Overused and empty words

[bostonman]

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."

 

I've been seeing it on the net for years, in personal ads and occasionally an escort ad - and it doesn't seem to have anything to do with ethnicity or lecherousness. I've always assumed that it was being done so that the word "ass" wouldn't appear. But why I don't know.

[+ Keith30309]

"Are we done yet?"

[Samfoslom]

"Are we done yet?"

 

We should be. Anything further would be like beating a dead horse.......

[+ Topseed]

"I love you."

[bostonman]

The ironic use of...'Bless his heart', is a gem to be encouraged. At the risk of overgeneralising, Southerners have a knack of saying, 'You're a dick', without saying it.

 

A good hypothetical example - "Today, trump admitted that there were no tapes, bless his heart."

[bostonman]

"Speaking truth to power"

 

Not that I don't agree with the definition - just that the phrase has become a very tired cliche. It's also always sounded rather pretentious to me.

[rvwnsd]

To be fair,...

 

All percentages over 100.

(No. You are not giving 110%! Stop it!)

In addition to @Kevin Slater's example, when measuring performance one can, in fact, give 110%. For example, if an employee is expected to do 2,080 hours of work per year and instead did 2,288 hours of work then he did give 110%.

[AdamSmith]

We should be. Anything further would be like beating a dead horse.......

AS beating...

 

[Samfoslom]

AS beating...

 

 

Actually, no

[AdamSmith]

Actually, no

Grammatical detail?

[Samfoslom]

Grammatical detail?

 

An early written form of this idiom goes back to at least 1859, recorded in the Watchman And Wesleyan Advertiser newspaper in London. Inside, there's an article that reads:

http://www.knowyourphrase.com/tp.gif"It was notorious that Mr.Bright was dissatisfied with his winter reform campaign and rumor said that he

http://www.knowyourphrase.com/tp.gifhad given up his effort with the exclamation that it was like flogging a dead horse."

 

http://www.knowyourphrase.com/phrase-meanings/Beating-a-Dead-Horse.html

[Boooner]

For me it's not about phrases, but about a number of people who constantly utter empty bs of all sorts.

[bostonman]

Any reference, or visual, for that matter, that deals with a "mike drop" (as in microphone) or "drop the mike" etc.

[+ BenjaminNicholas]

Any reference, or visual, for that matter, that deals with a "mike drop" (as in microphone) or "drop the mike" etc.

 

And frankly, anyone who drops a hand-held mic isn't smart enough to know how expensive some of them can be

[instudiocity]

"your call is very important to us"

 

"please listen carefully as our menu has changed"

My response is "Shut the fuck up, yo' diatribe is wasting my time!" Or "Human Being!", as loud as I can say it, just incase the automated answerer is now classified as a being.

Edited June 29, 2017 by instudiocity

[instudiocity]

Corn beef. It's corned beef!

Unless your talking about corn-holed beef, then I wanna hear all about him!

Edited June 28, 2017 by instudiocity

[AdamSmith]

An early written form of this idiom goes back to at least 1859, recorded in the Watchman And Wesleyan Advertiser newspaper in London. Inside, there's an article that reads:

http://www.knowyourphrase.com/tp.gif"It was notorious that Mr.Bright was dissatisfied with his winter reform campaign and rumor said that he

http://www.knowyourphrase.com/tp.gifhad given up his effort with the exclamation that it was like flogging a dead horse."

 

http://www.knowyourphrase.com/phrase-meanings/Beating-a-Dead-Horse.html

Your source is the reply.

[bigvalboy]

"your call is very important to us"

 

"please listen carefully as our menu has changed"

 

LMAO...That was Verizon today. This is all that I got from them on their automated system. 4 customer service numbers, all with the exact same recording. Unbelievable. After going round and round with the automated system, I finally got..."I'm sorry, but that is an invalid selection, please try again later, Good bye" It was so ridiculous, I just had to laugh.

[actor61]

My response is "Shut the fuck up, you're diatribe is wasting my time!" Or "Human Being!", as loud as I can say it, just incase the automated answerer is now classified as a being.

Your diatribe, not you're diatribe.

[instudiocity]

Your diatribe, not you're diatribe.

Ah, another grammarian arguing with my spell-check... thanks!

[+ BigRic]

"spot on"

 

"pull the trigger"

 

When referring to a meal, "grab."

[rvwnsd]

"Damn spell check" when the true culprit is failing to read before hitting "enter" or "post" or what not.

[+ azdr0710]

"on point"

[+ BigRic]

"on point"

 

Yes. I meant to include this one when I posted "spot on." Tired already.

[LADoug1]

Fuck yeah!