bostonman Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ Keith30309 Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 "Are we done yet?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samfoslom Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 "Are we done yet?" We should be. Anything further would be like beating a dead horse....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ Topseed Posted June 20, 2017 Share Posted June 20, 2017 "I love you." Samfoslom 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bostonman Posted June 23, 2017 Share Posted June 23, 2017 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." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bostonman Posted June 23, 2017 Share Posted June 23, 2017 "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. AdamSmith and + BigRic 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rvwnsd Posted June 23, 2017 Share Posted June 23, 2017 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%. MikeyGMin, AdamSmith and + azdr0710 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamSmith Posted June 23, 2017 Share Posted June 23, 2017 We should be. Anything further would be like beating a dead horse....... AS beating... instudiocity 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samfoslom Posted June 23, 2017 Share Posted June 23, 2017 AS beating... Actually, no instudiocity 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamSmith Posted June 23, 2017 Share Posted June 23, 2017 Actually, no Grammatical detail? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samfoslom Posted June 23, 2017 Share Posted June 23, 2017 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boooner Posted June 23, 2017 Share Posted June 23, 2017 For me it's not about phrases, but about a number of people who constantly utter empty bs of all sorts. instudiocity and AdamSmith 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bostonman Posted June 27, 2017 Share Posted June 27, 2017 Any reference, or visual, for that matter, that deals with a "mike drop" (as in microphone) or "drop the mike" etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ BenjaminNicholas Posted June 28, 2017 Share Posted June 28, 2017 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 rvwnsd 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
instudiocity Posted June 28, 2017 Share Posted June 28, 2017 (edited) "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 AdamSmith 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
instudiocity Posted June 28, 2017 Share Posted June 28, 2017 (edited) 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdamSmith Posted June 28, 2017 Share Posted June 28, 2017 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigvalboy Posted June 28, 2017 Share Posted June 28, 2017 "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. + azdr0710 and AdamSmith 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
actor61 Posted June 28, 2017 Author Share Posted June 28, 2017 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
instudiocity Posted June 29, 2017 Share Posted June 29, 2017 Your diatribe, not you're diatribe. Ah, another grammarian arguing with my spell-check... thanks! AdamSmith and Beancounter 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ BigRic Posted July 14, 2017 Share Posted July 14, 2017 "spot on" "pull the trigger" When referring to a meal, "grab." bigvalboy and + azdr0710 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rvwnsd Posted July 14, 2017 Share Posted July 14, 2017 "Damn spell check" when the true culprit is failing to read before hitting "enter" or "post" or what not. + BigRic 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ azdr0710 Posted July 14, 2017 Share Posted July 14, 2017 "on point" + BigRic 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+ BigRic Posted July 14, 2017 Share Posted July 14, 2017 "on point" Yes. I meant to include this one when I posted "spot on." Tired already. + azdr0710 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LADoug1 Posted July 14, 2017 Share Posted July 14, 2017 Fuck yeah! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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