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“It Is What It Is”…and Other Irritating Phrases

Zedcars said:
“It is what it is”: Over the last few weeks I’ve been hearing this phrase more and more. I hear it at work, on the radio, on TV. Heck, even my elderly mother used it today! :rolleyes: Every-freaking-where I go…almost every day. Someone somewhere says it. It’s so annoying and pointless! What does it even mean? :mad:

What phrases have you heard that irritate you?
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Zedcars said:
A bit like “ya know”.

@SirPaulMcCartney and @JohnLennon are fond of using it in almost every sentence.

BTW, where you been guys? You don’t post here much anymore. :sad:
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Actually it's "you know," not "ya know"...MCartney does it a lot but I don't recall Lennon.

And it's clear a lot of this is regional or country-specific, which is a different thing IMO. Like Brits making a statement, then turning it into a question at the end but they aren't really asking a question at all, like "it's time to go, isn't it?" and they aren't asking if it's time to go, they're stating it. :)

And many of the things people are throwing out I've never heard used (or "abused" at least).
 
Marcus Millfield said:
Putting "like" in every sentence.

"I was like: what? And then she was like: I know right. And then we were like: get out! Like really?!"
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ugh. The valley girl thing is bad enough that it could have its own thread (not just the phrases but the voice they use (reference Zappa's "Valley Girl" song for an excellent reference)...was very popular among teen girls at one time, not sure if it still is):

"like"
"totally"
"omigod!"
"seriously"
"gag me with a spoon"
"what-everrrrrr"
"I'm so surrrrrre...."
 
PS this doesn't quite fit here technically but I think in the spirit of it...people who "uptalk" a lot (inflect their voice higher at the end of a sentence as you would when asking a question, but you're not asking a question). For some reason our HR people and many managers do this in meetings now. It's like fingernails on chalkboard. It's all I can do to resist talking back to them in the same way, exaggerating it to make my point, although I'm not sure even then that they'd get it
 
bill5 said:
PS this doesn't quite fit here technically but I think in the spirit of it...people who "uptalk" a lot (inflect their voice higher at the end of a sentence as you would when asking a question, but you're not asking a question). For some reason our HR people and many managers do this in meetings now. It's like fingernails on chalkboard. It's all I can do to resist talking back to them in the same way, exaggerating it to make my point, although I'm not sure even then that they'd get it
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Or those people who always seem to have more/better/worse or know somebody who has more/better/worse than you do, even if that's completely inappropriate.

Me: "So... I have a mass in my brain and they don't know what it is yet."
Good friend: "Yeah, my mom's friend has a niece, who had an itch behind her left ear. Found out it was a 24 pound flee hiding there. That was so awfully they had to bring an animal expert in to remove the flee from behind her ear. Now my mom' friends niece thought that...bla bla bla"
Everyone else: ............
 
bill5 said:
PS this doesn't quite fit here technically but I think in the spirit of it...people who "uptalk" a lot (inflect their voice higher at the end of a sentence as you would when asking a question, but you're not asking a question). For some reason our HR people and many managers do this in meetings now. It's like fingernails on chalkboard. It's all I can do to resist talking back to them in the same way, exaggerating it to make my point, although I'm not sure even then that they'd get it
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I immediately lose confidence that the person has any idea what they’re talking about
 
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Marcus Millfield said:
Or those people who always seem to have more/better/worse or know somebody who has more/better/worse than you do, even if that's completely inappropriate.

Me: "So... I have a mass in my brain and they don't know what it is yet."
Good friend: "Yeah, my mom's friend has a niece, who had an itch behind her left ear. Found out it was a 24 pound flee hiding there. That was so awfully they had to bring an animal expert in to remove the flee from behind her ear. Now my mom' friends niece thought that...bla bla bla"
Everyone else: ............
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This is what drugs do to people. Or very bad parenting or genuine stupidity.
 
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