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bigkahuna

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Nov 29, 2011 9:59 PM
"Look it" when it doesn't work.

Acceptable: "Look, it only has one eye."

Unacceptable: "Look it, I baked a cake" or simply "Look it"

Either say "Look" or "Look at it"

Kids are the worst at this; the kids in my classroom drive me nuts with it.

I live in a ranch style home. I want a flight of stairs just so I can throw my wife down them whenever she uses this phrase. I'm actually getting pissed typing about it....
Nov 29, 2011 9:59pm
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Firad

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Nov 29, 2011 10:14 PM
"I know, right!"
Nov 29, 2011 10:14pm
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Raw Dawgin' it

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11,466 posts
Nov 29, 2011 10:21 PM
I don't know if it's been said but "it is what it is" is the fucking worst
Nov 29, 2011 10:21pm
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THE4RINGZ

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16,816 posts
Nov 29, 2011 10:38 PM
"Everything happens for a reason"
Nov 29, 2011 10:38pm
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ernest_t_bass

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24,984 posts
Nov 29, 2011 10:40 PM
"It's always the last place you look."

No shit. Why keep looking, once you've found it?
Nov 29, 2011 10:40pm
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THE4RINGZ

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Nov 29, 2011 10:41 PM
"It's just a cold sore"
Nov 29, 2011 10:41pm
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raiderbuck

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Nov 29, 2011 10:42 PM
also.."there's always next year." Often uttered by my GF after my fav team loses. Makes me want to punch babies. That is the LAST thing I want to hear after a loss. Drives me up a wall.
Nov 29, 2011 10:42pm
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Little Danny

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Nov 29, 2011 10:43 PM
like_that;992633 wrote:Or when people say "no offense," but then go on to say something offensive. It's a **** cop out.
Definitely.... People will say something to the effect, "No offense, but you are an a**hole", but then turn around act like there was no harm. The truth is they really think you are an a**hole!

Here is one that is starting to irritate me- "Back in the Day".

I am 38 years old. The phrase is urban slang and was something we used to say back in the late 80s. Now a days I am seeing 75 year old white ladies using the phrase when being nostagic about yesteryear: "Back in the day, women didn't work outside of the household".
Nov 29, 2011 10:43pm
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Wildcat24

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Nov 29, 2011 10:53 PM
Sports phrases I can't stand:

"Say what you will about ________ as a person, but..."
"Here's a guy who.." or "Talk about a guy who...."

People who refer to MLB, NHL, NFL, etc as "This league" as in "he is going to make a major imact in this league."
Nov 29, 2011 10:53pm
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Sonofanump

Nov 29, 2011 11:00 PM
"I voted for Eddie and please vote for eddie also."
Nov 29, 2011 11:00pm
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dwccrew

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Nov 29, 2011 11:08 PM
raiderbuck;994004 wrote:also.."there's always next year." Often uttered by my GF after my fav team loses. Makes me want to punch babies. That is the LAST thing I want to hear after a loss. Drives me up a wall.
Better than her saying, "I'm pregnant." Just sayin'......
Nov 29, 2011 11:08pm
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Little Danny

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Nov 29, 2011 11:13 PM
Wildcat24;994050 wrote:Sports phrases I can't stand:

"Say what you will about ________ as a person, but..."
"Here's a guy who.." or "Talk about a guy who...."

People who refer to MLB, NHL, NFL, etc as "This league" as in "he is going to make a major imact in this league."
Since you are on sports phrases, here a few that irk me:

He is a high motor guy-- (Really?? Does he have a Hemi under those shoulder pads?)
He is a coach's son-- (Gee... the ones I know usually sucked but got to play a lot becaues of daddy. But anyway, there alway seem to be 2-3 of these guys on every team.
True Freshman --(A Herbstreit favorite. I know there is a difference between a redshirt freshman and a kid who just came to campus, but I don't need to here Herbie attach it to Braxton Miller's name or alternatively justt refer to him as "The True Freshman" 100 times during a game.).
He is Great in Space-- (who Buzz Aldren, Neil Armstrong?)
Nov 29, 2011 11:13pm
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Laley23

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Nov 29, 2011 11:21 PM
My least favorite sports one "He had the presence of mind".

Good example, guy is stumbling from 2nd to 3rd and fell down. The announcer said, "and he had the presence of mind to get up and continue to 3rd." I mean...WTF. Was he gonna just stand there and do nothing?

Or after a fumbled snap. "He had the presence of mind to find the ball and fall on it" No shit. No QB is gonna say, well shoot. I fumbled. I think Ill let the ball sit there for the other team to pick up.
Nov 29, 2011 11:21pm
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I Wear Pants

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16,223 posts
Nov 30, 2011 12:41 AM
"It was meant to be"
Nov 30, 2011 12:41am
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Con_Alma

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12,198 posts
Nov 30, 2011 6:54 AM
"Taking it to a whole 'nother level"
Nov 30, 2011 6:54am
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Scarlet_Buckeye

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5,264 posts
Nov 30, 2011 8:50 AM
"Hope this helps."
Nov 30, 2011 8:50am
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Gardens35

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Nov 30, 2011 4:56 PM
Little Danny;994120 wrote:Since you are on sports phrases, here a few that irk me:

He is a high motor guy-- (Really?? Does he have a Hemi under those shoulder pads?)
He is a coach's son-- (Gee... the ones I know usually sucked but got to play a lot becaues of daddy. But anyway, there alway seem to be 2-3 of these guys on every team.
True Freshman --(A Herbstreit favorite. I know there is a difference between a redshirt freshman and a kid who just came to campus, but I don't need to here Herbie attach it to Braxton Miller's name or alternatively justt refer to him as "The True Freshman" 100 times during a game.).
He is Great in Space-- (who Buzz Aldren, Neil Armstrong?)

Diaper Dandy.
Nov 30, 2011 4:56pm
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4,539 posts
Nov 30, 2011 5:25 PM
I would have to say that when I hear " the rabbit died " It sucks unless listening to Walk This Way.


" Oh shit! My husband's home" would be a close second.


But the thing I hate to hear the most has to be : OPEN UP, POLICE! I HAVE A SEARCH WARRANT!
Nov 30, 2011 5:25pm
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Dr Winston O'Boogie

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Nov 30, 2011 5:26 PM
"We've gotta give it 110%"

Look, I don't care how frickin' motivated you are or how much you want to impress the coach and the other players. THe fact is that it is impossiblet to give more than 100%. For crissakes, the Saturn V rocket, as powerful as it was (and some would aregue it was the most powerful machine built), could still only churn out 100% of it's capability.
Nov 30, 2011 5:26pm
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Dr Winston O'Boogie

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Nov 30, 2011 5:30 PM
When players refer to their strategy in an upcoming game: "We've just got to play our game." Oh really, so you won't be playing football this Sunday against the Packers? What game will you be playing? I suggest Candyland.

Another is an annoying habit of coaches and radio guys who cover sports to constantly reiterate the sport they're talking about as if we didn't know. This is especially egregious with football. Hearing Earle Bruce talk about one of the Buckeye players "He's a good FOOTBALL player and he's going to play a good FOOTBALL game against a darn good FOOTBALL team coming into town who is known to play hard nosed FOOTBALL." So it's football we're talking about? Thank you. I though Braxton Miller was a member of the pistol team.
Nov 30, 2011 5:30pm
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hasbeen

Excuse me, Flo?

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Nov 30, 2011 9:04 PM
Dr Winston O'Boogie;995172 wrote:When players refer to their strategy in an upcoming game: "We've just got to play our game." Oh really, so you won't be playing football this Sunday against the Packers? What game will you be playing? I suggest Candyland.

Another is an annoying habit of coaches and radio guys who cover sports to constantly reiterate the sport they're talking about as if we didn't know. This is especially egregious with football. Hearing Earle Bruce talk about one of the Buckeye players "He's a good FOOTBALL player and he's going to play a good FOOTBALL game against a darn good FOOTBALL team coming into town who is known to play hard nosed FOOTBALL." So it's football we're talking about? Thank you. I though Braxton Miller was a member of the pistol team.

Braxton is actually a member of the rifle team during the off season.
Nov 30, 2011 9:04pm
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Nov 30, 2011 9:29 PM
A few:

"Do ya feel me?"

"That's what she said"

Starting or ending a sentence with "Bro" or "Dude"
Nov 30, 2011 9:29pm
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enigmaax

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Nov 30, 2011 9:48 PM
pnhasbeen;995470 wrote:Braxton is actually a member of the rifle team during the off season.
That's not a pistol, is it?
Nov 30, 2011 9:48pm
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hasbeen

Excuse me, Flo?

6,504 posts
Nov 30, 2011 9:53 PM
enigmaax;995617 wrote:That's not a pistol, is it?

Seen a lot of white guys call pistols rifles. Not so much the other way.
Nov 30, 2011 9:53pm
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Nov 30, 2011 10:17 PM
When people don't use contractions.
Nov 30, 2011 10:17pm