, 31 January 2019 16:55 (five years ago) link
Every time I see 'booming' the Vengaboys take over.
― pomenitul, Friday, 1 February 2019 18:50 (five years ago) link
clapback
when i read use of it in news articles it just feels like how do you do, fellow kids
― meaulnes, Wednesday, 6 February 2019 15:59 (five years ago) link
"Colorway" which afaict exists only because "color scheme" is not cool enough for hypebeasts?
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Wednesday, 6 February 2019 17:23 (five years ago) link
― meaulnes, Wednesday, February 6, 2019 7:59 AM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
clapback is especially egregious, not least because of the literal meaning
― ( ͡☉ ͜ʖ ͡☉) (jim in vancouver), Wednesday, 6 February 2019 17:25 (five years ago) link
People who preface their “signal boosting” posts with phrases like “Tell us again how...” — like who are you arguing with, and “us”?
― Manitobiloba (Kim), Wednesday, 6 February 2019 18:02 (five years ago) link
surely someone's mentioned "sliding into DM's" which was okay at first, now they're saying it on CNN etc, time for it to die
― calumy (rip van wanko), Wednesday, 6 February 2019 18:30 (five years ago) link
omg i could not agree more with that ^^ it's repulsive-sounding, for startersso many things wrong with that phrase unless it is exclusively being used to describe a precise type of unwelcome attention grasped for via personal messageif it's being used to indicate "wrote me a message" it needs to die
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Wednesday, 6 February 2019 19:31 (five years ago) link
“Shade”
Pretty much every black and or gay slang bit that goes through the twitter xerox machine five times before an extremely grainy version of it gets passed around by político-dorks.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Thursday, 7 February 2019 00:28 (five years ago) link
I guess I am even more just frustrated by the internet’s impotent glee at a congressperson clapping at the President.
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Thursday, 7 February 2019 00:29 (five years ago) link
"cancelled"
fuck off
― ɪmˈpəʊzɪŋ (darraghmac), Thursday, 7 February 2019 00:30 (five years ago) link
smh deems cancelling u rn
― Norm’s Superego (silby), Thursday, 7 February 2019 00:32 (five years ago) link
ill be picked up on cable like *that*
― ɪmˈpəʊzɪŋ (darraghmac), Thursday, 7 February 2019 00:44 (five years ago) link
I recently dreamt I entered a physical manifestation of this thread (i.e. a circle of people talking) and noted how I hate when people will say “a little bit of” to mean they have a pretty good amount of it: e.g. “I’ve made a little bit of money this year.” “Yeah, I have a little bit of experience with that.”
This never really bothered me until I dreamt about it, now I can’t get past it.
― ed.b, Thursday, 7 February 2019 01:19 (five years ago) link
another understatement that bugs me is "it's been a minute!" etc. don't know why but i HATE it
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 7 February 2019 08:34 (five years ago) link
It’s kind of fake-Southern?
― suzy, Thursday, 7 February 2019 09:34 (five years ago) link
I didn't post it to this thread, but I have given in and started using 'puppers' to refer to my dogs. Someone I know and respect used it about a month ago and inside I was so mad at her. Then, this morning it just slipped out while I was putting the dog food down and I guess now I'm over my hatred.Upthread Phil D mentions 'doggo' which I will remain steadfastly against.― how's life, Saturday, September 9, 2017 11:03 AM (one year ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Upthread Phil D mentions 'doggo' which I will remain steadfastly against.
― how's life, Saturday, September 9, 2017 11:03 AM (one year ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Sigh, I lost this battle too.
― peace, man, Thursday, 7 February 2019 14:07 (five years ago) link
Nothing that the phrase "let that sink in" is used in conjunction with ever actually requires much time to "sink in."
― longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Thursday, 7 February 2019 17:08 (five years ago) link
armchair twitter generals speculating about politics and/or tech and talking about what "the play" should be
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 7 February 2019 21:39 (five years ago) link
― ed.b, Wednesday, February 6, 2019 5:19 PM (yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
never go to scotland
― ( ͡☉ ͜ʖ ͡☉) (jim in vancouver), Thursday, 7 February 2019 21:42 (five years ago) link
I’ve heard this word twice in three days that I swear I’ve never encountered before, once from a policy guy for AOC on Tucker Carlson’s show and second on an NBA podcast.
Optionality
Seriously, W. T. F.
― Evans on Hammond (evol j), Sunday, 10 February 2019 20:11 (five years ago) link
"Time is a flat circle" might've been funny the first time I heard it but ever since then it has been a scourge. and aren't all circles flat?
― flappy bird, Tuesday, 12 February 2019 06:12 (five years ago) link
Anyone using autistic to just say they're slightly anal about things. Ffs stop it.
― nathom, Tuesday, 12 February 2019 07:21 (five years ago) link
Related to that: 'we're all a bit on the spectrum, aren't we lol?'
― Good cop, Babcock (Chinaski), Tuesday, 12 February 2019 10:39 (five years ago) link
OCD and "Aspy" being casually thrown out, also rageworthy
People seem to have eased up on using schizophrenic or bipolar to mean labile, two-sided, or conflicted, though
― Gunther Gleiben (Ye Mad Puffin), Tuesday, 12 February 2019 11:08 (five years ago) link
Oh god yes. My kid was pissed when some classmate said:"I'm depressed bec we're having a test on Latin tomorrow." Otm
― nathom, Wednesday, 13 February 2019 07:44 (five years ago) link
A trend, not a word/phrase/usage: once a day, the all-news radio station here reports a story (sometime sports or entertainment, but regular news, too) in terms of what people are saying on Twitter. Is this a temporary thing, or is this kind of idiocy here to stay?
― clemenza, Wednesday, 13 February 2019 17:22 (five years ago) link
That’s been a thing here for ages, we have a thread about guardian stories that say “twitter user @angry_whovian called it a ‘bloody disgrace’” or whatever and it’s probably about 5 years old xp I’m in total agreement re “I’m so ocd/add/autistic about x” but I totally think you should be able to say you are depressed or anxious without actually having clinical depression or an anxiety disorder
― gray say nah to me (wins), Wednesday, 13 February 2019 17:43 (five years ago) link
related: people who don't understand that obsessions and compulsions are separate things
― kinder, Wednesday, 13 February 2019 17:48 (five years ago) link
Is this a temporary thing, or is this kind of idiocy here to stay?
This is rooted in the desperation of the print and broadcast news media to be seen as relevant in the internet age. I'd say that, although idiocy is a permanent part of human society, this particular manifestation will be temporary, just because almost everything is temporary.
― A is for (Aimless), Wednesday, 13 February 2019 18:26 (five years ago) link
"Have a good one" = I do not care enough about you to actively recollect what time of day it is, bye― mick signals, Thursday, June 14, 2018 8:07 PM (seven months ago)
― mick signals, Thursday, June 14, 2018 8:07 PM (seven months ago)
Have realized that this is useful ending phone conversations when you have no idea what time zone the other party is in. Possibly also no interest.
― mick signals, Wednesday, 13 February 2019 19:40 (five years ago) link
this phenomenon is how the phrase "took to twitter" doubles the length of pointless news articles
― seedy ron (Autumn Almanac), Wednesday, 13 February 2019 19:58 (five years ago) link
(xp to clemenza's twitter post)
― seedy ron (Autumn Almanac), Wednesday, 13 February 2019 19:59 (five years ago) link
Takin' it to the Tweets
― Gunther Gleiben (Ye Mad Puffin), Wednesday, 13 February 2019 20:00 (five years ago) link
can we add casual "i've got ptsd lol" comments to the list
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Wednesday, 13 February 2019 20:02 (five years ago) link
i kind of like "have a good one" for some reason. it sounds vaguely friendly in an inoffensive and like brotherly way to me? i don't have any brothers so idk where i am getting that.
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Wednesday, 13 February 2019 20:05 (five years ago) link
― kinder, Wednesday, February 13, 2019 11:48 AM (two hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
having some deep thoughts right now related to this one. good point!
― mh, Wednesday, 13 February 2019 20:11 (five years ago) link