Modern sayings that you disagree with?

[dilettante]

It hurts my ears when Goobers say "ex-pecially." Where did this come from?

Or the really dumb "based off of" which is laughably the opposite of what was intended: "based on" or "based upon." If a statue or a building is off its base it has a problem.

Or, egad, "different to" when the intent is clearly "different from."

What might the origin of such Gooberisms be?

Worse yet, they'll often claim that they are readers. What the frack quality of writing have they been reading?

 

[MarkinPhx]

"Seroiusly?" I can't stand that.

Really ?

 

[Marcy Sheiner]

"Sweet nod" ....Argh!!!! Not so much that I disagree with the meaning but it is overused!!!!!!

I have never ever heard this one in all my 78 years!

 

[Marcy Sheiner]

I’ve never heard that.

Me neither, so how overused can it be?

 

[Marcy Sheiner]

Journaling. As a verb. I am an editor and this one makes the hair on my arms and neck stand up and screech.

 

[Pappy]

You made your bed..now sleep in it.
Not sure I ever understood what this means.

 

[MACKTEXAS]

When referring to a death, people often say he or she "passed." I can't get used to that. Until recent years, I always heard "passed away" or "passed on." Found different opinions here:
Has "He Passed" replaced "He passed away?"

 

[Sunny]

The obituary page in the paper often speaks of people "transitioning" instead of just saying they died. In the current world we live in, if it were not on the obituary page, I'd have trouble figuring out which kind of transition they are referring to.

Sometimes it says, "transitioned to the heavenly realm" or something of the sort. I imagine some of these were sent in by the pastors or maybe funeral directors. Very few people talk like that.

 

[RadishRose]

Unboxing. What's wrong with Opening?

Extra words drive me crazy:
Change it up, change it out. It's just change!
Bake it off. Just bake it!

Try and. Try to makes more sense.

 

[AnnieA]

"Sweet nod" ....Argh!!!! Not so much that I disagree with the meaning but it is overused!!!!!!

I’ve never heard that.

I have never ever heard this one in all my 78 years!

"Sweet nod" is a modern saying (mostly fashion related) that's only a few years old. Say a bride is wearing her grandmother's veil, it's not "in memory of her grandmother" but a "sweet nod." It works well once or twice but it's beyond overused by the media.

Apparently Taylor Swift is the queen of sweet nods... I see it in headlines about her frequently. Am neither interested in her nor her sweet nods.

 

[AnnieA]

The obituary page in the paper often speaks of people "transitioning" instead of just saying they died. In the current world we live in, if it were not on the obituary page, I'd have trouble figuring out which kind of transition they are referring to.

Sometimes it says, "transitioned to the heavenly realm" or something of the sort. I imagine some of these were sent in by the pastors or maybe funeral directors. Very few people talk like that.

Interesting. Haven't yet seen it in obituaries but we use it in long-term care when residents display changes that indicate they're close to death.

 

[DaveA]

‘Pre-loved’ instead of ‘second hand’ or ‘used’, and ‘Vintage’, vastly overused where I live, usually meaning old rubbish

Is this how we refer to potential mates who have been previously married?
I'm thinking of marrying this "pre-loved" man or woman. Pretty crude description IMHO.

 

[HermitHogan]

You made your bed..now sleep in it.
Not sure I ever understood what this means.

Yeah, that doesn't make any sense. You get to go back to sleep!

 

[HermitHogan]

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[dilettante]

You made your bed..now sleep in it.
Not sure I ever understood what this means.

It's a metaphor. There is no actual bed involved.

 

[Wren]

Is this how we refer to potential mates who have been previously married?
I'm thinking of marrying this "pre-loved" man or woman. Pretty crude description IMHO.

No it’s for second hand clothing etc.

 

[CallMeKate]

There are two that seriously make me cringe:
"With all due respect" when you know darn well there's going to be no respect forthcoming
and "No offense, but... " when you should immediately prepare to hear something offensive.

 

[chic]

Glad I got in my final 2 cents before being closed.

Who closed it @Pepper?It was there this morning.

 

[chic]

"What's your pronoun?"

 

[DebraMae]

"Pay it forward". Not too modern perhaps, but I still hear it used and cringe every time.

 

[gruntlabor]

It is what is is.

I hate this saying. It irks me every time because it implies a fixed fate/ helplessness, and this just isn't true in life which is fluid if nothing else. When I was a child my dad was always loading me with positive language, I wasn't the happiest kid on the block. So when I hear It is what it is, I feel like retaliating, It maybe until you get involved and actually try to initiate a change.

I also dislike Your body my choice but we've just done a thread about that. So I won't add more. What do you think? Are there any modern/current sayings that don't strike a chord with you? Please share.

I don't take 'It is what it is' necessarily to mean that we must live with it.
I take it to mean that we must face it.

 

[gruntlabor]

You made your bed..now sleep in it.
Not sure I ever understood what this means.

It means
You did it yourself, now you must live with it

 

[gruntlabor]

When referring to a death, people often say he or she "passed." I can't get used to that. Until recent years, I always heard "passed away" or "passed on." Found different opinions here:
Has "He Passed" replaced "He passed away?"

Euphemisms seem childish to me. I prefer 'died'.

 

[Jocko]

"Unhoused" instead of homeless; "Food Insecurity" instead of hungry.

I say “bums” still but I’m not supposed to evidently.

 

[KSav]

Misuse of the word "unique."

I also dislike the misuse of "literally," for example, when someone says "I was literally sweating bullets." Um, no; you were not, in fact, sweating bullets.