Annoying Words & Phrases

Today I got an email from Colorado Draws The Line, a Denver-based organization that supports a redrawing of that state's Congressional map. Here is the heading:

The calvary arrives for Dems in life or death redistricting fight

Wow, the calvary! And Easter is more than ten weeks away!
 
Channel98 said:
Today I got an email from Colorado Draws The Line, a Denver-based organization that supports a redrawing of that state's Congressional map. Here is the heading:

The calvary arrives for Dems in life or death redistricting fight

Wow, the calvary! And Easter is more than ten weeks away!
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Is that where they make calves?
 
I got an email announcing the "'End of an Era' Lincoln Penny Final Issue Commemorative Coin. Honor 232 years of the penny. This isn’t just a coin – it’s a limited-edition tribute to the end of the U.S. penny (1793-2025), wrapping the legacy of Lincoln's cent in sleek, collectible detail."

That is 233 years, not 232. Dummies!
 
scotchandcigar said:
They won't be winning any "gold metals" for journalism

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..........well......there isn't a Dr. Evil gif for homophones...... so just roll with it.
 
I've been wanting to say this for years, but I needed the winter Olympics to remind me. I hate snowboard lingo! Specifically, I hate when the commentators adopt "California-dude-like" phrases when describing the action. This goes for freestyle skiing too.

Allow me to clarify. You have your regular winter sports, like downhill and slalom skiing, ski jumping, and figure skating or ice dancing. In these sports, the athletes do jumps, spins, lifts, rotations, and aerials. The rotations are counted by number expressions like double, triple, and quad.

But in the "dude" sports, like snowboard halfpipe, all the spins and aerials are called "tricks". A triple rotation is a 10-80, and you've got corks and grabs and switches and big air. I don't want to hear a 55 year old announcer use this language, especially when the same guy covers the non-dude sports in a totally different way. It's just annoying.

And while we're on the subject, couldn't they come up with a better term for the ski jump classes than "normal hill" and "large hill"? The word "normal" is so non-sport-like.
 
That article does not explain the origin of the word "orchid." It comes from the Latin orchis, which comes from the Greek orkhis, which means "testicle" – a reference to the shape of an orchid's tuber. Tell me, orchidesexuals, are you sure you want to be called orchidsexuals?
 
Brandt Bronico, a midfielder with the Charlotte soccer club, telling WSOC-Channel 9 news anchor Deneige Broom about his involvement with the MLS All-Star Hometown Heroes Showcase which provides grants to community leaders and non-profit organizations:

"You know, when I first, you know, started to get involved, I was like, you know, you don't really know what to expect. Or you're like, okay, it's just like how can I get involved?"

I think he's been hit with a hockey stick way too many times!
 
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