Words, usages, and phrases that annoy the shit out of you...

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In the teal colorway?

mahb, Thursday, 23 September 2021 16:17 (three years ago)

That's a ruddy good trousering you have going on there

Urbandn hope all ye who enter here (dog latin), Friday, 24 September 2021 23:53 (three years ago)

Thought of one the other day: the use of the word "journey" and its invasion into the most mundane aspects of marketing and everyday life. Like, sorry, switching a shampoo is not part of a "hair journey," nor do I have "hair goals." Whoever the fuck decided this language was a good idea is a monster.

I'm a sovereign jazz citizen (the table is the table), Monday, 27 September 2021 15:18 (three years ago)

Yep

"Piece" is the new one around here

Everything is the x "piece" now

fix up luke shawp (darraghmac), Monday, 27 September 2021 15:29 (three years ago)

xxp - oh totally! It's also kinda insidious from a critical theory / anti-capitalist philosophy perspective. In multiple ways, actually. You have the substitution of actual liberation and self-determination with consumer products that do little to change the structural factors which would impel you to go "on a journey" ... also the extension of the professional to the personal, in the sense that one must have goals for everything.

Eventually there will be some "radical" personal care product brand that will use phrases like "hair derive" and the "psychogeography of skin care" ... and it will be kinda LOL but mostly sad

sarahell, Monday, 27 September 2021 17:48 (three years ago)

oh, Aesop has already used Baudrillard in their ad copy

I'm a sovereign jazz citizen (the table is the table), Monday, 27 September 2021 20:21 (three years ago)

I think I became annoyed with it first during my cancer time, "the word 'cancer journey'" being such euphemistic bullshit for "the hardest and most painful and boring medical procedures you will ever endure"

I'm a sovereign jazz citizen (the table is the table), Monday, 27 September 2021 20:23 (three years ago)

"optionality"

Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 29 September 2021 09:34 (three years ago)

"viking"

fix up luke shawp (darraghmac), Wednesday, 29 September 2021 10:09 (three years ago)

that reminds me, in season 1 of the Wire, after doing a caper to get money to buy drugs, Johnny says to Bubbles, "We're Vikings, holmes!" -- did he mean that their caper was excellent or that they are literally vikings?

sarahell, Wednesday, 29 September 2021 14:42 (three years ago)

or maybe I'm misremembering -- here is a clip:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ph3ESERrdMU

sarahell, Wednesday, 29 September 2021 14:44 (three years ago)

it me

In this Ohio town, times have been tough. First, they shut down the steel mill. Then Amazon and the big boxes killed off the downtown. Then the opioids hit. But there's one thing that bothers residents here more than any of that: people misusing the phrase "begs the question".

— New York Times Pitchbot (@DougJBalloon) September 30, 2021

mookieproof, Thursday, 30 September 2021 15:43 (three years ago)

"Instaworthy"

A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Wednesday, 6 October 2021 14:47 (three years ago)

^^ Oh god yes, can't stand it

kinder, Wednesday, 6 October 2021 15:38 (three years ago)

you *know* they planned it

Gardyloominati (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 6 October 2021 15:39 (three years ago)

I heard a radio spot encouraging people to come out to Modesto, one of the more dismal towns in California, to see the almond blossoms in bloom... and I think they used this term. Or at least implied it.

Andy the Grasshopper, Wednesday, 6 October 2021 16:20 (three years ago)

(I guess all blossoms are in bloom, right?)

Andy the Grasshopper, Wednesday, 6 October 2021 16:20 (three years ago)

the almond blossoms in bloom
are like perfume
BUMP BUMP BUMP BUMP
deep in the heart, of modesto!

Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 6 October 2021 16:42 (three years ago)

Modesto is a pit, tho almond blossoms are lovely.

I'm a sovereign jazz citizen (the table is the table), Wednesday, 6 October 2021 22:17 (three years ago)

would you say they're instaworthy?

Andy the Grasshopper, Wednesday, 6 October 2021 22:24 (three years ago)

An orchard selfie could cost you $1,000, Solano County Sheriff says

If you're on private property without permission, it doesn't matter how cool your photo is because you're trespassing.

"As alluring and as picturesque as an almond orchard in bloom may be to a dedicated selfie seeker, farmers in Solano County are asking ALL visitors and community members to 'PLEASE' respect their property when they’re trying to snap that perfect shot," the sheriff's Office wrote on Facebook.

Deputy Currie reminds those interested in taking those perfect social media photos that they're not only trespassing, they're encouraging others to trespass by creating beautiful images they'll want to copy...

Andy the Grasshopper, Wednesday, 6 October 2021 22:27 (three years ago)

Modesto isn't in Solano County ftr

sarahell, Thursday, 7 October 2021 01:00 (three years ago)

I saw a review blurb that described the Many Saints of Newark as "Positively Cinematic!" That's an awfully low bar for a movie.

longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Thursday, 7 October 2021 01:16 (three years ago)

Relatedly, I've always hated when people say "it was like something out of a movie." Movies can be about literally any-fucking-thing. Many of them are based on real life.

longtime caller, first time listener (man alive), Thursday, 7 October 2021 01:19 (three years ago)

It was like something out of a documentary!

A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Thursday, 7 October 2021 02:45 (three years ago)

Engagement
Engagement
Engagement
Engagement
Engagement
Engagement
Engagement
Engagement
Engagement
Engagement
Engagement
Engagement
Engagement
Engagement
Engagement
Enfuckingagement

Apologies to anyone who’s recently got engaged – that’s fine.

Alba, Friday, 8 October 2021 01:53 (three years ago)

"populous" for "populace" really makes my skin crawl.

New York Review of Wooks (swim), Friday, 8 October 2021 03:17 (three years ago)

Also "lawmaker". We had a perfectly good word for that already.

New York Review of Wooks (swim), Friday, 8 October 2021 03:18 (three years ago)

"It can't be understated..."

only built 4 lynx africa (Noel Emits), Tuesday, 12 October 2021 17:03 (three years ago)

Of course "can't be overstated" is also more often than not not literally true but hyperbole is the point. Can't be understated just sounds like you're telling me not to.

only built 4 lynx africa (Noel Emits), Tuesday, 12 October 2021 17:09 (three years ago)

two weeks pass...

“man flu”

can we fucking put this one to bed lads

Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 27 October 2021 16:00 (three years ago)

never heard that phrase here in the states but it sure sounds like it is adjacent to this thread

Lavator Shemmelpennick, Wednesday, 27 October 2021 16:11 (three years ago)

What’s a man flu?

weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Wednesday, 27 October 2021 22:23 (three years ago)

the idea that men suffer more than women from colds and flu, the angle being "they're more whiny than women who just tough it out" but also sometimes "men feel viruses more intensely than women because [insert science here] so we should bring them lumberjack soup and various man sprays"

Jaime Pressly and America (f. hazel), Wednesday, 27 October 2021 22:32 (three years ago)

A cold. men supposedly exagerrate their maladies so what we/they say is flu is actually just a cold, hence the mocking term 'man flu'.

oscar bravo, Wednesday, 27 October 2021 22:34 (three years ago)

xp

oscar bravo, Wednesday, 27 October 2021 22:35 (three years ago)

wait I want lumberjack soup, I think I'm coming down with something

Andy the Grasshopper, Wednesday, 27 October 2021 22:39 (three years ago)

Never thought this was a thing- but whenever I would get a head cold or sinus infection, I would make the spiciest broth/soup I could, with hot sauce, Tabasco, you name it, the hotter the better. And that would help. Maybe that was lumberjack soup?

epistantophus, Wednesday, 27 October 2021 22:49 (three years ago)

What’s a man flu?

Somewhat amazed this is not also a thing in the US!

Des Weerelds Dool-om-berg ont-doold op Dool-in-bergh (Tom D.), Wednesday, 27 October 2021 22:54 (three years ago)

Is the annoyance that it under or overstates the condition

fix up luke shawp (darraghmac), Wednesday, 27 October 2021 23:01 (three years ago)

It's annoyingly overused imo but what's buggin' Tracer Hand about it will have to wait I suppose.

Des Weerelds Dool-om-berg ont-doold op Dool-in-bergh (Tom D.), Wednesday, 27 October 2021 23:06 (three years ago)

"various man sprays"

"various man sprays"

"various man sprays"

"various man sprays"

that of a giant Slor (Ye Mad Puffin), Wednesday, 27 October 2021 23:08 (three years ago)

originally funny now just overused, it’s 2021 people

Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 27 October 2021 23:39 (three years ago)

man spray u

brimstead, Wednesday, 27 October 2021 23:56 (three years ago)

Man Spray U

I'm a sovereign jizz citizen (the table is the table), Thursday, 28 October 2021 21:29 (three years ago)

My old roommate would get sick for a day or two every time she had a new sexual partner and called it penis flu but I imagine man flu is something different.

papal hotwife (milo z), Thursday, 28 October 2021 21:34 (three years ago)

The only usage of "man flu" I'm familiar has been from exasperated partners, and is usually accompanied by an eye-roll and/or sigh of resignation.

beard papa, Friday, 29 October 2021 23:45 (three years ago)

When grown men call their trucks/speedboats/ATVs/etc. "toys"

Andy the Grasshopper, Monday, 1 November 2021 20:03 (three years ago)

what, this bad boy?

Tracer Hand, Monday, 1 November 2021 20:12 (three years ago)

big bad boy toys

Linda and Jodie Rocco (map), Monday, 1 November 2021 20:15 (three years ago)


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