"That outfit is giving money."

The expression "it's giving" is giving "trying too hard."

but I never could stand "I just threw up in my mouth a little"

awhile ago. Could never get why it was used so often for so long as it is so repulsive.

I swear it was a "made for TV" saying....

"Groovy man"...

I'm on the lookout for it now.

When somebody says "Right?" in every other sentence, I began to devalue whatever else they have to say.

Maybe it's technically not a hip expression, but it aspires to be. More than the old verbal crutch of "ya know."

“The latest dinner hack”
“Money saving hack” etc
Hack it off now.

I don't care for it either.
Never used it. I just use "tip".

That's cringey... which is also on my list.

Cone to think of it, if I say "pro tip" it's usually sarcastic. If we're on the golf course, and a guy block one into the woods I might say "Pro tip; hit it straighter." I did say that to our handyman whose 2 teenage kids are both guitar students. I told him that if they want any advice or pro tips I was available. But, I actually got paid to play music so it seemed appropriate.

My wife's eldest son (26) views me as a corny old man, as a lot of my terminology is outdated.

When I was eighteen in 1977, I was sure I'd always be hip.

I'm 3 years older than you. And, I played in bands until i was 51.
Now, I'm just an older guy that used to play in bands!

of the verb? It just sounds utterly ignorant to me. sigh...


Or to those still using "my bad..." Damn, this dates back twenty years at least.

sudden, I started hearing it everywhere.

For example, "Are you going along?" can be said "Skal du med?" in Norwegian - literally, "Shall you with"?

Figuratively speaking...

Awesome.
Epic.

If everything is "awesome" or "epic". then nothing is. Both have been overused to the point of becoming irrelevant.

I first heard it Ireland in 2014 and every server or barista or hotel employee under the age of 30 used it, and it seemed quaint. Then I started hearing it over here, again, people in their twenties, as if the phrase "Don't worry about it" never existed. I used it myself recently in a text message and I felt like a sellout. Now I want to use it, but ironically.

If literally means "for nothing" and pre-dates "no worries" and "no problem" etc.


We learned it in Spanish class in 1968. We always thought it was a strange saying. It sounds like slang, but it isn't.
I think it was picked up in English in the 80's or something like that.

Hubby used "de nada" at work, but learned "no hay de que" (there's nothing to it) in school.
"No problema" is probably the most common informal/slange "you're welcome" in Spanish.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Spanish/comments/x1lcci/other_ways_to_say_youre_welcome_instead_of_de_nada/

https://spanishandgo.com/learn/15-different-ways-to-say-youre-welcome
https://en.amazingtalker.com/blog/en/spanish/64925/

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Of people copying Mathew McConahay's "alright, alright, alright"

Just stop.

I’m tired of hearing this non descriptive phrase for a specific situation. There are so many other possibilities for words of encouragement

Strikes me as patronizing.

Oh, please. I don’t need to be told I can handle something, especially by (patronizer).

Especially when heard in dialog from a film or series depicting events of many decades earlier. It just jumps out.

It is popular among women and some men to use the vocal rise on statements, voicing them as questions. It should be dropped immediately because it projects insecurity, being unsure about the statement, or needing affirmation from the listener because of a lack of confidence.

Usually the person using the vocal rise is pretty confident about what they are saying but somehow it is a habit, a popular affectation that devalues what the person is saying.

Vocal fry, also popular among mostly women, is a seductive voicing that communicates intimacy and late night drowsiness. When it is applied in conversation and interviews the speaker is almost never trying to be seductive. But it comes across as like "Come on over to my place at night." It's another affectation that sabotages the speaker's intent.

Fortunately vocal fry is finally receding from its fadishness. Though vocal rise is slowly declining it still plagues many speakers.

Makes me immediately question the competence of the speaker. Makes them sound like they have no conviction in what they are saying. Arrrgh!!

Think Christina Hall in those Jacuzzi Bath Remodels commercials.

the speaker was only going to expend a very small amount of energy while speaking. Too cool to make an effort, as in
I'm going to just barely speak or respond to you.
There is also, of course the effect of drowsiness/intimacy that you mentioned.

as opposed to the braying, adenoidal pitchman style of some am djs.

WGBH in Boston had two of the best voices at one point. Ron Della Chiesa
had a jazz program in the pm and Robert J. Lurtsema was the classical fm voice in the early am.

Both quite mellifluous in very different ways..

He was an excellent broadcaster and just died this May.

Dave Maynard and Jefferson Kay (Kaye?).
The latter used to have a folk show and I think he used the word hootenany on occasion. I was 16 or 17, liked rock and follk, but hated the word hootenany...
When I was a kid, Carl de Suze was the voice of authority on the radio, Boston wise anyhoo.

When really it is the speaker that needs something not the subject. He “needs” to be fired , for example

and about things that happened very recently. Sounds dumb.

People use this to explain why they act or think a certain way, as though it is carved in stone.

Sorry it’s a current expression, but pet peeve!!!!! It is annoying!!

Why do so many people think that every single thing they say has to be validated by who they’re speaking to?! It’s as if they are so wracked with self doubt they must announce it frequently, right?!

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Really? Sounds great for six-year-olds, I guess.