Things that people need to stop saying

Things that people need to stop saying

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I cannot wait till tax time is over.

[Feb. 10th, 2012|01:15 pm]

anapaoli

"I'm going out to dinner with my tax return."

"I'm buying a TV with my tax return."

Really? Your tax return is such a good conversationalist that you're taking it out to dinner? And Best Buy is going to let you trade in your 1040-A for a big screen TV? Wowzers!

Oh? You mean the money you get back from the IRS? I think you mean you tax refund, then.

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"See you next year!"

[Dec. 21st, 2011|01:47 pm]

petdance

I get it, Mr. Clever Co-worker. You won't be back for the rest of the week, and next week is Christmas break, and we won't be back here until the 3rd of January. I get it. But really, "see you next year" is not even slightly amusing.

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[Nov. 8th, 2011|10:24 am]

edhorch

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English does not use any form of the trilled R. Not the long roll, nor the single-tap, nor anything in between. If I could learn to pronounce an umlauted U, you can learn to pronounce an untrilled R.

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[Oct. 24th, 2011|10:31 pm]

lokidecat

"I love this so much."

The above said to any random article, photoshopped image, internet comeback, and other dredged internet offal.

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...so.

[Oct. 18th, 2011|12:54 pm]

lordjulius

Why do people end sentences with "so"?

"I didn't like the looks of it, so."

Are you done with the sentence or not?

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Pointless LJ abbreviations

[Oct. 13th, 2011|06:39 pm]

petdance

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The Dave Brubeck Quartet - River Stay Way From My Door | Powered by Last.fm

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The point of LiveJournal is writing. Write like you're writing, not texting on your phone. You can spell out "community" instead of "comm", right? Your fingers are dextrous enough to write "Friends page" instead of FP, I'm sure.

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Does exactly what it says on the tin

[Oct. 13th, 2011|01:20 pm]

dougo

Apparently "does exactly what it says on the tin" was a British advertising slogan that has suddenly become colloquial and I now see it everywhere in the blogiverse. Not only is it annoying, it's a trademark violation! Quit it!

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Two things:

[Sep. 10th, 2011|02:25 pm]

lokidecat

1. "This is happening."

2. "Also, (noun)."
e.g.:
I really don't like my ex-wife.
Also, arson.

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Seriously?

[Jun. 18th, 2011|07:33 pm]

petdance

Seriously? Are people saying this? Seriously? Do they not realize how adolescent and puerile it sounds? Seriously?