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Synergistic My project must "be synergistic" with other projects, including TDG's. We're talking cummulative impacts, so why don't we say so? Did someone learn a new word in school, so now they must use their new word everyday? GAAK!Quote:
Originally Posted by TahoeDirtGirl
I guess you realized that I was giving an example (in both cases) of the incorrect statement??Quote:
Originally Posted by mimitabby
I did not provide a corrected version in either.
yeah, where I work we play "corporate bingo" during meetings.Quote:
Originally Posted by bmccasland
http://www.snyderfamily.com/cgi-bin/corpbingo
oh Jane, sorry; I thought you were using the one phrase as a correction for the other
Yeah, that's a good one, too. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by 7rider
"Panties in a wad" is another crowd pleaser.
I suspect those phrases came about originally so that guys could savor saying the words 'knickers' and 'panties' in mixed company. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by dachshund
I think it's the image that "panties in a twist" elicits that guys like so much.Quote:
Originally Posted by BleeckerSt_Girl
I once read a book by Clive Cussler, my favorite bad prolific bad writer of all time, in which he said, "trapped like a duck in a closet." :confused:
Oh my god - I think the important word here is MY, not god. When someone says this, please remember they are referring to their god, who may or may not be the same as yours. Maybe their god is not offended by it? In any case, it's their relationship to their god that is on the line with that statement, not yours.
Now if someone says "Oh, your God!", you should take offense!
Unless they are saying, "Oh, you're a bicycling, running, swimming, triathlon, knitting, sewing, beach combing....god(dess)."Quote:
Originally Posted by Flur
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Originally Posted by mimitabby
OH Mimi that reminded me of a patient I was caring for a few years ago...she was a 95 year old who was a tad on the hypochondriac (sp?) side. One morning I went into her room to do my morning check on her, and she says "I have this pain right here" and pointed to her pelvic area. I said "Is it new pain or has it been there awhile?" She says "Well it's been there awhile, I think my prostrate acts up every once in a while."
It was all I could do to not crack up right there! How do you explain to a little old deaf lady that she didn't have a prostate, much less a prostrate? I just let it be...
Now that is a very good way to look at it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Flur
Okay, I finally realized I do have one - if phrases count.
"It's always in the last place you look."
No DUH!
(And when I say "OMG" I do mean MY god, who/which apparently doesn't act anything like the God Mr. Silver's referring to...)
"This group"?Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr. Silver
Yeah, you know how "those people" are...:rolleyes:
In common usage of the exclamation "oh my god" is used to express amazement, 'god' is not capitalized.
Wow. People have listed all sorts of words, phrases, misuses of grammar, etc. that irritate them. Personally, I think some people are overreacting a little bit, but hey, that's their right.
However, when some people say that the use of OMG irritates them, others feel a need to pipe in and say that it isn't OK for them to be irritated. Why can't we leave it alone and accept that some people, for whatever reason, don't enjoy hearing this particular phrase?
Irregardless, I ain't going start likin' those garbanzo beans, because I would of had ta make a f-ing right hand turn after axing where the little grlls room' was because my panties got in a wicked twist prolly on accounta the cumulative impact of synergizing garbanzo beans.
Oh, my Godiva chocolate!!!! I certainly hope I haven't ticked anyone off who knows my addy.
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Originally Posted by Veronica
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