Anonymous wrote:Do words count?

I hate when I hear that something is moist and juicy.

I hate the word wholesome for no good reason.

Anonymous wrote:When people sign emails "best."

uh oh.
Guilty. WHy?
Best, Jane Doe (not my real name)

This thread is funny.

When I went to grad school in Connecticut, a lot of people would use the expression "intense" as in: my 4-mo-old is so intense.

That exam was intense.

WTF does that mean?

I've had a few intense moments in my life but they were things like getting married, getting widowed, climbing the great wall of china but I've never thought my child was in any way intense...although birthing him was.

Anonymous wrote:I say "no problem" or "no problemo" when someone says thanks. Why is that a problem?

I just think it sounds dismissive and not very polite when someone has thanked you.

Maybe it's a dialect, my SIL is white but she is from Baltimore so maybe it's a Baltimore dialect?

This is a grammar issue, not an expression. But I'm posting it anyway. I cannot stand when people use "that" when they mean "who."

I like waitresses that refill my drink without being asked. No, you like waitresses who refill your drink. When you are referring to a human being (even one you don't like), it's "who," not "that."

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I work in health care so I have a lot.

using 'vile' instead of 'bile'... "I choked back my vile"

prostRate cancer... right, the cancer you get from lying down.

chicken pops (wtf?)

"I fell out"... I still don't know what this means... you were overcome by emotion? You needed attention? You tripped and fell? You don't know why you fell? You were laughing? You lost consciousness?

and so many more...

Hahahaha my SIL says all of these!
She also says zink for sink, yes it's true. Took me awhile to figure out what the hell she was talking about

ARe these a certain ethnicity? I seriously have never heard ANY of them.

Anonymous wrote:"impact" as a verb

People saying "I'm not sure" when what they really mean is, "I don't know." "I'm not sure" means that you have some idea but don't know which of the possibilities is accurate; "I don't know" means, well, you do not know.

People misuse "I'm not sure" all the time. Makes me nuts.

This is similar to when my husband says, "not really," when he actually means, "no."

Oh and she says "whelps" for welts

Anonymous wrote:I work in health care so I have a lot.

using 'vile' instead of 'bile'... "I choked back my vile"

prostRate cancer... right, the cancer you get from lying down.

chicken pops (wtf?)

"I fell out"... I still don't know what this means... you were overcome by emotion? You needed attention? You tripped and fell? You don't know why you fell? You were laughing? You lost consciousness?

and so many more...

Hahahaha my SIL says all of these!
She also says zink for sink, yes it's true. Took me awhile to figure out what the hell she was talking about

"Live Strong" - what the hell does that mean anyway and what's the opposite? Live weak?

"all up in here..." just sounds dumb

Anonymous wrote:The use of ebonics/butchered improper English.

"She be crazy"

"What you talking bout"

"They is so stupid"

and on and on...

What's wrong with ebonics? It's a dialect. Are you offended by all dialects?

+1 on the "Best" thing. It gives me a pit in my stomach just thinking about those e-mails.

I say "no problem" or "no problemo" when someone says thanks. Why is that a problem?

I've made a great effort recently to stop saying "no problem" when people thank me for things. Now I say "you're welcome" or "my pleasure" or something like that.