Comments on: several overused (annoying) words & phrases

By: xty

xty — Tue, 08 Apr 2008 18:26:24 +0000

How ’bout “anything-gate”
Any sentence beginning with “You need to” or “You should”
And, for me anyway, “You’re cute and cool and hell in bed but I don’t want to see you anymore.” —Anyone else get that?

By: You'd think, it will claim I

You'd think, it will claim I — Tue, 26 Feb 2008 01:42:07 +0000

that I wouldn’t have to fill in my own inconsistent epithet when posting comments to my own paradigmatic blogh.

By: shadmarsh

shadmarsh — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 14:46:52 +0000

One of my favorite lines from the Simpsons takes on this problem, with Krusty the Clown in a meeting with some TV exec’s when he breaks in with:

“Excuse me, but proactive and paradigm aren’t these just words that stupid people invented to sound smart? — I’m fired aren’t I?”