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What's a phrase you vehemently despise?

Mine's the phrase "Why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free?"
I'm not a cow, sex is not a commodity, and if I marry someone--I don't owe them sex (or vice versa for that matter).

Mea 7 Apr 3
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'Wake up sheeple.'. UGH. First of all, why is it my responsibility to wake them up? Second, the smugness is fucking palpable.

5

"I identify as an attack helocopter."

@Stacey48 It's a weak and overused attempt at invalidating trans people.

5

"I don't read" or "I'll wait until the movie comes out"

Gohan Level 7 Apr 3, 2018
5

Anything used way too often

Literally...ugh!

knocked it out of the park I've heard way too often at the moment

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Rule of thumb

Emme Level 7 Apr 3, 2018

What does that even mean? Thumbs don't make rules

@LadyAlyxandrea - Some believe it was the width of the stick a man could beat his wife with under English law a while ago.- if it's the size of your thumb, it's ok. "Make sure you measure that stick before you beat your wife! Thumb-size? OK go ahead".

@GoldenDoll awful!!!

I like the Viet Cong version: If an airplane or helicopter is the size of your thumb at arm's length, it means it can be hit with small arms fire. 🙂

@TheInterlooper it HAS been debunked. As a DV survivor,
that doesnt change the long running inferrence of the phrase.

@LadyAlyxandrea although it's been debunked, it was inferred that a husband could beat his wife with a stick as long as it wasn't thicker than his thumb. As a DV survivor, It STILL leaves a bad feeling even though it was debunked.

@TheInterlooper so does lacking EMPATHY I'd imagine.

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I hate the word 'nigger'. I understand its etymological roots but it's a word that comes packed with a sinister and horrible past.

But in terms of phrases I can't stand 'We are where we are' it's so glib and dismissive

That, and "It is what it is."

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I agree. Sex is a shared experience and people are people, not cows. Women are not livestock as the bible would have us believe.

I despise the phrase “guard your eyes”. Women’s bodies are not a trap for men or vice versa. Respect for my fellow human tells me where my eyes should look, not fear of sinful traps.

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I Could care less.
Same difference.
Slow your roll.

MikaB Level 5 Apr 7, 2018
4

“It’s always darkest just before the dawn.”

No, it’s not. Have you been outside before sunrise before?

“Everything happens for a reason”

"Everything happens for a reason"

Just quote back George Carlin to them. "Sometimes the reason is your a moron"

4

Get a life!

4

"There is a reason for everything." "It is what it is." "Give it to God."

4

It's a word, not a phrase that I despise. When men loudly and repeatedly say "f-ck" in public. This is crass and offensive. I wince, particularly with children and older women nearby.

Asking a strange man to stop loudly saying "f-ck" usually results in an angry verbal attack. ("You f-cking bitch!" Don't tell ME what to do!" ) Only one young man apologised.

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"God will teach you."

4

That dog won’t hunt.

4

Using the word "hater" to shut someone's opinion down, or if they point out a fact. You can't use the word hater just because someone has a difference of opinion or criticism. There is a time that this word is justified, but people use it in the wrong context a lot.

4

"It was just meant to be." Right after something terrible happens.

Go f*ck yourself.

4

It is what it is...while certainly true and very applicable at times, it has been done to death.

4

"You're delusional"

My ex would use that everytime he was losing an argument or I caught him in a lie. The reason why I abhore that statement is that I do have mental health issues, however they do not impact my thinking/analyzing ability.

4

Potty humour from anyone over 13.

4

And "act like a lady" I'm female. I'm a lady no matter what.

In the words of Rodney Dangerfield "That's no lady, that's my wife."

3

God works in mysterious ways, I disdain that one. Should be more like god works in delirious ways.

3

Anything out of a Penguins fan's mouth.

Go Pens! 😉

Go Predators!

There. I corrected it for you. Lol.

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Like' being used throughout a conversation without apparent knowledge as to the correct use of the word. The other week I was on a bus hading North out of Aberdeen, when a large group of American female students joined the journey. All was well and good for about three seconds when the continula use oflike' was inserted into their conversations used as a verbal comma'. It was all I could do not to enter their banter, enquiring as to the exact similarity betweenhe & her' (he's like and she's like) or else the enjoyment when they like something.

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There are sayings that make my eyes roll, but I can't say I vehemently despise them... What does irk me is anything coming out of a politician's mouth...

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That's not six inches ....

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