It's going viral now on news stations like the Forum on KQED.
"That's a great question!" Over and over I hear this. It's as bad as uptalking.
"Breaking the internet", "throwing shade", " clap back", "shutdown" and all other moronic Twitter expressions.
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"As we speak"
"Welcome to Breakfast!"
"This is very interesting"
Daily Mail
"Baby bump!"
"flaunting her pins"
"pert derriere"
"underboob"
"Is everything okay?"
"blah blah blah and you can do it too!"
The youth of today
"Badass"
"Like"
"Amazeballs"
Politicians
"These changes are inevitable, there is no alternative."
"blah blah blah and I understand that."
Post Modernist Neo Marxists
"White privilege"
"Gender fluid"
"Racism"
"Equality"
"Equity"
"Diversity"
"Inclusive"
Australia
The rising inflection at the end of a sentence.
Aren't you Australian?
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It almost always precedes something rude and uncalled for.
So does, “Now, don’t take this the wrong way . . . . “
I also don’t want to hear my doctor say, “Mr. R_Kane, you have inoperable cancer.” Last week, my urologist said, “I’m going to do a peniloscopy,” and then he rammed a camera on a cord up a part of my body that is built for penetrating, but not for being penetrated. Words that you don’t want to hear, followed by deeds that you don’t want to have done.
Yep, that's another one.
Oh man, I'm so sorry to hear about that. I know what it's like to get bad medical news (having been diagnosed with a heart condition, which is actually pretty advanced according to what doctors have told me), but I can't say I've ever had an experience like that. My thoughts are with you, my friend!
Thank you. I want you to know that I REALLY value your friendship, Lovely. I’ve had endoscopy (down the start of the alimentary canal) and colonoscopy (up the chute of the alimentary canal), so I was KIND of prepared, and I was actually grateful that the action was spontaneous and not one that I went into the appointment with time to think about it. I am blessed in many ways, one of them being that an amazing medical team supports me. My primary care physician was voted, by her peers, the best doctor in the best hospital complex in Boston, which is pretty much the biotech center of the planet. Good doctors refer to good doctors, so I am blessed to have complete confidence in every one of my providers; and I am a good patient. I process discomfort and pain at ridiculous levels, because I know how to accept and embrace them. This has saved my life more than once. The good news is that we learned a lot from the procedure. I understand the different clinical options
that I have. I can make an informed choice. I have absolute faith in my urologist. And he and I moved to a higher level of trust and respect. I know about your heart condition, Lovely. I was being a wise-ass with my crack about cancer. I wish only the very best for you. You know, this site has Private Message capability. If you ever would like to talk, vent, or both, I am a very good listener. As you probably know, playwright George Bernard Shaw was renowned as a wonderful conversationalist. He was at a party, once, and a lady approached him.
“Oh, Mr. [Bernard] Shaw,” she gushed. “You’re such a wonderful conversationalist! Will you please tell me your secret?” Bernard Shaw replied, “Yes, Madam. I shall,” and then fell silent. Time passed. The lady grew impatient. She barked, “Well, Mr. [Bernard] Shaw, I’m listening.” Calmly, Bernard Shaw replied, “Then, Madam, you’re learning.”
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No bad news at all. The original reason for my
Primary Care Physician referring me to this Urologist not only has completely vanished, things are actually working BETTER than they were before the condition happened; so I have complete faith in this doctor, and think of him as a friend. He and my other doctors are among the people in my prayers every night. They have literally saved my life twice, so far. So, MJF, I say this with great caring: please reconsider your aversion to
doctors. And I generally prefer women healthcare providers to men. I find the
women are generally more sensitive and take better care of me.
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Anyone remember that fad lingo from informal settings and parties where "and stuff" was appended at the end of every sentence? I'm not aware of any shows or movies that popularized it, but it made the rounds in the bay area at least early last decade.
I found it pretty hysterical while it lasted, so I can't say I "hated" it. But I can see why some might have.
This reminds me of something a friend and I did years ago.
We'd end whatever it was we were saying, and after a pause, add "... and stuff." Another pause, then, "... and everything." Sometimes when one of us finished, the other would say "And stuff."
No idea where this came from or why we thought it was so hilarious. I should remind her of this. We're still friends. We had a lot of little quirky things we'd say.
Really? LOOL! That's hilarious.
I just tried looking it up and found there's actually an entry for it in the Urban Dictionary submitted right around the time I'm thinking of:
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and stuff
When you run out of "intellegent" things to say, you add this to a sentence.
"Maybe we could take my Dad's car to the lake this weekend, and make out, and stuff."
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How funny! Yes, that's exactly how we used it, but this was back in the 90s, and it was always tongue in cheek.
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Cheesy... how many people from english speaking territories realize that most if not all languages do not even have such a word or meaning in their own, yes people say stinky, but not about something that has no smell, but really a food, not music or film, etc. Only a complete egoic cynic can invent and use such a word in such contexts, implying that they lack humility and respect for anything life brings to their attention. It reflects back on the mentality of an individual. I tend to either stay away from people who use that word in such a way or just be more careful, and for this good reason, because never have I been mistaken about it revealing exactly such a type of mind-set, energy or personality. Which is fine, everyone is different, but there's usually something prominent in such people that I can't relate to emotionally.
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