Rant: Phrases That Annoy Me

[ImprovedModel56Fan]

I had to look up that one:

"Gelotophobia
Type of social phobia consisting in the fear of being laughed at."

That never bothered me much. (It probably happens to me here.) I was a wise-cracking goofy kid early on. Once, in elementary school, a friend said to me, "You know, they're laughing at you, not with you." My response was, "Well, they're laughing, aren't they?" That's all I cared about. The motivation of the laughers was irrelevant to me.

Damn! Glad you explained that. I misread it as gelatophobia and thought that it was an irrational fear of ice cream. Very personal issue here, because I am pre-diabetic, and there is nothing at all irrational about a fear of ice cream.

Glad you cleared that up!

 

[S42N8]

Ooooh good grief! I just gave you a like. Is there like any hope for me?

Likely. …aaaand I’m off to my room.

 

[CajunBass]

Deleted by me.

 

[Papa32129]

“Reasonable” “joy” “fluid”
Not trying to use these in one sentence.

Something like
“Reasonable” gun _ _ _s
They bring “joy”
back to the community.
It’s a “fluid” environment.


Papa

 

[rockquarry]

class act
dirt nap
down the rabbit hole
brain fart
larger than life
do the math
go to
got your back
float your boat
a wash
never looked back
beginning a sentence with "funny how" when nothing funny is involved

 

[djohns6]

Some of ya'll wouldn't make it down South . You would lose your minds .

 

[Warren Sear]

-unobtanium
-(anything) on steroids
-works for me
-that's who we are
-not so much
-icon, iconic
-fan boy
-I call BS
-but that's just me
-game changer
-prolly
-bad boy (as it relates to anything but a person)

"Unobtainium" makes me want to throw up. It was kind of cute/clever the first 1,000,000 times or so, but enough already.

Same for "miscreants" and "goblins".

 

[Rustyt1953]

Wouldn't it be easier for the armchair grammarians to post a list of acceptable terms and phrases?

 

[Mr. Vito]

"Sammich", the illiterates word for sandwich.

And firearm related: "arsenal" for 2 guns and 3 boxes of ammo.

 

[ImprovedModel56Fan]

And firearm related: "arsenal" for 2 guns and 3 boxes of ammo.

To repeat an aging post, anyone who misuses such a locution should be caned from head to toe, arsenal.

 

[smoothshooter]

The phrase “ gas lighting “ annoys me.
The words “lying” or “blowing smoke” worked for 100 years or so.

 

[smoothshooter]

The term “round ball” in the muzzleloader world.

 

[smoothshooter]

The military phrase “Stand Down” is possibly the dumbest of all.