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53. "The Trump campaign"

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What phrases in the media are you sick and tired of? [View all] Retired George Oct 2016 OP

... Jamaal510 Oct 2016 #1

"The Optics" Retired George Oct 2016 #2

I love you, Retired George. Those are EXACTLY the same three I despise! CurtEastPoint Oct 2016 #4

"Optics" is the worst Orrex Oct 2016 #24

"Optics," hands down caraher Oct 2016 #28

Tie for me, Optics and "Pivot" hibbing Oct 2016 #38

Count me in on "Optics" and "Metrics" geardaddy Oct 2016 #41

Ditto on optics. UGh.... AgadorSparticus Oct 2016 #77

"Game changer..." Number9Dream Oct 2016 #3

"Drill down" and "unpack" True Dough Oct 2016 #5

Unpack. I hate that one. kairos12 Oct 2016 #29

"Double down on..." spiderpig Oct 2016 #6

Oh, I'm with you on the "double down". hamsterjill Oct 2016 #15

Speaking of cooking shows... geardaddy Oct 2016 #39

Welk, "plate" is a verb... malthaussen Oct 2016 #86

That's true. I forgot about plating metal with another metal. geardaddy Oct 2016 #87

The Breaking News banner whistler162 Oct 2016 #7

That is, when it's news at ALL Retired George Oct 2016 #17

Yes! Boomerproud Oct 2016 #80

"Clinton scandal" baldguy Oct 2016 #8

+1,000,000. Let's drill down into this paper napkin thing and find out why Ms. Clinton... NNadir Oct 2016 #18

Obliterated, Destroyed, Ended sharp_stick Oct 2016 #9

Sick and tired. (n/t) Iggo Oct 2016 #10

Although AA uses the phrase effectively SCantiGOP Oct 2016 #49

Football games cutting to commerical Blue Dalek Oct 2016 #11

Turn those frowns upside down! Initech Oct 2016 #12

Breaking news. n/t MicaelS Oct 2016 #13

"We are efforting a response..." pinboy3niner Oct 2016 #14

"Efforting"? That's ghastly n/t TexasBushwhacker Oct 2016 #31

Yeessh! geardaddy Oct 2016 #40

"The death toll is expected to rise" gratuitous Oct 2016 #16

When I read that, my mind used the voice of George Carlin. Iggo Oct 2016 #27

But it Has Gone Down Illinois Irishman Oct 2016 #71

Three come to my mind Wolf Frankula Oct 2016 #19

"That being said" aidbo Oct 2016 #20

"A bridge too far" spiderpig Oct 2016 #21

Pivot. He is going to pivot to the general election .... kwassa Oct 2016 #22

2 ex-aequo FigTree Oct 2016 #23

And another thing: FigTree Oct 2016 #25

A perfect storm. kairos12 Oct 2016 #30

"Grab her by the p....y" BainsBane Oct 2016 #32

"Oppo" spiderpig Oct 2016 #33

Double Down, at the end of the day, and something that I notice from folks who are around the age of Upthevibe Oct 2016 #34

"...sucked the air out of the room." WiffenPoof Oct 2016 #36

"Walking it back" Retired George Oct 2016 #43

"Believe me" "So true" "---- is a disaster" spiderpig Oct 2016 #37

"individual" when referring to a person geardaddy Oct 2016 #42

"moving forward" although it hasn't been used as much as it was....... eom a kennedy Oct 2016 #44

Throw shade. nt pinboy3niner Oct 2016 #45

Trope Retired George Oct 2016 #46

I'm not sure, LWolf Oct 2016 #47

"Hard hitting" as in reports that aren't. CTyankee Oct 2016 #48

"Going forward" ... femmocrat Oct 2016 #51

I don't like that phrase, period ailsagirl Oct 2016 #82

Also there's RAMPING IT UP ailsagirl Oct 2016 #83

"and we'll be right back after these messages"... nt Callmecrazy Oct 2016 #52

"The Trump campaign" ET Awful Oct 2016 #53

"Some people are saying..." is lazy, hearsay propagandizing. Not journalism. Usually said on TV. ancianita Oct 2016 #54

"Sending a message to....." lindysalsagal Oct 2016 #55

Starting an answer with "So, ..." lindysalsagal Oct 2016 #56

Same with "Now..." trof Oct 2016 #60

oh hell ya!! Great interpretation. n/t CanSocDem Oct 2016 #68

"Presidential candidate Donald Trump" jmowreader Oct 2016 #57

I hate when one "throws" to another with a stupid question, and the receiver says annabanana Oct 2016 #58

How in the Name of Biscotti didn't I think of THIS one??? Retired George Oct 2016 #59

It's like "groundgame" which is overdone... CTyankee Oct 2016 #62

I also mean it in the foreign context, as in Retired George Oct 2016 #63

Message auto-removed Name removed Oct 2016 #61

Agree to Disagree. LanternWaste Oct 2016 #64

We'll have to leave it there... TeamPooka Oct 2016 #65

"Playing to his base." 3catwoman3 Oct 2016 #66

"Full-throated" femmocrat Oct 2016 #67

Manichean Retired George Oct 2016 #70

"Tells it like it is" Zing Zing Zingbah Oct 2016 #69

That's a real oldie ailsagirl Oct 2016 #84

"Economic anxiety" UrbScotty Oct 2016 #72

"Networking". Out of Time Man Oct 2016 #73

"Bad Guys" demon in basement Dec 2016 #98

Kicking off a sentence with "Look" and a pause: "Look [pause], we need better *whatever* etc." VOX Oct 2016 #74

Message auto-removed Name removed Oct 2016 #75

"in an abundance of caution" femmocrat Oct 2016 #78

"baked in" spiderpig Oct 2016 #79

I've just started hearing that one recently ailsagirl Oct 2016 #81

yep, that's the one... PunkinPi Nov 2016 #92

I actually don't dislike it because it's a good phrase, IMO ailsagirl Oct 2016 #85

"vetted" cleveramerican Oct 2016 #88

"Give us a sense..." wic_canuck william Nov 2016 #89

"enthusiasm gap" BainsBane Nov 2016 #90

Hannity's favorite words: "nefarious" and "foment" --always used in attacks on Clinton anneboleyn Nov 2016 #91

Double down nt doc03 Nov 2016 #93

Message auto-removed Name removed Nov 2016 #94

"emails" nt redwitch Nov 2016 #95

"the latest polls say......." IcyPeas Nov 2016 #96

Message auto-removed Name removed Nov 2016 #97

"President-elect Trump" kebob Nov 2016 #97

Suburbs of Philadelphia hibbing Nov 2016 #98

Blue Wall n/t hibbing Nov 2016 #99

"The American People" Orsino Dec 2016 #99

In Sinister Tone: FrankfurtCat Dec 2016 #100

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