25-05-2005 16:42									#61
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I don't think the fluet girl is hot but that pic is actually pretty good.. I really like her hair in it. I wish more girls would have similar type of 70s playboy bunny hairstyles with long hair... even though she doesn't have one.

I like the pair "obviously - idiot". Example:

The sky is purple
Obviously the sky is blue, idiot.
OR
IDIOT.. the sky is blue, obviously.

You see, you have much more usage for this wonderful pair.

	25-05-2005 17:42									#62
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i also hate (in dutch) the sentence: omdat het kan (means: because its possible) all the students use it to explain several things:

a)in an argument to explain why we should build a catapult on the balcony and shooting waterballoons at another 'dorm' across the street


b) to explain doing something stupid like building a catapult on the balcony and shooting waterballoons at another 'dorm' across the street (this is pretty funny because i could use it for my statics pratical)

c) to explain why they need to destroy your chair to use the would for building a catapult on the balcony and shooting waterballoons at another 'dorm' across the street

d) to explain to the cops why we build a catapult on the balcony and shot waterballoons at another 'dorm' across the street.

E) to explain why they wake you up at 5 in the morning when you have a big test that day and they just came home totally drunk

	25-05-2005 19:37									#63
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I nominate "zeitgeist"

	25-05-2005 19:39									#64
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i hate the phrase......."in terms of"
i don't know why.. but when i hear it..
its like fingernails on blackboard.

	25-05-2005 19:59									#65
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quote: "quintessential." Ugh. It makes me feel more than a little queasy.

It's very "hoity-toity" (<-another word I hate). Makes one sound like a snob, is up there with "ergo" and "concur"

quote: "Moist." Disgusting word.

Definitly I believe the most threatening word in the english language is "butter".

quote: i hate word 'dude'...i dont mind 'djude' but seriously 'dude' is like SOOO last millenium...

Dude! I say that all the time, but then I am from Cali. I have called many ppl dude who I probably shouldn't have... Oh, and "that is like soooo last millenium" is so blase

	25-05-2005 20:05									#66
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blase is another hoity-toity word

	25-05-2005 20:08									#67
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only if you spell it with the "é"

	25-05-2005 20:15									#68
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i häte üsing thé thingiès ön lèttérs likè / ör ¨ ör \ ör ^

	25-05-2005 20:25									#69
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Nothing wrong with a good moist prume, though I can see why Boris would prefer butter.

Dude is a great word!!

People actually saying "OMG" as in "OhEmGee", or even worse, pronounced "Omghh".
Not that I can stand "Ohh my god" either, though it's not so bad in written form for some reason.
I guess it's because you can't hear the 14 year old behind it.

	25-05-2005 20:35									#70
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quote: Originally posted by Japher Dude! I say that all the time, but then I am from Cali. I have called many ppl dude who I probably shouldn't have... Oh, and "that is like soooo last millenium" is so blase

Surely you mean passé? If so, I concur.

	25-05-2005 20:36									#71
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"So to say". I don´t know whether that´s a valid English phrase, but our female professor (sounds weird, but how else do you say that?) uses it all the time, like twice in a single sentence.
We even had a statistical analysis about this, where we counted no less than 124 "so to say" phrases in a single lecture!

Also my father always orders "juice" at the restaurant. While this will sound pretty usual to most of you, I have to point out that we live in Germany. There is a German word for it and NOBODY else says "juice". Especially since he mixes it with the German fruit words, resulting in such atrocities as "Apfeljuice" or "Pampelmusenjuice"...

	25-05-2005 20:37									#72
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http://www.thefreedictionary.com/blase

quote: bla·sé (blä-z) adj. 1. Uninterested because of frequent exposure or indulgence. 2. Unconcerned; nonchalant: had a blasé attitude about housecleaning. 3. Very sophisticated. Adj. 1. blase - very sophisticated especially because of surfeit; versed in the ways of the world; "the blase traveler refers to the ocean he has crossed as `the pond'"; "the benefits of his worldly wisdom" worldly sophisticated - having or appealing to those having worldly knowledge and refinement and savoir faire; "sophisticated young socialites"; "a sophisticated audience"; "a sophisticated lifestyle"; "a sophisticated book" 2. blase - uninterested because of frequent exposure or indulgence; "his blase indifference"; "a petulent blase air"; "the bored gaze of the successful film star" bored uninterested - not having or showing interest; "an uninterested spectator" 3. blase - nonchalantly unconcerned; "a blase attitude about housecleaning" unconcerned - lacking in interest or care or feeling; "the average American...is unconcerned that his or her plight is the result of a complex of personal and economic and governmental actions...beyond the normal citizen's comprehension and control"; "blithely unconcerned about his friend's plight"

	25-05-2005 20:39									#73
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Native English speakers shouldn't use French words anyway doesn't work

Except entrepreneur of course

Last edited by alva on 25-05-2005 at 20:49

	25-05-2005 20:40									#74
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I know what blasé means. Every instance in that definition refers to a person or a person's attitude, rather than a phrase. How can a phrase be indifferent?

	25-05-2005 20:40									#75
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I agree alva

especially when that person tries to "fake" the accent when they use such words... which is why a lot of ppl hate French Canadians

	25-05-2005 20:43									#76
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Oh, and don´t forget about "Whazzuuuuuuuup?". Even in non-English speaking countries that term has been abused by 13 year olds until people get the urge to kill upon hearing it another time...

	25-05-2005 20:43									#77
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quote: I know what blasé means. Every instance in that definition refers to a person or a person's attitude, rather than a phrase. How can a phrase be indifferent?

ah, then yes, I meant passé... yet I still hate the word blasé

	25-05-2005 22:26									#78
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quote: Originally posted by Sir Ralph "y'all"

Them's fightin' words, boy.

	25-05-2005 22:29									#79
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Yeah, that's another good phrase there MtG. What kind of Neanderthalic subculture resolves disputes with a call to violence which breaks more grammatical rules than there are words in the sentence?

	25-05-2005 22:31									#80
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Are you forgetting that MTG is a Southerner, IW?

	26-05-2005 04:22									#81
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This one is local -- only Imran will understand -- but the Pittsburgh version of "y'all" is "yinz." As in, "Where yinz goin'?" Makes my flesh crawl.

On the plus side, even Pittsburghers refer to dumbass locals as "yinzers."

	26-05-2005 06:34									#82
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quote: Originally posted by Japher "The sky is purple." "acutally, the sky is blue."

Ever been to L.A.?

	26-05-2005 09:26									#83
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quote: Originally posted by JohnT But... but... if you're team is incapable of achieving synergies, that encumbers your organization with inefficient decision-making processes! How do you adjust and adapt to constantly changing paradigms? Is it even possible to increase value with non-synergistic teams?????

Non-synergistic teams can remain congruent and still grow productivity by interfacing cogently.

	26-05-2005 17:23									#84
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"of" when used instead of "have". Sounds like a dweeb is saying it.

	26-05-2005 18:27									#85
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quote: Originally posted by Rufus T. Firefly This one is local -- only Imran will understand -- but the Pittsburgh version of "y'all" is "yinz." As in, "Where yinz goin'?" Makes my flesh crawl. On the plus side, even Pittsburghers refer to dumbass locals as "yinzers."

I'm from the Pgh area but didn't get exposed to that during my formative years.

It's you'ns, an archaic abbreviation of "you ones," one being the proper gender-neutral pronoun.

	26-05-2005 18:32									#86
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quote: Originally posted by alva Native English speakers shouldn't use French words anyway doesn't work Except entrepreneur of course

And joie de vivre. And restaurant. And glace. And elan. And visage. And volte face. And....


... but you get my drift.