Describe to me here your most hated, ugly, and annoying phrases or words. The sort of things you cringe whenever you read. The sort that you instantly know you hate when you see it.
Mine, at the moment, is "meatspace". It sounds like something you'd find in a supermarket, or perhaps a slaughterhouse, and it can make anyone - anyone - sound like a fifteen year old gamer jock. Just... ugh.
Terms and phrases you loath
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Coyote
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"Hillary 4 U-N-Me!"
Something about Libertarianism always bothered me. Then one day, I realized what it was:
Libertarian philosophy can be boiled down to the phrase, "Work Will Make You Free."
In Libertarianism, there is no Government, so the Bosses are free to exploit the Workers.
In Communism, there is no Government, so the Workers are free to exploit the Bosses.
So in Libertarianism, man exploits man, but in Communism, its the other way around!
If all you want to do is have some harmless, mindless fun, go H3RE INST3ADZ0RZ!!
Grrr! Fight my Brute, you pansy!
Libertarian philosophy can be boiled down to the phrase, "Work Will Make You Free."
In Libertarianism, there is no Government, so the Bosses are free to exploit the Workers.
In Communism, there is no Government, so the Workers are free to exploit the Bosses.
So in Libertarianism, man exploits man, but in Communism, its the other way around!
If all you want to do is have some harmless, mindless fun, go H3RE INST3ADZ0RZ!!
Grrr! Fight my Brute, you pansy!
"Evolutionist". Fairly obviously bad, but it makes my skin crawl anyway.
I wish to propose for the reader's favorable consideration a doctrine which may, I fear, appear wildly paradoxical and subversive. The doctrine in question is this: that it is undesirable to believe a proposition when there is no ground whatever for supposing it true. I must, of course, admit that if such an opinion became common it would completely transform our social life and our political system; since both are at present faultless, this must weigh against it.
-Bertrand Russell
-"Too low they build, who build beneath the stars."
-Bertrand Russell
-"Too low they build, who build beneath the stars."
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Darth Ruinus
- Jedi Master
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"ATM machine."
It makes me mad.
"I'm falling on one side."
Thankfully, I dont hear this anymore.
It makes me mad.
"I'm falling on one side."
Thankfully, I dont hear this anymore.
"I don't believe in man made global warming because God promised to never again destroy the earth with water. He sent the rainbow as a sign."
- Sean Hannity Forums user Avi
"And BTW the concept of carbon based life is only a hypothesis based on the abiogensis theory, and there is no clear evidence for it."
-Mazen707 informing me about the facts on carbon-based life.
- Sean Hannity Forums user Avi
"And BTW the concept of carbon based life is only a hypothesis based on the abiogensis theory, and there is no clear evidence for it."
-Mazen707 informing me about the facts on carbon-based life.
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Metatwaddle
- Jedi Council Member
- Posts: 1910
- Joined: 2003-07-07 07:29am
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Momentarily. I don't think I've ever seen it used correctly. It doesn't mean in a moment; it means for a moment! If a customer service rep will be with me momentarily, that means I'm probably going to get really shitty service.
Should any political party attempt to abolish social security, unemployment insurance, and eliminate labor laws and farm programs, you would not hear of that party again in our political history. There is a tiny splinter group, of course, that believes you can do these things... their number is negligible and they are stupid. --Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Coyote
- Rabid Monkey
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"Let's just be friends." 
Something about Libertarianism always bothered me. Then one day, I realized what it was:
Libertarian philosophy can be boiled down to the phrase, "Work Will Make You Free."
In Libertarianism, there is no Government, so the Bosses are free to exploit the Workers.
In Communism, there is no Government, so the Workers are free to exploit the Bosses.
So in Libertarianism, man exploits man, but in Communism, its the other way around!
If all you want to do is have some harmless, mindless fun, go H3RE INST3ADZ0RZ!!
Grrr! Fight my Brute, you pansy!
Libertarian philosophy can be boiled down to the phrase, "Work Will Make You Free."
In Libertarianism, there is no Government, so the Bosses are free to exploit the Workers.
In Communism, there is no Government, so the Workers are free to exploit the Bosses.
So in Libertarianism, man exploits man, but in Communism, its the other way around!
If all you want to do is have some harmless, mindless fun, go H3RE INST3ADZ0RZ!!
Grrr! Fight my Brute, you pansy!
"No girls on the internet" and any varient thereof. I know its sarcastic, i don't care, i simply despise that retarded meme.
Zor
Zor
HAIL ZOR! WE'LL BLOW UP THE OCEAN!
Heros of Cybertron-HAB-Keeper of the Vicious pit of Allosauruses-King Leighton-I, United Kingdom of Zoria: SD.net World/Tsar Mikhail-I of the Red Tsardom: SD.net Kingdoms
WHEN ALL HELL BREAKS LOOSE ON EARTH, ALL EARTH BREAKS LOOSE ON HELL
Terran Sphere
The Art of Zor
Heros of Cybertron-HAB-Keeper of the Vicious pit of Allosauruses-King Leighton-I, United Kingdom of Zoria: SD.net World/Tsar Mikhail-I of the Red Tsardom: SD.net Kingdoms
WHEN ALL HELL BREAKS LOOSE ON EARTH, ALL EARTH BREAKS LOOSE ON HELL
Terran Sphere
The Art of Zor
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K. A. Pital
- Glamorous Commie
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"Embrace Jesus!" 
Lì ci sono chiese, macerie, moschee e questure, lì frontiere, prezzi inaccessibile e freddure
Lì paludi, minacce, cecchini coi fucili, documenti, file notturne e clandestini
Qui incontri, lotte, passi sincronizzati, colori, capannelli non autorizzati,
Uccelli migratori, reti, informazioni, piazze di Tutti i like pazze di passioni...
...La tranquillità è importante ma la libertà è tutto!
Lì paludi, minacce, cecchini coi fucili, documenti, file notturne e clandestini
Qui incontri, lotte, passi sincronizzati, colori, capannelli non autorizzati,
Uccelli migratori, reti, informazioni, piazze di Tutti i like pazze di passioni...
...La tranquillità è importante ma la libertà è tutto!
Assalti Frontali
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FSTargetDrone
- Emperor's Hand
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Metatwaddle
- Jedi Council Member
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Whenever I see that, I always want to link the person to this XKCD comic.Zor wrote:"No girls on the internet" and any varient thereof. I know its sarcastic, i don't care, i simply despise that retarded meme.
Zor
And I hate it too, because I don't like that sort of attention from internet guys. Thankfully, the only predominantly-male site I spend a lot of time at is this one, and that meme isn't really used here.
Should any political party attempt to abolish social security, unemployment insurance, and eliminate labor laws and farm programs, you would not hear of that party again in our political history. There is a tiny splinter group, of course, that believes you can do these things... their number is negligible and they are stupid. --Dwight D. Eisenhower
"Oh, by the way..."
Scariest phrase ever.
Scariest phrase ever.
Vendetta wrote:Richard Gatling was a pioneer in US national healthcare. On discovering that most soldiers during the American Civil War were dying of disease rather than gunshots, he turned his mind to, rather than providing better sanitary conditions and medical care for troops, creating a machine to make sure they got shot faster.
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Singular Intellect
- Jedi Council Member
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- Joined: 2006-09-19 03:12pm
- Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Reminds me of the time a female player in one of my old FPS games happened to reveal she was female...the sudden large increase in chat towards that specific player and typical male attitude seriously pissed me off.Metatwaddle wrote:Whenever I see that, I always want to link the person to this XKCD comic.Zor wrote:"No girls on the internet" and any varient thereof. I know its sarcastic, i don't care, i simply despise that retarded meme.
Zor
And I hate it too, because I don't like that sort of attention from internet guys. Thankfully, the only predominantly-male site I spend a lot of time at is this one, and that meme isn't really used here.
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General Zod
- Never Shuts Up
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Napoleon the Clown
- Jedi Council Member
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I loathe the acronym "lol". It isn't punctuation, and it isn't cute. The only time I can tolerate someone using it (aside from the occasional ironic use) is when they are actually laughing at something. Because that's rarely the case, I've dubbed it The Obnoxious Acronym of the Fuckwit.
"Irregardless". It isn't a bloody word in the first place, dammit! Not to mention it's a double negative.
"Irregardless". It isn't a bloody word in the first place, dammit! Not to mention it's a double negative.
Sig images are for people who aren't fucking lazy.
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Guardsman Bass
- Cowardly Codfish
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"Darwinist" (a popular favorite of creationist fucktards)
"Closed for Cleaning" (on the Men's Bathroom)
"There's no 'I' in 'Team'".
"Closed for Cleaning" (on the Men's Bathroom)
"There's no 'I' in 'Team'".
“It is possible to commit no mistakes and still lose. That is not a weakness. That is life.”
-Jean-Luc Picard
"Men are afraid that women will laugh at them. Women are afraid that men will kill them."
-Margaret Atwood
-Jean-Luc Picard
"Men are afraid that women will laugh at them. Women are afraid that men will kill them."
-Margaret Atwood
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Darth Fanboy
- DUH! WINNING!
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5 - RAR! Stupid for stupid's sake.
4 - "Insert Fad Here" Nation. This especially applies to ESPN. You are not a sovereign country, you are a bunch of douchenozzles who will gobble up anything that Bristol tells you to watch. You do not have a voice, you have valuable consumer dollars that make people lie to you about having a voice.
3 - Any hybridization of two people's names. Most notably with Celebrity Couples. Fuck that.
2 - "Key Demographic", why the fuck does the key demographic cover such a broad age range? Even the bland grey moosh of popular culture tastes different to people even 5-6 years of age apart, yet I think those jerks are still lumping people together from different generations in the same "demographic."
1 - Number one answer is....."Fucking A". Don't Fuck an A, Fuck a B, it has two holes.
4 - "Insert Fad Here" Nation. This especially applies to ESPN. You are not a sovereign country, you are a bunch of douchenozzles who will gobble up anything that Bristol tells you to watch. You do not have a voice, you have valuable consumer dollars that make people lie to you about having a voice.
3 - Any hybridization of two people's names. Most notably with Celebrity Couples. Fuck that.
2 - "Key Demographic", why the fuck does the key demographic cover such a broad age range? Even the bland grey moosh of popular culture tastes different to people even 5-6 years of age apart, yet I think those jerks are still lumping people together from different generations in the same "demographic."
1 - Number one answer is....."Fucking A". Don't Fuck an A, Fuck a B, it has two holes.
"If it's true that our species is alone in the universe, then I'd have to say that the universe aimed rather low and settled for very little."
-George Carlin (1937-2008)
"Have some of you Americans actually seen Football? Of course there are 0-0 draws but that doesn't make them any less exciting."
-Dr Roberts, with quite possibly the dumbest thing ever said in 10 years of SDNet.
-George Carlin (1937-2008)
"Have some of you Americans actually seen Football? Of course there are 0-0 draws but that doesn't make them any less exciting."
-Dr Roberts, with quite possibly the dumbest thing ever said in 10 years of SDNet.
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Metatwaddle
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But there are four in "platitude-quoting idiot".Guardsman Bass wrote:"There's no 'I' in 'Team'".
Should any political party attempt to abolish social security, unemployment insurance, and eliminate labor laws and farm programs, you would not hear of that party again in our political history. There is a tiny splinter group, of course, that believes you can do these things... their number is negligible and they are stupid. --Dwight D. Eisenhower
#1 "I for one welcome our <insert whatever bullshit> overlords" No, it's not cute or funny and just makes you look like a moronic fucktard. So I'll treat you like one too.
#2 Any phrase where people incorrectly use the words reign, rein and rain. If you don't know which of those words is correct for the phrase, don't fucking use the phrase at all because the wrong word in there looks really goddamn stupid. Not in writing anyway. In speech they all sound the same.
#3 Evolutionist, Darwinist - for being inaccurate and used as slurs by cretinists
#4 Liberal media - Generally only used by Americans and most often by people who have no fucking clue about it. The US media is anything but liberal.
#5 "My opinion is just as valid as yours!" - Generally used by whiny fucks when they just got their ass handed to them in an argument. Applicable only when the discussion is subjective in nature anyway (e.g. who likes what music).
#2 Any phrase where people incorrectly use the words reign, rein and rain. If you don't know which of those words is correct for the phrase, don't fucking use the phrase at all because the wrong word in there looks really goddamn stupid. Not in writing anyway. In speech they all sound the same.
#3 Evolutionist, Darwinist - for being inaccurate and used as slurs by cretinists
#4 Liberal media - Generally only used by Americans and most often by people who have no fucking clue about it. The US media is anything but liberal.
#5 "My opinion is just as valid as yours!" - Generally used by whiny fucks when they just got their ass handed to them in an argument. Applicable only when the discussion is subjective in nature anyway (e.g. who likes what music).
Warwolf Urban Combat Specialist
Why is it so goddamned hard to get little assholes like you to admit it when you fuck up? Is it pride? What gives you the right to have any pride?
–Darth Wong to vivftp
GOP message? Why don't they just come out of the closet: FASCISTS R' US –Patrick Degan
The GOP has a problem with anyone coming out of the closet. –18-till-I-die
Why is it so goddamned hard to get little assholes like you to admit it when you fuck up? Is it pride? What gives you the right to have any pride?
–Darth Wong to vivftp
GOP message? Why don't they just come out of the closet: FASCISTS R' US –Patrick Degan
The GOP has a problem with anyone coming out of the closet. –18-till-I-die
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Big Orange
- Emperor's Hand
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"You're late!"
"We've taken your application, we'll contact you soon..."
"I've got no change."
"This is my house, I do what I like."
"Bung it in."
"She's a cold fish."
"You hussy."
"Jeremy Clarkson is pretty hard left."
"He/She's an Arab!"
"He/She's a Jew!"
"He/She's queer!"
"You fat cunt!"
"I'm Cuckolded."
"You gimp."
"I've got a gimpy leg"
"I don't want any Wogs!"
"A Pole beat up a Paki."
"Vote BNP."
People who wittily switch around "come" with "cum".
And while not a saying, I can't stand pompous people who get annoyed at me turning my back on them for a split second when I'm clearly in the middle of doing something else (I can still hear you you idiots!).
"We've taken your application, we'll contact you soon..."
"I've got no change."
"This is my house, I do what I like."
"Bung it in."
"She's a cold fish."
"You hussy."
"Jeremy Clarkson is pretty hard left."
"He/She's an Arab!"
"He/She's a Jew!"
"He/She's queer!"
"You fat cunt!"
"I'm Cuckolded."
"You gimp."
"I've got a gimpy leg"
"I don't want any Wogs!"
"A Pole beat up a Paki."
"Vote BNP."
People who wittily switch around "come" with "cum".
And while not a saying, I can't stand pompous people who get annoyed at me turning my back on them for a split second when I'm clearly in the middle of doing something else (I can still hear you you idiots!).
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Flagg
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Oh, they'd love to call you "Hey, you fucking asshole", but they tend to get fired for shit like that.Teebs wrote:"Sir" when said by a security guard or someone in a similar position of power who is about to screw you over. It normally has a slight hint of contempt in it.
"Proactive"
"Whatnot"
Any time someone adds "Engineer" or "Technician" to the end of their otherwise mundane and pathetic job title. You're not a "Sanitation Technician" you're a fucking garbageman. And you probably make more money than I do. You're not a "Safety Engineer" you're a fucking crossing guard.
"Islamofascist"
"Play date"
Any time something is described as "family". This almost always means "for children".
"If you have nothing nice to say, don't say anything at all." Fuck you.
We pissing our pants yet?
-Negan
You got your shittin' pants on? Because you’re about to Shit. Your. Pants!
-Negan
He who can, does; he who cannot, teaches.
-George Bernard Shaw
-Negan
You got your shittin' pants on? Because you’re about to Shit. Your. Pants!
-Negan
He who can, does; he who cannot, teaches.
-George Bernard Shaw