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[DownInFlames]

"Bet" has been around for ages. It's from the old Who song.

[TrentCrimmIndependent]

Originally Posted by DownInFlames

"Bet" has been around for ages. It's from the old Who song.

I think it's making a comeback after hardly being commonplace for some time. Something the latest gen in particular caught wind of and now are putting it in their basic vocab. I just dislike it.

[TheIronMaiden]

Eating expired food by accident.

Damnit always disgusting.

[Brendone]

Originally Posted by TheIronMaiden

Eating expired food by accident.

Damnit always disgusting.

And it’s often the gift that keeps giving

[darockwilder]

Originally Posted by getbak

Oh, I've got one I've started to see a lot more recently: People talking on their phones on speaker, holding the phone about a foot in front of their face. They're not Facetiming or anything because they're not holding it with the camera facing them, they're just having a voice conversation.

Apparently, it's something they do on reality shows so they can record both sides of the conversation and people have started copying them thinking it's the cool new way to talk on the phone.

####ing idiots.

I swear the first time I saw someone doing that was years ago on that show where the guy Cody has a bunch of wives. He was talking to someone on the phone like that, and I was like WTF is that?!? It would never dawn on me to have a conversation where everyone around you could hear both sides. Now it's common and super annoying.

[Reggie Dunlop]

[Knut]

Originally Posted by TheIronMaiden

Eating expired food by accident.

Damnit always disgusting.

The Quick Weight Loss Program TM

[TheIronMaiden]

Originally Posted by Knut

The Quick Weight Loss Program TM

It really is. Makes me feel like not eating anything for a while.

[timun]

Originally Posted by TheIronMaiden

by accident

Tangential gear-grinder: people who say "on accident".

[troutman]

Shoppers Drug Mart.

Every aisle is a traffic jam. People, display cases, people standing around display cases. Clear the road!

[bizaro86]

Originally Posted by timun

Tangential gear-grinder: people who say "on accident".

I've never heard that - I bet they're doing it by purpose just to mess with you.

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by bizaro86

I've never heard that - I bet they're doing it by purpose just to mess with you.

No it exists


Also generally the same people say, when referring to an upcoming sporting match

“Who are we versing”

[getbak]

Oh God, yes. It drives me crazy when someone uses "versing" when talking about a competition.

[bizaro86]

Originally Posted by undercoverbrother

No it exists


Also generally the same people say, when referring to an upcoming sporting match

“Who are we versing”

<whoosh>

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by bizaro86

<whoosh>

it's my attention to detail that sets me apart.

[timun]

Originally Posted by bizaro86

I've never heard that - I bet they're doing it by purpose just to mess with you.

NSFW!

Originally Posted by undercoverbrother

Also generally the same people say, when referring to an upcoming sporting match

“Who are we versing”

Come again? Thankfully I've never heard this.

[undercoverbrother]

Originally Posted by timun

Come again? Thankfully I've never heard this.

I coach high school and club sport.

I hear it, granted it is/was less when the athletes were junior high aged but I still hear it now.


"Hey coach who are we versing for our next game"

[Titan2]

Originally Posted by getbak

Oh God, yes. It drives me crazy when someone uses "versing" when talking about a competition.

Well, other than the ever popular bible quoting competitions.

[bizaro86]

Originally Posted by timun

NSFW!

.

Lol. English is weird. You do something "by" accident but "on" purpose. Those are opposite, seems like the same preposition should apply.

[timun]

English is weird, true. But it's categorically "by accident" and "on purpose". You wouldn't say "on design", "on chance", "on far", "on heart", "on mistake", "on nature", "on virtue of", etc.