This Irks Me 125%.

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Sigmund

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Hola!

May all be well or on the mend.

I beg your pardon but, when people say (for example) "I am 125% sure..." It makes my left eye twitch. o_O

125% ? Out of what? 200%? 1000%?

I get it. Hyperbole. Making a point.

It just irks me. Then, again, I'm goofy. (About 2,371 % goofy. Ha!)

I'm just playing. :)

Thoughts, ideas?

Any and all responses are appreciated.

Peace.
 

SharonC

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I hate acronyms! Every commercial for the latest miracle drug doesn't spell out the conditions they are supposed to help. Light Bladder Leakage is now LBL. Erectile Dysfunction (sorry, guys) is now ED. Even Rheumatoid Arthritis is RA! When did we become such lazy language users? You know it's bad when you yell at the people in the commercials.
 

MadamMack

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I hate acronyms! Every commercial for the latest miracle drug doesn't spell out the conditions they are supposed to help. Light Bladder Leakage is now LBL. Erectile Dysfunction (sorry, guys) is now ED. Even Rheumatoid Arthritis is RA! When did we become such lazy language users? You know it's bad when you yell at the people in the commercials.

I love the fast talk at the end of those commercials . . .

**Common side effects may cause diarrhea of the mouth; your backside may produce actual flames; if handled by small dogs they may become big dogs; your eyes may change colors like a mood ring; your mate may look sexier to you because your eyes will be in the right mood --therefore more children may be produced and maybe not all by your mate.

If your eyes stay the same color for more than four hours call a doctor and not us dammit!
 

Dana Jean

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I love the fast talk at the end of those commercials . . .

**Common side effects may cause diarrhea of the mouth; your backside may produce actual flames; if handled by small dogs they may become big dogs; your eyes may change colors like a mood ring; your mate may look sexier to you because your eyes will be in the right mood --therefore more children may be produced and maybe not all by your mate.

If your eyes stay the same color for more than four hours call a doctor and not us dammit!
:lol:
 

kingricefan

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I hate acronyms! Every commercial for the latest miracle drug doesn't spell out the conditions they are supposed to help. Light Bladder Leakage is now LBL. Erectile Dysfunction (sorry, guys) is now ED. Even Rheumatoid Arthritis is RA! When did we become such lazy language users? You know it's bad when you yell at the people in the commercials.
It's not just the lazy language users. Next time you're out shopping watch and see how many people will go thru the automatic doors instead of using a manual one. Where I work we have one set of automatic doors with a set of regular doors on either side of that. Sometimes people will line up and wait at the automatic doors if there is a heavy flow of customers coming thru. They won't even bother to step over two feet, grab the handle and pull the door open to enter the store.......
 

fljoe0

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I love the fast talk at the end of those commercials . . .

**Common side effects may cause diarrhea of the mouth; your backside may produce actual flames; if handled by small dogs they may become big dogs; your eyes may change colors like a mood ring; your mate may look sexier to you because your eyes will be in the right mood --therefore more children may be produced and maybe not all by your mate.

If your eyes stay the same color for more than four hours call a doctor and not us dammit!

Reminds me of happy fun ball

 

Autumn Gust

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It's not just the lazy language users. Next time you're out shopping watch and see how many people will go thru the automatic doors instead of using a manual one. Where I work we have one set of automatic doors with a set of regular doors on either side of that. Sometimes people will line up and wait at the automatic doors if there is a heavy flow of customers coming thru. They won't even bother to step over two feet, grab the handle and pull the door open to enter the store.......

And many of these people who avoid opening a manual door or who keep circling the parking lot in order to park as close to the store as possible pay for gym memberships! :umm:
 

AnnaMarie

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It's not just the lazy language users. Next time you're out shopping watch and see how many people will go thru the automatic doors instead of using a manual one. Where I work we have one set of automatic doors with a set of regular doors on either side of that. Sometimes people will line up and wait at the automatic doors if there is a heavy flow of customers coming thru. They won't even bother to step over two feet, grab the handle and pull the door open to enter the store.......

My husband is a germaphobe. He doesn't touch public things, like door handles, if he can avoid it. Of course, he also doesn't want to stand in a crowd...someone might cough on him.
 

fljoe0

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I hate acronyms! Every commercial for the latest miracle drug doesn't spell out the conditions they are supposed to help. Light Bladder Leakage is now LBL. Erectile Dysfunction (sorry, guys) is now ED. Even Rheumatoid Arthritis is RA! When did we become such lazy language users? You know it's bad when you yell at the people in the commercials.

I hate this too and it's not limited to the medical terms either. In baseball, the announcers have been calling the League Championship Series the LCS with American League or National League in front of it so it's the ALLCS or NLLCS. They do it with the divisional series too. This has been making me crazy for a few years now as I can't see what is wrong with League Championship Series. If a non fan tunes in, they will be wondering what NLLCS means. I can live with NL League Championship series but not NLLCS.

I think the acronyms are acceptable within an industry like if a couple of doctors or nurses are talking to each other about Light Bladder Leakage and want to shorten it to LBL but I'm with you on these commercials. I can't figure out what the hell they are talking about with some of these acronyms.
 

blunthead

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It's not just the lazy language users. Next time you're out shopping watch and see how many people will go thru the automatic doors instead of using a manual one. Where I work we have one set of automatic doors with a set of regular doors on either side of that. Sometimes people will line up and wait at the automatic doors if there is a heavy flow of customers coming thru. They won't even bother to step over two feet, grab the handle and pull the door open to enter the store.......
That's because they recognize those doors are for the non-lame.
 

fljoe0

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Another thing. When people say 100 years young. I mean ok, young at heart but thats old and thats ok. If I live that long I plan on letting people know I'm an OLD lady!

I really hate that 100 years young thing too. It sounds offensive to me instead of complimentary. When you say "100 years young", You might as well just walk up to the person and say, "I'm amazed that you're still around." :biggrin2:
 

Sigmund

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I love the fast talk at the end of those commercials . . .

**Common side effects may cause diarrhea of the mouth; your backside may produce actual flames; if handled by small dogs they may become big dogs; your eyes may change colors like a mood ring; your mate may look sexier to you because your eyes will be in the right mood --therefore more children may be produced and maybe not all by your mate.

If your eyes stay the same color for more than four hours call a doctor and not us dammit!

Have Mercy! ROFLMFAO! You included all of them. Excellent!

Thank you.

Peace.