Expressions and Sayings You're Tired Of

For me, I'm getting a little tired of the word "wig**r" or "Wigga". The word is short for "white ni***r", half of that being a completely unacceptable word for any white person to say. Would you say that word by itself? I wouldn't either. Saying that word is just the same as saying what it really stands for IMO. It may directed at a white person but it still acknowledges the ugliness of the original. Even worse, is that it is intended to be worse by saying someone is a copy of an ugly and unacceptable generalization. I think we can come up with better word that means the same thing, don't you? It may not be intended to be so but to me it comes off as borderline racism.

Anyone else have a saying or expression(s) that they don't like or just can't stand hearing anymore???

"That's tha bomb"

"Know what I'm sayin?"

How about "underhanded Stalinist tactics"?

Oh, who am I kidding? I can't get enough of that one.

How about "who f**king cares?"

8 months + 1,200+ posts + several dozen essay-length rants = you f**king care. A whole hell of a lot, apparently.

"Weapons of Mass Destruction" and "Justice". The latter, not for the word itself, but the way our Prez likes to drawl it out, "Juhs-tice".



EDIT: Stay Cool Yoda. Stay Cool.

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Expressions I'm tired of saying (and thought I'd never say).....

"I said no fighting!"

"Go to your rooms!"

"Because I said so!"

Annie, here are some expressions that I used as a kid:

"I didn't do it. I swear!"

"I couldn't find a phone."

"I didn't get my report card yet."

"Here's a note from my mom...I was sick yesterday."

"I could care less."

Mostly it drives me nuts because it's used incorrectly. What folks mean to say is "I couldn't care less", but for some reason in the vernacular it is commonly misspoken, and what's worse accepted. I try to respond, 'Oh, and what, for example, do you care less about?' or 'Well, what's it gonna take then for you to care even less?'

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I'll have to remember those Tim.



Holden...I've been guilty of that one. I'll have to remember it's "I couldn't care less".

I agree. Another popular expression that drives me nuts is when people use the fictional word "irregardless".

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Yoda! You noticed!

I hate when the news people use the word 'allegedly'

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You do understand that "allegedly" is there for legal reasons, yeah?


Another one I hate is "near miss". This too is a phrase that means the opposite of how it is used. When two planes almost collide midair, that's not a near miss, it's a near hit! They nearly hit each other but missed, not nearly missed each other but hit. "Holy crud, we nearly missed that plane, Captain, but next time around we'll definitely clip the bastard!" I don't know for sure, but the FAA must be behind that one, some descision from on high that folks psychologically don't want to hear the word "hit" when talking about planes. Whoever is responsible, they should be shot. Not near shot, but nail 'em dead center.

Yeah, but But i can still be sick of it.

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And I also find it amusing when people use the word "acrossed", as in "It's just acrossed the street." No such word, but it's fun to hear people say it.

Or how 'bout "Kindy-garden". I've heard well educated adults say this one. Of course we all know it pronounced Kinder-garten.

No, as a matter of fact, nebbit, it happens to be an eagle, a universally recognized symbol of liberty and independence.

"At the end of the day"

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