Words/phrases you hate

Linkin5 · Post by **Linkin5** » Tue Jun 05, 2012 1:51 am

I hate the words epic and fail, especially together.

thenewguy · Post by **thenewguy** » Tue Jun 05, 2012 3:01 am

They fail epically.

Omababe · Post by **Omababe** » Tue Jun 05, 2012 2:19 pm

"Heartland", when used by WOWT news.

"Web Channel", need I say more.

Post by **Brad** » Tue Jun 05, 2012 2:22 pm

I think we have 8 or 10 threads about this subject now....

Towne Pointe Centre etc

S33 · Post by **S33** » Tue Jun 05, 2012 2:56 pm

I think "mixed-use" has run its course, as well.

Omababe · Post by **Omababe** » Tue Jun 05, 2012 5:14 pm

S33 wrote:I think "mixed-use" has run its course, as well.

LOL, I agree.

ricko · Post by **ricko** » Wed Jun 06, 2012 5:27 am

the overuse of the word "ninja"

Big E · Post by **Big E** » Wed Jun 06, 2012 12:48 pm

ricko wrote:the overuse of the word "ninja"

Overused Ninja is not amused.

(Dammit... what IS the trick to sharing the URL from Flickr?)

ShawJ · Post by **ShawJ** » Wed Jun 06, 2012 12:59 pm

Big E wrote:
ricko wrote:the overuse of the word "ninja"
Overused Ninja is not amused.

(Dammit... what IS the trick to sharing the URL from Flickr?)

If you click the little "share" toggle at the top and go to BBCode it'll spit you out a different img tag. But you have to kind of filter it out from all the other stuff. I'm not sure if there's an easier way.

Big E · Post by **Big E** » Wed Jun 06, 2012 1:48 pm

That's ridiculous. Good joke ruined by Flickr.

nebport5 · Post by **nebport5** » Wed Jun 06, 2012 2:41 pm

"trending now..."

iamjacobm · Post by **iamjacobm** » Wed Jun 06, 2012 2:52 pm

jessep28 · Post by **jessep28** » Wed Jun 06, 2012 7:02 pm

Big E wrote:
ricko wrote:the overuse of the word "ninja"
Overused Ninja is not amused.

(Dammit... what IS the trick to sharing the URL from Flickr?)

If you go to Actions button at the top and View All Sizes, those versions of the image have a static URL. Just choose the size you want, right click on the picture and copy the URL.

Big E · Post by **Big E** » Wed Jun 06, 2012 8:22 pm

ricko wrote:the overuse of the word "ninja"

Overused Ninja is not amused.

Would have been funnier earlier.

ShawJ · Post by **ShawJ** » Thu Jun 07, 2012 3:11 pm

That joke really flickred out.

Linkin5 · Post by **Linkin5** » Fri Jun 15, 2012 3:30 am

After watching tv for the last couple of hours I would like to reiterate I |expletive| hate the word epic.

Professor Woland · Post by **Professor Woland** » Fri Jun 15, 2012 3:55 am

I hate when political types talk about families balancing their budgets "around the kitchen table." I hate "hubby". I hate "meme". I hate "utilize". Much like Jerry when I sneeze I would prefer someone say "you are so good looking" instead of "Bless you."

MadMartin8 · Post by **MadMartin8** » Fri Jun 15, 2012 5:47 am

"Baby Bump"

Professor Woland · Post by **Professor Woland** » Fri Jun 15, 2012 6:24 am

MadMartin8 wrote:"Baby Bump"

"Preggers" "Preggo" or any similar substitute for pregnant.

Blade1655 · Post by **Blade1655** » Fri Jun 15, 2012 3:05 pm

“I seen…”

Waiters or waitresses asking “How are you guys today? What can I get you guys?” to a table of men and women.

Each example makes me cringe and each seems to be uniquely Nebraskan…

S33 · Post by **S33** » Fri Jun 15, 2012 4:55 pm

Professor Woland wrote:
MadMartin8 wrote:"Baby Bump"
"Preggers" "Preggo" or any similar substitute for pregnant.

I just normally say "what's up, fatass"? Then I run.

bigredmed · Post by **bigredmed** » Fri Jun 15, 2012 5:00 pm

Professor Woland wrote:I hate when political types talk about families balancing their budgets "around the kitchen table." I hate "hubby". I hate "meme". I hate "utilize".

Agree.

Also hate seeing babies with "wheel of fortune" names (spin the wheel and add a consonant onto aiden and you have any yuppie name for boys or girls) but most, I hate seeing babies with mis-spelled names. "Gosh, that is a cute baby, what's his name? Answer Qjy'Ahhneee, pronounced johnny."

While overused words are an annoyance for a while, little Qjy'Ahhneee is going to have to live with that every day.

As a pediatrician, please do your babies a favor and stick to simple, properly spelled, gender specific names for the contents of your pregger baby bumps. For those who have non-pregger "baby bumps", well, you already know the name of what's inside. Budweiser.

Professor Woland · Post by **Professor Woland** » Fri Jun 15, 2012 5:21 pm

bigredmed wrote:
Professor Woland wrote:I hate when political types talk about families balancing their budgets "around the kitchen table." I hate "hubby". I hate "meme". I hate "utilize".
Agree.

Also hate seeing babies with "wheel of fortune" names (spin the wheel and add a consonant onto aiden and you have any yuppie name for boys or girls) but most, I hate seeing babies with mis-spelled names. "Gosh, that is a cute baby, what's his name? Answer Qjy'Ahhneee, pronounced johnny."

While overused words are an annoyance for a while, little Qjy'Ahhneee is going to have to live with that every day.

As a pediatrician, please do your babies a favor and stick to simple, properly spelled, gender specific names for the contents of your pregger baby bumps. For those who have non-pregger "baby bumps", well, you already know the name of what's inside. Budweiser.

Terrible baby names are border line child abuse. If your kid's name resembles that of a fictional country music performer it's a bad name. I also groan if people have multiple kids and give them all names that start with the same letter "These are my kids Jade, Jackson, Jersey, and Jassachusetts."

Garrett · Post by **Garrett** » Fri Jun 15, 2012 5:28 pm

Blade1655 wrote:
Waiters or waitresses asking “How are you guys today? What can I get you guys?” to a table of men and women.

That isn't Nebraskan. Its actually a component of most languages in the world. When there is a large group of people of both genders, you use a masculine plural to denote them.

For example, in Spanish, guys are chicos, girls are chicas, and together they are chicos.

And I've heard people from all over the world say "You guys." Sometimes even girls will say it to other girls.

Linkin5 · Post by **Linkin5** » Fri Jun 15, 2012 5:48 pm

Professor Woland wrote:
bigredmed wrote:
Professor Woland wrote:I hate when political types talk about families balancing their budgets "around the kitchen table." I hate "hubby". I hate "meme". I hate "utilize".
Agree.

Also hate seeing babies with "wheel of fortune" names (spin the wheel and add a consonant onto aiden and you have any yuppie name for boys or girls) but most, I hate seeing babies with mis-spelled names. "Gosh, that is a cute baby, what's his name? Answer Qjy'Ahhneee, pronounced johnny."

While overused words are an annoyance for a while, little Qjy'Ahhneee is going to have to live with that every day.

As a pediatrician, please do your babies a favor and stick to simple, properly spelled, gender specific names for the contents of your pregger baby bumps. For those who have non-pregger "baby bumps", well, you already know the name of what's inside. Budweiser.
Terrible baby names are border line child abuse. If your kid's name resembles that of a fictional country music performer it's a bad name. I also groan if people have multiple kids and give them all names that start with the same letter "These are my kids Jade, Jackson, Jersey, and Jassachusetts."

Someone in Lincoln named their child Felony, no joke.

bigredmed · Post by **bigredmed** » Fri Jun 15, 2012 6:09 pm

Linkin5 wrote:
Professor Woland wrote:
bigredmed wrote:
Professor Woland wrote:I hate when political types talk about families balancing their budgets "around the kitchen table." I hate "hubby". I hate "meme". I hate "utilize".

Terrible baby names are border line child abuse. If your kid's name resembles that of a fictional country music performer it's a bad name. I also groan if people have multiple kids and give them all names that start with the same letter "These are my kids Jade, Jackson, Jersey, and Jassachusetts."
Someone in Lincoln named their child Felony, no joke.

Lemonjello

Orangejello

Female

Nosmo King

All sadly, real names here in Omaha.

Between the misspelled names, the non-gender specific names, , the wheel of fortune names, the bizarre alternate universe names, and those abominable shared initial names, its no wonder that when a kid grows up he wants to change his name to T-Dog.

Last comment on this: Never name your daughter Angel, Hope, or Destiny. They will have no hope, as it will be their destiny to be an angel before their time.

Coyote · Post by **Coyote** » Fri Jun 15, 2012 6:12 pm

"I owed $100,000 to the IRS and they got it down to $8,000"

Big E · Post by **Big E** » Fri Jun 15, 2012 7:01 pm

bigredmed wrote:Last comment on this: Never name your daughter Angel, Hope, or Destiny. They will have no hope, as it will be their destiny to be a stripper.

Fixed.

thenewguy · Post by **thenewguy** » Sun Jun 17, 2012 2:34 am

Big E wrote:
bigredmed wrote:Last comment on this: Never name your daughter Angel, Hope, or Destiny. They will have no hope, as it will be their destiny to be a stripper.
Fixed.

haha i thought the same dam thing

Omababe · Post by **Omababe** » Mon Jun 18, 2012 11:55 am

"Tumbled" and "Gave Back" in the daily market reports.

ShawJ · Post by **ShawJ** » Mon Jun 18, 2012 2:12 pm

I hate "I could care less" because 93% of people don't realize they're saying it wrong.

Post by **Brad** » Mon Jun 18, 2012 2:55 pm

ShawJ wrote:I hate "I could care less" because 93% of people don't realize they're saying it wrong.

And because those same 93% really do care, they are just too pi$$ed off and don't want to admit it :;)

bbinks · Post by **bbinks** » Thu Jun 21, 2012 10:36 am

"Like".

Not sure when inserting " I was like ", "she was like" ... into daily vocabulary became routine, but it sounds idiotic.

Omababe · Post by **Omababe** » Thu Jun 21, 2012 1:27 pm

bbinks wrote:"Like".

Like totally, fer-shure, ya know, totally yesterday, to the max!

HskrFanMike · Post by **HskrFanMike** » Thu Jun 21, 2012 5:27 pm

"Please advise."

Usually this follows a question (or series of questions), and you wouldn't ask if you didn't want an answer.

byrdrules · Post by **byrdrules** » Thu Jun 21, 2012 10:44 pm

bbinks wrote:"Like".

Not sure when inserting " I was like ", "she was like" ... into daily vocabulary became routine, but it sounds idiotic.

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twiztid1 · Post by **twiztid1** » Fri Jun 22, 2012 2:24 pm

I absolutely hate the word 'eclectic'. It's the most over used word in development and tourism. And usually, whatever is being described as eclectic all looks the same. It's like people think they are cool by using that word. It's used to describe every city, chamber of commerce, retail area, etc. Apparently everything is eclectic.

I also hate the phrase 'It's a good place to raise a family.'. I don't get what that means; just about every place is good to raise a family. To me, that phrase is a compliment people fall back on because their city, state, region, or general area has nothing to promote. I hear it a lot locally when people say Omaha has businesses and fun things to do, but Lincoln or some other part of Nebraska is a good place to raise a family. It really drives me nuts when people say Omaha is a good place to raise a family as opposed to some other part of the country. It's like saying Omaha is quiet and boring when in reality there's a lot going on here.

Omababe · Post by **Omababe** » Fri Jun 22, 2012 4:03 pm

twiztid1 wrote:'It's a good place to raise a family.'.

That phrase is a "dog whistle" to certain types. Same as "front office material" and "all American" on headhunter summaries.

nebport5 · Post by **nebport5** » Sat Jun 23, 2012 1:36 am

"Finding yourself" or "soul searching."

Oh yeah, and Obamacare, like it's an actual program.

Seth · Post by **Seth** » Sun Jun 24, 2012 1:27 am

nebport5 wrote:Oh yeah, and Obamacare, like it's an actual program.

What are the odds that people will ask at government offices how to sign up for "Obamacare"? (that is, if at least some portion of it remains after the impending SCOTUS ruling)