TopTierTop Posted June 18, 2017 Share Posted June 18, 2017 Phrases I just never want to hear again: At the end of the day In terms of How did this impact you? and finally, Our thoughts and prayers go out to the victims and their families and friends. To be fair,... All percentages over 100. (No. You are not giving 110%! Stop it!) + Eric Hassan and + Autumnal 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bostonman Posted June 18, 2017 Share Posted June 18, 2017 To be fair,... All percentages over 100. (No. You are not giving 110%! Stop it!) We live in a hyperbolic world, where 100% clearly is no longer enough. TopTierTop, AdamSmith and bigvalboy 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ Funguy Posted June 18, 2017 Share Posted June 18, 2017 Let's agree to disagree... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigvalboy Posted June 18, 2017 Share Posted June 18, 2017 YINZ. ~Boomer ~ BabyBoomer, Beancounter, + FreshFluff and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamSmith Posted June 18, 2017 Share Posted June 18, 2017 We live in a hyperbolic world, where 100% clearly is no longer enough. Super ECONOMY Size!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamSmith Posted June 18, 2017 Share Posted June 18, 2017 LMMFT*O!!! *tiara bigvalboy and Good Grief 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Good Grief Posted June 18, 2017 Share Posted June 18, 2017 (edited) Edited June 18, 2017 by Good Grief bigvalboy, rvwnsd and AdamSmith 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyGMin Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 A little queeny comment at the right time and place can be fun. Sometimes there is simply no substitute for a well-placed "Bitch please!" Good Grief and instudiocity 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Good Grief Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 Sometimes there is simply no substitute for a well-placed "Bitch please!" MikeyGMin and bigvalboy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Slater Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 All percentages over 100. (No. You are not giving 110%! Stop it!) So far this year, daily revenue is 118% of last year. Kevin Slater instudiocity, bigvalboy, TopTierTop and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bostonman Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 So far this year, daily revenue is 118% of last year. Ah - well, yes - percentages ARE valid when used that way. Good catch. Kevin Slater 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TopTierTop Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 So far this year, daily revenue is 118% of last year. Kevin Slater Shoulda seen that coming from you. Haha! Kevin Slater 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike carey Posted June 19, 2017 Share Posted June 19, 2017 All percentages over 100. (No. You are not giving 110%! Stop it!) I was beaten to the punch on this one, but I sort of like its use to reflect what is being done as beyond expectations. 110% reduction is just silly. One of my minor peeves is 'x year anniversary'. The 'ann' part comes from 'year', so it should be 'x-th anniversary'. I'm not as concerned about expressions like '6 month anniversary' as they denote a shift in the meaning from a yearly marker to a marker of a significant (in the mind of the speaker) amount of time. TopTierTop, AdamSmith, Bargara Leatherboy and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bostonman Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 Some text/computer shortcuts that I despise: Ur (i.e. your) Wat/wats (i.e. what/what's) Tryna/Trynna (i.e. trying to) Azz (i.e. ass) + FreshFluff 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike carey Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 Azz (i.e. ass) Lol (did you see what I did then?), azz isn't even a short-cut! I wouldn't use ass to start with unless I meant donkey. I have to confess I've started using bc for because in texts, but not all the time. In twitter I'll write what I want to say and try to edit it down to 140 characters, and I'll use ur, 4, 2 and some other text-speak at times, but not if I can do it differently and convey what I want to say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bostonman Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 azz isn't even a short-cut! I wouldn't use ass to start with unless I meant donkey. I guess I don't see any problem in typing 2 s's instead of the idiocy of substituting 2 z's. I didn't think, and don't think, in this day and age, that "ass" is that offensive anymore. It certainly wasn't one of the infamous George Carlin "7 words you can't say on television" lol. "Azz" is not a word. To me it rhymes with "jazz" (as opposed to "pass") and is just obnoxious and frankly rather infantile. And even so, I suppose I might say that people that use it are azzholes, or maybe just azzes. (Or is that azzez?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike carey Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 I didn't think, and don't think, in this day and age, that "ass" is that offensive anymore. I don't know that people would use 'azz' because they thought 'ass' was offensive. Offence, I'd have thought, is the last thing that the typical texter would be thinking of! I don't use 'ass' in that context because the Australian word is 'arse' (which, incidentally, rhymes with the way I say 'pass'), nothing to do with being offensive. I, too, don't think that ass/arse is offensive any more. [in spoken language, I'd put ass/arse down to accent rather than different words and I'd have thought nothing of just saying it the way I do, on paper it sort of becomes a decision. So if there were a time when I would have said 'ass' as if I were switching to an American accent, I'd write 'ass'.] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bostonman Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 I don't know that people would use 'azz' because they thought 'ass' was offensive. Offense, I'd have thought, is the last thing that the typical texter would be thinking of! So, why do they spell it that way, then? I have yet to see a reason for it. the Australian word is 'arse' (which, incidentally, rhymes with the way I say 'pass'), Same in British. As in Eliza Doolittle's iconic line "Come on, Dover, move your bloomin' arse!" And I can be sure I've never seen it written as "move your bloomin' azz." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bargara Leatherboy Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 As an Australian I cringe Everytime I hear someone say "literally". Sadly it's normally am American. It's an unnecessary word. Our flight was delayed, we were literally just waiting longer. Wtf. + Eric Hassan and + BigRic 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike carey Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 So, why do they spell it that way, then? I have yet to see a reason for it. To be contrarian? Provocative? Subversive? Who knows? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bostonman Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 To be contrarian? Provocative? Subversive? Who knows? ...my response to all that is actually one of my favorite internet expressions - Meh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike carey Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 Sometimes 'literally' can be used for precision when whatever wording had been used could be taken figuratively. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bostonman Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 Sometimes 'literally' can be used for precision when whatever wording had been used could be taken figuratively. But, much of the time, it's used instead of "figuratively," and that's the problem. The same happens with the word "veritably" when it's somehow used to describe something in a metaphorical way. mike carey 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samfoslom Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 I would love to hang out with someone who uses "veritably" in everyday conversation!!! :p:p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeyGMin Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 So, why do they spell it that way, then? I have yet to see a reason for it. I don't know what context you are seeing the usage. I've rarely seen it used, but when I have it's been in the context of a very lecherous type statement meant to imply a tone of voice like, " I need to get some a dat azz." BabyBoomer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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