[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Queens English:

"There is no such thing as 'the Queen's English.' The property has gone into the hands of a joint stock company and we own the bulk of the shares!" - Mark Twain

(And I grew up in Queens County, New York, USA, North America, Western Hemisphere, Earth, Solar System, Milky Way Galaxy, Universe.)

[martin_fierro]

Watch the ESPN Sunday Night football game.

Swig a beer every time Paul Maguire says, "I'll tell you what..." or Joe Theisman says, "I'll say this...."

You'll be sloshed within a half-hour.

[End Times Sentinel]

FROZEN TUNDRA – “Tundra means a frozen land,” points out Michael Pittman of Cincinnati, Ohio. Usually used by sportscasters to describe the home field of the Green Bay Packers.

 

Interestingly, this is a "quote" attributed to the legendary voice, John Facenda ("The Frozen Tundra of Lambeau Field").  However, according to Ray Didinger, Hall of Fame Football Writer, now with NFL Films, Facenda never actually said it.

 

John Facenda

Owl_Eagle

”Guns Before Butter.”

[clintonh8r]

The most misused phrase of 2002 (including here on this forum): "That begs the question..."

[BradyLS]

More drinking fun, beer only. Turn on talk radio. Take a swig for everytime you hear "There you go" in an on-air conversation.

[DManA]

May I add 24-7.

I hate it continuously.

[gitmo]

"Keep up the good work."

[Apple Pan Dowdy]

The one that gets on my nerves the most is the use of "in terms of". I know several people who use this phrase in over and over and over. (ie: "yes, in terms of how much to spend,I think $50 would be OK. And while you are there, we will need to enclude a report summery. In terms of the amount we usually spend, I guess that would be enough. But then in terms of what Bill said yesterday, maybe we should reconsider.... and on and on)

[TomGuy]

Has "slippery slope" made the list? Every politician should be fined heavily each time they say that.

[buffyt]

They left out yadda yadda yadda, or was that taken off last year?

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

HOMELAND SECURITY – A new and improved buzzword. With billions of dollars at stake, perhaps “national security” is just plain blasé.

“What happened to the Department of Defense?” asks Rick Miller of Champaign, Illinois.

What happened to the DoD is that it was given a misnomer shortly after WWII. It has in fact always been what it presumably always will be--the Department of War.

[fporretto]

Hey, don't forget:

"On a XXX basis"

"On a daily basis" == "Daily"
"On a regular basis" == "Regularly"
"On an irregular basis" == "Irregularly" or "sporadically"

This is truly a construction that has no basis.

Freedom, Wealth, and Peace,
Francis W. Porretto
Visit The Palace Of Reason:
http://www.palaceofreason.com

[Commiewatcher]

We could do without hearing:

WORKING FAMILIES

TAX CUTS FOR THE RICH

[Ben Chad]

LOOK!

LIKE, ya know?

[IronJack]

My favorite? "The problem being is ..."

It's as though the speaker thinks "problem being" is a single nominative, one that requires an additional verb. "Being" IS the verb. Keep piling them on and the syntactical axles will break.

[Ben Chad]

FALSE START, PRIOR TO THE SNAP, #88...

[Timesink]

Here's a phrase I'd like to see banished: "INEVITABLE HILLARY PRESIDENCY." Please.

[jigsaw]

The truth of the matter is .......

Agh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

No, Butthead. I'd rather hear a lie. Sheesh!

Although, whenever any politician or news reader states, "The truth of the matter is...," I know I 'm going to hear a lie.

[clintonh8r]

Here's another one I hate: "Calls it quits", especially when used in the description of the resignation or retirement of a distinguished person, as in, "Today noted cardiac surgeon Dr. Michel DeBakey called it quits....." The local TV newsies just can't seem to resist using this repulsive phrase ad nauseum.

[Jack Wilson]

NEAR MISS - they usually mean a 'near collision'. A 'near miss' would be when you actually collide...