Comments on: Monday Mashup #3: Ten Expressions (5 That I Loathe & 5 That I Love)

By: Kelly

Kelly — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 04:18:26 +0000

I KNOW I’m going to want to come back and amend this with even more but I HATE, HATE, HATE:

LOL’s. Unfortunately, I have been guilty via text thought not recently.
“Like” (mentioned above and it seems to be a curse for young women 25 and under…)

LOVE:

“Bloody hell”, the words “thwart” and “serendipity”.

Crap. I’m tired and I have many. Will perhaps blog a list later and share?
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By: Pam

Pam — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:13:41 +0000

I can’t STAND “colder than a witch’s ____”… as a person who considers herself a witch I think its pretty offensive to be considered cold (especially since I come from the prairies and “cold” is usually around -20C to -40C). I wouldn’t expect someone who was christian to be happy about being considered cold blooded…

I also hate “whatev” not “Whatever”… no, now apparently its even shorter, “whatev”… ick.
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By: Pace Smith

Pace Smith — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:19:23 +0000

I can’t stand when anyone says “frosh” instead of “freshman”.

And I have a beef with “I’m just sayin’”.
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By: Marissa

Marissa — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 03:37:38 +0000

@Tim: You’re so right about the overuse of “obviously.” If something is obvious, how often do you really have to say so? (If you’re A-Rod, apparently two times each minute!) “Literally” is another one in this category. I’m literally sick of hearing it used so much, obviously.

@Charlie: Well, now that I know there’s a (regional?) disagreement about the actual temperature of witch anatomy, I’m just adding that to my list of reasons why that phrase shouldn’t be used.

@Mark: I love “Salaam aleikum” too! I first learned that when I took a class on Islam in college. The professor started class (and his voicemail) with it, and I thought it was such a wonderful way of greeting someone. Thank you for reminding me of it! I got a chuckle out of the Salami version too… that would be a good mnemonic for the actual phrase!

@Josiane: I never paused to consider the “kill two birds” phrase before, but you’re right, it is a rather dark image for an animal lover to use! Sort of like “dog eat dog world” (which I’ve never been fond of). Funny how I never even noticed a potentially ick-inducing phrase, because it’s so commonplace in the language. You got my mind a-reelin’ thinking of other iffy phrases that I probably take for granted too!

@Hayden: A former classmate used to say “pregnacious encounter” (e.g., “I heard she’s having a pregnacious encounter” or “My sister had a pregnacious encounter, and is due in a few months”). I’m pretty sure she made that one up, but it sure did strike me as an odd way to refer to pregnancy. My least favorite expression for pregnancy, though, is “in a family way.” I mean… what? LOL

By: Hayden Tompkins

Hayden Tompkins — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 03:06:28 +0000

Any expression for “pregnant” that isn’t actually “pregnant”. (e.g. preggers, preggo, bun in the oven, pea in the pod)

Ugh!
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By: Josiane

Josiane — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:45:47 +0000

No later than yesterday, I was thinking about expressions in English and how some of them are funny/weird to me. Sure, we have our funny/weird ones in French too, but I’m used to them, so the effect isn’t quite the same.
Yesterday, I was actually thinking about something that I may have wanted to blog, and thought of the expression in French that would have summed up the thing pretty well. Now, I can’t even remember what it was I wanted to blog about, because as soon as I remembered the English equivalent to that expression, I was so totally disgusted that I wiped the whole thing out of my mind. The expression in question? Killing two birds with one stone. This vegan girl says, well, uh, no thanks!
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By: Mark Silver

Mark Silver — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:41:52 +0000

Like Charlie, I’ve never heard the “hotter than a…” always the colder one.

One of my favorites, although it’s a little culture-specific, is the Sufi/Islamic phrase: “Salaam aleikum” (peace unto you) to which the proper response is “Wa aleikum salaam” (and unto you, peace.)

Although, to tell the truth, I sometimes prefer our personal version of that one: “Salami I like’em.” “Yah, I like’em, salami.”

Especially at mid-morning snack time. Assuming it’s kosher-halal, free range beef salami. Just sayin’.

By: Charlie

Charlie — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:20:21 +0000

First, I’ve always heard “colder than a witch’s …”, which seems to make more sense. I imagine witches being cold, so it makes sense that an extended part of their anatomy would be cold.

Second, having experienced a wet hen, I can attest that they are, in fact, mad. For the reasons you mentioned.

Third, I love that “Thank you” was included.

Fourth, you know my feelings about “How ’bout them apples?” Thanks for that one! (Okay, maybe not the sincerest thanks…)

Go Big or Go Gnome indeed, Marissa. Thanks for sharing yourself with us!
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By: Tim

Tim — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:53:49 +0000

Marissa:

Nice post! I have a pet peave…it’s not necessarily an expression, but it is the word “obviously.” I thought the word “like” was pretty overused, but “obviously” is giving it a run for its money. Just watched an Alex Rodriquez (NY Yankees) interview and he dropped that word at least 4 times in two minutes. I like and agree with the expressions that bug you, especially the “not to be rude” expression.
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