Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
Latest Breaking News
Editorials & Other Articles
General Discussion
The DU Lounge
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
The DU Lounge
In reply to the discussion: Get it off your chest: current most detested / trite phrase or word.... [View all]littlemissmartypants
(33,579 posts)79. ♡ nt
Edit history
Please sign in to view edit histories.
Recommendations
0 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):
370 replies
= new reply since forum marked as read
Highlight:
NoneDon't highlight anything
5 newestHighlight 5 most recent replies
RecommendedHighlight replies with 5 or more recommendations
Get it off your chest: current most detested / trite phrase or word.... [View all]
hlthe2b
Mar 2017
OP
I hate hearing the word "like" in ever sentence, sometimes two or 3 times.
appleannie1943
Mar 2017
#7
My grandson's wife graduated magna cum laude from college almost 10 years ago and that
appleannie1943
Mar 2017
#117
I'm going to go out on a limb, here, and guess that you're over 55 years old.
Warren DeMontague
Mar 2017
#261
Yep...me too but,replaced by "In this day and age" WTF does that even mean?? n/t
Bengus81
Mar 2017
#81
I thought snowflakes were fertilized eggs in cryo. Didn't they call them that for awhile?
CrispyQ
Apr 2017
#280
Nah! This one goes WAAAAY back! AFAIK, it's an Italian-American thang. (And so am I!)
WinkyDink
Mar 2017
#65
"Literally," when it is referring to something that isn't literal at all.
mahatmakanejeeves
Mar 2017
#32
Thanks, I had no idea on the origin. I always thought it was an business offer...
Blanks
Apr 2017
#299
Apologies. Didn't mean to steal your thunder. (Oopsie, 'steal your thunder'.) Can any of us'ns
sprinkleeninow
Mar 2017
#217
I also have some ridiculously wealthy relatives, so I feel your pain. Of course, they're RWers
Dark n Stormy Knight
Mar 2017
#75
"It is what it is." Drives me up the wall. Particularly if spoken as a real bit of wisdom.
argyl
Mar 2017
#247
Listing women by their first names (sometimes right alongside men listed by their last names).
Iggo
Mar 2017
#100
The following 2 phrases are relatively new and I have been irked by both since I first heard them.
LOL Lib
Mar 2017
#103
"Bombshell." Save it for something with proof that will stick, not the latest conspiracy theory or
Hoyt
Mar 2017
#140
Or using "I" as an object: "would you like to go on vacation with John and I?"
spooky3
Mar 2017
#156
It's derogatory. Different shades of derogatory. Someone we knew would say it repeatedly.
sprinkleeninow
Mar 2017
#199
"Religious Freedom" - a buzzword used by the right to exercise bigotry and act in unChristian ways
Doodley
Mar 2017
#177
"I'm glad you asked that question" followed by nothing, in any way, resembling
Maru Kitteh
Mar 2017
#252