enough already

Posted on August 24th, 2007 by Scraps.
Categories: Music, Words, Badness.

Cutesy citing of example is played out. Or at least come up with your own clever phrase and let last years' threadbare favorites die. ("I'm looking at you" says hi!)

8 comments.

ethan

Comment on August 25th, 2007.

In a panic, I just searched my blog--oh, good, I haven't used it there. Does this mean I remain in your good graces? (Assuming, of course, that I was there already. I also rarely pedantically correct usage.)

Scraps

Comment on August 25th, 2007.

Everyone who comments here is in my good graces! for what they are worth.

Robert

Comment on August 27th, 2007.

I've used "I'm looking at you" lots of times. I hereby hang my head in shame.

Scraps

Comment on August 27th, 2007.

Now I feel bad! No one should hang their head.

I am not very good at condemning with conviction.

Robert

Comment on August 27th, 2007.

I'm just kidding about feeling ashamed, but it is good to know what phrases or words other people think are overused. My votes for overused words go to "vagina" and "douchebag," and the phrase "like __ on crack" isn't a favorite of mine either.

Scraps

Comment on August 28th, 2007.

I am probably a ludicrously oversensitive canary on stock phrases and vogue words. And yeah, "like an elbow on crack" has expired.

Kip W

Comment on August 28th, 2007.

Do I understand what you're condemning here? Something like a cartoon I did in the 80s where one person is saying, "(Dull observation)" and the other one says "(Witty topper!)"?

In other news, I ran into somebody who seems to be in the PHOENIX apa. I thought that had died out in 1980 or so. Did I quit? I... don't... remember!

Scraps

Comment on August 29th, 2007.

I... don't know what the PHOENIX apa is!

I remember that cartoon, in fact.

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