Annoying Words & Phrases

I would say that there's a whole segment of American society that is rooted in Valley Girl language. The Kardashians are just one example. But basically most teen girls talked like that for a time.
 
The song came out in '82, followed by the movie in '83. But the movie Clueless, which starred a Valley Girl type character, came out in 1995.
 
More chyron fuck-ups from one of our local news channels. This is supposed to be about heart disease, but maybe they decided it's about global warming

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I always like it when the chyron is messed-up, but the same word is on the studio TV. One can only "wish" they'd notice

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A woman on our local NPR station talked about "comparing apples to oranges" – but she wasn't talking about apples and oranges. She was talking about radio audiences and television audiences. Unless apples and oranges are the subject of a discussion, there is no reason to use that expression.
 
Channel98 said:
A woman on our local NPR station talked about "comparing apples to oranges" – but she wasn't talking about apples and oranges. She was talking about radio audiences and television audiences. Unless apples and oranges are the subject of a discussion, there is no reason to use that expression.
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What exactly is the proper expression then? Because I hear similar versions of that all the time, to mean that 2 things are being equated which shouldn't be.
 
Channel98 said:
A woman on our local NPR station talked about "comparing apples to oranges" – but she wasn't talking about apples and oranges. She was talking about radio audiences and television audiences. Unless apples and oranges are the subject of a discussion, there is no reason to use that expression.
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That’s kinda dumb.

Complaining about the use of that phrase, that is.
Using it like that is just fine.
 
People should share their thoughts and opinions without resorting to dumb clichés which are not to be taken literally. That includes "comparing apples to oranges," "raining cats and dogs," "kick the bucket," "think outside the box," "the elephant in the room," "throw someone under the bus" and many hundreds of others.
 
I just don't like clichés. And I disagree with your "five sentences" argument. "Die" is shorter than "kick the bucket." "The obvious" is shorter than "the elephant in the room." "Be creative" is shorter than "think outside the box." "Remote" is shorter than "in the middle of nowhere." Of course if you're a professional writer who is being paid by the word, yeah, I guess you would use the clichés.
 
Channel98 said:
I just don't like clichés.
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There's a thread for that

Likes and Dislikes

As promised, here is where we can consolidate the list of things we all like and dislike. I will not repost the IRBS list of dislikes; that can stay in his thread. For me (or any of us) to compile a list of everything we particularly like or dislike, would be a big undertaking; just look at...
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Oh, just one more thing. I don't meant to bother you but I'm reading David Koenig's Shooting Columbo: The Lives & Deaths Of TV's Rumpled Detective. Koening doesn't use clichés but he quotes several people who do. Among the clichés, none of which are to be taken literally, are these:

Turned the tables
Turning the screws on NBC
He got a bug up his ass
Several stage productions under his belt
The pot calling the kettle black
Close but no cigar
Out of nowhere
Like trying to pull teeth
In the eleventh hour
 
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