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What phrases should be banned from polite company? ;0)

2007-11-30 07:49:57 · 47 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture Religion & Spirituality

"Riddle me this!"

2007-11-30 07:55:43 · update #1

47 answers

It is what it is.
Think outside the box.
Nice guys finish last.
Ta Ta for now.
Fly in the ointment.

2007-11-30 10:49:35 · answer #1 · answered by Rckets 7 · 4 0

Any corporate-speak mumbo jumbo. The next person who uses leverage as a verb or asks me to think outside the box can sit on my paradigm and shift!

2007-11-30 08:04:08 · answer #2 · answered by Adoptive Father 6 · 4 0

Conversate
basically (beginning of a sentence)
that's phat
sweeeeet! (car, job, outfit, jewelry, etc)
audibilize
free gift (if not free, is it a gift?!)
fit-tee (50)
Howdy doodee
hit the (gym, sack, books)
give props
game on
to that end
All's I know
Whatever!
I'm afraid (meaning I disagree)
heffer,hoe,skank,pusasy,cvnt,d!ck,prick and all derogatory slang for both male and female
My bad
due to the fact that
By the same token
lends itself well
all the sudden
dude
hunker down
to make a long story short
y'know
idk, bttt, imo, lol, lmao, wtf, rotfl, j/k (alphabet soup shorthand)
cut to the chase
Love 'em to bits
panfried
sticks in my craw
To tell you the truth

2007-12-01 01:58:46 · answer #3 · answered by ♥Šωèé†íé♥ 6 · 3 0

In courts: 'My learned friend'

It tends to be used a lot when questioning the opposite lawyer's intelligence during an intense argument.

Which is more ironic than is at all necessary, although seems to be a requirement.

((((hugs))))

May peace go with you throughout your life

2007-11-30 08:05:05 · answer #4 · answered by ? 5 · 2 0

Information Superhighway

2007-11-30 07:52:11 · answer #5 · answered by Mickey P 4 · 10 1

"female"

I hate that. A dog is a female. I am a woman. It's degrading and sounds ignorant.
We can Thank the TV show "ER" pilot 1995 (I think) and rap music for popularizing that one.

2007-11-30 08:05:34 · answer #6 · answered by rabidkitty 7 · 1 0

"each and every" That phrase should be taken to the desert, shot, buried with a shovel, then bury the shovel. "Hello? This is the Department of Redundancy Department."

2016-04-06 05:53:40 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0 0

"You have a booger on your lip"

"O.K. who just cut it?"

"Is that spare change in your pocket, or are you happy to see me?"

"Poot" I hear your voice in changing, but your breath still smells the same.


Lets all get thicker skin and quit the politically correct B.S.

2007-12-02 05:13:30 · answer #8 · answered by plowmscat 4 · 1 0

support our troops (only when meant to say "if you don't support the president, you don't support the troops)

my lovely lady lumps

fo shizzle, or any izzle language for that matter. (guilty, but only in an ironic way, as i'm a middle aged white woman)

2007-11-30 07:58:51 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 5 1

Yo Yo Yo!
Hot Diggity, Yo Dawg!
Its not you, its me.
Yo Mama
Peace Out!
On the down low
He's so fly

2007-11-30 09:03:55 · answer #10 · answered by Lollipops 3 · 3 0

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