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Tired, annoying phrases

#386
I get pretty tired of pundits (particularly on Fox) talking about "The American people" as if A) they are in anyway connected to the public at large and therefore know what they think or want, and B) the citizenry of the United States is this unified group, clear and focused in its agenda. It never has been, and it never will be, so stop speaking on *my* behalf.
 
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#388
Paul M said:
So many examples here and I agree almost all of them.

Did anybody mention "awesome" yet?
If my ordering salad is so "awesome," what the hell do you say if you witness something that is actually awesome?
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I can't help but think about the bit Louis CK does about the word "hilarious". It's NSFW so I won't link to it directly, so search YouTube for "louis ck the way we talk".
 
#390
I'm currently taking some classes, and hearing a lot of lectures that are given to large audiences. I have a really rough time when a speaker states something, pauses, and then says, "Does that make sense?" Lots of them do it. I'd love to just one time hear someone yell out, "NO!, what are you talking about"? I can't, cuz the lectures are online.

LOL. This isn't exactly what I was looking for, but seems quite appropriate (note: not what it looks like):

 
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#392
"Let me ask you this." I get this sort of crap all the time in the business world especially with higher ups when they make it seem like they are asking you a question but it's really just dictation. Then by them continuing to talk, you have implicitly agreed to the faux question.
 
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#393
mrpackerguy said:
During an interview, after a question is asked by the interviewer and the interviewee says "That's a really good question..." Man, that's happening a lot lately on NPR
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Wow... I work in a HS, and from time to time I'll give students practice interviews (if I know they have an interview coming up that they're nervous about). Almost every time, I hear that... hadn't occurred to me until now that I guess that's something they're taught to say. I'm going to unteach it to them now :).
 
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Joe Nerve said:
Wow... I work in a HS, and from time to time I'll give students practice interviews (if I know they have an interview coming up that they're nervous about). Almost every time, I hear that... hadn't occurred to me until now that I guess that's something they're taught to say. I'm going to unteach it to them now :).
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Having just gone through a job interview, many recruiters advise us to use "that's a really good question" to buy some time while we mentally phrase our answer.
 
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nashvillebill said:
Having just gone through a job interview, many recruiters advise us to use "that's a really good question" to buy some time while we mentally phrase our answer.
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If it becomes cliche, as it seems it is, then they'd best come up with something new :). I'd advise a smile, with, "Let me think about that a second." Seems more genuine.
 

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