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[helmet52]

Anything that uses the adverb 'amazingly.' Especially, 'It's amazingly awesome!'

In general, I hate the word "amazing" and have done everything I can to abolish it from my vocabulary.

[brainstorm]

a fake laugh is certainly called for in that situation. otherwise i take it as an insult.

also, people who start off a sentence with "no offense" should all be murdered. brutally murdered.

well said, bligga my nigga. fo shizzle.

[Johnny Feathers]

"I know THAT'S right!"

Didn't know that one was common. I work with a couple black women in St. Louis who say it constantly. It didn't take long for a bunch of other people here to pick up on it and start using it. Now it's everywhere I turn in work conversation. i hate it.

I don't know how common it is, but it sure didn't take many times hearing it before my fists would clench involuntarily. Probably not helping my image any, but there are a lot of phrases of a similar....cultural bent that I can't stand.

"Aks" instead of "ask"

Wrong verb choice: "Where IS you??"

Pluralizing words that are already plural: "mens", as in, "You see these mens up in here?"

Maybe throw "up in here" on the list, too.

I'm pretty sure I'm not a racist jerk, but this stuff kind of drives me nuts.

[bleach]

what does helmet do when singing amazing grace? kinda good grace, it was alright grace, overrated grace? we need to know.

[nobodies]

I'm very guilty of this one, but any time I get a good parking spot I do refer to it as a "rockstar spot." I should abandon that one but it's gonna be tough. And whoever nominated "I'm not gonna lie..." is spot on. I have a sister who I love dearly and a good friend who need a good talking to about this phrase.

[bleach]

Wrong verb choice: "Where IS you??"

you forgot the at.

i've always heard "you know that's right" not to be confused with "thought you knew". and before someone points it out, i realize the period goes first but i don't like the way it looks.

[bleach]

I'm very guilty of this one, but any time I get a good parking spot I do refer to it as a "rockstar spot."

i usually don't give it a term but while pulling in i like to talk shit about handicap and old people.

[Chronodiggity]

"orange-gina" IT'S ORAN-GINA, OKAY?

[nobodies]

"orange-gina"


IT'S ORAN-GINA, OKAY?

How many people are you encoutering that consume orangina on a regular basis, let alone mispronounce the name (it is a great drink though. Wish I had some right now...might have to go to potbellys for lunch, I think they sell it).

[Ѡ҈҉Ѡ҈҉Ѡ҈҉Ѡ҈҉Ѡ҈҉Ѡ҈҉Ѡ҈҉Ѡ҈҉Ѡ҈҉Ѡ]

"Aks" instead of "ask"

I'm a fan of aksk

[velocity]

In general, I hate the word "amazing" and have done everything I can to abolish it from my vocabulary.

I would argue that there are a limited number of legitimate uses for "amazing." The stark beauty of the Alps--easier to say they're "amazing." The overwhelming massiveness of the Grand Canyon--easier to say it's "amazing." And certain sexual encounters or acts. All true.

"orange-gina"


IT'S ORAN-GINA, OKAY?

How many people are you encoutering that consume orangina on a regular basis, let alone mispronounce the name (it is a great drink though. Wish I had some right now...might have to go to potbellys for lunch, I think they sell it).

It rhymes with "vagina"?

[Rajexico]

In that light, add "brutal murder." Is there any other kind?

Yes. If I crack your head open with a blunt axe it could be called a brutal murder, but if I gradually kill you over a period of months by poisoning your food (as I actually am really doing in real life) "brutal" would not really be an accurate descriptor.

[Waylon]

"Stop staring at my wife."

[yancy]

"All I know is" or the even more maddening "alls I know is."

Really. That's all you know. Okay then.

Extra points for starting two or three sentences with "all I know" in the span of a minute/paragraph.

[Vivian Darkbloom]

"Right?" with an interrogative lilt in that smug east coast manner that suggests "You said it," 'I concur"

[no magnets]

I'm very guilty of this one, but any time I get a good parking spot I do refer to it as a "rockstar spot." I should abandon that one but it's gonna be tough.

i had never heard this term before living in chicago. it must be regional. but now i use it pretty often. though, it's summer and i'm biking everywhere, so almost everywhere i lock up is rockstar parking.

[Vivian Darkbloom]

Jumping the shark

[BRANDON BOYD FROM INCUBUS]

where is that 06 year end list for montana that mitchell posted? that one had some real winners on it

[Bob Loblaw]

If I hear one more person use the word "literally" to describe something figuratively, I'll literally bitchslap them. And starting sentences with "to be honest". As if you lie whenever you don't start a sentence with that disclaimer.

[velocity]

Aren't phrases like "to be honest" and even "frankly" meant to foreshadow and possibly soften the bad news that comes next--sort of akin to the use of "with all due respect"? I find them useful in that regard, anyhow--when my audience has a mindset opposite mine. They're expecting me to agree w/ them but when I start out with "to be honest," they can brace themselves =D.