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Xil · 03-19-2011, 08:44 PM

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Originally Posted by Fred314X

And I hate the overuse of "literally" even more.

Especially when people don't use it properly.

Tantalust · 03-20-2011, 06:57 AM

"How 'bout dat game?"

Mightyqueen801 · 03-20-2011, 09:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Mainer61

People spread manure, too.

(if you get my drift)

Here's another annoying phrase...We need to all be on the same page.

Yes, that one is pretty old now, but used a lot in business circles. Another one I hear all the time at work is "having skin in the game". Sounds kind of gross.

Fred314X · 03-22-2011, 11:06 AM

For some strange reason, I resent being called 'son' by someone who isn't my father.

Cunucu Beach · 03-22-2011, 11:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Fred314X

For some strange reason, I resent being called 'son' by someone who isn't my father.

LOL. Just last week my grandson bought a computer at an auction. He carried the monitor to the car and then I picked up the CPU to follow him. He didn't see me and when he went back in to get the CPU and saw it gone, he asked some folks who had taken it. The auctioneer told him, "Some old lady picked it up." He knew it was me so he didn't worry about it then.

For some strange reason, I don't like being called an "old lady", even if I am one.

Ketabcha · 03-22-2011, 01:09 PM

Vis a vis, if you will....

Both those phrases are a waste of time.

WestCobb · 03-22-2011, 02:45 PM

"might can" as in "I might can go to the store for you."

I'm pretty tolerant when it comes to grammar, but that little gem (common in northern Georgia) grates on my ears.

Fred314X · 03-23-2011, 11:33 AM

A dismissive "whatever," at the end of a sentence. Every time I hear that, I wonder about people who start saying something, then prove they're incapable of completing their thought.

denverian · 03-23-2011, 01:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Mainer61

went missing

I hate this too. I was taught in journalism school (mid 90s) that this was wrong and improper, yet it has shown up in news in the past few years. "Where did Joe go?" "He went missing, then fishing and shopping".

Makes my skin itch every time I hear it!

MassVt · 03-24-2011, 01:55 PM

"You got it"..

"Someone needs to step up..make plays"....

Some of today's ex-jock sportcasters have a very limited vocabulary..