Thrown under the busIn the tankMake no mistake
feel free to nominate others
― I'm Into that Japanese Pop-Funk (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 26 March 2009 20:02 (sixteen years ago)
in before 'burning down the house'
― rip dom passantino 3/5/09 never forget (max), Thursday, 26 March 2009 20:04 (sixteen years ago)
The worst thing about overused phrases in this context is the bizarre way they have of winding up being overused in reality-show confessionals approximately 9 months later
― nabisco, Thursday, 26 March 2009 20:05 (sixteen years ago)
trickle down memetics
― I'm Into that Japanese Pop-Funk (Shakey Mo Collier), Thursday, 26 March 2009 20:06 (sixteen years ago)
lol I came here to post burning down the house :[
― follow the fudge through this chocolatey challenge (Curt1s Stephens), Thursday, 26 March 2009 20:06 (sixteen years ago)
It's been quite a journey.
― M.V., Thursday, 26 March 2009 20:07 (sixteen years ago)
I demand a reality show called This Is Not My Beautiful House.
― M.V., Thursday, 26 March 2009 20:08 (sixteen years ago)
"full throated"
― Wrinkles, I'll See You On the Other Side (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 22 May 2009 17:01 (sixteen years ago)
seriously, it just sounds gross. Esp when it involves Dick Cheney
wall street / main street
― akm, Friday, 22 May 2009 17:03 (sixteen years ago)
"sea change"
― roman knockwell (elmo argonaut), Friday, 22 May 2009 17:04 (sixteen years ago)
when i hear that i always react like "o rly? those are pearls that were his eyes, then?"
― roman knockwell (elmo argonaut), Friday, 22 May 2009 17:05 (sixteen years ago)
"circle/circling the wagons"
― Wrinkles, I'll See You On the Other Side (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 22 May 2009 17:07 (sixteen years ago)
swagger
― WARS OF ARMAGEDDON (Karaoke Version) (Sparkle Motion), Friday, 22 May 2009 17:10 (sixteen years ago)
"plan going forward"
― worm? lol (J0hn D.), Friday, 22 May 2009 17:26 (sixteen years ago)
9/11
― akm, Friday, 22 May 2009 18:14 (sixteen years ago)
"this much is clear"
― Suckanoosik Chamber of Commerce (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 24 June 2009 16:34 (sixteen years ago)
yeah, 100% anything about 'clarity'.
― darraghmac@nebbmail.com (darraghmac), Wednesday, 24 June 2009 16:49 (sixteen years ago)
"The fact of the matter is..."
― My name is Kenny! (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 24 June 2009 16:51 (sixteen years ago)
that reminds me
"facts on the ground"
― Suckanoosik Chamber of Commerce (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 24 June 2009 16:53 (sixteen years ago)
"we need to be very careful when we're discussing x"
― darraghmac@nebbmail.com (darraghmac), Wednesday, 24 June 2009 16:54 (sixteen years ago)
"safe, legal, and rare" (unless followed immediately by a plug for better contraceptive education/availability)
― Maria, Wednesday, 24 June 2009 16:55 (sixteen years ago)
"24-hour news cycle"
(did the news used to happen in different increments or something? If they mean its continuous - 24-hrs a day, every day - then that's not really a cycle now is it)
― Suckanoosik Chamber of Commerce (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 24 June 2009 16:58 (sixteen years ago)
Starting sentences with "Look..."
― Darin, Wednesday, 24 June 2009 19:31 (sixteen years ago)
"i'm gonna go out on a limb here and say..."
― guammls (QE II), Wednesday, 24 June 2009 19:41 (sixteen years ago)
tweet
― giovanni & ribsy (elmo argonaut), Wednesday, 24 June 2009 19:58 (sixteen years ago)
elmo OTM
tho it was pretty great when a local politician asked if any of the kids at a science fair if they liked to 'twit.'
― baleen, the krill queen (Abbott), Wednesday, 24 June 2009 22:03 (sixteen years ago)
max...
― goole, Wednesday, 24 June 2009 22:04 (sixteen years ago)
trying to think of Phrases I Never Want to Hear Uttered by Talking Heads/Press/Politicians Ever Again
xp lol
― rip dom passantino 3/5/09 never forget (max), Wednesday, 24 June 2009 22:04 (sixteen years ago)
o wait i just thought of one
Phrases I Never Want to Hear Uttered by Talking Heads/Press/Politicians Ever Again
the erotic beauty of you holding yourself (or two magnificent parts of yourself) in the faded glow of the night’s light
― rip dom passantino 3/5/09 never forget (max), Wednesday, 24 June 2009 22:05 (sixteen years ago)
never ban the erotic beauty of you holding yourself (or two magnificent parts of yourself) in the faded glow of the night’s light
― matt h. (M@tt He1ges0n), Wednesday, 24 June 2009 22:05 (sixteen years ago)
people "blasting" things
― girlish in the worst sense of that term (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 24 July 2009 17:49 (sixteen years ago)
game-changer
― girlish in the worst sense of that term (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 28 July 2009 17:51 (sixteen years ago)
"bling"
― there is no there there (elmo argonaut), Tuesday, 28 July 2009 17:54 (sixteen years ago)
family values
― bind music up, scratch my discs up (Matt P), Tuesday, 28 July 2009 18:06 (sixteen years ago)
birther
― girlish in the worst sense of that term (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 28 July 2009 18:11 (sixteen years ago)
"Gaffe" because it is now being parroted by people who couldn't spell the word if they had a .44 pointed at their temple.
― clear chanel (suzy), Tuesday, 28 July 2009 18:14 (sixteen years ago)
"shovel-ready"
― Wrinkles, I'll see you on the other side (Shakey Mo Collier), Tuesday, 23 February 2010 00:42 (sixteen years ago)
― rip dom passantino 3/5/09 never forget (max), Wednesday, June 24, 2009 6:05 PM (7 months ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
lol i'd forgotten about this. will forever associate it with you, max.
― horseshoe, Tuesday, 23 February 2010 00:46 (sixteen years ago)
"with the benefit of hindsight"
motherfucker i'm not paying you for 'hindsight'
― quiz show flat-track bully (darraghmac), Tuesday, 23 February 2010 09:48 (sixteen years ago)
How about "Broken Britain" ?
Every tory candidate, no matter where or how, has to insert this phrase no matter what they are talking about...
― Mark G, Tuesday, 23 February 2010 09:55 (sixteen years ago)
yes but it is helpful to remind the general public that britain is broken
― quiz show flat-track bully (darraghmac), Tuesday, 23 February 2010 10:01 (sixteen years ago)
Coming from somewhere where politicians refuse to admit that anything they thought might have been even slightly misguided and the press trumpet any hint of a change of heart as a weak-minded u-turn, I would quite like it if any of our politicians were being paid for hindsight
― falling while carrying an owl (a passing spacecadet), Tuesday, 23 February 2010 10:14 (sixteen years ago)
unless i've missed something important, we all come from somewhere where politicians behave like that.
but it's specifically when 'hindsight' is used as a defence from consequences of events that were obvious, debated and predicted at the time- and that seems to be fairly common this past 12-18 months in politicians/business leaders of note just about everywhere.
― quiz show flat-track bully (darraghmac), Tuesday, 23 February 2010 10:31 (sixteen years ago)
Well, for a beautiful moment I thought maybe there were countries where politicians were allowed to say "we got this wrong, but sometimes thinking about things when new evidence comes through means changing your mind, and it's a lot better than not thinking about things"
But no, the old political "with the benefit of hindsight it was someone else's fault", I'll give you that one.
― falling while carrying an owl (a passing spacecadet), Tuesday, 23 February 2010 10:42 (sixteen years ago)
"Hey everybody, Eno's here!"
― Mark G, Tuesday, 23 February 2010 11:57 (sixteen years ago)
optics
― the alternate vision continues his vision quest! (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 11 July 2012 19:11 (thirteen years ago)
taxmageddon
fire up the base
― the alternate vision continues his vision quest! (Shakey Mo Collier), Wednesday, 11 July 2012 19:14 (thirteen years ago)
"free butt plugs for everyone!"
― second dullest ILXor since 1929 (snoball), Wednesday, 11 July 2012 19:15 (thirteen years ago)
opt out/opt in
― a regina spektor is haunting europe (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 11 July 2012 19:21 (thirteen years ago)
http://theaudioperv.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/bushkimmel.jpg
― Marco YOLO (Phil D.), Wednesday, 11 July 2012 19:23 (thirteen years ago)
Nobody still uses "people who work hard and play by the rules" any more, right?
That would be, then, the one improvement in American politics since the Clinton era.
― Vic Perry, Wednesday, 11 July 2012 19:36 (thirteen years ago)
Still very much a thing used by Cameron in the UK tho.
During the election he kept going on about RULES. These fucking rules that apparently come with your passport or something.
Because playing by the RULES makes things FAIR you see.
Just right for this fucking peevish, sneaking, rules-for-others-but-not-for-me, public school mentality bullshit nation.
― If you live in Thanet and fancy doing some creative knitting (Fizzles), Wednesday, 11 July 2012 20:13 (thirteen years ago)
Them's fighting words! My nation is more public school mentality bullshit than yours, man! We're number one! We're number one!
― Vic Perry, Thursday, 12 July 2012 02:56 (thirteen years ago)
You see the appropriate Englisher reaction to that is to slightly primly, but in an irritated manner mutter 'Well, if it comes to counting I rather think we do No 1 rather better than they do'.
But, the traditional public school/private school US/UK divide aside, I think the way Cameron uses it fits into a muscular Christianity mentality - not who wins prizes, but who deserves prizes. It's not about being No 1, it's about being No 2 in a superior way, and feeling morally self-satisfied that you deserve more because although other people/nations/types don't know any better, you know the RULES.
― If you live in Thanet and fancy doing some creative knitting (Fizzles), Thursday, 12 July 2012 06:02 (thirteen years ago)
"now let me make this absolutely clear"
― Scary Move 4 (dog latin), Thursday, 12 July 2012 08:54 (thirteen years ago)
...followed by a load of ambiguous waffle, correct?
― mod night at the oasis (NickB), Thursday, 12 July 2012 08:56 (thirteen years ago)
It always seems to precede that, or some major side-stepping of the question.
― Scary Move 4 (dog latin), Thursday, 12 July 2012 09:16 (thirteen years ago)
I do indeed follow the Fizzles argument. I think America has much to learn from England, because we are soon to need to come up with "we actually are superior in spite of our not factually being superior" arguments. In vast quantities. I think if we really go for it we can actually descend far below anything that was previously thought capable.
― Vic Perry, Thursday, 12 July 2012 22:50 (thirteen years ago)
"game changer"
― Will Chave (Hurting 2), Friday, 13 July 2012 00:27 (thirteen years ago)
"donor class"
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 6 May 2015 21:55 (ten years ago)
entitlement
― ©Oz Quiz© (Adam Bruneau), Wednesday, 6 May 2015 22:04 (ten years ago)
"at the end of the day"
― Οὖτις, Monday, 1 June 2015 15:47 (ten years ago)
just came to post 'now let me make this absolutely clear', but i did that in 2012 already.
― p:s nerds know (dog latin), Monday, 1 June 2015 15:48 (ten years ago)
The fact that"
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 1 June 2015 15:51 (ten years ago)
"knowing then what we know now"
― Οὖτις, Monday, 1 June 2015 15:56 (ten years ago)
Nixon loved the phrase, "now let me be perfectly clear".
― Aimless, Monday, 1 June 2015 18:08 (ten years ago)
Obama has made it his own, I think. That whole genre of statements is going to be just this side of doing Reagan's "Well" in terms of impressions years from now.
― Doctor Casino, Monday, 1 June 2015 18:16 (ten years ago)
"both sides of the aisle"
― marcos, Monday, 1 June 2015 18:21 (ten years ago)
"the american people"
― marcos, Monday, 1 June 2015 18:22 (ten years ago)
"ordinary americans"
"activist judges"
― ©Oz Quiz© (Adam Bruneau), Monday, 1 June 2015 18:23 (ten years ago)
"move the needle"
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 3 June 2015 17:39 (ten years ago)
^^^ this shit.
― difficult listening hour, Wednesday, 3 June 2015 18:49 (ten years ago)
it's new, right? feel like someone says it every single time i catch my weekly 10 seconds of tv news.
― difficult listening hour, Wednesday, 3 June 2015 18:50 (ten years ago)
lefsetz taking a big position in it too.
"small business"
― brimstead, Wednesday, 3 June 2015 19:07 (ten years ago)
"narrative"
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 3 June 2015 19:23 (ten years ago)
"families," as if that describes the whole of the nation or the "middle class"
― the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 3 June 2015 19:34 (ten years ago)
yea def
― marcos, Wednesday, 3 June 2015 19:35 (ten years ago)
"american families"
― marcos, Wednesday, 3 June 2015 19:36 (ten years ago)
"small business" otm
fuck that noise
gah i can't even stand listening to politicians i agree w/
lol family + small business - the two dominant institutions in my life
― Mordy, Wednesday, 3 June 2015 19:38 (ten years ago)
'religion,' too, it's really a miracle that i've never voted for a republican isn't it
"kitchen table" as the place where the serious-minded Volk hammer out their common sense solutions to the problems that beset our troubled world
― Aimless, Wednesday, 3 June 2015 19:41 (ten years ago)
"honey, I just can't make up my mind which anti-Assad splinter group we should sell our rocket launchers to"
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 3 June 2015 19:46 (ten years ago)
you're voting for Rodham, Mordy, close enough
― the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 3 June 2015 19:58 (ten years ago)
"the anointed one"
We should always celebrate success and exceptionalism and the power of the American State....but feel free to be petty and spiteful about it when things don't go your way.
― ©Oz Quiz© (Adam Bruneau), Thursday, 4 June 2015 16:48 (ten years ago)
"Trumpism"
― Οὖτις, Monday, 1 August 2016 16:35 (nine years ago)
otoh, I'd be fine wrt "tromper l'oeil"
― a little too mature to be cute (Aimless), Monday, 1 August 2016 17:07 (nine years ago)