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[jaxs mom]

"believe in it" or belief in general when used in reference to a subject where belief isn't applicable. 

Holy Grail 

[RainCityWoman]

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@jaxs mom wrote:

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@EastCoastGal wrote:

"Where you at?"   

Why are so many people saying this?? ... I've heard it a lot on TV, too. Why has this become the new thing to say? I just don't get it!

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I think it's entered general conversation through texting. I often text people with varying schedules so I don't know if they're at work and thus can't talk or at home and presumably free. So the short version is, where are you or where you at? 

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It's not new. People have been adding the preposition at the end of that sentence forever. It's "Where are you?" Using the "at" implies there is a noun object of the prep. Where is an adverb and can't be used  as "at where." I think I've even heard my parents' generation say this incorrectly.

[Tsukiko]

On fleek. Hate it especially when someone over the age of 20+ says this.

[froggy]

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@SuperShopper wrote:

Buh-un for button.

Kih-un for kitten.

Some of the hosts on the Q are so guilty of this one, especially one of the newest hosts. 

Where did this ghastly mispronunciation come from?

It seems to be young women who are saying it. 

Does it come from some celebrity or TV show or the Internet?

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I think it's an eastern regional thing - maybe Pennsylvania. Drives me nuts too.

[Gooday]

EXscape instead of EScape.

When someone starts a sentence with "So" or "And, so".

[froggy]

"reach out"

"baby bump"

so and so (usually a celebrity) "opens up"

"hack" for "variation"

[Bayside]

Not a phrase but when I hear the word for REAL-tor pronouned RE-LA-TOR, I think why do peple not look at the word to see that there is no LA in the word. Just ranting. 

[Pandalady]

what the... ? (fill in the blank)

As a teacher, "I gotta use it!"(instead of simply asking to go to the restroom)

This is not a phrase in speech but in the music now, seems like more and more young artists stretch out their phrasing such as...making "It's a great day" into "It's a great daaaaaaaaayyyyyyy.  If it is a musical style, some go overboard with it IMHO.

[Lucky Dog]

Mainly seen on these forums, when a poster is responding to someone and they start their sentence with "Ummm" or "Uhhh" and then post their thought.  It is as if they are mocking who they are posting to or trying to make them feel stupid.

Bwhaaaaa.  Do people really sound like this when they laugh?

[Fona]

"Count me in - I'll go anywhere for free food."  That one totally irritates me.