The New Intimacy

Sayings that don't make sense and get on your nerves

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Contributor: Chilipepper Chilipepper
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Originally posted by <3BF
It's not a saying, but I also hate it when my very political friends turn everything I, or someone else says, into a liberal or conservative perspective.
Yes, definitely. I had to block a few friends on FB because of it. That habit is downright disgusting.
02/13/2012
Contributor: Jul!a Jul!a
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Originally posted by <3BF
I know, I'm grossly exaggerating my complaint, but I feel there are other platitudes one can substitute that make more sense then 'I've got nothing to say'. If you are going to say something vague, and borderline hallow, I'd ... more
I usually try to phrase it more like "I have no idea how to respond to that" depending on who I'm talking to, but I can see your point of view as well.
02/13/2012
Contributor: Jul!a Jul!a
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Originally posted by Crystal1
That reminded me of something I see a lot. People say "I personally" or "I myself" Just saying "I" covers it.
*raises hand* Guilty of that one too.

That one is reserved for when I'm really trying to drive home that it's just my opinion that I'm talking about rather than a general viewpoint. I know those sound exactly the same, but it's my way of saying "your mileage may vary" I guess.
02/13/2012
Contributor: wrmbreze wrmbreze
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Originally posted by Chilipepper
"I'm not a racist, but - "

I hear this a lot in the South. I won't excuse your bad manners and bigotry just because you say that, no.
I have heard this a lot..
02/13/2012
Contributor: Rin (aka Nire) Rin (aka Nire)
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Originally posted by Jul!a
*raises hand* Guilty of that one too.

That one is reserved for when I'm really trying to drive home that it's just my opinion that I'm talking about rather than a general viewpoint. I know those sound exactly the same, but ... more
I do it, too, for pretty much the same reason. If someone doesn't agree with my viewpoint, it seems they're less likely to get huffy if I say "I personally" instead of just "I" on its own.
02/13/2012
Contributor: Ryuson Ryuson
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Has anyone listed this one yet?
"Head over heels."
You're ALREADY head over heels. That's NORMAL.
02/13/2012
Contributor: nicholebinz nicholebinz
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Originally posted by <3BF
Here's one: 'I'm at a loss for words' or 'I've got nothing to say.' Well then shouldn't you be silent? You wasted those words and my time by spouting them, while contributing nothing to anyone. Feel smart?
Yup u should be silent.
02/13/2012
Contributor: <3BF <3BF
Quote:
Originally posted by Ryuson
Has anyone listed this one yet?
"Head over heels."
You're ALREADY head over heels. That's NORMAL.
HAHAHA! So true and I never even thought of this one Another: 'Have your cake and eat it to.' No one wants to have cake if they can't eat it. Cake is made for eating and it's implied that if you want cake you are going to consume that cake!
02/13/2012
Contributor: RavenDevereux RavenDevereux
When people call movies a show, I want to stab them in the throat, repeatedly.
02/13/2012
Contributor: Rin (aka Nire) Rin (aka Nire)
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Originally posted by <3BF
HAHAHA! So true and I never even thought of this one Another: 'Have your cake and eat it to.' No one wants to have cake if they can't eat it. Cake is made for eating and it's implied that if you want cake you are going to consume that cake!
It's meant to imply that you can't keep the cake intact if you're going to eat it - or more simply, "you can't have it both ways." This does not absolve it from being a stupid saying.
02/13/2012
Contributor: Rin (aka Nire) Rin (aka Nire)
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Originally posted by Ryuson
Has anyone listed this one yet?
"Head over heels."
You're ALREADY head over heels. That's NORMAL.
I always wondered about this one, too. This is one of those that probably only makes sense if you know the origin - which, unfortunately, I don't.
02/13/2012
Contributor: Rin (aka Nire) Rin (aka Nire)
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Originally posted by RavenDevereux
When people call movies a show, I want to stab them in the throat, repeatedly.
But a movie is a kind of show, so it still makes sense. Unless you just mean that it annoys you anyway, which you're certainly entitled to.
02/13/2012
Contributor: Willow Wand Willow Wand
I hate this whole conversation ---> Them: "How are you?" Me: "Fine thanks, and you?" Them: Doesn't answer the question, just stats a new conversation....
02/13/2012
Contributor: Willow Wand Willow Wand
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Originally posted by Ansley
Supposably...just why?

Supposedly!
OMG THIS, Just THIS!! That one irks me! I call Master out on it so much. Supposably is NOT a fucking word! Last time I called Him out on it He said "Hey, if "unfiend" can be in the Dictionary, so can "supposably"." Sure, it CAN, but it isn't and until it is....UGH!
02/13/2012
Contributor: Rin (aka Nire) Rin (aka Nire)
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Originally posted by Willow Wand
OMG THIS, Just THIS!! That one irks me! I call Master out on it so much. Supposably is NOT a fucking word! Last time I called Him out on it He said "Hey, if "unfiend" can be in the Dictionary, so can "supposably"." Sure, ... more
It kind of reminds me of how everyone says "Febuary" instead of "February." I can actually tolerate this just fine, except when people tell me I'm saying it wrong. I'm always grateful if there's a calendar nearby so I can show them how it's spelled.
02/13/2012
Contributor: Willow Wand Willow Wand
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Originally posted by Rin (aka Nire)
It kind of reminds me of how everyone says "Febuary" instead of "February." I can actually tolerate this just fine, except when people tell me I'm saying it wrong. I'm always grateful if there's a calendar nearby so I ... more
And I just noticed I spelled "unfriend" wrong LOL And YES! I say FebRUary, and get strange looks for it sometimes.....
02/13/2012
Contributor: null null
"Thank you, but..."
Just stop at thank you.
02/13/2012
Contributor: Rin (aka Nire) Rin (aka Nire)
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Originally posted by null
"Thank you, but..."
Just stop at thank you.
Eh, going to openly disagree with this one. There's too many cases where stopping at "thank you" wouldn't make sense, while not expressing thanks in addition to whatever else is said might come off as rude ("Thank you, but I'd rather just stay home." to give a general example).

Did you have a specific idea in mind, though? There might be a particular scenario where saying "thank you, but..." wouldn't make sense that I'm not thinking of.
02/13/2012
Contributor: Ansley Ansley
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Originally posted by namelesschaos
The closest for me is the way some Spanish people speakers overuse use "y pico", think of it like “and a chuck” a dictionary will give usages like just after three (“tres y pico”). However, it becomes very annoying when people like my ... more
So it's basically like English-speaking people saying "fifty bucks and change"?
02/15/2012
Contributor: namelesschaos namelesschaos
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Originally posted by Ansley
So it's basically like English-speaking people saying "fifty bucks and change"?
Mostly, only it applies to any quantitative measure, you general don't have people saying "11 and change" when asked for the time for example this makes it as a phrase much more annoying than "and change" which is pretty much used for only money. Again, it also the extent to which it is (over)used not just the phrase itself.
02/15/2012
Contributor: Crystal1 Crystal1
Just thought of another- I have a serious pet peeve about people saying "walla!" instead of voila.
02/16/2012
Contributor: Beck Beck
I thought about this last night and I debated on whether or not to actually make the comment, but I will.

"I am drug free." And anything along these lines.

The definition of the word drug is a substance that introduced to the body that has physiological effects, or is short terms a mind altering substance.

This means that junk food, caffeine, aspirin, alcohol, prescription meds, over the counter meds, illegal drugs, and many more things are included, yet when people say this they are (usually) only referring to illegal drugs. What they should be saying is "I am illegal drug free."
02/16/2012
Contributor: kadytheredpanda kadytheredpanda
I don't like it when people refer to men or women as just males and females (as in, "that's a really nice looking female.") Considering that for most of my life, those words were either adjectives ("the female panda") or as nouns in POLICE BLOTTERS ("suspect is white male..."), it irritates me more than it should. I think I'm being reduced to cattle or a criminal or some shit when I'm called just "a female."
02/16/2012
Contributor: <3BF <3BF
'Clean as a whistle' -when someone puts their lips, saliva, and spit on a whistle the last way I would describe that whistle would be 'clean'
02/16/2012
Contributor: Ms. Spice Ms. Spice
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Originally posted by RavenDevereux
When people call movies a show, I want to stab them in the throat, repeatedly.
It's an old term for movies. It dates back to the Golden Age of Hollywood, but it might be older. I do this often; I also occasionally call it a picture.

I think someone covered this already, but "I don't mean to offend you, but..." If someone does say that, that said individual DOES plan on offending me, so there's no damned point for saying it all. Really, just spit it out, so that they may go about their day offending everyone else.
02/16/2012
Contributor: Ms. Spice Ms. Spice
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Originally posted by kadytheredpanda
I don't like it when people refer to men or women as just males and females (as in, "that's a really nice looking female.") Considering that for most of my life, those words were either adjectives ("the female panda") or ... more
what if someone doesn't identify as a woman or a man? Gender does not equal sex. Just something to think about.
02/16/2012
Contributor: ap-the-aper ap-the-aper
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Originally posted by Ryuson
Has anyone listed this one yet?
"Head over heels."
You're ALREADY head over heels. That's NORMAL.
That's the one *I* was going to say
02/16/2012
Contributor: <3BF <3BF
"You can't get there from here" -just because directions requiring backtracking doesn't mean someone can't actually get from one place to another.
03/07/2012
Contributor: unfulfilled unfulfilled
You probably won't understand this--------- ok, I'm not stupid why don't you try and if I have a question I'll ask.
03/07/2012