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Phrases I NEVER want to hear again (Original Post) Buttoneer Mar 10 OP
Thinking out of the box Klarkashton Mar 10 #1
Yeah---it's so 20th-century! lastlib Mar 10 #13
At this point, True Dough Mar 11 #23
"President Trump said..." biophile Mar 10 #2
"Eat your kill" 🤬 Floyd R. Turbo Mar 10 #3
"I didn't vote for this." FalloutShelter Mar 10 #4
"I gotchu" "We got this" "You got this" "I got this" Buttoneer Mar 10 #5
"Let's matrix this." SalamanderSleeps Mar 10 #6
It is what it is kerouac2 Mar 10 #7
I've always hated that one FoxNewsSucks Mar 10 #9
Or it can be acceptance of something you cannot change happybird Mar 10 #10
It's a vapid, ridiculous tautology. lastlib Mar 10 #11
I appreciate you chowmama Mar 10 #8
"At the end of the day...." lastlib Mar 10 #12
Put on your big (boy or girl) pants... Marie Marie Mar 10 #14
Are you also opposed True Dough Mar 11 #24
No, somehow the word knickers amuses me. Marie Marie Mar 11 #25
That phrase makes me think of the candy bar. Nt spooky3 Mar 11 #27
The Democrat Party. MIButterfly Mar 10 #15
Agreed! That drives me bonkers! Mad_Dem_X Mar 11 #22
Makes me crazy too. Fuck Bob Dole. FadedMullet Mar 11 #32
"Fake news" synni Mar 10 #16
six-seven Intractable Mar 11 #17
Trust me LogDog75 Mar 11 #18
'putin told me ,,,and you can take him at his word" witkoff rampartd Mar 11 #29
This is not who we are 10 Turtle Day Mar 11 #19
"Bottom line" is so arrogant. Who are you to say what the "bottom line" is??! Buttoneer Mar 11 #20
It's up to you. Fla Dem Mar 11 #21
Woke JohnnyLib2 Mar 11 #26
2 very common ones from DU GusBob Mar 11 #28
I absolutely disagree Skittles Mar 11 #33
Thats kinda the point GusBob Mar 11 #34
"Leaning in" Blues Heron Mar 11 #30
Spicy Blues Heron Mar 11 #31
it is what it is DBoon Mar 11 #35
Having said that WmChris Mar 11 #36
Football player, or worse Ryder Cup golfer, displacedvermoter Mar 11 #37
Guardrails and Off-Ramps NEOH Mar 11 #38
And fucking justices and judges displacedvermoter Mar 11 #42
"My bad" PittBlue Mar 11 #39
"Have a blessed day" Zorro Mar 11 #40
"I threw up in my mouth a little" Skittles Mar 11 #41

lastlib

(28,140 posts)
13. Yeah---it's so 20th-century!
Tue Mar 10, 2026, 10:01 PM
Mar 10

In the 21st century, you've got to thnk outside the TESSERACT!




(Good luck with that.........)

True Dough

(26,488 posts)
23. At this point,
Wed Mar 11, 2026, 02:28 PM
Mar 11

anyone who mutters "thinking outside the box" clearly is not "thinking outside the box," just relying on a cliche.

happybird

(5,390 posts)
10. Or it can be acceptance of something you cannot change
Tue Mar 10, 2026, 09:49 PM
Mar 10

It's not always a negative saying.

chowmama

(1,075 posts)
8. I appreciate you
Tue Mar 10, 2026, 09:46 PM
Mar 10

This is the corporate version of 'thoughts and prayers'. I'd rather have time to do my job and the pay for it.)

A runner-up is 'going forward'. It's 'from now on', dammit!

Corporate-speak, blechhh!

lastlib

(28,140 posts)
12. "At the end of the day...."
Tue Mar 10, 2026, 09:58 PM
Mar 10

What happens after midnight??

"Half-mast" for a flag flown on land. Ships have masts. On land, it's "Half-STAFF".

Starting any sentence with "Hopefully". That is an atrocity.

MIButterfly

(2,624 posts)
15. The Democrat Party.
Tue Mar 10, 2026, 11:29 PM
Mar 10

I've even heard Democrats use that expression. Once and for all, It's the DEMOCRATIC party!!!

LogDog75

(1,266 posts)
18. Trust me
Wed Mar 11, 2026, 12:48 AM
Mar 11

When I hear this I think "If you had already earned my trust then you wouldn't have to ask me to "trust you." This is the point my internal warning system starts raising red flags. Or, as the robot in the TV series Lost in Space would say: "Danger, Will Robinson, Danger!"

rampartd

(4,555 posts)
29. 'putin told me ,,,and you can take him at his word" witkoff
Wed Mar 11, 2026, 04:45 PM
Mar 11

"you can take him at his word?"

i would never take witkoff "at his word"

another one, from an x=boss "you just don't get it"

10 Turtle Day

(1,203 posts)
19. This is not who we are
Wed Mar 11, 2026, 07:05 AM
Mar 11

Usually said after some atrocity like a mass shooting. This is EXACTLY who we are. Maybe not us as individuals, but as a society the U.S. can be very sick.

GusBob

(8,237 posts)
28. 2 very common ones from DU
Wed Mar 11, 2026, 04:41 PM
Mar 11

Sorry to all

"FAFO"
and that "leopards eating face" one

Both way over used and just not clever anymore

GusBob

(8,237 posts)
34. Thats kinda the point
Wed Mar 11, 2026, 05:03 PM
Mar 11

If something is overused it loses its relevancy
and to see it 2-3 times in threads makes it overused
and actually one reads it here everyday, and posted with any discussion along with it, which in my opinion is just lazy

displacedvermoter

(4,326 posts)
37. Football player, or worse Ryder Cup golfer,
Wed Mar 11, 2026, 05:17 PM
Mar 11

talking about "Going to war" with teammates. I recall the late Todd Christensen -- one of my favorite all time sportscasters -- going off one time about NFL players using this phrase!

NEOH

(300 posts)
38. Guardrails and Off-Ramps
Wed Mar 11, 2026, 05:55 PM
Mar 11

…Something the corporate media peeps always say. Is it a Civil Engineering course or what??

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