Anonymous
Post 09/19/2017 16:42     Subject: Things that people say that make them sound too pretentious
Cray.
Anonymous
Post 09/19/2017 16:38     Subject: Things that people say that make them sound too pretentious
I dont think most of you know what pretentious means.
Anonymous
Post 09/19/2017 16:08     Subject: Things that people say that make them sound too pretentious
DH's family says grocery instead of grocery store. Like, "I'm stopping at the grocery on the way home". So pretentious.
Anonymous
Post 09/19/2017 16:08     Subject: Things that people say that make them sound too pretentious
Name dropping Davos.
Anonymous
Post 09/19/2017 16:05     Subject: Things that people say that make them sound too pretentious
Not exactly pretentious (as in upper class), but not my down to earth people either:

Referring to "cheer camp."
"During dh's residency, we were so poor" while also mentioning the new shoes from Nordstrom rack.
Cray
Anonymous
Post 09/19/2017 15:40     Subject: Things that people say that make them sound too pretentious
Anonymous wrote:"Do you know who I am?"


Winner! This one will be hard to beat...
Anonymous
Post 09/19/2017 15:28     Subject: Things that people say that make them sound too pretentious
"Do you know who I am?"
Anonymous
Post 09/19/2017 15:17     Subject: Things that people say that make them sound too pretentious
Anonymous wrote:We were at home and DH was looking for something. I said "I think we left it at the condo," and I noticed our nanny smirk. #fired

Just kidding. I guess it sounded pretentious.


So this.

I had a moment where the nanny was off and I was complaining about how I'd get everything done until I realized I sounded like an assh0le. And also complaining about how $$$ any fixes were on the Porsche or the Audio. Ass. Hole.
Anonymous
Post 09/19/2017 14:51     Subject: Things that people say that make them sound too pretentious
We were at home and DH was looking for something. I said "I think we left it at the condo," and I noticed our nanny smirk. #fired

Just kidding. I guess it sounded pretentious.
Anonymous
Post 09/19/2017 14:48     Subject: Things that people say that make them sound too pretentious
Anonymous wrote:"the data say"


I'm probably just missing something, but what's wrong with this one? I thought it was the correct phrase.
Anonymous
Post 09/19/2017 14:35     Subject: Things that people say that make them sound too pretentious
"the data say"
Anonymous
Post 09/19/2017 14:34     Subject: Things that people say that make them sound too pretentious
"we had dinner at the club"
Anonymous
Post 09/19/2017 14:32     Subject: Things that people say that make them sound too pretentious
Anonymous wrote:I have been hearing people sometimes friends throw around terms that make me cringe. I think they think it makes them sound more sophisticated or "upper crust". To me it reeks of insecurity. Here are a few-

"I will call you back in half a second" Really?

Referring to being so stressed that they need "retail therapy"

Talk about where they "summer" not go on vacation

I could go on but you get the drift....


Agreed all say "I am in the know of what's cool" and makes me run for the hills, especially the summer as a very and "half a second" how ridiculous!
Anonymous
Post 09/19/2017 14:21     Subject: Things that people say that make them sound too pretentious
Retail therapy is just a trash saying from the 80s. Half-second is a regionalism like New York Minute or a hot second. Summer instead of vacation is just a regionalism.

Nothing pretentious to me. But retail therapy is just stupid.
Anonymous
Post 09/19/2017 14:16     Subject: Things that people say that make them sound too pretentious
I have been hearing people sometimes friends throw around terms that make me cringe. I think they think it makes them sound more sophisticated or "upper crust". To me it reeks of insecurity. Here are a few-

"I will call you back in half a second" Really?

Referring to being so stressed that they need "retail therapy"

Talk about where they "summer" not go on vacation

I could go on but you get the drift....