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Re: Phrases that we hear a lot that are really stupid
« Reply #50 on: 14 Apr 2009, 22:49 »

"For all intensive purposes."

I guess its not really a stupid phrase so much as a commonly misused/spelled phrase.

Did you mean that the actual phrase is "for all intents and purposes" or am I mistaken?
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Re: Phrases that we hear a lot that are really stupid
« Reply #51 on: 14 Apr 2009, 23:02 »

I lol'd.
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Re: Phrases that we hear a lot that are really stupid
« Reply #52 on: 14 Apr 2009, 23:04 »

I used to despise people for slovenly misconstructions; now I pity them for being products of the modern educational system.  Patronising or what?
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Re: Phrases that we hear a lot that are really stupid
« Reply #53 on: 14 Apr 2009, 23:49 »

"It won't take but a moment" always gets me. The but seems completely redundant.
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Re: Phrases that we hear a lot that are really stupid
« Reply #54 on: 15 Apr 2009, 00:15 »

Paul, which one of us is incorrect?
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Re: Phrases that we hear a lot that are really stupid
« Reply #55 on: 15 Apr 2009, 00:42 »

I'm going to assume that written phrases are included.

Reading evidence that people have forgotten the difference between 'you're' and 'your'. That just annoys me. 
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Re: Phrases that we hear a lot that are really stupid
« Reply #56 on: 15 Apr 2009, 01:15 »

I used to despise people for slovenly misconstructions; now I pity them for being products of the modern educational system.  Patronising or what?

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Re: Phrases that we hear a lot that are really stupid
« Reply #57 on: 15 Apr 2009, 02:12 »

Paul, which one of us is incorrect?

Correct is: "for/to all intents and purposes".  The meaning is that the material spoken of is not necessarily exactly correct or appropriate, but is OK for all the purposes it is intended for in this context.  See here for the legal origin of the phrase.
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Re: Phrases that we hear a lot that are really stupid
« Reply #58 on: 15 Apr 2009, 02:36 »

Yes - sometimes.  (My avatar is not uploaded to the board but comes directly from my server which is set up to send for that particular request an image randomly chosen from currently about 15; so each of you may be seeing a different avatar for me, which also changes unpredictably without my doing a thing.)
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Re: Phrases that we hear a lot that are really stupid
« Reply #59 on: 15 Apr 2009, 02:56 »

"I could care less"

Why do people say this instead of the usual (to me), and at least meaningful: "I couldn't care less"?

I believe that people originally were saying "I couldn't care less" but as people began to enunciate less and speak faster, it began to come out sounding "I could care less." I tried saying it out loud a couple times to realize that if you say it fast enough, one sounds like the other.
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Re: Phrases that we hear a lot that are really stupid
« Reply #60 on: 15 Apr 2009, 03:13 »

Why would they be saying it that fast?
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Re: Phrases that we hear a lot that are really stupid
« Reply #61 on: 15 Apr 2009, 03:20 »

Because they couldn't care less, to all intents and purposes.
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Re: Phrases that we hear a lot that are really stupid
« Reply #62 on: 15 Apr 2009, 04:36 »

Nono, because they could care less, for intense purposes.
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Re: Phrases that we hear a lot that are really stupid
« Reply #63 on: 15 Apr 2009, 04:52 »

I have to say ... intense purposes ... I sort of like it. I know tha't it's wrong ... you know ... but being able to say: 'that's how he felt, for intense purposes' is just awesome.

Not just any ol' purpose ... no, they were manifold ... and INTENSE!
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Re: Phrases that we hear a lot that are really stupid
« Reply #64 on: 15 Apr 2009, 06:45 »

My purposes are hella intense.
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Re: Phrases that we hear a lot that are really stupid
« Reply #65 on: 15 Apr 2009, 06:52 »

I read the phrase "at the end of the day, it was a case of the smartest guys in the room outfoxing themselves" in a paper. That's like 3 clichés for the price of 1

That was written by a journalist

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Re: Phrases that we hear a lot that are really stupid
« Reply #66 on: 15 Apr 2009, 06:56 »

"I could care less"

Why do people say this instead of the usual (to me), and at least meaningful: "I couldn't care less"?

I believe that people originally were saying "I couldn't care less" but as people began to enunciate less and speak faster, it began to come out sounding "I could care less." I tried saying it out loud a couple times to realize that if you say it fast enough, one sounds like the other.
Actually, people would say "I could care less?" as a question, or "I could really care less" someone mockingly or ironically. Then Disney Channel happened (I blame Disney Channel on everything) and eventually people (read: Tweenage girls) forgot the difference.
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Re: Phrases that we hear a lot that are really stupid
« Reply #67 on: 15 Apr 2009, 08:15 »

Any time the Yankees announcer opens his mouth!
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Re: Phrases that we hear a lot that are really stupid
« Reply #68 on: 15 Apr 2009, 10:05 »

Any time a Sox fan opens his mouth!

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Re: Phrases that we hear a lot that are really stupid
« Reply #69 on: 15 Apr 2009, 11:14 »

Any time the sports announcer opens his mouth!

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Re: Phrases that we hear a lot that are really stupid
« Reply #70 on: 15 Apr 2009, 11:31 »

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Re: Phrases that we hear a lot that are really stupid
« Reply #71 on: 15 Apr 2009, 15:55 »

"irregardless"
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Re: Phrases that we hear a lot that are really stupid
« Reply #72 on: 15 Apr 2009, 16:16 »

I'm going to assume that written phrases are included.

Reading evidence that people have forgotten the difference between 'you're' and 'your'. That just annoys me. 

This along with there/their/they're. GRRRRRRRR

I also want to stab people that use the word "like" every 3rd or fourth word.  Like, seriously.
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Re: Phrases that we hear a lot that are really stupid
« Reply #73 on: 15 Apr 2009, 16:54 »

And dyslexics! Fuck dyslexics!
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Re: Phrases that we hear a lot that are really stupid
« Reply #74 on: 15 Apr 2009, 17:15 »

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Re: Phrases that we hear a lot that are really stupid
« Reply #75 on: 15 Apr 2009, 18:16 »

Have you heard "Here In My Room"?
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Re: Phrases that we hear a lot that are really stupid
« Reply #76 on: 15 Apr 2009, 19:51 »

1.  Grammar Nazi

2. Any time the immaculate conception (ie no original sin) is used to mean a virgin conception.

3. Same difference
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Re: Phrases that we hear a lot that are really stupid
« Reply #77 on: 15 Apr 2009, 20:03 »

I KNOW, RIGHT?

WRONG. I cannot possibly answer if it is right that you know anything.

Just saying, "RIGHT?" enthusiastically is totally ok and actually makes sense
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Re: Phrases that we hear a lot that are really stupid
« Reply #78 on: 15 Apr 2009, 23:27 »

"...In some way. shape, or form."

THOSE ARE THE SAME THINGS, ARE SYNONYMS, ARE DEFINED THE SAME WAY, AND ARE USED INTERCHANGEABLY.
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Re: Phrases that we hear a lot that are really stupid
« Reply #79 on: 15 Apr 2009, 23:30 »

"For all intensive purposes."

I guess its not really a stupid phrase so much as a commonly misused/spelled phrase.

Did you mean that the actual phrase is "for all intents and purposes" or am I mistaken?

Yes that is what I meant.  I wasn't that clear
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Re: Phrases that we hear a lot that are really stupid
« Reply #80 on: 15 Apr 2009, 23:42 »

"It's the principle of the thing"
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Re: Phrases that we hear a lot that are really stupid
« Reply #81 on: 16 Apr 2009, 03:39 »

I don't know ... I've got a soft spot for 'twats'.
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Re: Phrases that we hear a lot that are really stupid
« Reply #82 on: 16 Apr 2009, 04:14 »

"beg the question"

Seriously, society, if you don't know how to use this proper, just don't. Although I think I'm fighting a losing battle here because its misuse is spreading from everyday usage and into the media. It happened on the goddamned BBC news. Shit.

When my Logic proffesor said last year, "once you understand the meaning of the phrase beg the question it will annoy you when people use it wrong all the time", I though nah not gonna bug me that much. But it does! My main issue with it is that Jon Stewart uses it on the Daily Show about once a week, I know he is a comedian etc. but its the only thing I dont like about his show.

Some phrases that annoy  me:
"Who the hell are you, Get out of my house/off my lawn"
"I dont care, im still not sleeping with you"
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Re: Phrases that we hear a lot that are really stupid
« Reply #83 on: 16 Apr 2009, 04:25 »

This thread is fucking annoying. I saw a point in it before and it could've become something interesting but now it's just people ranting about expressions they have something against for some or no particular reason. Fuck.
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Re: Phrases that we hear a lot that are really stupid
« Reply #84 on: 16 Apr 2009, 05:05 »

'totes' is a fantastic term.
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« Reply #85 on: 16 Apr 2009, 05:08 »

'totes' is a fantastic term.
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Re: Phrases that we hear a lot that are really stupid
« Reply #86 on: 16 Apr 2009, 05:12 »

Hey Pants, three more posts and your post count will be 1234

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Re: Phrases that we hear a lot that are really stupid
« Reply #87 on: 16 Apr 2009, 05:50 »

Jace, I'm just letting you know it's OK to be wrong sometimes.

Like now. Because you're wrong. Now. In this thread.
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Re: Phrases that we hear a lot that are really stupid
« Reply #88 on: 16 Apr 2009, 08:57 »

Man, its a regional thing. It works for people from certain regions. Its like brah. Brah works for people from Hawaii. Brah does not work for people going to college in southern california. I hear totes mostly from Australialand and a bit from the UK, but people from north america, you don't need to say totes. It is unnecessary.
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« Reply #89 on: 16 Apr 2009, 09:10 »

He's right.  Most of the people around here who say 'brah' or 'broseph' or any other of its' inane derivatives are functionally retarded piss-guzzling apemen.
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Re: Phrases that we hear a lot that are really stupid
« Reply #90 on: 16 Apr 2009, 09:43 »

A lot of these can be argued for their... general... horribleness... :?

Anyway, the one I think we can all agree is annoying as hell to hear is the bookended "yo"s:
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Re: Phrases that we hear a lot that are really stupid
« Reply #91 on: 16 Apr 2009, 10:01 »

People who say "you know?" a lot, especially when they're explaining something. NO, thankyouverymuch, we DON'T KNOW. That's why you're EXPLAINING it to us!

"I think that, you know, Leopold's book represents, you know, the anthropomorphization of nature, you know, of like, man and his, you know, how, you know, man needs nature." (A quote, probably verbatim, from my Global Environmental Ethics class last night.)
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« Reply #92 on: 16 Apr 2009, 10:35 »

re: hella/hecka

It's pronounced "wicked", guys. Get with the program.
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« Reply #93 on: 16 Apr 2009, 10:37 »

OK this thread is stupid
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« Reply #94 on: 16 Apr 2009, 10:38 »

THIS THREAD IS WICKED PISSAH DOVEY, WHAT ARE YOU ON?
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Re: Phrases that we hear a lot that are really stupid
« Reply #95 on: 16 Apr 2009, 10:39 »

Fuck all of you guys. I will continue to use yo, hella, and you know as much as I please. And you guys can all totes go eat a cock.
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« Reply #96 on: 16 Apr 2009, 15:20 »

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« Reply #97 on: 16 Apr 2009, 19:29 »

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« Reply #98 on: 17 Apr 2009, 09:56 »

re: hella/hecka

It's pronounced "wicked", guys. Get with the program.
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« Reply #99 on: 19 Apr 2009, 01:16 »

re: hella/hecka

It's pronounced "wicked", guys. Get with the program.

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