Expressions You Hate!

[jstephens9]

"that's it in a nutshell".......I don't really hate it, but it sounds stupid

[Front-Ranger]

Recent greetings that I have heard that just stop me dead in my tracks because I have no idea how to respond:

You get a call from someone or you call someone and the first words out of their mouths are:

"Hey, whadda ya know?"

Dead stop.  Train of thought instantly derails, conversation ball rolls under the couch.  Is he asking me a question?  Is he thinking out loud?  What do I know?  I know lots of things... how, what?  WTF do I say to something like that?

Similar to this is

"Hey what have you been up to?"

And they're not really asking. This isn't an opening conversation gambit, it's just something said as a greeting.  What have I been up to?  Slam on the conversation brakes.  Screeeeeeeeeeeeech.  I've been up to a lot and nothing at all, WTF do I say to something like that? 

You're supposed to answer, "Not much...you?" especially if you are from Wisconsin. 

[Jeff Wrangler]

I think what falls under your definition of cutesy are words like "beeoytch" for "bitch".  But again, I don't think it's so much cutesy as a form for "polite" conversation. 

Um, how the heck is that pronounced, anyway?  Three syllables? "Bee-oy-tich"? Two syllables? "Bee-oytch"? 

[serious crayons]

Um, how the heck is that pronounced, anyway?  Three syllables? "Bee-oy-tich"? Two syllables? "Bee-oytch"? 

What I usually hear is "beee-ahch."

[delalluvia]

Um, how the heck is that pronounced, anyway?  Three syllables? "Bee-oy-tich"? Two syllables? "Bee-oytch"? 

I've heard bee-oytch. 

[serious crayons]

I've heard bee-oytch. 

Oytch? Like, rhyming with the first syllable of Deutschland?

[Lynne]

Xander coined the term 'bitca' for bitch and I find myself using it sometimes! 

[ifyoucantfixit]

Quote from: delalluvia on November 27, 2008, 08:57:10 PM
Recent greetings that I have heard that just stop me dead in my tracks because I have no idea how to respond:

You get a call from someone or you call someone and the first words out of their mouths are:

"Hey, whadda ya know?"

Dead stop.  Train of thought instantly derails, conversation ball rolls under the couch.  Is he asking me a question?  Is he thinking out loud?  What do I know?  I know lots of things... how, what?  WTF do I say to something like that?

Similar to this is

"Hey what have you been up to?"

And they're not really asking. This isn't an opening conversation gambit, it's just something said as a greeting.  What have I been up to?  Slam on the conversation brakes.  Screeeeeeeeeeeeech.  I've been up to a lot and nothing at all, WTF do I say to something like that?
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      Always makes me want to say "nothing thats any of your business."

[LauraGigs]

Same with "What's up?"

Conversation killer.

[Jeff Wrangler]

Tell you what, when I'm in a particularly cranky mood (happens a lot lately  ) I even tend to get annoyed with, "How are you?"

Look, half the people don't even listen to the response, or even to themselves when they say it. It's just said sort of automatically.

And nobody really wants a catalogue of your aches, pains, and assorted other troubles in response.

And the typical response, "Fine, thank you," is just as annoying. You could be coughing up a lung from TB and you'd still automatically say, "Fine, thank you," and the other person won't even really hear it! 

Maybe I should have filed this one under "Bitch, bitch, bitch"?

Or is it "Bee-yotch, bee-yotch, bee-yotch"?