08-18-2017, 06:40 AM
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#61
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DuffMan
What does it mean?
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She'll be cheating on her husband?
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08-18-2017, 06:40 AM
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#62
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Crash and Bang Winger
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"Must be nice".
I instantly lose respect for anyone who says this.
And closing a phone call or e-mail with "Cheers" when I know for a fact that you are a born Canadian and not English or Australian.
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08-18-2017, 06:41 AM
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#63
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: 127.0.0.1
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Fuzz
She'll be cheating on her husband?
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I was thinking orgy.
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Pass the bacon.
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08-18-2017, 06:49 AM
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#64
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: SW Calgary
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The over use of the word "hack" annoys me too. At first it started out with people using it incorrectly, like "My Facebook got hacked!" When it didn't, someone just found out your super easy password. But lately using the word hack in place of "tips and tricks" really bugs me. "Lifehacks" aren't hacks, they're tips. Last night one really ticked me off. I had a box of Kraft dinner in my cupboard I wanted to use up so I googled different ideas of things to add to it to jazz it up. The name of the first article that pops up? "Kraft Dinner Hacks" It's not a hack! We're not breaking in to the noodles security system. Adding cream cheese and salsa to pasta isn't breaching a network. It's just a recipe.
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08-18-2017, 06:55 AM
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#65
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Quote:
Originally Posted by united
ATM machine
PIN number
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Naan bread
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08-18-2017, 07:01 AM
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#66
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In the Sin Bin
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The revival of "keep calm and carry on" was stupid when it became a millennial meme. It's utterly insipid now that we have people sticking garbage to their cars like "keep calm and quilt on."
"What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas" is just about the dumbest promotional slogan any city has ever done. Even "Edmonton (tm)" is better.
"It's <current year>" when used as a rebuttal for any argument.
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08-18-2017, 07:04 AM
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#67
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Quote:
Originally Posted by btimbit
The over use of the word "hack" annoys me too. At first it started out with people using it incorrectly, like "My Facebook got hacked!" When it didn't, someone just found out your super easy password. But lately using the word hack in place of "tips and tricks" really bugs me. "Lifehacks" aren't hacks, they're tips. Last night one really ticked me off. I had a box of Kraft dinner in my cupboard I wanted to use up so I googled different ideas of things to add to it to jazz it up. The name of the first article that pops up? "Kraft Dinner Hacks" It's not a hack! We're not breaking in to the noodles security system. Adding cream cheese and salsa to pasta isn't breaching a network. It's just a recipe.
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Hacking usually means using various parts to make something work. Like hacking bits of code together in ways they were not intended to be used. Cracking is more what you're describing and clearly doesn't apply to food or quality of life situations. So, lifehack is a perfectly acceptable term when thought of in the context they are presented in; using disparate items or systems in unintended ways with the goal of improving or facilitating ones daily life.
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08-18-2017, 07:14 AM
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#68
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Franchise Player
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Cycling76er
Hacking usually means using various parts to make something work. Like hacking bits of code together in ways they were not intended to be used. Cracking is more what you're describing and clearly doesn't apply to food or quality of life situations. So, lifehack is a perfectly acceptable term when thought of in the context they are presented in; using disparate items or systems in unintended ways with the goal of improving or facilitating ones daily life.
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While totally true, it's still a stupid use of the term. Hacking originally meant long hours wrestling code to achieve something powerful. Not adding chives to your KD.
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08-18-2017, 07:18 AM
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#69
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada!
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Six of one, half dozen of another. Whenever I hear that it is usually a customer and I know it is going to be a long tedious 20-30 minute process to find them a basic item that most people would be able to pick out in a minute or two.
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08-18-2017, 07:19 AM
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#70
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Scoring Winger
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Cycling76er
Naan bread
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Revert back..
Nape of your neck...
HATE !!
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08-18-2017, 07:27 AM
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#71
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In the Sin Bin
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ResAlien
And if in smalltalk someone asks how your weekend was don't you dare say "too short". Hilarious. We get it. Weekends are shorter than weeks and you'd like them to be longer. Thanks for pointing that out.
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Speaking of always hilarious smalltalky jokes, "Oh, you got me lunch" whenever I come back to the office with takeout. Like, wow. So original!
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08-18-2017, 07:46 AM
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#72
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Powerplay Quarterback
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Portland, OR
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Previously mentioned, but "adulting" is cringe worthy, most often said in the context "I'm done adulting for the day." Usage just proves you haven't reached adult maturity levels.
Also, the widespread usage of whilst now. You get a pass if you're from the UK, but the amount of North American people using it drives me nuts, especially since 99 times out of 100, they'll only use it in written form. You never hear anyone say it. Generally see it most on Reddit, but seems like since a pretentious word. "Ooo, I'll use it because I'll sound smarter!". No you don't dumbass.
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08-18-2017, 08:05 AM
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#73
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Basement Chicken Choker
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: In a land without pants, or war, or want. But mostly we care about the pants.
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I use "whilst" whilst being facetious in spoken conversation. Hah!
Additionally, I'm often facetious.
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Better educated sadness than oblivious joy.
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08-18-2017, 08:06 AM
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#74
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Backup Goalie
Join Date: Dec 2014
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"Hey, how goes it?"
Maybe its because I also hated the guy that was saying it every time I saw him, but I can't stand that one.
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08-18-2017, 08:08 AM
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#75
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Scoring Winger
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Ctown
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Beer o'clock
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08-18-2017, 08:11 AM
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#76
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Scoring Winger
Join Date: Jan 2012
Location: Calgary
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I don't get why people don't like the use of "cheers" in emails. I write it and say it constantly. What I hate is "Regards" what am I 100 years old? Even worse is when there is an add on to regards I've seen "deepest regards", "kind regards" and the worst "warmest regards". And for some reason I've always disliked "double edged sword"
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08-18-2017, 08:25 AM
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#78
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Crash and Bang Winger
Join Date: Jul 2013
Location: Not Beltline
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Right hand and left hand bother the heck out of me by adding the unnecessary hand part.
"There's a stall in the right hand lane" is exactly the same as a stall in the right lane.
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08-18-2017, 08:45 AM
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#79
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Norm!
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BeltlineFan
Right hand and left hand bother the heck out of me by adding the unnecessary hand part.
"There's a stall in the right hand lane" is exactly the same as a stall in the right lane.
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That ones for the morons out there who go crashing into stalled vehicles because they're not sure if the radio meant their right or the radio guys right.
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My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings;
Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!
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08-18-2017, 08:46 AM
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#80
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Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Winebar Kensington
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I dislike how like some people today, like use like in every sentence. Like I was at the Mall yesterday, and like Tiffany ran into her ex at the Food Court, and he was like "hey baby" and she was like "OMG, get away", and I was like so embarrassed, so we like went to Moxies instead.
But, this linguist thinks "like" is ok:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/britis...uist-1.3992564
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