Words or phrases you hate (sentence, quote)

[Mightyqueen801]

Originally Posted by steiconi

cornhole, as in the game. Not a fan of the other use, either.

I had never heard of this game, so the first time I heard "the kids are playing cornhole", I was stunned.

[Mightyqueen801]

Some of those phrases go way back. I remember my mother saying something cost an arm and a leg" when I was a little kid in the 60s and thinking it was funny.

[gentlearts]

“Top of mind”. Please make it stop.

[blisterpeanuts]

Any headline link that has the word "This" in it.

Examples:

This Senator Refused To Vote On This Bill for This Reason.

Young People Flocking to This City.

Also, vague headlines that tempt you to click, just to find out what the heck they're talking about, e.g.:

Fox News: Major city welcomes 28 migrants bused from Texas, many plan to travel to other states, officials say
what "major city"? You have to click to find out.

Actually, Fox News does this as a matter of course. I've noticed Wall Street Journal would just go ahead and name the city in the title.

To be fair, Fox and other "free" news websites are ad supported and need the page views. WSJ is paywalled so can afford to act more like a traditional newspaper.

[blisterpeanuts]

Originally Posted by blisterpeanuts

Any headline link that has the word "This" in it.

Examples:

This Senator Refused To Vote On This Bill for This Reason.

Young People Flocking to This City.

Also, vague headlines that tempt you to click, just to find out what the heck they're talking about, e.g.:

Fox News: Major city welcomes 28 migrants bused from Texas, many plan to travel to other states, officials say
what "major city"? You have to click to find out.

Actually, Fox News does this as a matter of course. I've noticed Wall Street Journal would just go ahead and name the city in the title.

To be fair, Fox and other "free" news websites are ad supported and need the page views. WSJ is paywalled so can afford to act more like a traditional newspaper.

Here's another example:

Fox News: "Jury reaches verdict in Kevin Spacey sex assault trial"
Wall Street Journal: "Spacey Found Not Liable in Sexual-Misconduct Case"

See what I'm talking about? One makes you click through to find out WHAT the verdict is. The other simply states the verdict (and even takes up less space).

[Nomadicus]

"Good enough for Government Work"

I'd much rather hear "this will do the job...."

[Brightsider]

Originally Posted by CA4Now

I remember that. And "gaslighting" shouldn't mean anything other than what it meant back in the 1940s, when the George Kukor film came out (which was apparently based on a 1938 play).

https://www.vox.com/culture/2017/1/2...ingrid-bergman

Agree, rewatched the film recently; excellent. Also read a few articles regarding why "gaslighting" is "trendy." True, language evolves, though even the psychology world is concerned current use of word has strayed beyond the serious intentional psychological manipulation causing a person to question reality. Understand how current events, media, etc. influence how people are using the word so will be interesting to see if it's a mere trend... Remember "social engineering?"

[Bootsamillion]

I can't stand the quotation mark thing done with your fingers. 'Quote, un-quote' gives me eebie jeebies

[cat1116]

Go big or go home. Don’t necessarily hate it but on some tv channels like Food Network, it’s one of those sayings that you hear quite often.

[NW4me]

"Parenting"