fads and phrases and annoying things we are sick of 2009

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might just be me bitching, but what the hell

as they say in Finnish: "lihaperäpukamat (remy bean), Tuesday, 10 November 2009 23:34 (sixteen years ago)

1) 'local-organic-sustainable' / reference to michael pollan

as they say in Finnish: "lihaperäpukamat (remy bean), Tuesday, 10 November 2009 23:34 (sixteen years ago)

2) plaids

Lamp, Tuesday, 10 November 2009 23:34 (sixteen years ago)

3) 'oh i can't eat that i have a gluten sensitivity(/celiac disesase) i just learned existed yesterday and self-diagnosed'

as they say in Finnish: "lihaperäpukamat (remy bean), Tuesday, 10 November 2009 23:35 (sixteen years ago)

4) miniature dogs in purses

as they say in Finnish: "lihaperäpukamat (remy bean), Tuesday, 10 November 2009 23:35 (sixteen years ago)

"foodie"

windy = white, carl = black (polyphonic), Tuesday, 10 November 2009 23:37 (sixteen years ago)

5) comedy Scandinavian message board regulars

The Velvet Underground & Nico Rosberg (King Boy Pato), Tuesday, 10 November 2009 23:37 (sixteen years ago)

6) http://c0424321.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspaceclouda.com/hipsters.jpg

as they say in Finnish: "lihaperäpukamat (remy bean), Tuesday, 10 November 2009 23:37 (sixteen years ago)

7) "I love it so much, I want to have its babies"/"take it behind the middle school and get it pregnant"

Nuyorican oatmeal (jaymc), Tuesday, 10 November 2009 23:38 (sixteen years ago)

jaymc otm

nog right (J0rdan S.), Tuesday, 10 November 2009 23:40 (sixteen years ago)

8) lyfe

max, Tuesday, 10 November 2009 23:41 (sixteen years ago)

9)

nice email (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Tuesday, 10 November 2009 23:44 (sixteen years ago)

10) "fail"

circa1916, Tuesday, 10 November 2009 23:45 (sixteen years ago)

:)

nice email (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Tuesday, 10 November 2009 23:45 (sixteen years ago)

11) tea parties, teabaggers, tea anything. please let tea revert back to its traditional role as a soothing hot or cold drink.

hellzapoppa (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 10 November 2009 23:46 (sixteen years ago)

TBH I like that they call themselves teabaggers, seemingly oblivious to the phrase's other meaning.

i obtain much semillon (Trayce), Tuesday, 10 November 2009 23:47 (sixteen years ago)

"@you"

dog latin, Tuesday, 10 November 2009 23:49 (sixteen years ago)

12)"in these tough economic times"

carne asada, Tuesday, 10 November 2009 23:49 (sixteen years ago)

I thought only other people called them teabaggers

iatee, Tuesday, 10 November 2009 23:51 (sixteen years ago)

#12 = best so far

iatee, Tuesday, 10 November 2009 23:51 (sixteen years ago)

10) "fail"

i can't even begin to explain just how much I hate the way this is used these days. add "epic" for ultimate fury and anger from me

blue lightning disco (electricsound), Tuesday, 10 November 2009 23:52 (sixteen years ago)

13) autism cures

as they say in Finnish: "lihaperäpukamat (remy bean), Tuesday, 10 November 2009 23:56 (sixteen years ago)

14) complaining abt hipsters

ice cr?m, Tuesday, 10 November 2009 23:56 (sixteen years ago)

15) FTW

windy = white, carl = black (polyphonic), Tuesday, 10 November 2009 23:57 (sixteen years ago)

16. whatevs

Ronan, Wednesday, 11 November 2009 00:01 (sixteen years ago)

17) "OH NOM NOM"

The Velvet Underground & Nico Rosberg (King Boy Pato), Wednesday, 11 November 2009 00:01 (sixteen years ago)

om not oh

blue lightning disco (electricsound), Wednesday, 11 November 2009 00:02 (sixteen years ago)

18) skinny jeans ugh

hellzapoppa (tipsy mothra), Wednesday, 11 November 2009 00:02 (sixteen years ago)

19) dressing up like an insect and then taking pictures of yourself and putting them on facebook

Lamp, Wednesday, 11 November 2009 00:03 (sixteen years ago)

is that a thing? i do not know this thing

as they say in Finnish: "lihaperäpukamat (remy bean), Wednesday, 11 November 2009 00:03 (sixteen years ago)

20) leaving the toilet seat up

Ronan, Wednesday, 11 November 2009 00:04 (sixteen years ago)

21) not taking off your hat when a lady enters the room

Ronan, Wednesday, 11 November 2009 00:04 (sixteen years ago)

that is the worst!

as they say in Finnish: "lihaperäpukamat (remy bean), Wednesday, 11 November 2009 00:04 (sixteen years ago)

22) really big plastic eyeglasses like the state used to issue the kids with Downs syndrome

as they say in Finnish: "lihaperäpukamat (remy bean), Wednesday, 11 November 2009 00:04 (sixteen years ago)

usually i take a toilet seat off when a lady leaves the room, which is more or less the same thing.

as they say in Finnish: "lihaperäpukamat (remy bean), Wednesday, 11 November 2009 00:05 (sixteen years ago)

23) failing to lace up your petticoat in a manner which befits the etiquette of the times

Ronan, Wednesday, 11 November 2009 00:06 (sixteen years ago)

24) worrying that ones favorite tv show is on the decline

ice cr?m, Wednesday, 11 November 2009 00:10 (sixteen years ago)

25) people who own yachts

as they say in Finnish: "lihaperäpukamat (remy bean), Wednesday, 11 November 2009 00:11 (sixteen years ago)

26) not being able to afford a yacht

Lamp, Wednesday, 11 November 2009 00:12 (sixteen years ago)

1) not taking off your hat when a lady enters the room

<3 Ronan

i obtain much semillon (Trayce), Wednesday, 11 November 2009 00:13 (sixteen years ago)

27) "I Can Haz..."

Elvis Telecom, Wednesday, 11 November 2009 00:14 (sixteen years ago)

27) ray ban wayfarers everywhere

lou reed scott walker monks niagra (chinavision!), Wednesday, 11 November 2009 00:17 (sixteen years ago)

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lou reed scott walker monks niagra (chinavision!), Wednesday, 11 November 2009 00:17 (sixteen years ago)

wayfarers + plaid + skinny jeans = extremely tired fashion choices, but I'm still ok with skinny jeans in other contexts

lou reed scott walker monks niagra (chinavision!), Wednesday, 11 November 2009 00:18 (sixteen years ago)

29) indie anything

jazzgasms (Mr. Que), Wednesday, 11 November 2009 00:18 (sixteen years ago)

30. synth-punk

ian, Wednesday, 11 November 2009 00:19 (sixteen years ago)

Yeah I'm over terrible 80s retro fashion especially because kids are taking the WORST PARTS OF IT (bad sunglasses, horrible fluro colours, ill fitting tight jeans, stupid hair) and ignoring all the fine 80s new wave stuff that looked awesome, but I am hating kids that age getting defensive and stroppy at me for mocking them, even more so.

i obtain much semillon (Trayce), Wednesday, 11 November 2009 00:21 (sixteen years ago)

31) Bacon

nice email (uh oh I'm having a fantasy), Wednesday, 11 November 2009 00:21 (sixteen years ago)

32) things i've been doing for years becoming irritating fads

indie spare (electricsound), Wednesday, 11 November 2009 00:22 (sixteen years ago)

what is the 'fine 80s new wave stuff that looked awesome' that they're not taking??

iatee, Wednesday, 11 November 2009 00:23 (sixteen years ago)

And speaking of Stereogum and Videogum (and I've seen this on other sites/blogs as well), I fucking HATE how they use the phrase "you guys" in their headlines as part of a kind of "hey, we're all buddies on the internet" casual thing.

for some reason it really bugs me when a blog written by one or two people constantly uses the editorial "we"

dude (del), Thursday, 14 October 2010 13:16 (fifteen years ago)

"I call bullshit"

Alba, Thursday, 14 October 2010 20:29 (fifteen years ago)

i hate when people say it like "chee pot uhl"

mostly only my mom does this

My mom says cha-POH-dul.

jaymc, Thursday, 14 October 2010 20:58 (fifteen years ago)

i tease my mom by pronouncing quinoa "kwinn-oh-wa"

sarahel, Thursday, 14 October 2010 21:00 (fifteen years ago)

Also, I don't mind "foodie" because I feel like it captures a particular concept that goes beyond just "someone who's into food."

jaymc, Thursday, 14 October 2010 21:04 (fifteen years ago)

"I call bullshit"

there was a brief period of time in the late 90s when I would invoke this in conversations by cupping my hands around my mouth and fake-shouting "BUUULLSHIIIT! BUUULLSHIIIT!" I think that lasted maybe a week

GLEERILLAZ! (HI DERE), Thursday, 14 October 2010 21:09 (fifteen years ago)

maybe outside of the scope of this thread but

anytime someone does an "experiment" demonstrating or makes reference to McDonalds food decaying at a slower rate than expected

DO YOU SEE, THIS FOOD IS UNNATURAL

tangelo amour (elmo argonaut), Thursday, 14 October 2010 21:10 (fifteen years ago)

it was also a thing in the 90s to say "bullshit" preceded by a fake cough/throat clearing

sarahel, Thursday, 14 October 2010 21:11 (fifteen years ago)

which was related to the "loser" sneeze

melody-hating aggr0 nerd (San Te), Thursday, 14 October 2010 21:12 (fifteen years ago)

oh yes, I remember that well

GLEERILLAZ! (HI DERE), Thursday, 14 October 2010 21:12 (fifteen years ago)

there was a brief period of time in the late 90s when I would invoke this in conversations by cupping my hands around my mouth and fake-shouting "BUUULLSHIIIT! BUUULLSHIIIT!" I think that lasted maybe a week

hahaha

dude (del), Thursday, 14 October 2010 21:13 (fifteen years ago)

i'm not defending McD's but come on ppl this fact does not prove what you think it proves

like, maybe this suggests that McDonalds has reasonably good standards of cleanliness? guess you'll never know because you did not follow scientific method

xp

tangelo amour (elmo argonaut), Thursday, 14 October 2010 21:14 (fifteen years ago)

still tired of terrorist fist bumps, esp. when my kids come back from spending time with a relative or friend of the family who has taught them this "awesome" gesture of solidarity. My kids don't know better, so obv. I bump back, but I'm annoyed with the adults for sure.

Euler, Thursday, 14 October 2010 21:18 (fifteen years ago)

Do they say "terrorist fist bump" when they do it?? I am intrigued.

I've got ten bucks. SURPRISE ME. (Laurel), Thursday, 14 October 2010 21:18 (fifteen years ago)

it's a dap, jesus.

threads i am sick of in 2010

waka flocka display name (zvookster), Thursday, 14 October 2010 21:19 (fifteen years ago)

clever

BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Thursday, 14 October 2010 21:20 (fifteen years ago)

no, I am calling it a terrorist fist bump for the teeny bit of late 2008 amusement I get in saying it. My kids just do it, grin, & run away.

Euler, Thursday, 14 October 2010 21:25 (fifteen years ago)

it's a dap, jesus.

2009 term

sarahel, Thursday, 14 October 2010 21:27 (fifteen years ago)

...this thread is weak sauce

waka flocka display name (zvookster), Thursday, 14 October 2010 21:29 (fifteen years ago)

people who say "shizzle dizzle" and stuff like that man that' sbeen out of style for like six years get wif it

melody-hating aggr0 nerd (San Te), Thursday, 14 October 2010 21:30 (fifteen years ago)

Dude needs to get wif it

sarahel, Thursday, 14 October 2010 21:32 (fifteen years ago)

sorry if this has been mentioned already but i cringe whenever i hear "this is OUR TIME!" on the social network ad. i feel like irl people don't actually say that, just people on television.

that's so percussion (get bent), Thursday, 14 October 2010 21:41 (fifteen years ago)

you're right I saw the social network ad on television

conrad, Thursday, 14 October 2010 21:46 (fifteen years ago)

it was also a thing in the 90s to say "bullshit" preceded by a fake cough/throat clearing

― sarahel, Thursday, October 14, 2010 5:11 PM Bookmark

I feel like this was an 80s movie thing.

buju_stanton (Hurting 2), Thursday, 14 October 2010 22:19 (fifteen years ago)

maybe - i remember it from highschool - which was late 80s/early 90s - could very well have come from an 80s movie

sarahel, Thursday, 14 October 2010 22:22 (fifteen years ago)

I did get a mean laugh at the movie theater though when Sally Struthers came on in a pre-film commercial and said something like "I look and feel the best I ever have"

and I semi-ironically yelled out "BULLSHIT". I was more making fun of dumb humor than of Sally Struthers though.

buju_stanton (Hurting 2), Thursday, 14 October 2010 22:22 (fifteen years ago)

maybe - i remember it from highschool - which was late 80s/early 90s - could very well have come from an 80s movie

didn't it come from "The Breakfast Club"?

GLEERILLAZ! (HI DERE), Thursday, 14 October 2010 22:26 (fifteen years ago)

people definitely still did the "bullshit" throat clear when i was in middle school in the early-mid 90s

melody-hating aggr0 nerd (San Te), Thursday, 14 October 2010 22:35 (fifteen years ago)

its certainly in it

(♥_♥) (roxymuzak), Thursday, 14 October 2010 22:35 (fifteen years ago)

we also said "I Hearrrrrrrrrrrrd that!" when someone got dissed

melody-hating aggr0 nerd (San Te), Thursday, 14 October 2010 22:36 (fifteen years ago)

and in elementary school there was "GO SUCK AN EGG"

melody-hating aggr0 nerd (San Te), Thursday, 14 October 2010 22:36 (fifteen years ago)

one month passes...

"crazy talk" seems extremely lazy

867-5309 (abdul) (roxymuzak), Tuesday, 16 November 2010 03:02 (fifteen years ago)

:/ i say that all the time. i am extremely lazy tbf.

horseshoe, Tuesday, 16 November 2010 03:03 (fifteen years ago)

speaking of laaaazy ... it's almost the end of 2010

sarahel, Tuesday, 16 November 2010 03:04 (fifteen years ago)

"crazy talk" feels almost like it might be a simpsons thing?

kkvgz, Tuesday, 16 November 2010 11:45 (fifteen years ago)

Indian: That's crazy talk!
Bart: No, it's true.
Indian: No, I know, that's my brother, Crazy Talk.

progressive cuts (Tracer Hand), Tuesday, 16 November 2010 11:58 (fifteen years ago)

"tekkers", as propagated by soccer am twats iirc. cannot stand it.

r|t|c, Tuesday, 16 November 2010 15:08 (fifteen years ago)

"do work"
"hot mess"

karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Tuesday, 16 November 2010 15:42 (fifteen years ago)

"tekkers", as propagated by soccer am twats iirc. cannot stand it.

^ this. Also my husband has taken to saying it, presume he thinks because I watch Soccer AM that I think this is a thing. I don't.

ailsa, Tuesday, 16 November 2010 16:01 (fifteen years ago)

three years pass...

there may be a new thread for this that i didnt find, but search sux:

really tired of people saying, like, "i luh dis" and "really doe." stop.

1 P.3. Eternal (roxymuzak), Thursday, 2 January 2014 18:35 (eleven years ago)

i basically mean "typing"

1 P.3. Eternal (roxymuzak), Thursday, 2 January 2014 18:37 (eleven years ago)

das wassup

(•̪●) (carne asada), Thursday, 2 January 2014 19:51 (eleven years ago)

six months pass...

critic Nathan Rabin apologizes for coining "manic pixie dream girl"

http://www.salon.com/2014/07/15/im_sorry_for_coining_the_phrase_manic_pixie_dream_girl/

son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 15 July 2014 20:35 (eleven years ago)

Nathan Rabin RIP 1968-2007

Didn't even know who this worthless piece of shit was until I saw this thread today.

xelab, Tuesday, 15 July 2014 20:42 (eleven years ago)

god rest his soul

mattresslessness, Tuesday, 15 July 2014 20:48 (eleven years ago)

never clicked on that thread before, assumed it was a different Nathan Rabin

son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 15 July 2014 20:53 (eleven years ago)

can we use this thread to talk abt how played "that ____ doe" is

clouds, Tuesday, 15 July 2014 21:19 (eleven years ago)

Bae

1 P.3. Eternal (roxymuzak), Tuesday, 22 July 2014 02:42 (eleven years ago)

I had my kids do a last day of school activity where they made a poster correcting a common mistake they do in writing or see in their classmates'. One guy drew a giant frowny face and under it wrote "why does everyone write bae instead of babe?" like full of genuine confusion.

when you call my name it's like a prickly pear (Crabbits), Tuesday, 22 July 2014 14:38 (eleven years ago)

Wait I 100% legit thought "bae" was meant to represent "boy" said in a comedy Scottish accent

Guayaquil (eephus!), Tuesday, 22 July 2014 15:21 (eleven years ago)


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