The "Annoying Phrase" Thread

[Paisley]

NTTAWWT = not that there's anything wrong with that.

 

[Carlisle Blues]

^^
OMG how lazy not to simply type it out.

 

[jamespowers]

NTTAWWT = not that there's anything wrong with that.

Yes, there is plenty wrong with that. :eusa_doh:

 

[jamespowers]

^^
OMG how lazy not to simply type it out.

Yeah, how about that?

 

[Carlisle Blues]

^^^^

HEHEHE Just pokin' fun....

 

[Carlisle Blues]

The following is kind of annoying

 

[Tomasso]

NTTAWWT = not that there's anything wrong with that.

fftopic: lol [YOUTUBE]2GMZjkNW5b8[/YOUTUBE]

 

[Carlisle Blues]

^^^
Sorry T but there is something wrong with that...it is tired and old. Now a cliche..[huh] Used to be funny..

 

[Tomasso]

it is tired and old.

To some....to others....Classic.....

But then, I still laugh at the Marx Brothers, Laurel & Hardy, etc.. while others roll their eyes...[huh]

 

[Carlisle Blues]

^^^
So do I, but, I live this stuff everyday....Just gets to ya every once in a while..:eusa_doh:

 

[Tomasso]

Are we talking about the use of NTTAWWT in the current lexicon or the humor of Seinfeld? I'm referring to the latter.

 

[Dr Doran]

How about "thx" instead of spelling out the word "thanks" or better "Thank you"? I find this very annoying as it does not express genuine thanks. Only that the writer was in a hurry and wanted to say something that sort of sounded like thanks.

 

[Carlisle Blues]

Are we talking about the use of NTTAWWT in the current lexicon or the humor of Seinfeld? I'm referring to the latter.

Current......I love Seinfeld!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!hahahaha and Tomasso I find your humor and wit very refreshing as well....

I also watch "Larry David" from time time on cable..lol lol lol

 

[Nathan Dodge]

"Passing; Passed; Pass Away"

Has the world become so afraid to deal with death that we must "soften" the blow by using this "Passed away" nonsense? Is anyone else old enough to remember when people actually died?

"The soldier passed away after stepping on a land mine."

Kirk: "Bones, how is he?"

McCoy: "He's passed away, Jim."

I'd also like to see the end of using "I mean" as a placeholder in a sentence.

 

[John in Covina]

in Defense of banal terms: Passed Away is a term more used amongst the close relatives and friends not in a military situation. It obscurs the death concept a tad so that both those that pass along the info and the reciever of the info can do their best not to be overcome by grief and remain functional. Yup grief is funny that way. Ask anyone that's lost a close relative recently. WHich way is easier on a loved one: "I am sorry to hear he passed away. or "Word out is he died from lung cancer, wow sorry."

It just softens the blow a bit, as reserved and respectful referencing.

 

[Nathan Dodge]

in Defense of banal terms: Passed Away is a term more used amongst the close relatives and friends not in a military situation. It obscurs the death concept a tad so that both those that pass along the info and the reciever of the info can do their best not to be overcome by grief and remain functional. Yup grief is funny that way. Ask anyone that's lost a close relative recently. WHich way is easier on a loved one: "I am sorry to hear he passed away. or "Word out is he died from lung cancer, wow sorry."

It just softens the blow a bit, as reserved and respectful referencing.

My father died this past July.

 

[John in Covina]

MOM died Jan 2008. Dad died Nov. 1999
For me I was glad they used passed for the first few months.

 

[Dr Doran]

Yes, i think John in Covina has a good point here.

 

[Carlisle Blues]

"Passing; Passed; Pass Away"

These terms are euphemisms for dying, although the verb pass alone as well as pass away have been used in the sense of “pass out of existence, die” since the 1300s. The two variants—adding on [c. 1800] and over [c. 1900]—allude to moving to some other-worldly realm.

Depends on your perspective. I liked when Bones said. "Jim, they took Spock's brain!!!" lol lol lol

 

[Dr Doran]

Lucretius says "joining the majority" for dying. I like that. I used it in a speech at a memorial for a dear friend of mine who died, and who was a young, bright latinist.