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Taffi Abernathy · 19 March 2009, 03:24 AM

No surprises here. This is a post for insipid sayings, cliches, idiomatic expressions and whatever other crazy jargon (arcane & commonly used) you might have picked up.

I can tell you unhesitatingly that I do not recall ever "battening down the hatch."

WTH is that anyway?!

jdc · 19 March 2009, 03:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Taffi Abernathy

No surprises here. This is a post for insipid sayings, cliches, idiomatic expressions and whatever other crazy jargon (arcane & commonly used) you might have picked up.

I can tell you unhesitatingly that I do not recall ever "battening down the hatch."

WTH is that anyway?!

Seafaring term in the event of bad weather to secure and prevent water getting in during storms

redshirt1957 · 19 March 2009, 04:04 AM

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Originally Posted by jdc

Seafaring term in the event of bad weather to secure and prevent water getting in during storms

Now ole' DeepDiver76 has a slightly different meaning to that term.

Jimbits76 · 19 March 2009, 04:07 AM

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Originally Posted by redshirt1957

Now ole' DeepDiver76 has a slightly different meaning to that term.

Bah!

I've always hated "well it could be worse....."

Well yes I could die, or get my balls trapped in the bedroom drawer but right now, this is bad enough!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

J

jdc · 19 March 2009, 05:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Jimbits76

Bah!

I've always hated "well it could be worse....."

Well yes I could die, or get my balls trapped in the bedroom drawer but right now, this is bad enough!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

J

Pah
everyone knows a paper cut is the worse thing in the world

Bisquitlips · 19 March 2009, 12:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Jimbits76

Bah!

I've always hated "well it could be worse....."

Well yes I could die, or get my balls trapped in the bedroom drawer but right now, this is bad enough!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

J

Balls in the bedroom drawer??????

Balls in the drawer???

Hmmmmm! Brings many images to mind that I do not want to consider.

How in the heck would you do that without.........without..........

Nevermind!

Xenophon · 19 March 2009, 03:48 AM

I hate with every fibre of my being the expressions: 24/7, touch base, in any way shape or form and blue sky thinking

Taffi Abernathy · 19 March 2009, 07:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Xenophon

I hate with every fibre of my being the expressions: 24/7, touch base, in any way shape or form and blue sky thinking

I agree with these completely and want to add "For Your Information," and it's abbreviation (FYI) to the top of the list. Cold, impersonal and meaningless expression. Why would you bother sending someone a particular message if it wasn't for their information?

Since it is for their information, say what needs to be said without prefacing it!

mfer · 19 March 2009, 04:19 AM

Not really a cliche or idiom, but here are a couple that bother me when used.

"PIN Number" - It is just PIN! Why do I want your Personal Identification Number Number?

"reiterate" - It is just iterate! I know that reiterate is a word and means to "say something again", but people always us it incorrectly around me for some reason. You want to redo something that is being redone already?

boa2 · 19 March 2009, 04:48 AM

"Nuff said"

In response to thank you...
"No Problem"

"With all due respect..."

"To be honest..."

Lisa · 19 March 2009, 05:11 AM

What's always bugged me is seeing "I need your advise...." It's ADVICE. When you ask someone for advice, you are wanting them to advise you. Why not say, "Please advise me about this..."

And what's up with "Your" and "you're?" My 9 year old daughter knows how to use each correctly....

Okay, I'm getting off track with these - more grammar issues than idioms/sayings. Sorry!

jdc · 19 March 2009, 05:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Lisa

What's always bugged me is seeing "I need your advise...." It's ADVICE. When you ask someone for advice, you are wanting them to advise you.

And what's up with "Your" and "you're?" My 9 year old daughter knows how to use each correctly....

Okay, I'm getting off track with these - more grammar issues than idioms/sayings. Sorry!

Lisa your, sorry you are, you're, going to need a lay down, lie down, forty winks

Lisa · 19 March 2009, 05:17 AM

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Originally Posted by jdc

Lisa your, sorry you are, you're, going to need a lay down, lie down, forty winks

Sorry, Martin. I've been really crabby lately! (does this mean crabs are grumpy?)

jdc · 19 March 2009, 05:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Lisa

Sorry, Martin. I've been really crabby lately! (does this mean crabs are grumpy?)

Lisa your post made me laugh

sorry don't know much about crabs, better ask Bitsy and Bubba

ratae1950 · 19 March 2009, 06:08 AM

How about:

"Deep down he's really quite shallow."
"Life's tough, you're lucky to come through it alive."
"I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal labotomy."

Carolina · 19 March 2009, 06:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Lisa

What's always bugged me is seeing "I need your advise...." It's ADVICE. When you ask someone for advice, you are wanting them to advise you. Why not say, "Please advise me about this..."

And what's up with "Your" and "you're?" My 9 year old daughter knows how to use each correctly....

Okay, I'm getting off track with these - more grammar issues than idioms/sayings. Sorry!

Ack! Call the grammar police because that stuff makes me cringe as well.

Sorry... should have said "That stuff effects me as well. It makes me feel as if I'm going to loose my mind"

Lisa · 19 March 2009, 07:29 AM

You caught me there, C. I'm taking life much too seriously at the moment!

Carolina · 19 March 2009, 08:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Lisa

You caught me there, C. I'm taking life much too seriously at the moment!

Hey - I was agreeing with you!!

Seriously, I am a grammar geek sometimes.

Lisa · 19 March 2009, 09:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Carolina

Hey - I was agreeing with you!!

Seriously, I am a grammar geek sometimes.

What I mean is, I was a smartass and corrected your last sentence, not realizing you had goofed it up on purpose! Then, really embarrassed, I had to go back and delete my correction, hoping no one had seen it. I am such a dork!

So, how's about its and it's? IT is its own animal; it's crazy!

away36 · 19 March 2009, 09:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Carolina

Ack! Call the grammar police because that stuff makes me cringe as well.

Sorry... should have said "That stuff effects me as well. It makes me feel as if I'm going to loose my mind"

Ditto Carolina and Lisa! My pet peeve is the word "irregardless". It drives me crazy. I know it's in the dictionary, which even states that it's the word most frequently commented on with "there's no such word" even though there is.

The word makes me cringe, so I know exactly how you feel!

TimeToGo · 19 March 2009, 06:24 AM

I hear you...

unclesallie · 19 March 2009, 07:40 AM

I feel you.

Taffi Abernathy · 19 March 2009, 07:45 AM

What about slang? Certain words are also clearly indigenous to certain areas, and since this is an international forum, what expressions are popular in "your neck of the woods" and/or with your peer group?

buz-lh · 19 March 2009, 07:47 AM

"At the end of the day" irritates me to no end;

if one more jerk politician uses that phrase my shoe might go through the television.

A few years back it was "gravitas".

boa2 · 19 March 2009, 07:49 AM

Some from the customer service hot air department:

"We apologize for the inconvenience"

"Your call is very important to us"

"We're not happy until you're happy"

"We are committed to your total satisfaction" (unless, of course, you aren't satisfied)

Taffi Abernathy · 19 March 2009, 07:56 AM

Let's not forget "moving forward" and "step up to the plate."

GinGinD · 19 March 2009, 08:05 AM

Most overused phrase in the world: Ground Zero

Most stupid phrase in the world: I thought to myself (Who else do you think to, I'd like to know.)

Two most common errors I see on watch forums (or fora, as either is correct): Your instead of You're and Piece of Mind instead of Peace of Mind

Most insensitive phrase in the world and one often used by other watch enthusiasts to describe Rolex owners: Drink the Kool-Aid

This last phrase gets thrown around a lot on another watch forum many of us frequent. Turns out one of the forum members actually lost a friend at Jonestown.

Not that long ago, people. Some of us remember.

Pet peeve: If you THINK such and such, you've got another THING coming. It's If you THINK such and such, you've got another THINK coming. Duh.

Jeannie

theloxmyth · 19 March 2009, 08:41 AM

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Originally Posted by GinGinD

Most stupid phrase in the world: I thought to myself (Who else do you think to, I'd like to know.)

"I said to myself, self, ..."

theloxmyth · 19 March 2009, 08:33 AM

Axe me anything. (How 'bout if I 'axe' you to death ; )

And...

Pixburgh! Come on, people! (I guess that if they don't know how to spell it properly, they can't pronounce it properly, either ; )

vapalux · 19 March 2009, 08:42 AM

window of opportunity

Better out than in (it may be for you)

It will be the best thing to do in the long term ( you do it then)

Theres plenty more fish in the sea

Does it hurt ( when plainly it does as you have just accidently hit your hand with a hammer and thats why you are yelling!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

Brainstorming session

These any many more that get right up my nose ( thats probably one for someone)

Si

19 March 2009, 03:24 AM	#1
Taffi Abernathy "TRF" Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Real Name: Faith Location: Philadelphia, PA Watch: TT DJ, SS DJ Posts: 4,053	Insipid Sayings, Cliches, & Idiomatic Expressions No surprises here. This is a post for insipid sayings, cliches, idiomatic expressions and whatever other crazy jargon (arcane & commonly used) you might have picked up. I can tell you unhesitatingly that I do not recall ever "battening down the hatch." WTH is that anyway?!

19 March 2009, 03:48 AM	#7
Xenophon 2025 Pledge Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Real Name: Xenophon Location: UK Posts: 2,734	I hate with every fibre of my being the expressions: 24/7, touch base, in any way shape or form and blue sky thinking __________________ The sea! The sea! Θάλαττα! θάλαττα!

19 March 2009, 04:19 AM	#9
mfer "TRF" Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Real Name: Mik Location: USA Posts: 13,724	Not really a cliche or idiom, but here are a couple that bother me when used. "PIN Number" - It is just PIN! Why do I want your Personal Identification Number Number? "reiterate" - It is just iterate! I know that reiterate is a word and means to "say something again", but people always us it incorrectly around me for some reason. You want to redo something that is being redone already? __________________ member#3242

19 March 2009, 04:48 AM	#10
boa2 "TRF" Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Utah Watch: Lover Posts: 3,957	Some that make the hairs on my clean-shaven neck stand up "Nuff said" In response to thank you... "No Problem" "With all due respect..." "To be honest..." __________________ "Facts and truth really don't have much to do with each other."

19 March 2009, 06:08 AM	#15
ratae1950 "TRF" Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Real Name: Peter Location: Cambridge Ma Posts: 2,331	How about: "Deep down he's really quite shallow." "Life's tough, you're lucky to come through it alive." "I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal labotomy." __________________ Yunnoworameenmiduck

19 March 2009, 05:11 AM	#11
Lisa "TRF" Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: oklahoma city Posts: 15,741	What's always bugged me is seeing "I need your advise...." It's ADVICE. When you ask someone for advice, you are wanting them to advise you. Why not say, "Please advise me about this..." And what's up with "Your" and "you're?" My 9 year old daughter knows how to use each correctly.... Okay, I'm getting off track with these - more grammar issues than idioms/sayings. Sorry!

19 March 2009, 07:29 AM	#17
Lisa "TRF" Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: oklahoma city Posts: 15,741	You caught me there, C. I'm taking life much too seriously at the moment!

19 March 2009, 06:24 AM	#21
TimeToGo 2025 TitaniumYM Pledge Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: North Florida Posts: 16,793	I hear you...

19 March 2009, 07:40 AM	#22
unclesallie "TRF" Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Real Name: dan Location: Pennsylvania Watch: keystone pocket Posts: 5,917	I feel you.

19 March 2009, 07:45 AM	#23
Taffi Abernathy "TRF" Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Real Name: Faith Location: Philadelphia, PA Watch: TT DJ, SS DJ Posts: 4,053	What about slang? Certain words are also clearly indigenous to certain areas, and since this is an international forum, what expressions are popular in "your neck of the woods" and/or with your peer group?

19 March 2009, 07:47 AM	#24
buz-lh "TRF" Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Real Name: Buz Location: Atlanta Watch: Rolex Tudor Pam Posts: 5,108	"At the end of the day" irritates me to no end; if one more jerk politician uses that phrase my shoe might go through the television. A few years back it was "gravitas". __________________ Buz The faster you move, the slower time passes, the longer you live. Peter Diamandis

19 March 2009, 07:49 AM	#25
boa2 "TRF" Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Utah Watch: Lover Posts: 3,957	Some from the customer service hot air department: "We apologize for the inconvenience" "Your call is very important to us" "We're not happy until you're happy" "We are committed to your total satisfaction" (unless, of course, you aren't satisfied) __________________ "Facts and truth really don't have much to do with each other."

19 March 2009, 07:56 AM	#26
Taffi Abernathy "TRF" Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Real Name: Faith Location: Philadelphia, PA Watch: TT DJ, SS DJ Posts: 4,053	Let's not forget "moving forward" and "step up to the plate."

19 March 2009, 08:05 AM	#27
GinGinD Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Real Name: Jeannie Location: North Carolina Posts: 533	Most overused phrase in the world: *Ground Zero* Most stupid phrase in the world: *I thought to myself* (Who else do you think to, I'd like to know.) Two most common errors I see on watch forums (or fora, as either is correct): Your instead of *You're* and *Piece of Mind* instead of *Peace of Mind* Most insensitive phrase in the world and one often used by other watch enthusiasts to describe Rolex owners: *Drink the Kool-Aid* This last phrase gets thrown around a lot on another watch forum many of us frequent. Turns out one of the forum members actually lost a friend at Jonestown. Not that long ago, people. Some of us remember. Pet peeve: *If you THINK such and such, you've got another THING coming.* It's *If you THINK such and such, you've got another THINK coming.* Duh. Jeannie

19 March 2009, 08:33 AM	#29
theloxmyth "TRF" Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: NY Posts: 6,382	Axe me anything. (How 'bout if I 'axe' you to death ; ) And... Pixburgh! Come on, people! (I guess that if they don't know how to spell it properly, they can't pronounce it properly, either ; ) __________________ Craig, The (I'm JUST a) Loxmyth. If I had only known, I would have been a locksmith. — Albert Einstein (1879-1955) TWO FACTOR AUTHENTICATION IS ENABLED.

19 March 2009, 08:42 AM	#30
vapalux "TRF" Member Join Date: Nov 2008 Real Name: Si Location: united kingdom Posts: 1,655	window of opportunity Better out than in (it may be for you) It will be the best thing to do in the long term ( you do it then) Theres plenty more fish in the sea Does it hurt ( when plainly it does as you have just accidently hit your hand with a hammer and thats why you are yelling!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) Brainstorming session These any many more that get right up my nose ( thats probably one for someone) Si __________________

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