DrFishfinder Posted August 11, 2009 Posted August 11, 2009 It is what it is. Agreed. What else would "it" be?
ThereIsNoDog Posted August 11, 2009 Posted August 11, 2009 Another is "why, thank you!" I mean, why not thank me?
ExiledInIllinois Posted August 11, 2009 Posted August 11, 2009 Agreed. What else would "it" be? Alot of things... I don't see things in just black & white.
/dev/null Posted August 11, 2009 Posted August 11, 2009 Not really a cliche, but I hate it when somebody asks "Can I ask a question" I usually respond, yes you just did
DC Tom Posted August 11, 2009 Posted August 11, 2009 cliches...I avoid them like the plague. My boss uses "soup to nuts" and "at the end of the day" all the time. "Our development cycle, soup to nuts, involves X, and at the end of the day we've done Y."
BUFFALOTONE Posted August 11, 2009 Posted August 11, 2009 When poster starts a thought with "me thinks" I want to stab my eyes out, sounds like a 12 year old girl is talking.
inkman Posted August 11, 2009 Posted August 11, 2009 Same difference Thank you. Not only is it retarded sounding, I can't figure out WTF it means. I know what people intend it to mean, but the only way it makes sense is mathmatically. Like 4-2 has the same difference as 6-4.
Jim in Anchorage Posted August 11, 2009 Author Posted August 11, 2009 "Hi, my name is Jim in Anchorage & I am..." NOT GOING TO TAKE IT ANYMORE
tennesseeboy Posted August 11, 2009 Posted August 11, 2009 I was, like, going to, like, post another one of those, like, cliches that like pyss me off, but like, I said like, "don't bother" like everyone has like things that get them like angry...
The Dean Posted August 11, 2009 Posted August 11, 2009 Agreed. What else would "it" be? Something else? Seriously, the are times when "It is what it is" actually makes a bit of sense. I suspect it was developed and popularized in corporate meetings where people were trying very hard to make a square peg fit perfectly into a round hole. Sometimes they have to be reminded of the basics. But it is used far more often than is appropriate.
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted August 11, 2009 Posted August 11, 2009 "irregardless" Horrendous abuse of the English language.
inkman Posted August 11, 2009 Posted August 11, 2009 But it is used far more often than is appropriate. It is what it is, isn't it?
inkman Posted August 11, 2009 Posted August 11, 2009 Drop dead date - the single dumbest phrase corporate America has come up with. Is someone really going to drop dead? Do we really need to verbalize such extremes, that don't even really apply? How about the term "deadline"? Seems to use the word dead in an appropriate manner. Stepping on their throats - does such a violent and de-humanizing term really need to be used for sporting events? If you are stepping on someones throat, you are trying to kill them. Seems a bit much.
The Dean Posted August 11, 2009 Posted August 11, 2009 It is what it is, isn't it? It is, except when it isn't.
Pine Barrens Mafia Posted August 11, 2009 Posted August 11, 2009 It is, except when it isn't. When isn't it it? When Bill Clinton is defining what is is?
Buffal0 Bill5 Posted August 11, 2009 Posted August 11, 2009 I don't know if it counts as cliche, but something about the word "snarky" makes me want to stab the user in the throat with a fork.
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