Most annoying clichés

zoxxy · Mar 31, 2005

"Oldie but goodie."

Uh, I hate it. *shivers*

What's the cliché you're most annoyed of ?

Solid Lifters · Mar 31, 2005

"That dog wont/don't hunt" and "My bad" are two I can't stand.

Flerbizky · Mar 31, 2005

Someone please explain how anything can be the New Standard.....

a6m5 · Mar 31, 2005

Solid Lifters
"That dog wont/don't hunt" and "My bad" are two I can't stand.

I probably use "my bad" 4-5 times a day.

Small_Fryz · Mar 31, 2005

*nobody likes a smart alec

that is just stupid 👎

zoxxy · Mar 31, 2005

"It's the sex".

What the..!

Famine · Mar 31, 2005

"There's plenty more fish in the sea."

Even better, it's wrong anyway:

Mista Bob · Mar 31, 2005

"Its always in the last place you look"
No, really?

zoxxy · Mar 31, 2005

Mista Bob
"Its always in the last place you look"
No, really?

Oh, I hate that one. Utterly, utterly hate it...

Solid Fro · Mar 31, 2005

That's hot!

Sorry, I just had to use the larger point font.

Mike Rotch · Mar 31, 2005

Famine
"There's plenty more fish in the sea."

"There's always a next time"

"He who laughs last, laughs longest"

zoxxy · Mar 31, 2005

"The most important thing is that you did your best"

Blackbird. · Mar 31, 2005

That more fish in the sea one and I'm not sure if this is a cliche but when I want something she always just says "We'll see." Most of the time I never get it. :mad:

F1GTR · Mar 31, 2005

"You win some,you lose some"
Gets on my nerves all the time :mad:

Small_Fryz · Mar 31, 2005

Mista Bob
"Its always in the last place you look"

Well as far as im aware you dont keep looking after you found it, so i guess it is 💡 .

"To be honest"

i dont like that either

Duke · Mar 31, 2005

Extreme anything. I'm so freaking tired of hearing about extreme sports, extreme makeovers, extreme bowling, whatever, that I'm going to go postal if I have to hear about it much more.

F1GTR · Mar 31, 2005

Extreme ironing!

Small_Fryz · Mar 31, 2005

Extreme Duke!

yeah i feel your pain duke,

im sick of it also.

Solid Lifters · Mar 31, 2005

Duke
Extreme anything. I'm so freaking tired of hearing about extreme sports, extreme makeovers, extreme bowling, whatever, that I'm going to go postal if I have to hear about it much more.

Extreme bowling? Have I missed one? Lucky me.

Der Alta · Mar 31, 2005

Famine
"There's plenty more fish in the sea."

I always add to that one "as long as you don't catch a whale"

Perhaps the two I use extensively, are "Life in on an even Keel" and "Just par for the course" and one that I'm going to be using extensively in the future (new advent in lifes course) "Laying down with the Devil"

As for most annoying is "Life is like a box of ......" It's been brutally beaten to death at this point.

AO

MrktMkr1986 · Mar 31, 2005

Cliches that annoy me:

I don't put any stock in it.
Money doesn't grow on trees.
The love of money is the root of all evil.
Win some, lose some.
Winners never quit, and quitters never win.
You can't win 'em all.
A no-win situation.

:mad:

Cosmic · Mar 31, 2005

MrktMkr1986
Money doesn't grow on trees.

Oh, really!? :banghead:

skip0110 · Mar 31, 2005

Viper Zero
That's hot!

Sorry, I just had to use the larger point font.

I hate that one....

This as well..."see ya wouldnt want to be ya"
Seriously, who says that?

Also...."do you want to come with"
How hard is it to say me? "come with me"? Eh?

Sage · Mar 31, 2005

I don't get annoyed by clichés so much as I do certain kinds of jargon. For example, what the hell does "finalize" mean? Does it mean "finish up" or "terminate"?

If you consider "owned!" and "pwned!" clichés, I definitely get tired of them. I'll ditto "That's hot!" seems to be a favorite among teenagers these days (especially teenage guys pretending to be gay).

skip0110 · Mar 31, 2005

Sage
I don't get annoyed by clichés so much as I do certain kinds of jargon. For example, what the hell does "finalize" mean? Does it mean "finish up" or "terminate"?

"Finish up" in every context I have ever heard it. "Finalize the code/report/design." I use it like that all the time.

Could you give an example of where it could mean "terminate"?

ROAD_DOGG33J · Mar 31, 2005

Sage
I don't get annoyed by clichés so much as I do certain kinds of jargon. For example, what the hell does "finalize" mean? Does it mean "finish up" or "terminate"?

If you consider "owned!" and "pwned!" clichés, I definitely get tired of them. I'll ditto "That's hot!" seems to be a favorite among teenagers these days (especially teenage guys pretending to be gay).

Wow, I wonder how these things get picked up.

Sage · Mar 31, 2005

skip0110
Could you give an example of where it could mean "terminate"?

Well, that's the thing in any circumstance, it could theoretically mean "terminate". "Finish the project" is simple and easily understood "Finalize the project" could mean "Finish the project" (why not just say that?) or "Terminate the project". The -ize just dresses it up and purposely makes it ambiguous.

skip0110 · Mar 31, 2005

Sage
Well, that's the thing in any circumstance, it could theoretically mean "terminate". "Finish the project" is simple and easily understood "Finalize the project" could mean "Finish the project" (why not just say that?) or "Terminate the project". The -ize just dresses it up and purposely makes it ambiguous.

Actually...I think finalize and finish have distinct meanings, with finalize being more specific.

A design may be finished (all parts designed) but not finalized (not tested/ready for release).

I believe the original use is from the software industry, where code that is released to the public is internally tagged as -FINAL. (As distinct from finished, whcih just means that all the code is written, but not necessarily debugged.)

tabs · Mar 31, 2005

Sage
If you consider "owned!" and "pwned!" clichés, I definitely get tired of them.

You'd think the novelty would've worn off by now.

Sage · Mar 31, 2005

skip0110
Actually...I think finalize and finish have distinct meanings, with finalize being more specific.

A design may be finished (all parts designed) but not finalized (not tested/ready for release).

Okay, I could live with that, if that's sort of the accepted standard (I wouldn't know

). I don't understand why people use it outside of that though.

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