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Someone recently pointed something out to me: I spend a lot of time arguing about semantics. It's true.

www.kobrascorner.com/shit/common-phrases-i-hate.php
www.kobrascorner.com/rage/abolish-vernacular.php
www.kobrascorner.com/opine/words-phrases-fallacies.php
www.kobrascorner.com/opine/vapid-bullshit.php
www.kobrascorner.com/misc/not-worth-piss.php
www.kobrascorner.com/rant/fancy-stupid.php
www.kobrascorner.com/content/12
www.kobrascorner.com/new/stupid-phrases.php
www.kobrascorner.com/shit/idealism.php
www.kobrascorner.com/rant/stupid-teenage-slang-and-sayings.php

Every one of those posts focuses on the things people say and why those things are stupid.

Rather than try to correct this pedantic compulsion, I'm going to embrace it. If you know of any stupid phrases I've missed, feel free to post it in this thread.

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  1. exit2013
    Lol...hi voodooKobra...lol...i've seen and heard people talk like this! It shows a lack of thinking before talking, and it's part of pop culture now thanks to celebs.

    P.S. I hope 'lol' isn't stupid!
  2. legbamel
    I tend to rag on companies that use stupid language in their ads, although I'm generally a bit more restrained than you.
  3. ThriftShopRomantic
    Like Legbamel, it's not as much the off-the-cuff gaffes people make that I'm not as forgiving of. It's the stuff that people have supposedly invested time in to write-- and it still makes no sense.

    For instance, we have an ad here locally for a shoe store which drives me nuts:

    "What do feet have to do with shoes?...

    Everything."

    I mean, what the heck kinda messaging is that? It's not funny, it's not a punchline, and it's not really even a good Q and A.

    Feh.
    1. legbamel
      LOL That would definitely have made one of my lists! I like the new avatar, by the way.
    2. ThriftShopRomantic
      Thanks. Hey, in your case, I guess it would be:

      "What does blogging have to do with shoes?"
    3. legbamel
      A: Not a darn thing, in my case!

      legbamel
      Taking it one step at a time, or at least one shoe at a time.
  4. riverstyxxx
    Oh yeah. Southerners (also known as rednecks) all well-known for their abilities to say a whole lot of stupid shit. It's apparently evident by talentless comedians like Larry the Cable Guy and performers like Britney who both originated in the south.
    1. MadMadMargo
      Haaaaay, we rebels ain't all stewpid.
    2. barryfromtexas
      Now THAT's funny...
  5. faithsju243
    Hola Voodoo...thanks for the laugh. I would like to add (something along the same lines) I can't stand it when people call my cellphone and ask if I am awake. Judging by the fact that I answered the phone and am now speaking to you I am definitely awake, unless I have a sleeping disorder which allows me to answer phones while napping. It is possible I guess.
    1. Friday13
      *phone rings*

      A: Hello?
      B: Oh, hi. Are you awake?
      A: No, you dumbass. I'm sleep-talking to you! *hangs up*
    2. faithsju243
      @Friday, that's usually how it goes, how did you know....ok I don't hang up but I do tend to have a bit of an attitude.
  6. ekim941
    I agree with you, there are not many people who are burdened by a good education.

    I am a little worried that you give these people so much power over you. You shouldn't get so angry. If it wasn't for the idiots, the smart people would simply blend in.
  7. MadMadMargo
    Great posts! Dope!
  8. robinj
    No one has anything on the current spiritual movement, new age goobly goop which explains everything but leaves you knowing nothing.
  9. lotusb
    I couldn't click on all of them but tell me if you missed this one...

    Snnnniffffff
    "Ughhhh, Oh, Ewww, GROOOOSSSSS!!..."
    "Hey, smell this..."

    Like why the hell do I wanna smell something that almost made you pass out?
    1. faithsju243
      Don't act like you never passed sour milk to someone just to confirm what you already knew??? LMAO!!
    2. ekim941
      My Son bought some new pants and was wearing them when we had this conversation:

      "feel my pants"

      NO

      "feel them, they're sticky"

      Oh, in that case, Hell no.
    3. lotusb
      LMAO!!! I've done it a few times perhaps. But usually it's when referring to horribly stinky perfume in department stores.
  10. timethief
    How about this one - please vi$it my site and ki$$ my Adsense
    1. MadMadMargo
      No, a$$hole.
    2. timethief
      Perfect reply ♥ you

      Also I've been thinking, why block the parasites first?
      Why not report them all to Google Adsense,
      prior to blocking them from your shoutbox ... Bahuuuwwwaa!

      Hell I'm incensed enough to found a Click Fraud Busters group Bahuuuwwwaa!

      Drop me a shout if you want to join the group
  11. timethief
    @voodookobra
    Please forgive me for the thread creep. I have been reading your collection and lmao
    1. MadMadMargo
      I apologize also.
  12. melindaville
    What I really hate is hyperbolic language. Younger people tend to do this more than most, I think (although somehow I believe you probably would not).

    i.e. "It was the WORST night of my life!" "She is the BEST person in the world" "I would DIE if I had to date him!" Ick, ick, ick.
    1. Friday13
      mtyler, your comments KILL me!
    2. melindaville
      OUCH!

      And touche!
  13. lordiwanttobewhole
    I hate when people say they understand when clearly they don't.
  14. barryfromtexas
    I think we should "officialize" this thread. Yes - I got an email from someone today wanting to officialize something
    1. voodooKobra
      Officialize it in the name of truthiness?
  15. chicky401
    Here's a great example of stupid:
    I drive bus for county transportation and 1 day I was sitting in the bus ok let me emphasize "sitting in the BUS" and a guy came up to my bus and said "excuse me, are your buses running today?"
    I had to reply with "no they are not but I enjoy driving this bus so much that I decided to steal it for today!"
  16. 79sparrows
    Can I just say something?

    The word "obviously" drives me NUTS. Most of the time it comes off as such a condescending phrase, second to "Ya think?"

    When I hear either of those terms I inwardly cringe.
    1. legbamel
      I do find myself overusing obviously and clearly, generally in a self-deprecatory way. Obviously I need to get some new material.
  17. ekim941
    Some of my favorites are:
    Supposably (I hear that almost daily)
    Unthaw (that requires a freezer)
    irregardless (I don't even know where to begin)
    And when people correct me when I say something like, "Are you going to the store with Chris and Me".
    1. legbamel
      One that drives me batty (and that I hear almost daily) is referring to a "hot water heater". If the water was already hot, you wouldn't need a water heater, would you?
    2. ekim941
      Oh yes, people are constantly adding unnecessary words to their sentences. That could be a whole new thread.
    3. Rukar
      My office is next to a plumbing company, and their ad states that they install "Hot Water Heaters - Residential and Commercial". And this is a professional! OBVIOUSLY they need to reword their ads, IRREGARDLESS of what the competition is doing. LOL
      Yes, in my ENG101 class, someone asked if a test could be retaken "irregardless of why they couldn't be there the first time". The instructor asked if they wanted a drop slip.
  18. MadMadMargo
    "Irregardless" drives me up the frickin' wall.
    1. gearsofrock
      Yeah, this is the biggest one
    2. 79sparrows
      hehehe....I love "irregardless"
      Maybe it's because of the stellar job SNL did on their "irregardless" skits featuring Boston accents !

      "eeeregaddddlesss,"

      lol
  19. jjmezzio
    "Omg! That is so gay!"

    I could just poke that person's eyes (Literally that is).
  20. LynneaUrania
    My ex came up with this one:

    "When the baby comes, I'm going to feed it spinach juice!"

    O no you're not.
  21. Rukar
    One that drives my husband up the wall is "I resemble that remark". He said it's worse than nails on a blackboard

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