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Stupid Things People Say
Posted by voodooKobra • 12/30/08 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: phrases, stupid
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.
User Comments
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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? -
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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. -
I think we should "officialize" this thread. Yes - I got an email from someone today wanting to officialize something
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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!" -
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. -
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".-
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.
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