Comments on: Five expressions you must abandon immediately. http://waldo.jaquith.org/blog/2006/02/five-expressions/ Sat, 20 Mar 2010 17:56:51 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Josh http://waldo.jaquith.org/blog/2006/02/five-expressions/#comment-6591 Josh Fri, 03 Mar 2006 12:12:00 +0000 http://waldo.jaquith.org/blog/2006/02/five-expressions/#comment-6591 Yeah, that's a good one Julie. I mean you just can't say "Dick Cheney Shot a 78-year-old Man in the Face" enough. It's just too funny. Also, Dick Cheney really does remind me of the "Penguin", now that John Stewart pointed it out. ;) Yeah, that’s a good one Julie.

I mean you just can’t say “Dick Cheney Shot a 78-year-old Man in the Face” enough. It’s just too funny.

Also, Dick Cheney really does remind me of the “Penguin”, now that John Stewart pointed it out.

;)

]]> By: Julie Crum http://waldo.jaquith.org/blog/2006/02/five-expressions/#comment-6579 Julie Crum Fri, 03 Mar 2006 00:02:10 +0000 http://waldo.jaquith.org/blog/2006/02/five-expressions/#comment-6579 Josh, I understand your fatigue with the -gate suffix, but before we close the door on that one, let's listen, once more, to Jon Stewart's description of a recent event: "Dick Cheney Shot a 78-year-old Man In the Face-gate". Josh, I understand your fatigue with the -gate suffix, but before we close the door on that one, let’s listen, once more, to Jon Stewart’s description of a recent event: “Dick Cheney Shot a 78-year-old Man In the Face-gate”.

]]> By: Waldo Jaquith http://waldo.jaquith.org/blog/2006/02/five-expressions/#comment-6564 Waldo Jaquith Thu, 02 Mar 2006 17:55:10 +0000 http://waldo.jaquith.org/blog/2006/02/five-expressions/#comment-6564 "-gate" is one of three entries that I have thus far for "5 Suffixes You Must Abandon Immediately." Just two more to go. “-gate” is one of three entries that I have thus far for “5 Suffixes You Must Abandon Immediately.” Just two more to go.

]]> By: Josh Chernila http://waldo.jaquith.org/blog/2006/02/five-expressions/#comment-6563 Josh Chernila Thu, 02 Mar 2006 17:42:36 +0000 http://waldo.jaquith.org/blog/2006/02/five-expressions/#comment-6563 "ZB" wants to eliminate the use of the term "GATE" for every scandal that ever comes up: http://notlarrysabato.typepad.com/doh/2006/03/more_on_leighty.html#comment-14570579 Can we PLEASE agree to stop using "Gate" to describe everything with the least bit of controversy around it. Watergate, I understand since that was the name. WhitewaterGate, I understand due to the similarity with the name Watergate. Even FileGate, I can see because it's got a good ring. But when we're getting to PlameGate, LewinskyGate, LeightyGate, it's time to find another word. “ZB” wants to eliminate the use of the term “GATE” for every scandal that ever comes up:

http://notlarrysabato.typepad.com/doh/2006/03/more_on_leighty.html#comment-14570579

Can we PLEASE agree to stop using “Gate” to describe everything with the least bit of controversy around it.

Watergate, I understand since that was the name.

WhitewaterGate, I understand due to the similarity with the name Watergate.

Even FileGate, I can see because it’s got a good ring.

But when we’re getting to PlameGate, LewinskyGate, LeightyGate, it’s time to find another word.

]]> By: Josh Chernila http://waldo.jaquith.org/blog/2006/02/five-expressions/#comment-6546 Josh Chernila Wed, 01 Mar 2006 22:08:53 +0000 http://waldo.jaquith.org/blog/2006/02/five-expressions/#comment-6546 Wsage of the word "like" needs to die. and I'm with James Young, talking about "pro-choice" is a mistake. We need to be talking about what it is to be Pregnant in America, and the movement to make second class citizens out of pregnant women. James and I agree yet again. Wsage of the word “like” needs to die.

and I’m with James Young, talking about “pro-choice” is a mistake. We need to be talking about what it is to be Pregnant in America, and the movement to make second class citizens out of pregnant women.

James and I agree yet again.

]]> By: Ross http://waldo.jaquith.org/blog/2006/02/five-expressions/#comment-6544 Ross Wed, 01 Mar 2006 21:36:58 +0000 http://waldo.jaquith.org/blog/2006/02/five-expressions/#comment-6544 I love saying "I mean..." which has totally replaced "Ummmm" in my vocab. Also I'd like to stick up for "That what <em>she</em> said." If said in a ironic (like trucker-hat ironic) way, it can be <em>hilarious</em>. Seriously. I love saying “I mean…” which has totally replaced “Ummmm” in my vocab.

Also I’d like to stick up for “That what she said.” If said in a ironic (like trucker-hat ironic) way, it can be hilarious.

Seriously.

]]> By: Not Darnell http://waldo.jaquith.org/blog/2006/02/five-expressions/#comment-6539 Not Darnell Wed, 01 Mar 2006 18:28:53 +0000 http://waldo.jaquith.org/blog/2006/02/five-expressions/#comment-6539 "Oh, Snap!" “Oh, Snap!”

]]> By: Mark http://waldo.jaquith.org/blog/2006/02/five-expressions/#comment-6538 Mark Wed, 01 Mar 2006 17:26:18 +0000 http://waldo.jaquith.org/blog/2006/02/five-expressions/#comment-6538 I am still not tired of partying like it's 1999. Would that we had 1999's economy. I am still not tired of partying like it’s 1999. Would that we had 1999’s economy.

]]> By: James Young http://waldo.jaquith.org/blog/2006/02/five-expressions/#comment-6537 James Young Wed, 01 Mar 2006 16:25:36 +0000 http://waldo.jaquith.org/blog/2006/02/five-expressions/#comment-6537 "That is so '15-minutes' ago." "Pro-choice." No one uses that correctly, either. “That is so ‘15-minutes’ ago.”

“Pro-choice.” No one uses that correctly, either.

]]> By: Conaway Haskins http://waldo.jaquith.org/blog/2006/02/five-expressions/#comment-6536 Conaway Haskins Wed, 01 Mar 2006 15:08:30 +0000 http://waldo.jaquith.org/blog/2006/02/five-expressions/#comment-6536 "You da man" and "Da Bomb." My 60-something Dad and his friends use those phrases now... “You da man” and “Da Bomb.” My 60-something Dad and his friends use those phrases now…

]]> By: Not Faulkner http://waldo.jaquith.org/blog/2006/02/five-expressions/#comment-6535 Not Faulkner Wed, 01 Mar 2006 13:33:19 +0000 http://waldo.jaquith.org/blog/2006/02/five-expressions/#comment-6535 win-win win-win

]]> By: Shaula Evans http://waldo.jaquith.org/blog/2006/02/five-expressions/#comment-6534 Shaula Evans Wed, 01 Mar 2006 07:00:19 +0000 http://waldo.jaquith.org/blog/2006/02/five-expressions/#comment-6534 I can't use odds bodkins anymore? Zounds! Z'blood! Hey, any chance of putting "think outside the box" on that list... I can’t use odds bodkins anymore? Zounds! Z’blood!

Hey, any chance of putting “think outside the box” on that list…

]]> By: Jon http://waldo.jaquith.org/blog/2006/02/five-expressions/#comment-6531 Jon Wed, 01 Mar 2006 04:34:13 +0000 http://waldo.jaquith.org/blog/2006/02/five-expressions/#comment-6531 "Stop touching me, weirdo." That is <I>so</I> played out. “Stop touching me, weirdo.”

That is so played out.

]]> By: Janis Jaquith http://waldo.jaquith.org/blog/2006/02/five-expressions/#comment-6530 Janis Jaquith Wed, 01 Mar 2006 03:52:36 +0000 http://waldo.jaquith.org/blog/2006/02/five-expressions/#comment-6530 "I thought to myself" is used by people who ought to know better. Who ELSE would you be thinking to? (Well, unless you've got a serious ESP thing going with somebody...) “I thought to myself” is used by people who ought to know better. Who ELSE would you be thinking to? (Well, unless you’ve got a serious ESP thing going with somebody…)

]]> By: Waldo Jaquith http://waldo.jaquith.org/blog/2006/02/five-expressions/#comment-6529 Waldo Jaquith Wed, 01 Mar 2006 02:46:34 +0000 http://waldo.jaquith.org/blog/2006/02/five-expressions/#comment-6529 About ten years ago I started using "basically." I used it as a crutch in every damned sentence for a few months until I weaned myself off of it. Oh, and right up there with "in my opinion" is the retort <em>that's just your opinion</em>. About ten years ago I started using “basically.” I used it as a crutch in every damned sentence for a few months until I weaned myself off of it.

Oh, and right up there with “in my opinion” is the retort that’s just your opinion.

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