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Although I'm probably treading on previously-covered ground here, I'd like to hear what everyone has to say on the topic of cultural expressions that have worn out their welcome. In other words, what common expressions or phrases are so annoying and so trite as to warrant immediate expulsion to the lexicographic equivalent of Elba? I'll get us started:
1.) "24-7";
2.) "Show me the money!";
3.) "Like I care!"; and
4.) "As if!"
What else, folks?
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1) Been there--Done that.
and one i am guilty of using-- but it does need to be retired..
2) Ya think? (all most impossible to write.. since it require very definate tone..)
Thankfull gone is
3) Mean while, back on the farm..
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The "f" word used for a trivial annoyance
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2) Ya think? Oh, wow....  i say that *all* the time. somebody shoot me. i never even thought of it as annoying. i say "mmhmm" a lot too... wonder if that's just as bad? okay, here's the ones that drive me orchids... er, nuts: (1) You go girl¹ (2) Talk to the hand (this includes the gesture) (3) girlfriend. unless it's used specifically casually. there's a very fine line between saying "I went to lunch with a GF today" and "Hey GF, what's goin' on". the second one leaves a metallic taste in my mouth. ¹ this one, however, can be *extremely* effective in making a subtle point when said with a distinctly derisive tone and directed toward an unreasonable husband.
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One I tend to use when people try to include me in something I don't want to do (and I know it gets on people's goats): "Who's this 'we', white man?" The other one which I should probably stop using is "Excuse me, I think you're confusing me with someone who gives a sh__!" But the first time someone hears it, it's so effective ... 
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Ya' know, if you visit, ya know, the Merrimack Valley, area, of Massachusetts, ya know, you'll come away using ya know, nearly every other word, ya know. Whether, ya know, you're a kid or an adult, ya know!
As for the, like, West Coast, it's, like, nearly, like, ya know, every other, like, word! But, like, out West it's, like, mostly younger folks, like, who use the word "Like," like, for everthing!
My vote: "like" and "ya' know"
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here's the ones that drive me orchids... er, nuts:Oh, B96, do you like your eggs ovaries-y?  Ya know what I'm sayin?
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Oh, B96, do you like your eggs ovaries-y?Oh, i mostly just like 'em scrambled, with a side of meat. seriously, though...i s'pose any way's fine, 'cept fertilized.   [don't-look-at-me-cuz-Geoff-started-it-e]
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" ...i s'pose any way's fine, 'cept fertilized."
I'm not sure I have all of the details straight, but there used to be a way of using a candle (no ribaldry). The flame of the candle was held behind the egg, and the light shining through the egg would make a developing embryo visible.
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