Do you know what burns my butt? A candle the same height?
What are up too? Oh, about 5’11’. Really, I didn’t know they could stack poop that high without it falling over.
Do you have a match? (....................)?
The trite retorts men use have irked the living daylights out of me for decades. It’s to early for me to dredge up anymore than the above offering but I’m sure you can see what I’m saying. I’m sure most sheeple, (excuse me) people, men more so than women, can spew a whole litany of them at the drop of a hat. I guess some people can’t leave the school yard behind, ever.
The trite retorts men use have irked the living daylights out of me for decades. It’s to early for me to dredge up anymore than the above offering but I’m sure you can see what I’m saying. I’m sure most sheeple, (excuse me) people, men more so than women, can spew a whole litany of them at the drop of a hat. I guess some people can’t leave the school yard behind, ever.
oh i agree and the one that gets me the most: “What’s this book about?”
“Oh, about 259 pages…”
grrr - probably because i forget the stupid answer and ask it about once every 5 months…
Ah, I just looked at the opinion section and was reminded of another:
Sheeple.
The people using this word use it in such a way as to most childishly convey condescension and elitism.
To the people who even utter this word: Trust me, you’re not smarter than the rest of us. (Example: Yes, fire can melt steel.)
The (PFKaP) - 07 December 2008 10:49 PM
Irregardless: overly repetitively redundant
Irregardless is a word!
i agree with the sheeple one. great way to tune out most of the intelligent people in a conversation, in my opinion.
I was very confused to see “irregardless” in the dictionary. how the heck is that possible?? People got up in arms about “bling Bling” being in the dictionary, and it makes Faaaaaarrr more sense than “irregardless”.
I think people should just say de-regardless. or un-regardless. or de-un-regardless.
...I was very confused to see “irregardless” in the dictionary. how the heck is that possible?? People got up in arms about “bling Bling” being in the dictionary, and it makes Faaaaaarrr more sense than “irregardless”.
Encarta notes: Since the prefix ir- means “not” (as it does in irrespective), and the suffix -less means “without,” irregardless is a double negative and is regarded as nonstandard. As such, it is to be avoided, in favor of irrespective or regardless.
I agree. I cringe if I hear somebody using that “word.” What’s wrong with just plain “regardless”?
Using an unnecessary syllable makes no sense. Nor does using an unnecessary word, like:
This one I hear on TV a lot, especially on talk or reality type shows - and it drives me crazy.
“Amazing.”
“Amazing” has to be the most overused word in the last several years. It seems like any description of anything or any person that the speaker thinks well of must include the word “amazing” multiple times.
Clammy (like the skin of someone going into shock) is a gross word.
PC language in general bugs me. It strikes me as very Orwellian as contreversy is avoided by using it. Euphemisms are one thing, but the tone of PC speech is very wishy washy. George Carlin took a stand on this and I will always thank him for it.
Problem- that’s what you have with someone. Not an issue. National Geographic somes out in issues.
Wife/husband/girlfriend/boyfriend- not partner. If you’re not secure with your relationship no matter who you kiss, don’t hide behind that word. I’m a straight non judgemental male so I’m assuming naturally this is my fault. Life partner usually means “for now” in Asheville.
Work together-not synergy, empowering etc. Getting along with other humans is difficult, that’s why they call it work.
I used to hate this one, but have noticed that I’ve used it myself on occasion recently.
“Over the top.”
Just goes to show how insidious some of these expressions are - sneaking into your own conversations causing you to forget how much you always despised them.
Using nauseous for nauseated, when correctly (or used-to-be correctly), the former is the quality that makes you feel the latter.
Beg the question: originally meant avoid the question. But the phrase, due to decades of using it to mean beg someone to ask the question, is now accepted as just that.
Living language, that’s what we have, and living is messy and hardly aristocratic — as I’m reminded daily by us’ns ad you’ns.
This is just a written annoyance that appears all the time on the internet, but I can’t understand why so many people confuse the words “lose” and “loose” all the frakkin’ time. It’s enough to make me loose my lunch and maybe even enough to have lose stools.
