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Phrases I NEVER want to hear again (Original Post) Buttoneer Tuesday OP
Thinking out of the box Klarkashton Tuesday #1
Yeah---it's so 20th-century! lastlib Tuesday #13
At this point, True Dough 21 hrs ago #23
"President Trump said..." biophile Tuesday #2
"Eat your kill" 🤬 Floyd R. Turbo Tuesday #3
"I didn't vote for this." FalloutShelter Tuesday #4
"I gotchu" "We got this" "You got this" "I got this" Buttoneer Tuesday #5
"Let's matrix this." SalamanderSleeps Tuesday #6
It is what it is kerouac2 Tuesday #7
I've always hated that one FoxNewsSucks Tuesday #9
Or it can be acceptance of something you cannot change happybird Tuesday #10
It's a vapid, ridiculous tautology. lastlib Tuesday #11
I appreciate you chowmama Tuesday #8
"At the end of the day...." lastlib Tuesday #12
Put on your big (boy or girl) pants... Marie Marie Tuesday #14
Are you also opposed True Dough 21 hrs ago #24
No, somehow the word knickers amuses me. Marie Marie 18 hrs ago #25
That phrase makes me think of the candy bar. Nt spooky3 18 hrs ago #27
The Democrat Party. MIButterfly Tuesday #15
Agreed! That drives me bonkers! Mad_Dem_X 21 hrs ago #22
Makes me crazy too. Fuck Bob Dole. FadedMullet 18 hrs ago #32
"Fake news" synni Tuesday #16
six-seven Intractable Yesterday #17
Trust me LogDog75 Yesterday #18
'putin told me ,,,and you can take him at his word" witkoff rampartd 18 hrs ago #29
This is not who we are 10 Turtle Day Yesterday #19
"Bottom line" is so arrogant. Who are you to say what the "bottom line" is??! Buttoneer Yesterday #20
It's up to you. Fla Dem 22 hrs ago #21
Woke JohnnyLib2 18 hrs ago #26
2 very common ones from DU GusBob 18 hrs ago #28
I absolutely disagree Skittles 18 hrs ago #33
Thats kinda the point GusBob 18 hrs ago #34
"Leaning in" Blues Heron 18 hrs ago #30
Spicy Blues Heron 18 hrs ago #31
it is what it is DBoon 18 hrs ago #35
Having said that WmChris 18 hrs ago #36
Football player, or worse Ryder Cup golfer, displacedvermoter 18 hrs ago #37
Guardrails and Off-Ramps NEOH 17 hrs ago #38
And fucking justices and judges displacedvermoter 14 hrs ago #42
"My bad" PittBlue 17 hrs ago #39
"Have a blessed day" Zorro 16 hrs ago #40
"I threw up in my mouth a little" Skittles 15 hrs ago #41

lastlib

(28,088 posts)
13. Yeah---it's so 20th-century!
Tue Mar 10, 2026, 10:01 PM
Tuesday

In the 21st century, you've got to thnk outside the TESSERACT!




(Good luck with that.........)

True Dough

(26,426 posts)
23. At this point,
Wed Mar 11, 2026, 02:28 PM
21 hrs ago

anyone who mutters "thinking outside the box" clearly is not "thinking outside the box," just relying on a cliche.

happybird

(5,390 posts)
10. Or it can be acceptance of something you cannot change
Tue Mar 10, 2026, 09:49 PM
Tuesday

It's not always a negative saying.

chowmama

(1,072 posts)
8. I appreciate you
Tue Mar 10, 2026, 09:46 PM
Tuesday

This is the corporate version of 'thoughts and prayers'. I'd rather have time to do my job and the pay for it.)

A runner-up is 'going forward'. It's 'from now on', dammit!

Corporate-speak, blechhh!

lastlib

(28,088 posts)
12. "At the end of the day...."
Tue Mar 10, 2026, 09:58 PM
Tuesday

What happens after midnight??

"Half-mast" for a flag flown on land. Ships have masts. On land, it's "Half-STAFF".

Starting any sentence with "Hopefully". That is an atrocity.

MIButterfly

(2,581 posts)
15. The Democrat Party.
Tue Mar 10, 2026, 11:29 PM
Tuesday

I've even heard Democrats use that expression. Once and for all, It's the DEMOCRATIC party!!!

LogDog75

(1,250 posts)
18. Trust me
Wed Mar 11, 2026, 12:48 AM
Yesterday

When I hear this I think "If you had already earned my trust then you wouldn't have to ask me to "trust you." This is the point my internal warning system starts raising red flags. Or, as the robot in the TV series Lost in Space would say: "Danger, Will Robinson, Danger!"

rampartd

(4,521 posts)
29. 'putin told me ,,,and you can take him at his word" witkoff
Wed Mar 11, 2026, 04:45 PM
18 hrs ago

"you can take him at his word?"

i would never take witkoff "at his word"

another one, from an x=boss "you just don't get it"

10 Turtle Day

(1,176 posts)
19. This is not who we are
Wed Mar 11, 2026, 07:05 AM
Yesterday

Usually said after some atrocity like a mass shooting. This is EXACTLY who we are. Maybe not us as individuals, but as a society the U.S. can be very sick.

GusBob

(8,230 posts)
28. 2 very common ones from DU
Wed Mar 11, 2026, 04:41 PM
18 hrs ago

Sorry to all

"FAFO"
and that "leopards eating face" one

Both way over used and just not clever anymore

GusBob

(8,230 posts)
34. Thats kinda the point
Wed Mar 11, 2026, 05:03 PM
18 hrs ago

If something is overused it loses its relevancy
and to see it 2-3 times in threads makes it overused
and actually one reads it here everyday, and posted with any discussion along with it, which in my opinion is just lazy

displacedvermoter

(4,258 posts)
37. Football player, or worse Ryder Cup golfer,
Wed Mar 11, 2026, 05:17 PM
18 hrs ago

talking about "Going to war" with teammates. I recall the late Todd Christensen -- one of my favorite all time sportscasters -- going off one time about NFL players using this phrase!

NEOH

(292 posts)
38. Guardrails and Off-Ramps
Wed Mar 11, 2026, 05:55 PM
17 hrs ago

…Something the corporate media peeps always say. Is it a Civil Engineering course or what??

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