Figures of Speech That Should Disappear Forever

[gtb1943]

He doesn't have a pot to piss in.

Well, if he did, why would he wanna piss in it?

back long ago, you had chamber pots in the bedrooms before they had indoor toilets.
You had to be pretty poor not to have a pot

 

[Runwildboys]

back long ago, you had chamber pots in the bedrooms before they had indoor toilets.
You had to be pretty poor not to have a pot

I know the etymology, but it's long past relevant. I actually don't care if the expression stays or fades off into oblivion. I just think it fits the thread.

 

[gtb1943]

I know the etymology, but it's long past relevant. I actually don't care if the expression stays or fades off into oblivion. I just think it fits the thread.

I guess
but it is certainly not as annoying as many others mentioned here

 

[Runwildboys]

I guess
but it is certainly not as annoying as many others mentioned here

True enough

 

[shabazz]

Let’s circle back on that
We are all in this together.

"Winner ,winner ...... ........."

I wont say the rest because that phrase needs to go to

 

[Reverend Conehead]

He doesn't have a pot to piss in.

Well, if he did, why would he wanna piss in it?

I'm sure it originates from the era when people kept chamber pots in their bedrooms so that they didn't have to go outside to the outhouse in the cold.

 

[paladin]

"we've decided to transition you...to outside the company"
From an HR specialist, letting you know you've been fired!
YIKES

 

[Reverend Conehead]

"No offense, but ... " has got to go. It's just an excuse to say something totally offensive with impunity. They're like, "No offense, but I think you're worthless human garbage who should be shot out of a giant slingshot into a brick wall, burned to ashes, and forgotten forever, and then your whole family should be executed by wrecking ball and discarded at the city dump ... but no offense."

 

[DallasEast]

"No offense, but ... " has got to go. It's just an excuse to say something totally offensive with impunity. They're like, "No offense, but I think you're worthless human garbage who should be shot out of a giant slingshot into a brick wall, burned to ashes, and forgotten forever, and then your whole family should be executed by wrecking ball and discarded at the city dump ... but no offense."

What if it's Amber Heard..?

 

[Runwildboys]

"No offense, but ... " has got to go. It's just an excuse to say something totally offensive with impunity. They're like, "No offense, but I think you're worthless human garbage who should be shot out of a giant slingshot into a brick wall, burned to ashes, and forgotten forever, and then your whole family should be executed by wrecking ball and discarded at the city dump ... but no offense."

Two drivers I used to work with, a skinny little guy named Rob and Heifer named Dave, were in the dispatch area with me one day. Rob started telling me a story: "So I'm going down 91 South and this fat slob - no offense, Dave - drives by..."

I said, "What the? You weren't even talking about Dave! Saying 'No offense' just made it offensive!"

 

[Cowboys5217]

"That's problematic."

 

[CalPolyTechnique]

Two drivers I used to work with, a skinny little guy named Rob and Heifer named Dave, were in the dispatch area with me one day. Rob started telling me a story: "So I'm going down 91 South and this fat slob - no offense, Dave - drives by..."

I said, "What the? You weren't even talking about Dave! Saying 'No offense' just made it offensive!"

“Dave, I don’t care what everyone else says, you’re not a slob to me.”

 

[Pompey-Cowboy]

I personally dislike people being referred to as "fighting" when they are actually just arguing.

 

[Pompey-Cowboy]

It's raining cats and dogs.

This is actually a reinvented saying from an incident many years ago in Japan when there was an explosion at a car factory and it was temporarily "raining datsun cogs".

To be clear, this isnt true, its just a bad old joke.

 

[Reverend Conehead]

Calling a woman "dude."

 

[gtb1943]

Calling a woman "dude."

not so sure about that anymore....

 

[Runwildboys]

Calling a woman "dude."

If she calls you dude, I'm okay with it.

 

[Reverend Conehead]

Some others that drive me nuts:
"I should have went ..." No, it's "I should have gone ..."

"Led Zeppelin were a rock band."
I'm told that's actually a correct variant, but it drives me nuts. "Led Zeppelin was a rock band" sounds right to me.

 

[Runwildboys]

Some others that drive me nuts:
"I should have went ..." No, it's "I should have gone ..."

"Led Zeppelin were a rock band."
I'm told that's actually a correct variant, but it drives me nuts. "Led Zeppelin was a rock band" sounds right to me.

Something I've seen some people here do, as well as my sister in law: They say things like, "The yard needs mowed.", instead of "The yard needs to be mowed."

Hamlet would sound much different. "Or not...That is the question."