Annoying things people say?

[degrassi.knoll]

As an outside observer, it's fascinating to watch these colloquialisms originate, for example, on Black Twitter, and then trickle down and/or become over saturated through young quite girls on TikTok

[jadis]

"Receipts" means providing evidence, usually used online to prove that someone has lied or committed a misdeed, or otherwise just proof that they are a bad person. Like posting a text conversation or voicemail where they say racist stuff.

"This dude is a racist, and I have the receipts" would be common phrasing. Basically getting dirt on someone.

Some people really relish snitching lol

[Lisnaholic]

This doesn't bug me that much, though I'm surprised that it usually goes by unremarked on: people who put in the word "proverbial" when there isn't a proverb to back it up. This morning I came across it in a real-life adventure book: "the expedition was hanging by a proverbial thread". Didn't the author or editor notice that there isn't a proverb, and that "hanging by a thread" is just a phrase, a metaphor?!

Better, imo, would be the straightforward "hanging by a thread" or, for people who want to dress up their language, "hanging by a metaphorical thread" perhaps.
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Admittedly this isn't some new, annoying  expression, but I figure people who come to this thread are in a good position to advise on the following:-

In a cookbook from about 75 years ago, my mum came upon this instruction: "Bake in a very moderate oven." It left me and my siblings wondering about just how moderate a very moderate oven was, and how exactly you fine-tune your oven-dial setting to get that "very moderate" sweet spot.

[Mindy]

"lets go brandon" (instead of actually saying "Fuck Joe Biden")


if you want to say fuck joe biden, just say "fuck joe biden" 

[Lexi Darling]

I had an uber driver about a month ago whose car was covered in pro-Trump and anti-Biden stickers. The biggest one, right on the door I entered through, said "F*CK BIDEN AND F*CK YOU FOR VOTING FOR HIM". I was absolutely mortified.

[jimmy jazz]

I wouldn't put my political opinions out there for the public to see.

My friend's nan had a Brexit poster in her front window after the referendum and all the nonsense happened.



This one 😯

[DJChameleon]

Some people really relish snitching lol

It's more than just snitching it's a way to shut down someone's lame argument by providing evidence that's opposite to what they are saying.

[DJChameleon]

I had an uber driver about a month ago whose car was covered in pro-Trump and anti-Biden stickers. The biggest one, right on the door I entered through, said "F*CK BIDEN AND F*CK YOU FOR VOTING FOR HIM". I was absolutely mortified.

That reminds me of this house that is right at the corner of a busy section that people drive by. They have all this anti-Joe Biden stuff on trees and on the side of their house. The latest stuff is a picture of a tick then next to it is a picture of Joe Biden and the punchline is referring to Joe Biden as a "Luna-tick".

Every time I drive past it, I'm like well this is a good reminder to randomly burn this house down one day. I wouldn't do it personally but wouldn't be sad if it happened.

[Lisnaholic]

I had an uber driver about a month ago whose car was covered in pro-Trump and anti-Biden stickers. The biggest one, right on the door I entered through, said "F*CK BIDEN AND F*CK YOU FOR VOTING FOR HIM". I was absolutely mortified.

That's quite shocking to me: the language used and the clear statement of intolerance to anyone with a different political viewpoint. It's totally crossing a mutual-respect line that should be maintained imo. I kind of hope that his message loses him customers.

I wouldn't put my political opinions out there for the public to see.

My friend's nan had a Brexit poster in her front window after the referendum and all the nonsense happened.

^ At least that one was about a single-issue referendum - and it's very normal in the UK to put up a sign in support of your position or candidate at  election time - but afaik, no-one would put up a sign in the style of Mrs. Waffles's taxi driver, say "F people who don't vote my way".
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Peer pressure to publicly declare your position: an American friend of mine living in an Albuquerque suburb told me how, at the start of the war against Iraq, in that period of post-9/11 patriotism, loads of his neighbours were hanging out American flags, and he wondered if he should be doing the same as his was one of the few houses with no public statement about supporting the US.

[DJChameleon]

Peer pressure to publicly declare your position: an American friend of mine living in an Albuquerque suburb told me how, at the start of the war against Iraq, in that period of post-9/11 patriotism, loads of his neighbours were hanging out American flags, and he wondered if he should be doing the same as his was one of the few houses with no public statement about supporting the US.

I would have hung a flag outside of my place too just to fall in line even if I disagree with the US going to war against Iraq. If I have to live around these people then I would rather not rock the boat. I guess I view it more from the lens of being a black person in America and not wanting to make certain waves. Idk I feel like if I was in your friend's position and I didn't put up a flag, my house would've been burned down or something extreme like that.

[Lisnaholic]

Good point about being more cautious about fitting in as a black guy, DJ. This guy was a young blonde friendly professional type who prob got on very well with his neighbours. Unfortunately, although he raised the question, I never learned if he went with a flag or not. (...because although I originally said friend, he was a one-time-work-colleague type friend who I didn't stay in touch with.)

[jimmy jazz]

^ At least that one was about a single-issue referendum - and it's very normal in the UK to put up a sign in support of your position or candidate at  election time - but afaik, no-one would put up a sign in the style of Mrs. Waffles's taxi driver, say "F people who don't vote my way".

Actually in the window of your own house or are you on about on the lampposts and cable boxes and shit like that? Cos I've seen the latter loads of times but never the former until that Brexit poster.

[Psy-Fi]

Saying "Unpack" or "unpacking" in place of "discuss" or "discussing."

[jimmy jazz]

Saying "Unpack" or "unpacking" in place of "discuss" or "discussing."

Yeah that's a good one.

Seems to have died down a bit now but was seeing it all the time a few years back.

[jadis]

Oh I'm absolutely still using that one