The Bobcat Nation

So earlier this morning, I was reading a debate on another message board (not egriz, just for the record...a non-football, non-Montana related board), and then as I was sitting at the deli downstairs from where I work at lunch, I was thinking about the following:

There are certain phrases that people use all the time that, for no rational reason, bug the sh-t out of me. Here's the one that got me thinking this morning: the phrase is, "Last time I checked..." For example, suppose two people are having a debate about, say, democracy...and one of them wants to make the point that the U.S. is a republic, and not a democracy, and they do so by saying "Well, last time I checked, the U.S. was a republic, not a democracy."

When I read something like that, there are several smart-ass questions I am tempted to ask the speaker. Like, first of all, when exactly was the last time you checked? And where exactly did you check; did you actually open up a copy of the Constitution, give it a read, and conclude that we are a republic, or did you check someplace else? And finally, the phrase "last time" implies that you have checked to see if we're a republic on other occasions, as well -- are we to assume that you periodically open up the Constitution and read it, just to check and make sure we're still a republic?

Just something to chew on during your Friday afternoon. Does anyone else have any phrases that bug them?

--GL

P.S. By the way, the above debate was hypothetical, and not intended specifically to make fun of anyone on here...so if by chance the above exchange actually happened on BCN six months or so ago and I missed it, I'm not trying to mock you.

Still not gettin much sleep, eh Grizlaw?

On airplanes, when they say "we would like to thank you for choosing blah blah blah." Well, then, go ahead and thank me already.

Also, It was in the last place I looked. Ummm, I sure hope so, cause if you found it and then kept looking I'd think you were pretty dumb!

But, I also catch my self saying that I am unthawing something

kmax wrote:Still not gettin much sleep, eh Grizlaw?

Nope.

I left the office at about 1 am last night. Right now, I've finished the work that I needed to get done today, and am basically sitting in my office, drinking about two cups of coffee per hour, and just hanging out in case the client I'm working with calls with any unforseen emergencies. After that, I'm going to go have a couple beers and then go home and crash for about fourteen hours...

I hate it when people say "I could care less." You could? Well that's not so bad then!

I also don't like how some people say "knowI'msayin" every 3rd word.

"Untracked"

Bay Area Cat wrote:"Untracked"

??

CelticCat wrote: I also don't like how some people say "knowI'msayin" every 3rd word.

I can't stand the people who throw "like" in after every 3rd word. "Can I like go to the like game?" There is no like game, and you can't like go. My little sister does it all the time and my dad can't stand it either.

"I'm giving 110%."

No your not, you can't give more than 100%, that's why it's 100%. It's all. There is no more.

ChiOCat wrote:

Bay Area Cat wrote:"Untracked"

??

As in, "The offense sucked arse in the first half, but they got untracked in the second half and put up 100 points."

EDIT: More on my pet peeve ... google is cool:

http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/language ... 02148.html

"Thrown under the bus"

"Drink the koolaid"

Two sports terms I'm sick of. "So is it right if Barry Bonds is thrown under the bus for blah blah blah"

and

"Well Michael Vick is doing good but I'm not ready to drink the koolaid and say he's the best blah blah blah..."

hope this doesn't offend - growing up my dad had the worst reference
he'd say "I don't give a rats ass!" if you really disagreed with his rules/opinion and he still was hell bent on enforcing them.


don't know why but I just hate that saying.

I also dislike when someone says "come on already" it's just rude.

Not really a phase but I do not like it when a parent refers to their child (singular) as their kid.
When people have more than one child and say kids, that is okay with me but...

I have to pick up my kid..
My kid is having a play at school....uhhh ..shutter...

ChiOCat wrote:No your not, you can't give more than 100%, that's why it's 100%. It's all. There is no more.

This reminded me of the scene from Spinal Tap, where the guy is bragging about his guitar amplifier because the numbers all go to eleven, instead of ten...

Another quote that I hate...and I love my mother to death, but the one quote that I absolutely can't stand is that she always has to tell me what her "gut feeling" is on certain things. And the thing is, she always seems to have a "gut feeling" on issues about which there is absolutely no way she could possibly have a clue. For example:

Mom: So how did your job interview go?
Me: Well, I think it went fine, but you never know about these things. We'll see...
Mom: Well, my gut feeling is that you'll probably get it; these things always seem to work out.
Me: (thinking) Great Mom; glad to hear that. Out of curiousity, do you have a gut feeling as to whether or not I'm going to have brain cancer at any point during my life? Cuz if I am, I'd really like to know about it now, so I can plan for it...

My mothers most hated quote was "I read in Readers Digest that...."

"Cool", I hate in when people say "cool". What does that mean, really?
It's a lazy, juvenile response/answer. When adults use it I want to dope slap them!

"At some point in time..." when exactly would that be? Now? Last year? And my most hated lately, "Think outside the box" or some variation thereof. Bleh, come on already and find a new catch phrase.

While we're on the topic of sayings we hate, how about words you dislike? I HATE the words fiance and panties. Both make my skin crawl.

how about just the improper use of the word. I hate when a man introduces a woman as HIS fiance - that's backwards damn it! sorry just irks me



fiance
One entry found for fiancé.


Main Entry: fi·an·cé
Pronunciation: "fE-"än-'sA, fE-'än-"
Function: noun
Etymology: French, from Middle French, from past participle of fiancer to promise, betroth, from Old French fiancier, from fiance promise, trust, from fier to trust, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin fidare, alteration of Latin fidere -- more at BIDE
: a man engaged to be married

briannell wrote:how about just the improper use of the word. I hate when a man introduces a woman as HIS fiance - that's backwards damn it! sorry just irks me



fiance
One entry found for fiancé.


Main Entry: fi·an·cé
Pronunciation: "fE-"än-'sA, fE-'än-"
Function: noun
Etymology: French, from Middle French, from past participle of fiancer to promise, betroth, from Old French fiancier, from fiance promise, trust, from fier to trust, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin fidare, alteration of Latin fidere -- more at BIDE
: a man engaged to be married

Huh, learn something new everyday. I always thought that fiance was just the equivalent of pre-marriage spouse.

So is there an equivalent term refering to a woman engaged to be married?

she is the "intended"