Books on the Nightstand discussion

"be that as it may"
I don't even know what this means.

you do the math

any others?

"at this point in time"

"24/7"

These for starters. Let me sleep on it. I'm sure I can come up with a zillion.

"It is what it is."

make a long story short (and it never is)

"one size fits alls"

Ha!

How about "I feel that at"

"close proximity"

Is there far proximity?

should have added ..........

"where did s/he go to?"

love "close proximity
regardless or irregardless

I'll pass by your house.

Iv'e never seen it like it before ( horror movies)
no one has ever seen it like it before that's the point.

"at the end of the day" blah blah blah

"impacted"

This one I'm fighting on my own. impact was originally a noun. It is becoming a verb - just listen to the news reporters on TV.

She was impacted by the decision. (visions of a squished human) - Rather the decision had AN impact on her!

Phew. I was holding my breath as I opened this 15-message thread, worried that it was a list of phrases that Michael and I overuse. :)

to grow as in "The company plans to grow the work force."

How about expand, increase, add to?????

Kateri wrote: ""It is what it is.""

Agreed!

"Like, you know, yha know what I'm say'in"

Be it known that I do not dislike Kate Gosselin but the voice over at the beginning of all episodes ends with the line: "It might be a crazy life but it's
ARE life". The substitution of ARE for OUR makes me cringe.

Linda wrote: "to grow as in "The company plans to grow the work force."

How about expand, increase, add to?????"

Agreed. This is my personal pet peeve.

Linda wrote: "impacted"

This one I'm fighting on my own."

I'll fight with you, Linda. Since I'm a nurse, the phrase "was impacted" means something to me (and it doesn't smell like roses if you catch my drift).

Summer wrote: "Linda wrote: "impacted"

This one I'm fighting on my own."

I'll fight with you, Linda. Since I'm a nurse, the phrase "was impacted" means something to me (and it doesn't smell like roses if ..."


Summer, I hear you loud and clear. You've given me a good laugh this morning!

"Going forward." Whatever happened to "in [the:] future" or "from now on"?

"pre"- anything

i.e. pre-reserved, pre-packaged,

You reserved it before you reserved or packaged it before it was packaged???!!!

Should I let the cat out of the bag now? I have a list on my computer called "Huh?" Whenever I hear something really outrageous on the news - in other words where I think someone should know better - I add it to my list.

I have such gems as "bigger brunt," "major catastrophe" and "collaborating together"

Ann wrote: "Phew. I was holding my breath as I opened this 15-message thread, worried that it was a list of phrases that Michael and I overuse. :)"

I thought the EXACT same thing Ann!

and Kathy, you beat me to it. I hate "going forward," though I have caught myself using it on occasion. :(

Sorry Michael and Ann didn't mean to alarm you, but if the shoe fits...

Michael wrote: "Sorry Michael and Ann didn't mean to alarm you, but if the shoe fits..."

the shoe often does fit, Michael, and Ann and I appreciate that all of you don't point it out too often!

'should of'
'gifted' (as in 'she gifted me this black eye')

I'll fight with you, Linda. Since I'm a nurse, the phrase "was impacted" means something to me (and it doesn't smell lik..."

haha! I'm not the only one! Yay!

I've already done the prefix, now the suffix…

-"wise" most offensively as in weatherwise, but I've heard it tacked on to many words…

most painfully recollected: years ago my sister invited me to one of those selling parties (a la Tupperware) for crystal / glass items. The entire evening the hostess advised the attendees that we could use this "decorativewise" or use that "decorativewise."

I wanted to scream, "There's a perfectly good word - decoratively!!!!!!!!!

"Good to go" - My Marine husband says it ALL the time. I am sure it fits in that world, but not the civilian world.

"Less Lethal Training" (shaking head)

"the fact of the matter is..."
Wouldn't "the fact is" suffice?

-event

as in weather-event or news-event.

"Not a problem" instead of "You're welcome."

or "Thank you" instead of "You're welcome."

I've noticed that when someone is interviewed, as on Today, the interviewer (i.e. Meredith or Matt) says, "Thank you for coming." The interviewed invariably replied, "Thank you."

What's up with that?

No worries.

"the white stuff"

Used by weather reporters to mean snow. When they say it it makes me want to puncture them and see their "red stuff"

Linda wrote: "or "Thank you" instead of "You're welcome."
I've noticed that when someone is interviewed, as on Today, the interviewer (i.e. Meredith or Matt) says, "Thank you for coming." The interviewed invariably replied, "Thank you.""

It means "Thank YOU for inviting me."

I understand what it means, Misty, but I don't like it. No one says "You're welcome" anymore.

Linda wrote: "I understand what it means, Misty, but I don't like it. No one says "You're welcome" anymore."

lol True. Sorry for the confusion on my part. ^_^

Linda, if I were in that particular type of "thank you" situation, I don't think I'd feel right responding "You're Welcome." It seems to me that it acknowledges that you've bestowed an honor on the interviewer. I always interpret it as a "No, thank YOU" which says "it's not necessary to thank me, but I thank you for inviting me."

In absolute meaning, "you're welcome" should not mean that (it should mean 'you're welcome to my time') but I think in today's usage it seems to reflect the granting of a favor.

Ann wrote:"Linda, if I were in that particular type of "thank you" situation, I don't think I'd feel right responding "You're Welcome." It seems to me that it acknowledges that you've bestowed an honor on the interviewer. I always interpret it as a "No, thank YOU" which says "it's not necessary to thank me, but I thank you for inviting me."

In absolute meaning, "you're welcome" should not mean that (it should mean 'you're welcome to my time') but I think in today's usage it seems to reflect the granting of a favor."

Well done!

Ann wrote: "Linda, if I were in that particular type of "thank you" situation, I don't think I'd feel right responding "You're Welcome." It seems to me that it acknowledges that you've bestowed an honor on the..."

nod

I hate the phrase "I'm sorry but..." You're not really sorry.

"As the saying goes..."

"no offense, but...."

No offense, but you should of included sayings in the scope of this post. Be that as it may, I like this thread. I'm want to share one that I don't like saying-wise irregardless of the fact that your post doesn't specifically include them at this point in time. So no worries (but if you could edit the initial post, we'll be good to go). On second thought, you could probably care less about what phrases and sayings I don't like, so I won't bother. As the saying says, there is a time to speak and a time to be silent. Later gator!

Mona wrote: "No offense, but you should of included sayings in the scope of this post. Be that as it may, I like this thread. I'm want to share one that I don't like saying-wise irregardless of the fact that yo..."

Ouch!!

Cute, Mona! : > )

....that being said.....