Seeing Flimpas on Twitter today made me think of other words/phrases I hate...
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Staycation is similar to my made up term, maybe I didn’t invent it but I’m taking credit or blame, “Homegating” which is what I started doing in 2020 when I quit buying season tickets and tailgating.
Any stupid nickname for any player or any school including but not limited to:
Old Miss
Old Piss
Foambat
Stands
Flarda
Bruce Purl
Hugh Sleeze
MinneSomalia
Aridzona
Purdont
Awfulbarn
Noodle Arm
Upig
Notre Lame
Dopey Dan
Bammer
Oxfart
Lemonhead
Misery (for Missouri)
Dribble Drive. I know the NBA is different, but how the heck could you drive into the Lane without dribbling?
toxic, non-GMO, Karen, analytics, blue hairs, boomers, home-and-home (the Dawgs play at home and then they play away)
Any use of a noun as a verb, such as " I gifted him a pair of shoes" or " we are efforting to improve " There are others I can think of at the moment.
Hey boss, the whole pagan date thing is a theory without attestation in the historical record. I have another theory for you.
“For the first advent of our Lord in the flesh, when he was born in Bethlehem, eight days before the Kalends of January [that is, December 25], the fourth day [that is, Wednesday], while Augustus was in his forty-second year, but from Adam, five thousand and five hundred years. He suffered in the thirty-third year, eight days before the Kalends of April (that is, March 25), the day of preparation [that is, Friday] the eighteenth year of Tiberius Caesar, while Rufus and Roubellion were Consuls." [Hippolytus of Rome, Commentary on Daniel, written ca. AD 205.]
For He is believed to have been conceived on the 25th of March, upon which day also He suffered; so the womb of the Virgin, in which He was conceived, where no one of mortals was begotten, corresponds to the new grave in which He was buried, wherein was never man laid, neither before nor since. But He was born, according to tradition, upon December the 25th. [Augustine, On the Trinity, Book IV, Chapter 5, written beginning AD 400, published AD 428]
Also, the importance of other winter holidays has only grown in competition with Christmas. Saying happy holidays is simply to actively neglect the biggest holiday of the season.
Chillax is very condescending. Makes me want to slap the taste out of their mouth.
I could quote a lot of other sources that place His birth most likely August - September, but I won’t. My big point is that if self proclaimed Christian’s would stop trying to be culture warriors and start being more like Jesus, the whole world would be a better place. You should dig through the Bible and see what kind of political powers Christ lived under and how much he had to say about politics and nationalism and report back to me.
“One can’t be a Christian and a nationalist at the same time.” -Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Oh and one of my favorites from the color commentary: He high pointed the ball!
“Organic cotton”
You take a seed, you put in the soil, it grows into a plant, it produces COTTON.
The whole process is ORGANIC.
You take a seed, you put in the soil, it grows into a plant, it produces COTTON.
The whole process is ORGANIC.
“Misinformation”
“Irregardless” (there is no such word)
“Respek my dissizun” (I know, that’s a phrase not a word)
“Irregardless” (there is no such word)
“Respek my dissizun” (I know, that’s a phrase not a word)
“I don’t know, like….” — if you don’t know, then how are you describing it? If you can describe it, then you “know”…un17 yourself and acquire better vernacular.
“I’m sorry, but…” — if you’re not apologetic, then don’t 17in apologize. I think we, as a culture, have become too apologetic anyway.
“Literally” — 98% of the time, when someone says this, you could derail their train of thought if you take what they’re discussing and question it with “as opposed to not literal?”
“I’m sorry, but…” — if you’re not apologetic, then don’t 17in apologize. I think we, as a culture, have become too apologetic anyway.
“Literally” — 98% of the time, when someone says this, you could derail their train of thought if you take what they’re discussing and question it with “as opposed to not literal?”
Impact.
"This economic downturn is really going to impact our bottom line."
Please just use the term "affect," since there will be no actual collision between two physical objects.
Team.
I hate use of the term "team" in a work context. Whenever I hear this term used at my workplace, I immediately think to myself "I'm not on your 'team' you fuckingasshole."
Of course, I've played lots of sports throughout my life, and I always associate the term "team" with a sports team.
Work does not equal sport.
They’re defining organic by the way it was farmed. They used organic chemicals and fertilizers to farm it which is just silly because it’s not any different than regular cotton after washing.
just like anything else organic, they’re in it to take more of your money by suckering you into thinking it’s somehow healthier for you to buy organic things. The whole thing is one big lie.
I work at a Ford dealership. What gets to me most is "We're going to go home and pray about it tonight and call you back tomorrow." They never call back, I guess God tells them it was a bad deal.
"Going forward"/"moving forward"
It's a meaningless phrase that news and sports media types love, as in "What kind of offense will Zach Arnett have, going forward?" "What will this injury mean for the Rams, moving forward?" Is there a "moving backward" option that I am unaware of?
It's a meaningless phrase that news and sports media types love, as in "What kind of offense will Zach Arnett have, going forward?" "What will this injury mean for the Rams, moving forward?" Is there a "moving backward" option that I am unaware of?
The whole process is not organic if synthetic fertilizers, pesticides, seed treatments, adjuvants, defoliants, nitrogen fixatives, etc are used.
When a Woman says <whatever>. We all know what she really means so why not go ahead and say 17 you!
Ultimately, isn't everything "organic" in that everything comes from materials that originated in the universe and will eventually return to the universe?
Of course, this would require us to take the long view.
Agree. I'm retired now, but I used to hate all of the "corporate speak" that evolved in the work place over the years. I think a lot of that was pushed down to the employees from the higher ups, because it is easier to control employees when you have a group think corporate culture. If you got out of your lane and asked to be compensated according to your worth, you were labeled as being not a "team player".