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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: WhyisaTexasgirlinPA
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posted on
05/29/2007 7:46:53 AM PDT
by
NeoCaveman
(Fence first! We can discuss the rest later.)
To: bruinbirdman
The headquarters of our company is in Silicon Valley, and our large office is on the staid Connecticut coastline. Business there is groovy (shudder), and the folks there have their mojo working. Silicon Valley, and the software industry in general, is somewhat incestuous, and so the CEO says that we engage in "coopetition".
Here in CT, we think that he is engaged in "solatio" (the art of blowing sunshine from his hind quarters). Frackin' surfers.
242
posted on
05/29/2007 7:48:04 AM PDT
by
Ol' Sox
To: johnnycap
Here’s a really stupid financial one..
“He/She has more money than God”
I don’t think there is any documentation of God ever having ANY money at all, he doesn’t need it.
So a true, though completely misleading, statement by me would be “Like Bill Gates and Warren Buffett, I have more money than God.”
243
posted on
05/29/2007 7:50:06 AM PDT
by
Wil H
(In 1492 the overwhelming "Concensus" was that the World was flat - so it's not open to debate)
To: bruinbirdman
Sometime in the past 10 years or so, even highly educated people have begun to say the word “is” twice in a row. For example it is common to hear people say something like: “The problem is, is that ...” rather than simply “The problem is that ...”.
To: bruinbirdman
I forgot to mention a really big one that drives Mr. Ditter crazy. When every 3rd word that some people utter is “GUYS”. It is used to greet both men women and children of both sexes. It originally meant ‘males’ but now it is everyone and used almost as a filler word like “you know” in some peoples conversation.
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posted on
05/29/2007 7:52:45 AM PDT
by
Ditter
To: bruinbirdman
Well, I went through this whole post and didn't see the one that bugs me most.
"TRUTH TO POWER!"
Said by moonbats who think saying idiotic things is the greatest thing to do in life.
246
posted on
05/29/2007 7:53:43 AM PDT
by
techcor
To: Fresh Wind
Paradigm shift. That one's especially nice when the speaker can't pronounce "paradigm" correctly. (puh-RA-di-jem is my favorite...)
247
posted on
05/29/2007 7:55:20 AM PDT
by
TChris
(The Republican Party is merely the Democrat Party's "away" jersey - Vox Day)
To: VRWCmember
Dang, I forgot lose/loose
248
posted on
05/29/2007 7:55:35 AM PDT
by
WhyisaTexasgirlinPA
(Rudy met his third wife when he was cheating on his first wife with his second wife." Jay Leno)
To: Ditter
You didn't insult me.
The relationship between the customer and the sales clerk is adversarial to the extent that the sales clerk is trying to find out what the customer needs, the depth of her committment to spend money satisfying that need and what she will accept to fulfill that need.
That's a lot of information the clerk must gather before he can close a sale. The easiest way to gather that information is to engage the customer in conversation, let her talk, and remain attentive.
If the clerk is smooth at engaing the customer in conversation, the relationship becomes less adversarial. In some cases, it can resemble the relationship between a therapist and his patient.
Your idea of the clerk's job description assumes that he works for you. He works for the store, and his job is to move the merchandise at the highest price and lowest cost.
249
posted on
05/29/2007 7:55:42 AM PDT
by
HIDEK6
To: NeoCaveman
250
posted on
05/29/2007 7:56:07 AM PDT
by
WhyisaTexasgirlinPA
(Rudy met his third wife when he was cheating on his first wife with his second wife." Jay Leno)
To: bruinbirdman
I find the phrase "giving something back" infuriating.
The idea that a wealthy person who does a charitable work is "giving something back" presumes that the reason they're are well off is that they took something that they weren't supposed to have in the first place.
To: Diogenesis
Ive got to go clean the yard.
There is a small tree I will chop down, and then chop up.Easier to burn it down and burn it up...
252
posted on
05/29/2007 7:58:22 AM PDT
by
null and void
("Wherever liberty has sprouted around the world, we find American blood at its roots.")
To: don-o
PRE-OWNED!!!!!!!!!!
Arrrggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What’s wrong with the venerable term, “used” Lexus?
253
posted on
05/29/2007 7:59:04 AM PDT
by
Frank Sheed
(Dead Ráibéad.... Lifelong Irish Papist!)
To: WhyisaTexasgirlinPA
254
posted on
05/29/2007 7:59:37 AM PDT
by
NeoCaveman
(Fence first! We can discuss the rest later.)
To: bruinbirdman
255
posted on
05/29/2007 8:01:17 AM PDT
by
DennisR
(Look around - there are countless observable hints that God exists)
To: Ol' Sox
When I say “Thank you”, younger folks generally reply “No problem”. Whatever happened to “You’re welcome”?
256
posted on
05/29/2007 8:01:27 AM PDT
by
Ol' Sox
To: bruinbirdman
I hate it when the word “gay” is used as a synonym for “homosexual”.
257
posted on
05/29/2007 8:02:52 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: Fresh Wind
258
posted on
05/29/2007 8:04:57 AM PDT
by
macmedic892
(I am serious. And don't call me Shirley.)
To: Rte66; Barb4Bush
I think there must be a Brit etymology to the bare naked seen without its have - lots of Brits, Aussies and Irish use it who seldom make other grammar faux pas which are that egregious. That makes me feel a little better. I was visiting some of my British relatives for the first time in years and another American in my party, who shall remain nameless, used "seen" instead of "saw", several times. I cringed and assumed they would see it as a low class Americanism.
I've noticed that the "I seen" usage is very common in the Northwest US.
To: Ol' Sox
“Rad” as in to be exceptional, best...
260
posted on
05/29/2007 8:07:03 AM PDT
by
Frank Sheed
(Dead Ráibéad.... Lifelong Irish Papist!)
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