What expressions (or words) drive you nuts?? - Part 2

how about "dropping some friends off at the pool"?

T've never heard that one! LOL
One of my favorite sayings is "more than you can shake a stick at"

I can't believe you just mentioned that one, pajonica! Just an hour ago, someone said something to the extent of "so-and-so has more money than you can shake a stick at" and I started thinking to myself, just how much money does one have to have to be able to shake a stick at? And why, if you get too much, can you NOT shake a stick at it? And why would you want to shake a stick at something anyway?

Then I thought of this thread, lol. That's the scary part!

SpooKy!

did I mention my boss always says cool beans?????... all the time?????

cool beans = Good job?

Just googled shake a stick and got more results than you ____________________at!
Daft as a brush!

"you'd argue with a fence post " My ex , tee hee , used to tell me . Digger

Ugh Allison! I can't imagine any of my bosses saying cool beans! My crews used to say it about 10 years ago. Fortunately that trend came and went very quickly.

Same with "my bad'. That one bothers me too! Fortunately I don't hear it nearly as often as I used to.

This might have been mentioned some where and I missed it. But, my nerves get frayed quickly when I'm listening to someone speak and they use the term "like" as a verb, adverb, adjective, etc. or every 5th word. 'like this, like that, I'm like so......, I have like a million things going on ......etc,etc,etc.

I like, like that is a bad one!
Digger I'm not allowed under DG rules to tell you what my x called me! Argue with a
fence post, I may as well. Fortunately My new wife is intelligent, LOL.
Hey we all make mistakes, the worst is most of mine are in the garden!
How about cute , I hate cute..

lol. Good thing for your new wife Jon!

I'm ok with cute, depending on the context of it. It's definitely an overused term. Maybe even by me! lol

Pajonica... not always good job.... most of the time just a sub for good....

did you finish that paperwork? yes I did... cool beans

almost quitting time.... cool beans

it did not rain today like they said... cool beans

the yankees won again .... cool beans

makes me nuts!!!!

Luckily I've never heard that one. Just plain 'cool' is overused, but it really doesn't bother me. 'sucks' does! I think it is disgusting.

That is one I never use,

I have to admit I used it yesterday.

I am from the era of "far out" and "groovy" - I cringe when I hear either. Didn't like them then & still don't!
For me cool is still an acceptable term, but that is probably generational, like other terms.

Katye- If you didn't like "far out and groovy" back then, you were probably peeved off a lot! "-)
When I hear it now it's so corny it's almost, well, for lack of a better word... campy cute. I guess Mike Myers had something to do with that.

I kind of liked " I can dig it!" :-) Guess thats the garderner in me.

I meant "cool" was used as an answer to Anything the other person said . As if it was the only word in their vocabulary . The word in combination with something else ,(hey , now that is cool) works for me . I counted how many times the word was used in two hrs. by my son ,ddil and two grown dgkids . 38 times ! Now that is a little tiring . lol digger

Jada - especially since I lived near & then in San Francisco - it was inescapable. Far out was not as bad as groovy, which became garoooooo-vy with a weird tone. Yes, Mike Myers captured that one well!
Digger - i understood how you meant it. It is the one word i could be accused of using too much. My vocab is more extensive though, so when i catch myself, I just remember how "groovy" grated on my hearing!
And you hit squarely on the concept of repetition. It does seem that many of our younger folks have a more limited vocabulary. Not that it is confined to any one age group. Yesterday, I took the day off so I could garden (of course!!!) and there was audible conversation between workers about a 1/4 mile down the road. (I live on the edge of a "bowl" - old lake bed, so the sound travels quite well). I wish I had a dollar for every time the word dude was uttered, & $10 per "f" word. Their conversation was about...nothing, but they found it necessary to speak LOUDLY in such a manner - the continual repetition was enough to make me want to go over there & cuss like a sailor at them. I winced a lot, hoping that there were no children in the vicinity within earshot. I am absolutely grateful for I-pods...

Katye , I hear you . In my family ,son doesn't have but high school . Ddil is civil engineer ,dgd is med school student , dgs is University of Tex grad ,math maj . I didn't finish high school and I know darn well they could speak more intelligently . Just grates on my nerves , .ddil just promotes it . (another story ) . Just hopeless .

If I had been there , with you ,between the two of us , we could have shut those guys up . I can just see it . roflmao . D

One of the great things about living in Japan is there's very few if any profanities or inpolite words in the language. I'm very happy be raising my son here rather than the UK. where you often hear very bad language even from young children!

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where in japan - any japanese maples?

Ibaraki/Chiba border, I have one JM that was horribly pruned by the previous owner, (using the word pruned in it's broadest sense), I'll not bother you with a photo!

pajonica

Of course, here in Mass., everything is "wicked _____!" Personally, I like the term! In high school here, early 70's, the saying was "wicked pissa (pisser)!" - boy, did my mother hate that one!

I remember that one! I think it is still used. I have a cousin still living in MA. IrisMA would NEVER use that one. Hee hee.

Of COURSE it is still used. In that thread long ago that talked about Dave, The Dave, having made a trip to Waltham, Mass, and did the deal with NameMedia, I said it was "wicked pissa" and next time he should stop by to say hello. I was excised.

this is minor but I'm grasping at straws. I keep HGTV on for company and I've noticed everyone's on the "organic" wagon. "oh, this cabinet is sooooo organic", well duh, dude, it's made of wood! Organic this, organic that.

Also, they will show these hideous homes, and the person that's gonna help them stage for a better chance at selling says: Your colors are "too personal". For goodness' sake, call it what it is, HIDEOUS.

Well, vossner, as my mother says when she sees something she thinks is awful, "that person's taste is all in their mouth", lol!

I guess one person's "hideous" is another's "wicked pissa"!

I've gotten used to "soda" after 29 years in New England. In Florida, you order a Coke or Pepsi, and then if they don't have either of those, they ask if you want Mountain Dew, Seven Up or Ginger Ale. Today, coke has a different connotation. I just order water and dodge it all. LOL

I say "cool" a lot....again, generational. My personal favorite, however, is to say that something that is very cool is "graaaaaaaaand".

I don't like Groovy or Far Out, unless spoken by someone wearing a peace symbol or flower power bell bottoms. I know some "frozen" hippies that still "drive" (sort of) the same Volkswagon bus, and I cut them some linguistic slack out of respect for their commitment.

My southern upbringing prevents me from saying "pisser" without cringing, but I get vicarious pleasure out of hearing others say it.

Wicked, not so much and "like" over and over drives me wild!

Welcome, Jon!! Nice to have you join us. In fact, it's just GRaaaaaaaaaand!!

Louise

uh oh, i love "pisser"

digger, trust me, some of the houses are so horribly appointed, they make your eyes water. and nothing to do w/ lack of money, strictly taste all in your mouth, as your DM would say.

You bet I wouldn't say it!

Somebody in our village has their house painted purple! Stands out like a sore thumb.

"pisser, pisser, pisser"....oooh, that felt decadent!!

It's pissa. I honestly (and I've lived here all my life) never thought of it as "pisser". But then again, there was a woman (with a heavy Boston accent) who used to cut my hair, and for years I thought her name was Esther. It was Esta.

Pissa is much better. Sounds less crude without the 'R'.

Reminds me of a kid in 4th grade . The teacher asked him , after a lot of sniffling , if he wanted a Kleenex , he said no , that wouldn't be big enough , he needed a snot rag . digger

Tee hee. Like a flea rake for combe!

LOL, Digger!!!

"snot rag" hee hee... haven't heard that one in ages.

I say 'cool' ALOT and cutieputootie. Yesterday a mama grizzly and her cub on the golf course were described as 'rad' by another golfer. I always think of radiator when I hear that term. I find it very confusing.

That means COOL . digger