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mr_lebowski

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115. I got one that is off the hook/chain ...

Sun Jan 7, 2018, 06:40 PM

Jan 2018

Obviously the lunatics are running the asylum and I'm going all in, doubling-down and betting my last dollar that you're dealing off the bottom of the deck and that this will not stand ... but as you well know I'm playing with house money so even if I just let the chips fall where they may, I won't be walking the plank anytime soon ... and that's not just shooting from the hip or casting pearls before swine cause your odds are about as good as you winning the lottery, so you'll keep the pedal to the metal if you know what's good for you.

You'd best believe I can do this all the live-long day, which is to say if the past is prologue to what the future might hold in store and you get down to brass tacks there's really no telling what a man might do when he's pushed to the edge, with his back up against the wall!

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What cliches, hackneyed phrases make you cringe? [View all] MaryMagdaline Jan 2018 OP

Back in the day .... VMA131Marine Jan 2018 #1

"At the end of the day." nt tblue37 Jan 2018 #67

I rather like it because it's uniquely descriptive of the bottom line ailsagirl Jan 2018 #74

"GROW the Economy" hlthe2b Jan 2018 #2

We are not pregant. WE are expecting a baby or even HAVING a baby. SHE is pregnant. hedda_foil Jan 2018 #15

EXACTLY hlthe2b Jan 2018 #16

The other one - baby bump. sarge43 Jan 2018 #20

OMG YES!!! Baby bump is cringeworthy. (another word that should be banned.) hedda_foil Jan 2018 #21

I detest the obsession with filming "the bump" especially among celebrities hlthe2b Jan 2018 #23

Me, too. Agree totally Ohiogal Jan 2018 #109

Thank you! Iris Jan 2018 #41

At the end of the day CurtEastPoint Jan 2018 #3

Ugh hear that constantly MaryMagdaline Jan 2018 #4

Me too, until I retired CurtEastPoint Jan 2018 #5

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been there, done that.... dhill926 Jan 2018 #6

With all due respect, ... JustABozoOnThisBus Jan 2018 #7

"It is what it is" FSogol Jan 2018 #8

Most hated Clarity2 Jan 2018 #9

Not a phrase or cliche, but a misuse pandr32 Jan 2018 #10

As in "Anymore, the mail comes early?" MaryMagdaline Jan 2018 #11

At least I won't say I committed a misnomer MaryMagdaline Jan 2018 #13

Who says that? pandr32 Jan 2018 #29

Trump just said some report about him was a "misnomer," MaryMagdaline Jan 2018 #52

I should have know it was tRump pandr32 Jan 2018 #80

Ugggggh...yes! pandr32 Jan 2018 #28

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Always thought that was a Philly-ism. Zoonart Jan 2018 #76

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Reminds me of not my first rodeo MaryMagdaline Jan 2018 #14

"Got your back" wishstar Jan 2018 #17

My supervisor always says that to us lunatica Jan 2018 #48

I hate that one too RandomAccess Jan 2018 #87

...and a very stable genius at that! Submariner Jan 2018 #18

Pretty much all of them. My esteem for a pundit or speaker immediately goes down when they use Midwestern Democrat Jan 2018 #19

Long list. Here's some. Iggo Jan 2018 #22

A few ailsagirl Jan 2018 #24

Connect the dots! Yes. MaryMagdaline Jan 2018 #54

I don't mind "disingenuous" because it's a legitimate word ailsagirl Jan 2018 #56

Yes. The lawyer Bob Shapiro was clever to use it MaryMagdaline Jan 2018 #63

Overuse of a word is crazy-making!! ailsagirl Jan 2018 #66

I Keep An On-going List of Trendy Slang Terms I Detest.... becca da bakkah Jan 2018 #25

I hate "delish" pamela Jan 2018 #32

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I know many people who don't even think inside the box. Sneederbunk Jan 2018 #27

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The American people want maranadem Jan 2018 #31

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LOL! lunatica Jan 2018 #49

After that I am afraid to say anything! MaryMagdaline Jan 2018 #50

May I use this as an example in my courses? I teach college English, and tblue37 Jan 2018 #68

I'd consider it a badge of honor if you'd be my guest applying it to the babes in the woods... NNadir Jan 2018 #79

I got one that is off the hook/chain ... mr_lebowski Jan 2018 #115

Off the top of my head, I'm thinking this is the kiss of death for these posts... NNadir Jan 2018 #116

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All good examples MaryMagdaline Jan 2018 #59

When football sportscaster says.. MLAA Jan 2018 #43

"At the end of the day." "Things of that nature." "It's a little of both." brush Jan 2018 #44

The feigned and insincere "Sorry" thrown out when they're not "sorry" at all- usually NBachers Jan 2018 #46

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all of them... handmade34 Jan 2018 #58

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Using "literally" hurl Jan 2018 #64

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I hate that one. yardwork Jan 2018 #93

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Yes! klook Jan 2018 #83

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"It was a nightmare," klook Jan 2018 #82

Along These Lines RobinA Jan 2018 #94

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The truth is probably somewhere in the middle -- RandomAccess Jan 2018 #85

"It's all good," klook Jan 2018 #86

"At the end of the day" elfin Jan 2018 #88

Its God's Will Bayard Jan 2018 #89

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The phrase, "No offense but..." ChazII Jan 2018 #92

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Everything RobinA Jan 2018 #96

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"Livin' the dream," klook Jan 2018 #103

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Back in the day ashling Jan 2018 #113

"Constitutional crisis." HeartachesNhangovers Jan 2018 #118

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"Price point" which means exactly the same thing as "price". HeartachesNhangovers Jan 2018 #121