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Non-Met Reference Hell

Benjamin Grimm Mar 21 2011 09:44 AM

I'm really tired of reading comments that say that a non-fiction book "reads like a novel." Some non-fiction books really do read like a novel, but in the vast majority of times that the phrase is used, it's completely misleading.

The Second Spitter Mar 21 2011 09:46 AM Re: Non-Met Reference Hell

LOL (@ the thread subject)

Edgy DC Mar 21 2011 09:47 AM Re: Non-Met Reference Hell

"Our long national nightmare is over." "Houston, we have a problem." "Survey says..."

Edgy DC Mar 21 2011 09:48 AM Re: Non-Met Reference Hell

"Stick a fork in him, he's done!"

The Second Spitter Mar 21 2011 09:57 AM Re: Non-Met Reference Hell

"Enjoy!" (on departure) Hiya (as a salutation - probably more of a Brit thing). In business, qualifying everything with the phrase "on a high-level"

John Cougar Lunchbucket Mar 21 2011 09:59 AM Re: Non-Met Reference Hell

"I loves me some..." "Going forward..." "Clearly..."

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Mar 21 2011 10:00 AM Re: Non-Met Reference Hell

I find myself "going forward" a lot when I'm in corp-speak mode. A little part of me dies with each occurrence. "We're not in Kansas anymore." "Needless to say..." And "literally" is so far beyond the scope of this list, overuse-wise, that it bothers me when I hear it used correctly.

Edgy DC Mar 21 2011 10:02 AM Re: Non-Met Reference Hell

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: "We're not in Kansas anymore." Stick a fork in that one! "They're baaa-aaak." I'm pretty sure people use that one without quite knowing what they're referencing.

TransMonk Mar 21 2011 10:07 AM Re: Non-Met Reference Hell

LWSF wrote: And "literally" is so far beyond the scope of this list, overuse-wise, that it bothers me when I hear it used correctly. "I could care less"... Then why don't you? 'Cause I sure as hell couldn't.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Mar 21 2011 10:09 AM Re: Non-Met Reference Hell Edited 2 time(s), most recently on Mar 21 2011 10:10 AM

Edgy DC wrote: LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: "We're not in Kansas anymore." Stick a fork in that one! "They're baaa-aaak." I'm pretty sure people use that one without quite knowing what they're referencing. Same with "Come Out and Play-ay" and "We're through the looking glass..." It's time to go for "it's 'go time.'" Sassy "sistah" locutions-- "put a ring on it," etc.-- delivered by decidedly unsassy people make my insides curdle. Is this the place to dump that?

John Cougar Lunchbucket Mar 21 2011 10:09 AM Re: Non-Met Reference Hell

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Sassy "sistah" locutions delivered by decidedly unsassy people make my insides curdle. Is this the place to dump that? You go, girl.

TransMonk Mar 21 2011 10:10 AM Re: Non-Met Reference Hell

The sarcastic "Really?" has run it's course as well.

metsguyinmichigan Mar 21 2011 10:12 AM Re: Non-Met Reference Hell

Outside the box

The Second Spitter Mar 21 2011 10:17 AM Re: Non-Met Reference Hell

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr wrote: Sassy "sistah" locutions-- "you go, girl," etc.-- delivered by decidedly unsassy people make my insides curdle. Is this the place to dump that? Oh, the new meme amongst those types is to acronymize everything like "my BBF" and using LOL as a noun, or worse a verb, in ordinary conversation. Some people are fucked.

metirish Mar 21 2011 10:55 AM Re: Non-Met Reference Hell

"In other words" "What i'm saying is" both used to death(there's another one) by John Harper. I can't read his columns without expecting them.

Edgy DC Mar 21 2011 10:59 AM Re: Non-Met Reference Hell

These are good, but we're conflating cliched expressions with cliched references.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Mar 21 2011 11:15 AM Re: Non-Met Reference Hell

The "meme," as repurposed by the tr00ps of the internet.