What "popular" phrases drive you nuts? - Page 19

NYC Susan · ‎03-13-2010

I'm sure I can come up with more, but two popped into my head right away:

"Amazing!!" For some people everything is amazing, everyone looks amazing, a thousand times a day they deem something amazing. Amazing to me is something pretty spectacular and unusual, not a word that should be thrown around in reference to everything all day long. If a friend looks nice, then she looks nice or great or really pretty or beautiful. If everyone looks amazing, it completely takes away from the meaning of the word.

"Obsessed". If someone has recently discovered and enjoys a new product, for example, they say, "I'm OBSESSED with it!" Again, no. Loving something and being excited about it is not the same at all as being obsessed. If you're obsessed with a nail polish brand at 10 am, and then a new flavor of chips at noon, followed by a cute jacket on a co-worker at 3 pm, then you are not obsessed with any of those things. You like them. You enjoy them. You're excited about them. You have a new favorite. That's not the same as being obsessed.

(None of this is in direct reference to any posts I've seen here, btw. It's mostly in "real life" that I come across both of those words.)

NYC Susan · ‎03-13-2010

@Oostende wrote:
FURBABY!!!!
It's a creepy mental image and I really dislike hearing adults use babytalk in everyday discourse.
It might be cute on a four-year-old but those 5 years of age and older should refrain from using the word.

I realize this isn't a popular opinion, but I agree with you. I'm a big animal lover, and have had dogs my entire life, often more than one at a time. But "furbaby" kind of makes me crazy. I agree with you re the mental image.

q-girl · ‎10-05-2011

IRL - "nother" as in. . . . "A whole nother" when it should be "another whole" or "a whole other". This is nails on a chalkboard to my ears

- I also agree with the poster(s) who listed the use of "whenever" instead of the appropriate "when". Oh, how my ears shudder at the sound of this !

QVC - "Instant Skinny" I truly adore the host who uses this phrase, but when she says this, I want to throw something through the TV screen. I currently wear a 1X top, and there is no style, cut, design, print or fabric that will provide me with "Instant Skinny".

- "Get a couple of these" - "Get one in every color" . . . .Yeah, right - maybe on your dime, host. At least that's what goes through my head every time I hear a host say a phrase like that.

Life is tough, but I am tougher!!

NYC Susan · ‎03-13-2010

@chickenbutt wrote:
@Oostende wrote:
FURBABY!!!!
It's a creepy mental image and I really dislike hearing adults use babytalk in everyday discourse.
It might be cute on a four-year-old but those 5 years of age and older should refrain from using the word.

I've never said 'furbaby', but I have to say that baby talk makes me a little crazy. I don't like words like hubby, veggies, and a score of others. I don't begrudge others the words they use, however, as long as they aren't words of bigotry or hatred but I admit that I do cringe a little with the baby talk words.

I dislike "hubby" too. And "lippie". I should have added that to my own list. "Lippie" makes me especially crazy! :-/ It's not any shorter than saying "lipstick", so what's the point? I always think it sounds really childish.

"Veggies" doesn't bother me as much because it seems less like something cutsie, and more like an actual and logical abbreviation.

Now I'm thinking of a whole lot more!

Group 5 minus 1 · ‎03-11-2010

change UP, change out, the addition of this word to a verb that is already there.

NYC Susan · ‎03-13-2010

@jubilant wrote:
Mine isn't a phrase.....it's a word that I think many of us say without thinking and is overused. That word is "hate". Not singling any one out as I used to say it, too. I have tried to illiminate it from my vocabulary. Old habits die hard!

I grew up in a home where no one cursed ever. Not my parents, not anyone who worked in our home, no one. And we were taught not to use the word "hate" because it's a strong and horrible thing. So as kids it was off-limits for us, as cursing would be, and as an adult I only use it very sparingly. (I do let my "f" flag and others fly on occasion, however!)

It bothers me when I hear people say, "I hate him" or "I hate her". I agree with you that people use it without thinking.

Noel7 · ‎03-09-2010

@NYC Susan wrote:
@chickenbutt wrote:
@Oostende wrote:
FURBABY!!!!
It's a creepy mental image and I really dislike hearing adults use babytalk in everyday discourse.
It might be cute on a four-year-old but those 5 years of age and older should refrain from using the word.

I've never said 'furbaby', but I have to say that baby talk makes me a little crazy. I don't like words like hubby, veggies, and a score of others. I don't begrudge others the words they use, however, as long as they aren't words of bigotry or hatred but I admit that I do cringe a little with the baby talk words.
I dislike "hubby" too. And "lippie". I should have added that to my own list. "Lippie" makes me especially crazy! :-/ It's not any shorter than saying "lipstick", so what's the point? I always think it sounds really childish.

"Veggies" doesn't bother me as much because it seems less like something cutsie, and more like an actual and logical abbreviation.

Now I'm thinking of a whole lot more!

@NYC Susan

I never heard of "Lippie" before! I laughed out loud when I just saw you mention it

handygal2 · ‎01-19-2015

When someone says, "l called out," meaning he or she didn't go to work. I still prefer the old-fashioned expression: "l called in sick."

~~Be careful when you follow the masses. Sometimes the 'm' is silent.~~

NYC Susan · ‎03-13-2010

@Ibby114 wrote:
@walkingal wrote:
@Tuppermore wrote:
"It's all good!" I always wonder what planet the person lives on. I should move there. My life has ups and downs. Most are good, but not everything is. I find that it's my perspective and what I choose to do in each situation that makes something good or bad.

The first time I heard someone say "It's all good" I had no idea what they meant by that. And I still don't know what that phrase means! I think it sounds really stupid.

I interpret this phrase as you're dealing with life - whether it's truly 'good' or not.

I've only ever heard that related to a particular situation or a particular moment, not someone's life in general. The most optimistic person in the world doesn't believe that really, truly everything is all good all the time.

"I'm sorry if I overstepped during that meeting and didn't let you speak" might get the response: "I appreciate that. We're fine. It's all good".

Or "I forgot to bring home dinner" might get the response: "We'll just order a pizza. It's all good".

In other words, "Don't worry about it. It's okay." I've never heard it in any other kind of context.