My current Most Annoying and Overused Phrase or Euphemism On DU

[ashling]

"Rachel Maddow (or insert your favorite personality)

is tearing

the Republicans (or insert your most hated personality or organization)

a new one!"


it is not only un descriptive of what is actually happening

and it has the added effect of leaving an image I wold rather not have.


:shrug:

[Danger Mouse]

1. I have always hated 'speaking truth to power' but it seems to have died off of late.

[Brickbat]

3. Me too. I think we've agreed on this one before.

:toast:

[Richardo]

4. Thankfully

:patriot:

[Bake]

10. That one is soooooooooo overdone!

And it was a cliche to begin with.

Bake

[LaurenG]

12. I agree with that and thankfully we don't hear it/see it often anymore. nt

[petronius]

16. Me too. I've always hated "meme" as well...

[snooper2]

20. That's because it's be co-opted as Truthy to Power!

:rofl:

[Tuesday Afternoon]

25. hell to the yeah and k to the r

;)

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

2. "Wow. Just wow."

:puke:

If you have that little imagination or ability to express yourself, don't bother to post at all - because obviously you have nothing to add except "Wow."

[ashling]

5. Are you talking to me?

:shrug:

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

6. No, not to anybody in particular.

I've never even kept track of who uses which expression (except for that thing about being due beer and travel money) - "Wow, just wow" just happens to be one that kind of bugs me. I have no idea who uses it. I didn't mean you in particular when I used the rhetorical "you."

[ashling]

8. Sorry,

I misread which post you were commenting on. I have trouble with my eyes.

[Call Me Wesley]

27. I just used this last week I think for the first time.

;) And it was totally in context, too. There was a message followed by it, though. :hi:

[WildEyedLiberal]

28. Agreed

Cheap "snark" plus utter lack of imagination = "Wow. Just wow." What a banal and useless phrase.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

29. I used it once because I was so fucking flabbergasted n/t

[emilyg]

7. OMG - usually something

silly about Bristol follows.

[petronius]

18. Not annoying, but I always crack up at "OMG! Did you see that!?" posts

where the poster has clearly forgotten we're not all watching the same show at the same time... :)

[cherokeeprogressive]

9. Hands down: Speaking Truth to Power.

Can't stand that one.

Anthony Weiner "spoke truth to power", according to some. He also tweeted his own Johnson.

[meegbear]

11. +1

[bif]

13. The use of periods to break up a phrase. As in...Best. Post. Ever.

[EFerrari]

14. 's for plural.

Cats not cat's
Republicans not Republican's
DUers not DUer's
neighbors not neighbor's

[MorningGlow]

15. "This"

With or without carrot symbol. x(

On edit: I'm ranting about the use of "this", not using "this" to agree with your OP. Although I do agree with your OP.

...I'll stop digging now.
:rofl:

[MiddleFingerMom]

17. That. n/t

[petronius]

19. These..

[MorningGlow]

21. 'N t'other n/t

[kick-ass-bob]

32. +1000.

As worthless as a +1 is, +1000 is, well, a thousand times worse.

[dawg]

22. Just sayin'

Usually preceded by something rude, thoughtless or hateful.

People who do that are assholes!
Just sayin'

[madinmaryland]

23. CALL YOUR CONGRESSCRITTER RIGHT ******* NOW!!!!

[graywarrior]

24. Uptight, are we?

[Tuesday Afternoon]

26. do the tighten up

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRozWFKJph8

[Whisp]

30. feet to the fire.

ugh
reminds me of some medieval torture/truth tactic. Trial by foot fire

[ScreamingMeemie]

31. Ding! Ding! Ding! We have a winner!

Stupidest thing ever.

[kick-ass-bob]

33. +1000

See post 32 ;)

[Cannikin]

34. When did _________ jump the shark?

n/t

[ashling]

35. Also, "Back in the day"

which day? Do you mean "earlier this day?

[provis99]

36. Most annoying: +1.

just posting +1 is annoying. or +1000. or +1 million. Whatever. It's about like saying "Megadittoes", but to DU instead of Rush Limbaugh.

[surrealAmerican]

37. A few that have already been mentioned and ...

... "crickets".