Things That I'm Sick To Death of Hearing...
 

Politics.

^^^ where's my like button??

"I'm thinking about quitting my organization."

Big Bird

Special Situation

YOLO

'Hot wash' (work-related)

Swag.

#oomf, subtweet, #yolo,

but my situation is different from anybody else's....

I loved both my choices, but I got the one I didn't love as much. I want to drop after a week.

"So why aren't you married?"

and

"Ya know, your biological clock is ticking..."

"So when are you going to have a baby, already?"

Answer: "I have a baby. He's a little boy, one and a half years old. He has four feet and says 'meow'."

;)

"Butt chugging"

And this. #swingstateproblems

For the win!

Obamacare

What do the regs say?

When will we know?

polls

I'll expand this to political phone calls.

"This is Rachel from Cardholder Services."

But there are no problems with your account. You should be happy to hear that. :D



[Tangent]

I trust that all GCers who get calls from Rachel -- or the similar calls about how the FBI says home break-ins are on the rise and you've won a free home alarm system -- know that this is scam to get your credit card info.

[/Tangent]

"I'm ________, and I approve this message."

Haha, I just started getting the FBI ones. If they were from the FBI, wouldn't they know whether I had an alarm system or not? ;)

OMG I am so tired of election commercials. As if I would ever choose a candidate or change my opinion based on a television commercial.

Anything having to do with Todd Akin and his wacky comments.

When my cousin was here from Alaska she was shocked at the number of political ads we get here. Apparently the state is so 'red' that nobody bothers advertising there. So, you can always move to Alaska to escape them :)

I agree with all of the above. I hardly watch the local news anymore because the whole half hour is a constant barrage of political ads, most of them from local races and most originating from those out-of-state pacs. Damn the Supreme Court!

Radio ads for The Shane Company. "Now YOU have a friend in the diamond business...".

No, no I don't. Also, listen to Tom Shane say the word designers. He pronounces the G.

Over 30 years I've had to hear that bozo flaunt his goods.

supposably
Sorry, genius. That isn't a real word.

1. political commercials
2. why I'm not married yet
3. that life isn't fair (no shit sherlock)

Mid Century Design.

Any piece of crap from 1940-1970 is marked with an inflated price tag and the title, "Mid Century"

Going forward....used in any meeting

Misuse of "begging the question".

Begging the question - rhetorical fallacy http://nizkor.org/features/fallacies...-question.html

NOT "That makes you ask the question . . ."

Yes!

What I'm tired of hearing:

"Police are on the way. Leave the premises NOW."

So basically.....

Misuse of the word "apropos". It means "pertaining to" and it makes me nuts when people use it as a synonym for "appropriate".

Actually, the primary meaning of "apropos" is fitting, opportune or appropriate. "Apropos of" is an idiom that means "pertaining to."

Corporate-speak:

"Reaching out"

"Going forward"

"Best practices"

"Next steps"

:mad:

Stakeholders.

This! This! It makes me crazy when I hear it because it's nearly always used the wrong way. What's worse is that it's becoming a very popular phrase.

At the end of the day...

I forgot to mention the main one I had in mind. On nearly every episode of The Bachelor/Bachelorette you'll hear something like:

"We had a great time on Sally and I's date." I's? Seriously?


I also get annoyed with "her/him and I".

"Did you buy some chicken soup?"

NO, I DON'T WANT ANY DAGGONE CHICKEN SOUP, DON'T ASK ME AGAIN. Despite the misleadings of Puff the Magic Dragon, chicken soup is not some magical substance that hits viruses with its chicken fatty kryptonite so you can stop insinuating that I want to be sick just because I won't eat the stupid soup!

Hmph. *stops ranting and snuggles deeper into the couch*