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Rant: Phrases that burn you up!
- Thread starter stratovani
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Use of the word "********". it was made VERY clear to me as a kid that it was an insulting term, and for many years I didn't hear it used at all. For some reason it has resurfaced as slang among young people - and they don't seem to get the message that it's an insult.
Hey, it was insulting in the 1950's, and it's STILL an insult.
Hey, it was insulting in the 1950's, and it's STILL an insult.
taking something "with a grain of salt" makes no sense to me. i seriously envision someone saying something ridiculous to me and then putting a grain of salt on my tongue. is the salt preserving what they said? or is it seasoning what they said, which is usually over seasoned as it is? for the love of...
I think it is supposed to be insulting - it is the same as kids calling something 'gay' - mental disability and homosexuality still have negative connotations, and people are too thick to fully realise what it means when they use those words in that instance.
You refer to the "Valley Girl" pronunciation, as immortalised by Frank and Moon Zappa in the song of the same name, from his 1982 Ship Arriving Too Late... album. I lived in LA at the time and OMG, I must have heard it (the phrase, not the song) every day for several years. Gag me with a spoon!
On the other hand, if she's gasping it out while you're in bed together... well, most of us would agree, that's a lot more bearable!
Fair point. I hear ya jackin' me up
I just listened to CBC Q and Gian was interviewing a person and every other worth was "like" "you know" "um". To me it's bizarre that someone can get through grade school, high school, college/university and not be pointed out that this is potential detriment to career advancement. I've hired and fired a lot in my years and if an interview question resulted in numerous uses of like and you know it would a short interview.
My 14 year old doesn't do this. No like or you know because we have gently corrected the usage.
I really hate it when I go to a store and the cashier says "How are you?". It implies that they are concerned with my welfare when in reality they don't know me from Adam (there's a good one, too!)! Sometimes I'll say, "Crappy. Yourself?" just to see if they're paying attention. Most times they're not, but sometimes they seem surprised at my saying that. Again, as if they care!
No disrespect meant, Steve. I have spent the past 13 years immersed in the 'college experience' and have had the distinct displeasure of seeing many levels of discourse erode. Colleagues of mine bemoan floods of emails where students have opened with gems such as 'Hey dude' or 'Yeah, so...'
"never forget" regarding the events that happened on 9/11/2001.
How can we ever forget? The friggin media wants to bring it up almost everyday. Lately it hasn't been said as much, but a few years ago it was driving me nuts. I'm sure we'll get to hear it a few hundred more times tomorrow.
How can we ever forget? The friggin media wants to bring it up almost everyday. Lately it hasn't been said as much, but a few years ago it was driving me nuts. I'm sure we'll get to hear it a few hundred more times tomorrow.
"I have a boyfriend."
"Let's just be friends."
And the killer (when about music):
"I listen to everything."
"Let's just be friends."
And the killer (when about music):
"I listen to everything."
