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Phrases that like really bug us all, basically
The Telegraph ^
| 5/29/2007
| Johanna Leggatt
Posted on 05/29/2007 2:17:17 AM PDT by bruinbirdman
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To: MEGoody; bruinbirdman
Well, what do you want? We’re not brain scientists here.
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posted on
05/29/2007 5:51:53 AM PDT
by
Larry Lucido
(Duncan Hunter 2008 (or Fred Thompson if he ever makes up his mind))
To: bruinbirdman
Phrases that (LIKE) really bug us all, basically
LIKE, the number one overused and abused word in the English language, presently.
Screwiest way of attempting to explain why someone is unable to be located. “They went missing”.
My wife’s two examples, “hows it hanging”, and “have a good one”.
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posted on
05/29/2007 5:52:25 AM PDT
by
wita
(truthspeaks@freerepublic.com)
To: Strategerist
Instead of the wordy “at this time,” I prefer “now.”
143
posted on
05/29/2007 5:53:33 AM PDT
by
Xenalyte
(You have to defile a mummy completely, or they come back to life. You know that.)
To: Red Boots
What is wrong with using the word student ? Everyone knows what the word student means. To prove that you're a professional educator (or any other profession that depends heavily on BS), you have to come up with jargon, or new words for common things.
144
posted on
05/29/2007 5:54:16 AM PDT
by
Aquinasfan
(When you find "Sola Scriptura" in the Bible, let me know)
To: bruinbirdman
"The whole ball of wax"
"Win win". Or worse yet, "Win win win".
To: bruinbirdman
“Me luv you long time, GI.”
146
posted on
05/29/2007 5:57:18 AM PDT
by
CholeraJoe
("Cruel is a matter of perspective." Cap'n Jack Sparrow)
To: JB in Whitefish; GATOR NAVY
Of late, the non-word “anyways” seems to be popular, as does the weird “all of the sudden.”
147
posted on
05/29/2007 5:58:02 AM PDT
by
Xenalyte
(You have to defile a mummy completely, or they come back to life. You know that.)
To: bruinbirdman
148
posted on
05/29/2007 5:59:16 AM PDT
by
HereInTheHeartland
(Never bring a knife to a gun fight, or a Democrat to do serious work...)
To: bruinbirdman
149
posted on
05/29/2007 5:59:32 AM PDT
by
ErnBatavia
(...forward this to your 10 very best friends....)
To: Savage Beast
A "suspect" broke into the house, raped the women, killed the men, tore the place up and burned it down. Victims say they can identify the "gentleman" who did it all.Then the media still uses the term alleged murderer after the conviction.
150
posted on
05/29/2007 6:00:05 AM PDT
by
CharacterCounts
(Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me!)
To: bruinbirdman
"Litmus Test"
When did a pH test become a test of worthiness?
151
posted on
05/29/2007 6:00:14 AM PDT
by
mollynme
(cogito, ergo freepum)
To: KoRn
"have your cake and eat it too"That one gets me too...the correct phrase is Eat your cake and have it too
It's supposed to mean doing something and still having another choice on the same matter. Or something akin to that...lol
152
posted on
05/29/2007 6:01:33 AM PDT
by
borisbob69
(Old shade is better than new shade!)
To: kitkat; bruinbirdman
It’s a Delta Sigma Phi thing. :)
153
posted on
05/29/2007 6:01:49 AM PDT
by
Xenalyte
(You have to defile a mummy completely, or they come back to life. You know that.)
To: bruinbirdman
I'll tell you some words I really hate: "pee", "poop", and "butt", and you hear them more and more on television and in casual conversation.
I also hate the use of foul language on the radio or TV--Rush Limbaugh and Phil McGraw, for example. (Don't remind me. I've had posts removed here on FR--and wisely, I was ready to admit--because of foul language. Keep it up, Moderator.)
And what good does it do to warn parents that the upcoming should not be heard by children? Children could be listening without their parents. Or parents with children beside them could tune in after the warning.
154
posted on
05/29/2007 6:01:55 AM PDT
by
Savage Beast
(Of all that I have accomplished, the thing that I am proudest of is that I have a good heart. ~Oprah)
To: CholeraJoe
I no butterfly you...roflmao
155
posted on
05/29/2007 6:02:22 AM PDT
by
borisbob69
(Old shade is better than new shade!)
To: gitmo
If you and I start FReepmailing, our exchange is BETWEEN you and me.
This thread is an exchange AMONG many FReepers.
156
posted on
05/29/2007 6:03:06 AM PDT
by
Xenalyte
(You have to defile a mummy completely, or they come back to life. You know that.)
To: bruinbirdman
To: bruinbirdman
My own personal peeve is the phrase, "You know".
I intensely dislike that phrase.
Just how do you know that "I know"?
I may NOT know!
I especially dislike it if it's used more than once in a conversation.
Once I can handle. If it's used again and again it just, you know, sets my skin ashiver with dislike.
;^)
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posted on
05/29/2007 6:09:25 AM PDT
by
Just another Joe
(Warning: FReeping can be addictive and helpful to your mental health)
To: bruinbirdman
"That is wrong on so many levels."
"Carbon footprint"
"It's Nixon goes to China."
"Grim Milelstone."
To: Aquinasfan
Everyone knows what the word student means. To prove that you're a professional educator (or any other profession that depends heavily on BS), you have to come up with jargon, or new words for common things. Student was such a nice word, too. One could be a student at any age, and it had such a hopeful, optimistic quality.
Compare the following conversations:
"What are you doing with yourself these days ?".
Oh, I'm a student at the University....; or, I'm studying ......".
to
"What are you doing these days ?
"Oh, I'm a learner at the ....?"
Learner falls flat, sounding institutionalized and dreary, as if there was nothing wonderful about the experience at all.
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