What goofy saying(s) can you not help but like? Which ones do you loathe?

i love the izzle’s as well :)

My camp councilor back when I was fourteen or fifteen gave us a long speech the first day about proper hydration. The point was that we should drink so much water that we have to pee many times a day, and that is should always be “Clear and Copious”.

I could not stop thinking about that alliteration.

Now you can always know when I think about peeing, or if I peed earlier in the day, or if I am peeing, or if I’m going to pee, because I’ll quietly mouth the phrase “Clear and Copious”

And that’s just goofy.

Schnozzled- you can guess the meaning!

One that’s bugged me lately, and one which my friends have been using all the time: ‘legit’ to describe something that’s real or ‘legitimate’. It’s so overused it doesn’t sound cool at all anymore. I don’t know if it ever did anyway.

it’s not goofy but i hate ” inappropriate behavior’ just say what whoever did!

FOSHO!!

I can hardly contain myself when I hear the phrase Make it Rain. Thank you rappers!

I hate “Git her done.” Such a redneck saying.

@chyna

My mom said that recently…lol

@nxknxk

I noticed that “legit” is more often used to mean “cool”, which is kinda funny considering that’s not what “legitimate” means.

@Question

I don’t hate most slang phrases. Everyone always talks about “fucking stupid” they are, but they just don’t bother me. I like “cool beans”, “totes magotes”, and “hit me up”.

I guess one phrase I hate is “sick fuck”. Ugh. It’s terrible. It’s always used by judgmental people to judge others, like homosexuals, for example. No thanks.

@DominicX So, well then, in the case of your mom saying it, it’s all good.

@DominicX

I must say ‘totes magotes’ amuses me very much.

Generally if it’s a phrase that refers to something else like a book or a movie I enjoy it.

@DominicX I think “legit” started meaning cool when it meant “non-cheat-made” when playing Diablo online.

Even though I’m from Northern Cal, when people use the word “hella” in any sentence, it bugs me to no end.

@chicadelplaya

For me, it’s become so ingrained in my regular vocabulary that I don’t even notice when I or others use it.

Git R dun is about the dumbest thing I’ve heard or seen, next to these.

one of three my favorite sayings are as confused as a hungry baby in a titty bar, dumber than a box of hair, and as sharp as a sack of wet mice. thank you Foghorn Leghorn for that last one.

@DominicX -Funny. My brother uses it frequently. I moved to So Cal for 5 years in my early twenties about the time I think the phrase first became popular. So for me in place of saying “hella” I think I’ll say, “totally”, or “so”,usually. For example, “That exam was totally rough”. Ya know, totally like for sure??! HA! just kidding (I’m sure that would bug the crap out of some people, too).

It’s interesting to see how west coasters use ‘hella’ and east coasters tend to employ ‘mad’. As in, ‘That movie was mad gay, yo!’

Speaking of goofy sayings, it kind of bugs me when people use ‘gay’ to indicate something bad or stupid or undesirable. But I understand that it’s so common some people just can’t excise it from their vocabulary.

My middle school guidance counselor would put his thumb on his jaw and his fingers over his mouth and nose, then rub his hand up his face while sniffing loudly. This disgusting habit always followed his favorite phrase, “squared away.” I cringe when I hear that to this day.

My grandma and her sister say, “Well, hells bells!” and it totally cracks me up. They’re such sweet little women that you just can’t believe they said it.

@Psychedelic_Zebra: When I read your first sentence, I thought to myself “Oh, I hope that’s a link to truck nuts…” :D

I hate “git er done,” “suck it,” and any use of the word “taint.” It makes me livid.

“That’s what she said” has some weird happy place in my heart. Especially since my dad said it after an amazing point in a conversation. It shocked all of our pants off. :D

note to self to use the word “taint” in the next question @Iclamae asks.

loathe: Unattended children will be given espresso and a free puppy.

i have never seen a sign like that before. hmmm

Oh yeah, and my bad, I friggin’ hate that one. Next time someone uses that in my presence, I’m burying them up to their neck in an anthill and pouring maple syrup over their head.

I thought of a couple last night before bed.

I really enjoy “bumper” for bummer.

I really really dislike “hella”

what is “hella”? i think “have a nice day” has had its time

@faye

“Hella” is a term primarily used in northern California as a substitute for “really”, “very”, or “a lot of” as in “this is hella (very) stupid” or “I have hella (a lot of) cars”. I use it every now and then (I am from NorCal) and I don’t really see why people hate it so much.

Also, what is so bad about “my bad”? That seems to be one of the most hated phrases; I never say it, but I’m curious to know what’s so bad about it. I remember my Latin teacher said we weren’t allowed to say it and that we had to say “mea culpa” instead…lol

Mea culpa doesn’t get enough use imo

@DominicX Heh, I did a quick search for the etymology for the phrase “My bad!” – which, even though I’ve used it many times, seemed quite weird – and I found a stub saying that it seems to originate with a Sudanese basket player in the US. Don’t know if that is true or not. Seemed to explain the strange expression though.

I loathe “chillaxin” my darling husband uses it while tail-gating @ LSU games.

I prefer mea culpa, it sounds sophisticated. My bad sounds like something a NASCAR fan would say.