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Post by autumn on Jul 2, 2020 0:09:56 GMT
I can't stand this phrase, "for what it's worth" Why is that? Sometimes it's said as a type of preface. |
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Post by moonchild on Jul 2, 2020 0:19:25 GMT
dirtypillows That made me think of a video on youtube where this guy in court won't stop talking and the judge gets fed up and has his mouth taped and the guy just keeps talking and says, "It is what it is" So funny and the comments are hilarious
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Post by loofapotato on Jul 2, 2020 2:10:26 GMT
I can't stand this phrase, "for what it's worth" Why is that? Sometimes it's said as a type of preface. Gahhh it's CRINGE! SO CRINGEY! |
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Post by mikef6 on Jul 2, 2020 2:44:39 GMT
One that used to bother me a lot but that I don’t hear much anymore is using “hopefully” to mean “I hope.” As in some jock telling a reporter, “Uh, hopefully we’ll get out there tomorrow and win.” “Hopefully” is an adverb. It means “in hope.” You can wait hopefully for the dawn. Or Check the mailbox hopefully for a stimulus check.
Another that is rife today and used incorrectly by people who job is words and communication, i.e. people on television, is not knowing when to use “less” and when to use “fewer.” In fact, I think “fewer” is falling out of the language. An anchor on a local station’s nightly news show nearly broke my ears by saying, “There will be less teachers in our school district next year.” Here’s the deal: use “fewer” to modify a quantity (a plural noun) and “less” to modify a quality (a singular noun).
Fewer dollars, less money
Fewer volts, less power
Fewer IQ points, less intelligence
Fewer miles, less distance
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Post by Catman 猫的主人 on Jul 2, 2020 11:11:18 GMT
The less-fewer debacle really annoys Catman as well.
This brings to mind misstatements based on percentages, such as "70% less sugar" when the amount of sugar for the product is 70% of the standard product, so the correct statement would be "30% less sugar" but that doesn't sound as impressive.
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Post by kls on Jul 2, 2020 11:20:05 GMT
My bad or Karen (when it's calling someone out of name/a judgement).
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Post by kls on Jul 2, 2020 11:21:22 GMT
The less-fewer debacle really annoys Catman as well. This brings to mind misstatements based on percentages, such as "70% less sugar" when the amount of sugar for the product is 70% of the standard product, so the correct statement would be "30% less sugar" but that doesn't sound as impressive. That would be deceptive labeling and false. |
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Post by dirtypillows on Jul 2, 2020 17:00:56 GMT
“New normal” To say “new normal” is the old normal but the phrase has made a comeback because of the current health crisis. “Game changer” The only game I would like to play is the one where I don’t have to hear these two words spoken together. Amazingly people are still saying things like “get a life” (dating from around 1983) and “been there, done that” (about 1981). IOW, they are about 40 years old. If you had the power to totally ban the use of certain tiresome words, phrases, and sayings, what would they be? I also get annoyed when people use the word "literally" incorrectly, as in "I literally almost died" when they are describing their reaction to a piece of bad news. Uggghhh... But my biggest pet peeve on this one is when people think it's okay to use the word "iconic". This one gets under my skin. "Icon" or "iconic" refers to something or someone that is symbolic of something that is culturally essential. Or it's original meaning was just a plain symbol. But it must have widespread influence and be instantly recognizable. The Coca-Cola logo is iconic. Elvis Presley is an icon. The @ (ambersand) is an icon. The McDonald's golden arches are iconic. Marilyn Monroe standing over the subway grating, with her white skirt billowing in "The Seven Year Itch" is iconic. The Christian cross is an icon. Lucy Ricardo at the candy factory is culturally iconic. The "Jaws" poster is culturally iconic. The octagonal, red STOP sign is an icon. There are several others, but Justin Bieber and more recent ilk... Not even close. It's like someone has been in the spotlight for five days automatically is "iconic". 90% of what passes for iconic these days I'm not even familiar with. And I think that's pretty accurate - only about five percent (at the outside) of what is referred to as iconic is truly iconic. Just because somebody likes a singer doesnt make the singer iconic. There should be a law. |
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Post by BATouttaheck on Jul 2, 2020 17:43:08 GMT
The use of "ironic" when they are writing about a "coincidence" and it is NOT "Ironic" !
Used frequently in posts about actors being cast together in more than one film.
ironic
[īˈränik]
ADJECTIVE
using or characterized by irony.
"his mouth curved into an ironic smile"
synonyms:
sarcastic · sardonic · dry · caustic · sharp · stinging · scathing · acerbic · acid · bitter · trenchant · mordant · cynical · mocking · satirical · scoffing · ridiculing · derisory · derisive · scornful · sneering · wry · double-edged · backhanded · tongue-in-cheek · sarky
happening in the opposite way to what is expected, and typically causing wry amusement because of this.
"it was ironic that now that everybody had plenty of money for food, they couldn't obtain it because everything was rationed"
synonyms:
paradoxical · incongruous · odd · strange · weird · peculiar · unexpected
coincidence
[kōˈinsədəns]
NOUN
a remarkable concurrence of events or circumstances without apparent causal connection.
"they met by coincidence" · "it's no coincidence that this new burst of innovation has occurred in the free nations"
synonyms:
accident · chance · serendipity · fate · a twist of fate · destiny · fortuity · fortune · providence · freak · hazard · a piece of good fortune · (a bit of) luck · (a bit of) good luck · a fluke · a happy chance · happenstance
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Post by Catman 猫的主人 on Jul 2, 2020 21:19:03 GMT
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Post by BATouttaheck on Jul 2, 2020 21:34:02 GMT
RE: FWIW
fwiw (for what it's worth) is sometimes used when posting something that is perhaps minor in the big scheme of things and can either be taken or left as the reader prefers.
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