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The "Annoying Phrase" Thread

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Marc Chevalier said:
Perchance yon maidens of swoondom shall be vex'd full sore.

You've officially ruined swooning for me! I can't write it now without feeling like Viola swooning over Duke Orsino.

Thanks lol
 

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David V said:
"Baby Bump" makes me want to puke. It's being pregnant!

I thought I was the only one who disliked this! Why must all the magazines insist on using that phrase when referring to a pregnant celebrity?

PADDY said:
"No problem..." Of course it's not a problem, so why say it?!

I don't care for this one either. "No problem" is not and should not be a substitute for "You are welcome."

I have a friend that will launch into a 14-minute tirade whenever he hears the phrase uttered. lol
 

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Marc Chevalier said:
"Baby bump" is bad ... but there's one phrase (from an awful song by 'Fergie') that really makes me queasy: "lady lumps". It's evil to use the word "lump" to describe something beautiful.


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Mercifully, I had forgotten about that particular phrase.

Lump is not generally a word I'd like used to refer to *any* part of my anatomy! :(
 

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*swoon*

Marc Chevalier said:
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Annoying expression used by some Fedora Lounge maidens/damsels:

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"*swoon*"

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Tis fine by me and if it afflicts your virtue well Sir, then I trust you hold the strength and candour to turn the other way.

Yours,

Mr D'Arcy, Esq.
 

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fortworthgal said:
Mercifully, I had forgotten about that particular phrase.

Lump is not generally a word I'd like used to refer to *any* part of my anatomy! :(

Me either... It makes it sound akin to a goitre *yucky*

That's got to be the most annoying song I've ever heard.
 

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"Baby Bump" is one of the worst examples of cultural infantalization out there right now. When I was growing up my mother taught me to call body parts by their proper name, and I knew the word "pregnant" before I started grammar school. All this cutesy-type magazine-cover stuff makes me just grind my teeth.
 

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Marc Chevalier said:
"Baby bump" is bad ... but there's one phrase (from an awful song by 'Fergie') that really makes me queasy: "lady lumps". It's evil to use the word "lump" to describe something beautiful.


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Fergie is a pig. :rolleyes: Consider the source.
 

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"No brainer"...............
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BinkieBaumont

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"A Suite"

"Its very jargonish "de Jour" and I hate it when you hear politicians/advertising executives/Bank managers, talking about A "suite"of solutions/products/Loan accounts" why cant they just say "range" when I hear Suite I think of a Three piece suite, covered in chintz consisting of a sofa, and two arm chairs"
 

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BinkieBaumont said:
Its very jargonish "de Jour" and I hate it when you hear politicians/advertising executives/Bank managers, talking about A "suite"of solutions/products/Loan accounts" why cant they just say "range" when I hear Suite I think of a Three piece suite, covered in chintz consisting of a sofa, and two arm chairs

I think of an ensuite with a b-day. Corporatespeak is silly.
 

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