I nominate "with that being said" for the verbal dumpster

[mahina]

Of history. We should all get back the time we ever spent listening to anybody say “with that being said”. Is “um” too basic?

With that being said, thank you very much.

[Walleye]

1. Agree! I hate that phrase alongside of possibly, "but here we are"

[mahina]

2. Agreed! Well, It is what it is

True

[Shermann]

9. Hey don't try to take that one away!

I work in engineering where you are often dealing with magical thinking from upper management. They believe that it is what it is not. But it is not what it is not, it is what it is.

Tautology or not, it sometimes needs to be stated. Succinctly.

[mahina]

20. Ok, point taken.

Exceptions for talking to idiots or upper management. But “ it is what it is,” you’re next.

[mahina]

3. If anyone says with that being said more than once in a conversation or interview

I just get a little judgy I’m sorry to say

[keithbvadu2]

4. Now, don't get me wrong...

[True Dough]

5. How about "Honestly."

When someone starts a sentence with "Honestly..." doesn't it make you think, "So you're not always being honest? You're making an exception here to tell me something honestly?"

[mahina]

21. Oh precisely!

They are instantly on a used car lot wearing a marroon polyester pant suit.

[keithbvadu2]

6. Not that I believe this, but...

[CurtEastPoint]

7. ...at the end of the day...

GOD I HATE THAT ONE!

Bandwidth
Paradigm
low-hanging fruit
step up to the plate
blah blah blah

God I am so glad I am retired!

[mahina]

22. I'll have to circle back with you on that

Or maybe I’ll jump off a cliff.

[snowybirdie]

8. Still trying to

figure out what "writ large" means

[Marthe48]

17. It worked for John Hancock

And sometimes for people stranded on desert islands with a beach!

[Pinback]

10. Needless to say,

insofar as “with that being said” is concerned, all things being equal, it is absolutely essential that we heed the wise counsel of Professor Strunk and “Omit needless words. Omit needless words. Omit needless words.”

At the end of the day, as far as I’m concerned, the particular phrase you have so helpfully presented in order to stimulate considered deliberation and personal introspection is, in and of itself, worthy of complete elimination from our collective lexicon at this point in time, if not indeed from our very vocabulary.

For all intents and purposes, “with that being said” is, as a matter of fact, incontrovertibly superfluous and redundant, and I echo your sentiments as set forth in the OP.

[Ziggysmom]

12. Please remove "Literally" along with it!

Too many people use literally when they actually mean figuratively, which is the opposite.

[Pinback]

16. I could care less.

In point of fact, that of course means that I do care a little.

You’re right. I guess it’s part of of the forever-escalating trend toward making everything a superlative. “Literally” is usually used in ridiculous sentences, like “When she said that, I literally died, y’all.” “Oh, really? So I’m speaking to a ghost? Cool!”

It’s right up there with calling everything a “nightmare.” “The line at the IKEA checkout was a nightmare!” I think there are a few Ukrainians who’d like to experience that kind of nightmare right about now.

[malthaussen]

29. That trend towards superlatives is getting out of hand.

It's been going on for decades, and it's like an arms race gone mad. One can't even read the news without encountering several "bombshells" that are really no more than weak tea.

The smallest inconvenience is "worse than the Holocaust." Playing football is like "being deployed in the military." In fact, people have even given up employing superlatives at all -- things are beyond superlative.

It's absolutely the most insane thing ever.

-- Mal

[spooky3]

14. :-) "In terms of" useless phrases, you're the best!

[Marthe48]

18. If that was off the top of your head

spur of the moment, so to speak, WELL DONE!

[mahina]

23. You've won my heart

I was thinking of my old copy of Strunk and White. Well put. Thanks for the giggles🥇🏅

[CTyankee]

26. Also, "it broke my heart" which is oft done when "it" did no such thing.

I want to respond by singing "Don't go breaking my heart..." https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=don%27t+go+breaking+my+heart

[Shermann]

11. It's an expression that conveys that an upcoming pivot is intentional

This thread has the best of intentions. With that being said, it fallaciously compares a meaningful expression to one that is not.

Contrast that to:

This thread has the best of intentions. Um, it fallaciously compares a meaningful expression to one that is not.

[Ocelot II]

13. True. But that being said, "however" does the same thing with fewer words.

[Shermann]

15. It can also act as a segway into something predicated by the previous statement

"However" doesn't get you there. That being said, I'm leaving this thread!

[malthaussen]

31. I perceive a difference...

... but that just might be my own idiosyncrasy. I am guilty of using "With that being said" on occasion. When I do, it is because the previous statement is true but incomplete. If I use "however," however, it is to contradict the previous statement.

-- Mal

[mahina]

24. Ha!

Touché. You made me actually, literally literally break out in laughter.

I still disagree but now my blood is oxygenated so thank you for that and for the fun. I give you:

This thread has the best of intentions. It fallaciously compares a meaningful expression to one that is not.

[CTyankee]

27. "my blood is oxygenated" is a nice term. I think I'll use it!

[mahina]

38. Almost as fun as when our hormones are carbonated.

Which is a made up term but that’s just what it feels like.

[mahina]

42. Nope. Read Sherman's post. But without context I can see how you'd think so.

[Earth-shine]

19. It is what it is.

Another trite expression as an appropriate response to the OP.

[Midnight Writer]

28. I agree, but it's not a hill I'm willing to die on.

[Boomerproud]

30. How about "You know what I'm saying" after every sentence.

Drives me nuts.

[malthaussen]

32. "And she's all, 'you know what I'm saying?' and I'm like, 'No!'" n/t

[LNM]

35. And you know what I mean?

No, I don’t.

[malthaussen]

33. I am guilty of using the phrase.

When I do, it is because I am moving from a statement that is true but incomplete to one that contains the additional information that modifies the conclusion. ie, "That is true, but this is more true." I generally use "however" when the previous statement is incorrect or I wish to flatly contradict it.

-- Mal

[BarbaRosa]

34. ...ain't no good for nobody.

[GenThePerservering]

36. "But I digress"

Somebody kill it now.

Also it's segue, not segway - a segway is a vehicle.

[mahina]

37. HA!

True!

[Sogo]

39. Not that I'm nominating this word, but just for laughs:

[mahina]

41. Sweet guy

[LudwigPastorius]

40. Hate that one.

It's pretentious.

[whistler162]

43. I nominate "I nominate"