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What overused expression do you hear so much it irks you?

I swear, if I hear, "I work hard and play harder" one more time, I'm gonna snap. *twitches*

Posted - February 12, 2019
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  • 7795
    HEY! WAIT A MINUTE!! Is that your left eye?
      February 12, 2019 10:27 PM MST
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  • 7939
    lol Yeah. I have had this avatar since last fall though. 
      February 12, 2019 10:46 PM MST
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  • The suits at my former employer loved to say "Going forward..."      Well, duh, Suits, any request or changes you decide to make would HAVE to be applied going forward.  

    Also, I cannot stand when people say, "It's the same difference".
    Please for the love of puppies, stop with the "It's simple and easy." 

    I think that's it for now hah. 
      February 12, 2019 10:30 PM MST
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  • 7939
    lol "For the love of puppies." 

    It sounds like you have more to add. I almost feel like I can see you shaking your head in disgust while you write. lol
      February 12, 2019 10:48 PM MST
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  • lol I probably do have more to add, I just have to wait until I am caffeinated for the rest of my brain to function.  :P
      February 12, 2019 10:52 PM MST
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  • 16826
    "I'd like to thank ..." in acceptance speeches. Don't tell us who you'd LIKE to thank, just thank them already.
      February 12, 2019 11:16 PM MST
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  • "Ramp up"!  At one of my jobs, the boss was always saying we're ramping up to do this or ramping up to do that.  
    ARGH!  
      February 13, 2019 2:19 AM MST
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  • 13277
    "It is what it is." No sh*t, Sherlock. It certainly isn't what it isn't!

    "We'll wait and see what happens (or we'll do A and B) and go from there." Go where? And it's not as if you'll be anywhere else that you can go from.
      February 13, 2019 2:58 AM MST
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  • "Just saying"

    Never been a fan.   

    My #1 is actually "It is what it is" but Stu had already taken that one. 
      February 13, 2019 5:57 AM MST
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  • 23641

    I thought "It is what it is" would be brought up.

    Though I can understand its potential irksome nature to others, I am standing in support of it. I am someone who can make "more" of a situation than what it actually is. I can start adding things in my head, making  things up, usually of a negative connotation. Then I can start adding potential outcomes to these fabricated scenarios.

    I'm much better at dealing with such illogical mind machinations,

    but "It is what it is"  is sometimes a helpful and healthy 'stop-making-things-up' reminder if I find myself even approaching The Weirdo-Land of Negative Scenarios.

    :)



    This post was edited by WelbyQuentin at March 13, 2019 9:34 AM MDT
      February 13, 2019 6:23 AM MST
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  • 13277
    Maybe it's just me, but "keep it simple sweetie (KISS)" and "don't overthink it" say the same thing but are less hackneyed and annoying.
      February 13, 2019 7:51 AM MST
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  • 23641
    No, it's not just you, Stu. I know lots of people who find that expression irritating.
    :)
    I like the two things you mention here, too. It's just that when it comes to what I was talking about, I'll take all the help I can get.
    :)
      February 13, 2019 10:15 AM MST
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  • 23641
    In addition to my other reply I just posted, you made me think of a Twenty One Pilots song, "Drive," that I like -- and in it, they sing -- "I've been thinking too much - - help me."

    :)
    :)
      February 13, 2019 10:18 AM MST
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  • 23641
    Hi Stu Spelling Bee.
    I made a mistake in my other reply to you here --- the Twenty One Pilots song is called "Ride," not "Drive."
    :)
      February 24, 2019 12:51 AM MST
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  • Not really a ‘saying’ but the thing that ticks me off most is when people say ‘smile for me’ or ‘you should smile’. I’m usually a happy, positive person but if I feel like being in a mood the odd day, back the faak off and let me. 

      February 13, 2019 6:59 AM MST
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  •   February 13, 2019 7:52 AM MST
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  • 7939
    Whoever she is, she needs to bite their fingers off. 
      February 13, 2019 8:29 AM MST
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  • How do you know they're not her hands and she just has a major deformity?
      February 13, 2019 8:31 AM MST
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  •   February 13, 2019 8:29 AM MST
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  • I dare you smack my hand.  Just for that I'll unleash a fury of boops unlike any that has ever been seen. 




      February 13, 2019 8:35 AM MST
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  •   February 13, 2019 8:38 AM MST
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  • Haha, sooooo scary.  
      February 13, 2019 8:38 AM MST
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  • Lol, that gif reminds me of a movie I watched last week. 
      February 13, 2019 8:42 AM MST
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  • The end credits scene where the girl pounces on that dude?
      February 13, 2019 8:43 AM MST
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