Several days ago on Twitter, John Mayer (yes, I follow him. ‘Continuum’ is always playing on my iPod) asked the question, “What word, phrase, social custom, etc. do you hope dies out in the turn of the decade?” I don’t know if Mayer was actually responsible for starting this discussion, but regardless, it’s an interesting question. Here were some of the responses:
The English use of the word “Uber”: Uber Irritating. Mayer added, pseudo, quasi, and -esque.
“Foodie.” Really, so if I don’t want to consider myself one, then I’ll eat anything? You gonna finish that bag of glass?”I threw up in my mouth” “… made me throw up a little” or any of the variation. So overused.——–
Like seriously, I’m uber-mad that “foodie” got called out! 🙂
I mentioned this to L, who promptly responded with what he believes to be the most over-used phrase of the decade: “Trials and tribulations”. I’m compelled to believe that this phrase was made popular by all of the politicians and public figures (athletes and cheesy celebs, in particular) who have made messes of their lives and held press conferences or given interviews to discuss their recent”trials and tribulations”. Bleh.
I’m also pretty sick of IDK, ROTFL, and all of those acronyms that teenagers text one another that I can never decipher unless explained to me. Although I recently found out what “FML” means, and I’m so keeping that one.
Can you think of something we should “leave in the ’00s?