01-30-2020, 03:57 PM | #61 |
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Headline: "Seven people were mown down in Main Street when a car ploughed through a red light"
If I could, I'd strangle people who write/read such lines. Cars can't plough and people aren't hay. Last edited by BetterRed; 01-30-2020 at 04:00 PM. |
01-30-2020, 04:15 PM | #62 |
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01-30-2020, 04:28 PM | #63 | |
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01-30-2020, 04:32 PM | #64 |
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Sportscasters who insist on saying, "he left his feet." And you know there's a bunch of you.
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01-30-2020, 07:20 PM | #65 |
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It's fun to go through their archives and remember overused words and phrases from the previous years:
https://www.lssu.edu/banished-words-...-list-archive/ The home page is also good fun. |
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01-30-2020, 08:08 PM | #67 |
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One I hear alot is "he did his best". Generally, the context is in something having not gone well (maybe a little, maybe a lot).
I don't know anyone who does their best all the time. We do what we do. (That phrase might annoy people as much as "it is what it is"). It can't be changed. If we were stupid (or lazy or rude or whatever), we can only hope we'll learn from it. Last edited by FizzyWater; 01-30-2020 at 08:16 PM. |
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I remember Ross Perot reactivating his campaign. It didn't go well, though.
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01-31-2020, 04:18 AM | #69 |
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nom nom nom. Need I say more?
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So how about, "That's just how it is" or "somethings can't be changed"? Or just about anything original which convey's commiseration (though I typically see it used way more RE shirking something, myself) better than that other silly sound-bite just being regurgitated ad nauseum. Use your words!
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01-31-2020, 02:43 PM | #73 |
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I can’t abide “to reach out”. It is such a mealy-mouthed and long winded way of saying “to contact”. It implies some subtlety or distinction in the contact that is not warranted. So you did not phone someone, or email them, or just plain spoke them, no you “reached out”. Ugh.
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If my actions contributed in any way to those unfortunate circumstances, then I apologize.
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