Two Little Words
Fiscal cliff.
I don’t want to hear these words one more time. I used to think that “fiscal cliff” sounded like a painful and depraved sex act, but the amusement factor is long gone. Stop saying it! Whoever started it needs to die.
Also:
Push back
Double down
Middle class
Grover Norquist
John McCain
Taylor Swift
Lady Gaga
Which two words would you like to ban? In the spirit of Christmas, please share!
Tags: awful words, irritants, politics
November 28th, 2012 at 9:41 pm
General Petraeus
Bobby Kristina
Chris Brown
November 29th, 2012 at 1:31 am
nip slip
anal bleaching
duck face
and Mitch McConnell, although I love to mutter obscenities while imitating his voice.
I would also prefer not to see any more pictures of the royal couple shagging.
November 29th, 2012 at 3:37 am
Chandy – YES, except for Bobby Kristina…is there a reality show about her? I’m sure I’ll agree once I’ve seen it.
Romeo – Oh god, Mitch McConnell, what a cunt. Cannot bear to here his name either.
November 29th, 2012 at 5:26 am
donald trump
legitimate rape
black friday
(insert name here) kardashian
gluten free
job creators
twitter feed
lindsay graham (l. graham + j. mccain = super cuntbrothers)
November 29th, 2012 at 5:48 am
also,
john galt
government teat
i just realized that if turn off my tv I’ll never have to see/hear 99% of those words ever again…
also,
boob tube
November 29th, 2012 at 9:00 am
Two little letters: OK. As in (nurse speaking to my dad in the hospital): “I’m going to give you your medication, OK?” “I’m going to change your gown, OK?”
November 29th, 2012 at 10:53 am
David Cameron, Boris Johnson, Nick Clegg.
November 29th, 2012 at 1:25 pm
Awesome sauce.
November 29th, 2012 at 1:37 pm
Global Recession
November 29th, 2012 at 9:53 pm
I find the jargon-y words politicians use over and over here in Australia have the same effect on me as nails on blackboard.
Back story
Moving forward
Working families
Carbon tax
Patchwork Economy
I was at a conference recently and someone said something and instead of saying something like ‘Let’s analyse that shall we’ the facilitator said ‘Let’s unpack the back story shall we.’ Sounds almost obscene. Arrggghh.
November 29th, 2012 at 11:07 pm
Well, I’m not informed enough to know any of the current annoying as hell two words, but I have some personal hated two words, if that’s okay, that I can throw in, that I would like to never ever ever hear again:
big butt
flat tire
vitreous detachment
insufficient funds
larger size
stress incontinence
November 29th, 2012 at 11:39 pm
jlynn – All horrible!!!
Suspended – But it’s less scary than ‘global warming’ or ‘climate change’.
November 30th, 2012 at 12:09 am
Jane – Hahahahahahaha! I would expect all the normal listeners to laugh hysterically.
Bevitron – Vitreous detachment is chilling. What about ‘uterine prolapse’?
November 30th, 2012 at 2:47 am
“Pan fried” – to be seen on every menu and how else do you fry anything exept in a pan?!
Barack Obama
November 30th, 2012 at 3:20 am
Gangnam Style
Lindsay Lohan
Now trending
Real housewives
November 30th, 2012 at 3:30 am
Dont like:
game face
man up
flex up
stop drinking
dont stress
stop worrying
Do like:
top up?
have another
order in?
no worries
November 30th, 2012 at 4:00 am
David – Do they mean, as opposed to deep-fried, which is a whole other thing? p.s. Barack Obama, Barack Obama, Barack Obama.
Sulky Kitten – Excellent choices.
Sam – “Don’t stress” is horrible. Man up and game face both make me want to punch someone.
November 30th, 2012 at 1:35 pm
I no longer fear ‘global warming’ or ‘climate change.’ I see them as the new religion; changing laws, creating wealth, fear and oppression.
The worlds weather systems have evolved since their inception. I live on a cold, damp Island called the UK which used to be tropical; Man did not cause this change but I’m sure he’d have worried about it if given a chance. So I’ve come to the conclusion, perhaps to quell any further worrying, that if we can’t stop natures changes, what makes us think we are powerful enough to create them?
I refuse to be bothered by it anymore. I started worrying back in the early 90′s when there was an O-zone deficiency and we were all going to fry. When was the last time you heard anything about the O-zone? Not since Jamiroquai told us we “better play it nature’s way or she will take it all away” and then proceeded to collect every fucking fuel hungry sports car he could lay his hands on. Fuck him, and “them.” I have enough to worry about, day to day, and I think it’s better for me to live in this moment’s worry than to add to it by worrying about what might never be in the future. Besides, I dream of warmer days
December 1st, 2012 at 12:50 pm
Lusting over
Invest in
“Ermha gherd”
Calm down
What’s wrong
[insert word] tits
Insufficient funds
Christmas spirit
December 1st, 2012 at 1:52 pm
Amaze Balls!
December 1st, 2012 at 3:05 pm
Holiday cheer (is anybody actually cheery this time of year? if so I’ve certainly never met them)
Black Friday
Cyber Monday
The holidays
Consumer spending
And the one I’ll really enjoy not hearing about anymore once we get past December: Mayan calendar.
December 1st, 2012 at 5:36 pm
SW- I’d intended to draw the line at two consecutive posts, since the number of phrases that grate on me is apparently infinite, but I regretted not including two of the worst late-nite tv offenders: “erectile dysfunction”, and “PELVIC PROLAPSE”.
Somehow “uterine prolapse” is even worse…
*word to the wise- do not google pelvic prolapse- you cannot unsee the images that come up in the first page of search results
December 2nd, 2012 at 9:36 am
Yep. Amazeballs. Fucking awful.
December 2nd, 2012 at 7:15 pm
Austerity measures
(the) reality is
wish list
December 3rd, 2012 at 5:05 am
achingly beautiful
incredibly powerful
intimate portrait
December 3rd, 2012 at 5:06 am
And:
St. Vincent (not the saint, the horrible hipster singer that destroyed my love for David Byrne forever)
December 3rd, 2012 at 9:30 am
Amazeballs doesn’t count I say it’s one word!
How about?
Ya right?
I know.
WE can.
December 5th, 2012 at 9:19 am
American families
John Boehner
circle back
and to annemarie’s stellar list I would add:
eponymous record
December 5th, 2012 at 9:47 pm
Going forward
More granular
necessary cutbacks
social media
lifelong learner
learning opportunity
family values
values voter
December 7th, 2012 at 11:25 am
Second Amendment
December 8th, 2012 at 1:31 am
I second “going forward”
Big-girl panties. Technically three words but I hate this phrase almost more than life itself.
I also hate adults in their thirties and forties who adopt teenage slang and use it well past its sell-by date.