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Re: Words/phrases I wish would go away
« Reply #500 on: March 13, 2018, 08:20:56 AM »
Something I see on the forum a lot: using gift/gifted as a verb instead of give/gave/given. E.g. "I was gifted a house", or "how to gift money to minors " Can someone give (gift?) me a logical reason for this? Maybe it is regional or something because I have never heard it IRL.
I think the idea is that "to gift" is a more specific term than "to give."  IOW, "to gift" means "to give as a gift" as opposed to other possible connotations.

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« Reply #501 on: March 13, 2018, 12:31:10 PM »
Something I see on the forum a lot: using gift/gifted as a verb instead of give/gave/given. E.g. "I was gifted a house", or "how to gift money to minors " Can someone give (gift?) me a logical reason for this? Maybe it is regional or something because I have never heard it IRL.
I think the idea is that "to gift" is a more specific term than "to give."  IOW, "to gift" means "to give as a gift" as opposed to other possible connotations.
LOL, I just looked this up, and it seems as if the use of "gift" as a verb became much more popular after the Seinfeld episode about the regifted label maker! 
https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/grammar/is-gifting-a-word?page=1
In older days, it seems to be more of a reciprocal agreement used for tax purposes.

I guess I see zolotiyeruki's point because you wouldn't say that you gifted someone with Chicken Pox. 

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« Reply #502 on: March 13, 2018, 05:31:49 PM »
Something I see on the forum a lot: using gift/gifted as a verb instead of give/gave/given. E.g. "I was gifted a house", or "how to gift money to minors " Can someone give (gift?) me a logical reason for this? Maybe it is regional or something because I have never heard it IRL.
I think the idea is that "to gift" is a more specific term than "to give."  IOW, "to gift" means "to give as a gift" as opposed to other possible connotations.
LOL, I just looked this up, and it seems as if the use of "gift" as a verb became much more popular after the Seinfeld episode about the regifted label maker! 
https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/grammar/is-gifting-a-word?page=1
In older days, it seems to be more of a reciprocal agreement used for tax purposes.

I guess I see zolotiyeruki's point because you wouldn't say that you gifted someone with Chicken Pox.

I see the logic but I still just don't like it.

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« Reply #503 on: March 14, 2018, 02:38:31 AM »
I can't find the article (blame the empty glass next to me) but I saw a news report this week about new words being added to the dictionary (Macquarie? OED?).

They included 'shero' (female hero) and 'GOAT' (greatest of all time).

GOAT is common knowledge, and if not, that's what Urban Dictionary is for.

Shero is downright odious.

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« Reply #504 on: March 14, 2018, 04:49:28 AM »

Was it Shaq who added, "...but there is one in win"?
Also, if you look real hard, there *is* a me in "team".
But there is an I in pie, and there's an I in meat pie.  Meat is an anagram for team.

There's no I in Team, but there's a U in Cun....(I'm so getting banned for this)

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« Reply #505 on: March 14, 2018, 04:52:09 AM »

Was it Shaq who added, "...but there is one in win"?
Also, if you look real hard, there *is* a me in "team".
But there is an I in pie, and there's an I in meat pie.  Meat is an anagram for team.

There's no I in Team, but there's a U in Cun....(I'm so getting banned for this)

I would hope U would be in one...

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« Reply #506 on: March 14, 2018, 05:06:37 AM »
I can't find the article (blame the empty glass next to me) but I saw a news report this week about new words being added to the dictionary (Macquarie? OED?).

They included 'shero' (female hero) and 'GOAT' (greatest of all time).

GOAT is common knowledge, and if not, that's what Urban Dictionary is for.

Shero is downright odious.

ETA: Oops...my keyboard wouldn't work earlier and I accidentally submitted an "empty" reply. Anyway, what I was going to say is this: I have NEVER seen the GOAT acronym, but I hear shero every once in a while.
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« Reply #507 on: March 14, 2018, 07:59:36 AM »

Was it Shaq who added, "...but there is one in win"?
Also, if you look real hard, there *is* a me in "team".
But there is an I in pie, and there's an I in meat pie.  Meat is an anagram for team.

There's no I in Team, but there's a U in Cun....(I'm so getting banned for this)
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Re: Words/phrases I wish would go away
« Reply #508 on: March 14, 2018, 08:33:55 AM »
I'm genuinely confused. On this forum we can say shit, hell, and fuck, but we self-censor cunt. That word must be a lot stronger than it seems to me.

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Re: Words/phrases I wish would go away
« Reply #509 on: March 14, 2018, 10:23:28 AM »
Yes, it is.

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« Reply #510 on: March 14, 2018, 01:31:23 PM »
When people use the word though at the end of an already complete sentence.

I.e. These new mocha choca dunka latte chinos though.

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« Reply #511 on: March 14, 2018, 01:50:20 PM »
When people use the word though at the end of an already complete sentence.

I.e. These new mocha choca dunka latte chinos though.

So, you're not a fan of Chantho from Doctor Who, then?  :)

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« Reply #512 on: March 14, 2018, 03:02:26 PM »
I've got some more:

- passion when referring to anything other than human relationships (as in "my job is my passion"
- "it is what it is"
- anytime somebody says they're going to give more than 100% effort

And these aren't words, but
- that fistbump-explosion thing
- putting hands together to make a heart (fingertips in, thumbs down)

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« Reply #513 on: March 14, 2018, 03:06:25 PM »
I can't find the article (blame the empty glass next to me) but I saw a news report this week about new words being added to the dictionary (Macquarie? OED?).

They included 'shero' (female hero) and 'GOAT' (greatest of all time).

GOAT is common knowledge, and if not, that's what Urban Dictionary is for.

Shero is downright odious.

Well said.

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Re: Words/phrases I wish would go away
« Reply #514 on: March 14, 2018, 03:11:22 PM »
I've got some more:

- passion when referring to anything other than human relationships (as in "my job is my passion"


I watched an episode of Shark Tank where the panel collectively sighed/laughed when the presenter mentioned their passion for their project having value. I think it was Mark Cuban who said sarcastically "yeah, we've never heard that here before."

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Re: Words/phrases I wish would go away
« Reply #515 on: March 14, 2018, 03:12:56 PM »
Starting a sentence with"so", as in "so, I said him...."

ENDING every sentence with “so” and the implied ellipses that follow. 

Apologies if this was already submitted, so...


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« Reply #516 on: March 14, 2018, 03:20:29 PM »
When people use the word though at the end of an already complete sentence.

I.e. These new mocha choca dunka latte chinos though.

So, you're not a fan of Chantho from Doctor Who, then?  :)

Her lab partner murdered her citing her speech patterns as a reason...

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« Reply #517 on: March 14, 2018, 03:54:48 PM »
When people use the word though at the end of an already complete sentence.

I.e. These new mocha choca dunka latte chinos though.

So, you're not a fan of Chantho from Doctor Who, then?  :)

Her lab partner murdered her citing her speech patterns as a reason...

You make a very good point.

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« Reply #518 on: March 14, 2018, 06:24:08 PM »
"Resurface" - apparently as in "Oh, you didn't get the email I sent last week? Let me resurface it for you." This from a friend who works at a start-up that anyone with college debt will have heard of. She has a new eye-roller every time I see her.

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« Reply #519 on: March 14, 2018, 06:47:34 PM »
"Resurface" - apparently as in "Oh, you didn't get the email I sent last week? Let me resurface it for you." This from a friend who works at a start-up that anyone with college debt will have heard of. She has a new eye-roller every time I see her.

That could be filed under the "when good words go bad" department.

"Pivot" gets overused now. I read an update from the Board President of an organization I'm connected to. She used it twice in a 3 paragraph message.

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« Reply #520 on: March 14, 2018, 07:19:04 PM »
"Resurface" - apparently as in "Oh, you didn't get the email I sent last week? Let me resurface it for you." This from a friend who works at a start-up that anyone with college debt will have heard of. She has a new eye-roller every time I see her.

That could be filed under the "when good words go bad" department.

"Pivot" gets overused now. I read an update from the Board President of an organization I'm connected to. She used it twice in a 3 paragraph message.
You'll have to blame Obama for that one :P

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« Reply #521 on: March 16, 2018, 10:17:37 AM »
giving another shout out for "adulting".  Makes me cringe every time I hear it, even more so when someone over 25 says it. 

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« Reply #522 on: March 16, 2018, 10:20:25 AM »
"Resurface" - apparently as in "Oh, you didn't get the email I sent last week? Let me resurface it for you." This from a friend who works at a start-up that anyone with college debt will have heard of. She has a new eye-roller every time I see her.

Oh my god.

I’ve never heard that. Infuriating.

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« Reply #523 on: March 16, 2018, 10:40:35 AM »
"Resurface" - apparently as in "Oh, you didn't get the email I sent last week? Let me resurface it for you." This from a friend who works at a start-up that anyone with college debt will have heard of. She has a new eye-roller every time I see her.
Oh my god.

I’ve never heard that. Infuriating.
Maybe we should replace it with "exhume"!

I'll admit at first that I took "resurface" to mean "repave," and was very confused...

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« Reply #524 on: March 17, 2018, 08:46:05 AM »
"Resurface" - apparently as in "Oh, you didn't get the email I sent last week? Let me resurface it for you." This from a friend who works at a start-up that anyone with college debt will have heard of. She has a new eye-roller every time I see her.
Oh my god.

I’ve never heard that. Infuriating.
Maybe we should replace it with "exhume"!

I'll admit at first that I took "resurface" to mean "repave," and was very confused...

Resurface is repave, but only the surface - to me repaving means going deeper.

Old emails - they could be re-sent maybe?  Or if really old, dug out and re-sent?

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« Reply #525 on: March 17, 2018, 09:09:33 AM »
"Resurface" - apparently as in "Oh, you didn't get the email I sent last week? Let me resurface it for you." This from a friend who works at a start-up that anyone with college debt will have heard of. She has a new eye-roller every time I see her.
Oh my god.

I’ve never heard that. Infuriating.
Maybe we should replace it with "exhume"!

I'll admit at first that I took "resurface" to mean "repave," and was very confused...
The term resurface made me think of all the things you cite and more.

A good chunk of my career was spent in the flooring industry. There is a huge annual trade show in Vegas called "Surfaces". From that marathon, thank God, I have been freed. DH is a Specialty Surfaces Specialist. He resurfaces million gallon reservoirs, among other things. The parking lot at the library needs to be resurfaced and the county says there's no money to pay for it.

What a bunch of pantywaists, pretending that searching for an email is actual physical labor.

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Re: Words/phrases I wish would go away
« Reply #526 on: April 10, 2018, 01:37:54 PM »
"That said,..."

It's all over this forum.

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« Reply #527 on: April 10, 2018, 04:50:22 PM »
Did someone already post this?  It's so on point it actually stops being funny  https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/im-going-to-close-this-deal-using-business-words-ive-heard-men-yell-in-airports

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« Reply #528 on: April 13, 2018, 02:34:31 PM »
Something I see on the forum a lot: using gift/gifted as a verb instead of give/gave/given. E.g. "I was gifted a house", or "how to gift money to minors " Can someone give (gift?) me a logical reason for this? Maybe it is regional or something because I have never heard it IRL.
I think the idea is that "to gift" is a more specific term than "to give."  IOW, "to gift" means "to give as a gift" as opposed to other possible connotations.
LOL, I just looked this up, and it seems as if the use of "gift" as a verb became much more popular after the Seinfeld episode about the regifted label maker! 
https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/grammar/is-gifting-a-word?page=1
In older days, it seems to be more of a reciprocal agreement used for tax purposes.

I guess I see zolotiyeruki's point because you wouldn't say that you gifted someone with Chicken Pox.

I see the logic but I still just don't like it.

It's used to make "give" sound more glamorous. It's stupid and I hate it.

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« Reply #529 on: April 13, 2018, 03:07:50 PM »
I absolutely hate this phrase: "Top is in"

There. I said it. I feel so much better now.

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Re: Words/phrases I wish would go away
« Reply #530 on: April 13, 2018, 03:20:27 PM »
I absolutely hate this phrase: "Top is in"

There. I said it. I feel so much better now.

What does this even mean?

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« Reply #531 on: April 13, 2018, 04:04:48 PM »
I absolutely hate this phrase: "Top is in"

There. I said it. I feel so much better now.

What does this even mean?

I want to know, too. I googled it and I still have no idea what it means.

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« Reply #532 on: April 13, 2018, 04:17:21 PM »
Who are you people? Do you know what forum you're on?

https://forum.mrmoneymustache.com/investor-alley/top-is-in/

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« Reply #533 on: April 13, 2018, 04:19:41 PM »
Who are you people? Do you know what forum you're on?

https://forum.mrmoneymustache.com/investor-alley/top-is-in/

Yeah, when I googled, that was the top result. And I STILL don't get it.

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« Reply #534 on: April 13, 2018, 04:30:21 PM »
So glad to see I'm not the only one.

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« Reply #535 on: April 13, 2018, 08:32:17 PM »
Yes, that is my understanding as well. Doesn't matter. I still hate the phrase. It makes no sense.

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« Reply #536 on: April 13, 2018, 09:03:49 PM »

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« Reply #537 on: June 05, 2018, 11:14:37 AM »
I think there is enough in here for everyone to be upset about...

https://pueblo.craigslist.org/cto/d/2000-range-rover-land-rover/6602179372.html

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« Reply #538 on: June 05, 2018, 11:38:46 AM »
I think there is enough in here for everyone to be upset about...

https://pueblo.craigslist.org/cto/d/2000-range-rover-land-rover/6602179372.html

Ouch. Where's my red pen.

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« Reply #539 on: June 05, 2018, 02:16:06 PM »
"the little woman." UGH UGH UGH

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« Reply #540 on: June 05, 2018, 02:31:31 PM »
"the little woman." UGH UGH UGH

Grammar, spelling, choice of words. It's got everything.

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« Reply #541 on: June 06, 2018, 12:01:15 AM »
"the little woman." UGH UGH UGH
"The ball and chain" DITTO

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« Reply #542 on: June 06, 2018, 12:39:52 PM »
"the little woman." UGH UGH UGH

Grammar, spelling, choice of words. It's got everything.

Cringe.  I regret looking at it.  Not an advertisement for whatever schools the seller attended.

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« Reply #543 on: June 11, 2018, 10:23:12 PM »
"the little woman." UGH UGH UGH

Grammar, spelling, choice of words. It's got everything.

Cringe.  I regret looking at it.  Not an advertisement for whatever schools the seller attended.

Along with hubs, hubby, wifey lil mommy, lil daddy, et al.. Do people really need to refer to their spouses this way?

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« Reply #544 on: June 18, 2018, 06:43:04 AM »
I have a new pet peeve. I hate reading a library book where a previous reader has decided to be the editor and "fixed" all the "mistakes".

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« Reply #545 on: June 18, 2018, 07:02:50 AM »
I have a new pet peeve. I hate reading a library book where a previous reader has decided to be the editor and "fixed" all the "mistakes".

People DO that?!?!?  That's terrible, and terribly annoying. 


And now "terrible" looks like some weird mix of "tribble" and "terrier" and it's just some yippy fluffy dog that reproduces every 10 hours. /sigh

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« Reply #546 on: June 18, 2018, 07:03:31 AM »
"the little woman." UGH UGH UGH

Grammar, spelling, choice of words. It's got everything.

Cringe.  I regret looking at it.  Not an advertisement for whatever schools the seller attended.

Along with hubs, hubby, wifey lil mommy, lil daddy, et al.. Do people really need to refer to their spouses this way?

Sorry, but when I am referring to my Other Half I refer to him as The Hub. I only do it on websites when referring to him. Not in public.

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« Reply #547 on: June 18, 2018, 07:15:24 AM »
For some reason, I have an irrational dislike of DH/DW/DD/DS and all their variants.

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« Reply #548 on: June 18, 2018, 09:47:05 AM »
For some reason, I have an irrational dislike of DH/DW/DD/DS and all their variants.
Me too!  I thought I was the only one...

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« Reply #549 on: June 18, 2018, 09:54:50 AM »
Netflix and chill (Like, how did this become a euphemism for sex? How?!)
So what happens is, you invite someone over to see a movie, and while they are there, "maybe" one of you will initiate sex with the other. In much the same mold as "Would you like to come up and see my records?"

"Not for nothing, but..."

I've developed a strong hate for this phrase. It's a weird east coast thing. Makes no sense, and makes me cringe when I hear it.

What does "not for nothing" mean? I'm not from the east coast so having trouble figuring it out, beyond just the literal meaning.
In my experience, it means something like "I don't expect this to work" or "I don't think you're going to listen to me." or "I'm just saying." So:
"Not for nothing, but I think this project is pointless."
"Not for nothing, but that's the worst possible dress you could have come to this party in."
Apparently the original source is a poem, in which the meaning is literal "I am not doing this for nothing, attend to my reasoning. It's a good reason." and its common use is somewhat sarcastic, in light of the fact that if you have to tell someone "For a good reason, don't date that guy." instead of just "Don't date that guy." then they're probably not going to listen to begin with.

 

Wow, a phone plan for fifteen bucks!