Things to Quit Saying

[Twelvefrets]

"There's a lot to unpack here"

"Take it to the next level"

"Back in the day" [Which day?]

 

[Phrygian77]

"Towards" should also be just plain "Toward." Do you say "Forwards"?

This is like saying "burnt" should be "burned." Do you say, "sleeped?"

 

[Pcs264]

My favorite intended one is, "It ain't rocket surgery".

The ICU where I worked was a Neuroscience & Trauma ICU - we had a nice framed sign in the hallway entering the unit that read "Actually, it IS brain surgery."

 

[NHFlyCaster]

From Google Maps, 100 mi. Keep left at fork.

 

[uriah1]

Basically

 

[Old Verle Miller]

There are so many- my real bugaboo is the use of "genius" as an adjective, which has become so common that dictionaries have had to acknowledge it. For my official entry, however, I'll go with "cherry picking", as in "cherry picking data"; what the devil do cherries have to do with it? You're data (or perhaps datum) picking.

Says someone who apparently hasn't picked cherries for their grandmother. You have to select carefully when you're trying to get the same size, color and ripeness for pies and especially canning.

 

[Old Verle Miller]

1) Person of interest
2) Presumedly when it should be presumably
3) Supposably when it should be supposedly
4) SMOT (acronym for some self-important *****'s command, See Me On This)

 

[Timbresmith1]

“Impactful”
(Pained me to type it)

 

[flathd]

'If I had a dollar for every time...."

Shouldn't that be about $1.25 now? Even the Dollar Store raised their prices over a buck now.

 

[Vibroluxer]

Hey, in healthcare redundancy is our middle name. If you can’t chart something three times it isn’t worth charting.

When I was an RN we charted pain meds 4 times. All by hand

 

[Guitarteach]

"literally"

Yep. Literally everyone I know does not know what the word means.

 

[Twelvefrets]

"Pull the trigger..." [When buying something-just cringeworthy]

 

[Wrighty]

Mainly, well, like, every other word, like, is like, like.

‘Can I get……..’. No, you stay round you’re side of the counter and I’ll get it, it’s my job.

 

[Mikecito]

Starting a statement with "Look". Makes me instantly know you are about to say something very well rehersed with an agenda.

 

[Maguchi]

1) "writ large"

2) "going forward"

3) "Enjoy!"

Punches above it's weight

 

[Wrighty]

Hilarious! I absolutely love malapropisms.

Years ago I had a supervisor publish a memo wherein he used the term, "hurting cats." He had never seen the metaphor herding cats in writing, so he didn't realize it referred to the accomplishment of a difficult task. He thought it was actually about causing physical injury to domesticated feline species. What a goob.

Had a French colleague who sometimes struggled a little with English. He always put expletives at the end of a sentence and once accused the team as (best read with a French accent) ‘running around like chickens wivout ‘ats’ as opposed to headless chickens!

 

[Wrighty]

‘It’s not rocket science’, when you’re talking about wallpapering the front room, mowing the lawn, fixing the wobbly table leg………….anything but working on a Saturn rocket in the garage. Of course it isn’t!

 

[Aftermath]

irregardless

 

[StoneH]

irregardless

+1

 

[Durtdog]

“Give it up for...”

In other words, start clapping.