Most annoying words, terms, phrases

[mb625]

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People, especially learned TV people, saying "to be able to" in a sentence. Just say the verb.

"I want to be able to drive my car when it's fixed."

No.

Just say: "I want to drive my car when it's fixed."

In the future tense, "will be able to" is more correct than "can." In the example you gave they're both interchangeable, but "be able to" is always more preferable in the future tense. Plus, "be able to" is generally seen as more formal (again, this is when compared to the word "can." In your particular example, again, both are fine and I always prefer to say things more succinctly when possible, but there is a definite purpose for "be able to.")

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[daflyboys]

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I want to be able to agree with you, but I can't.

[l3ulvl]

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When old ex athlete stays in good shape:

"He looks like he could still play"

[TripleCrown9]

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When old ex athlete stays in good shape:

"He looks like he could still play"

[daflyboys]

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^^^^

Well.... he does!



Heard this on the radio the other day and I gotta agree with the guy. The word is "transparent". This is almost as overplayed of a word as the phrase "open door policy". As if the opposite would be the norm or condition you or an organization would want.

[ANDROMADA 1]

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I hate it when fans or sports analysts say "Take away the 60 yard TD run or the 75 yard catch and they really didn't do nothing".....


So annoying b/c well you cannot take those plays away, they are counted, they happened. People do that when they are cherry picking stat lines or trying to convey a message.

[ProfessaPackMan]

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I hate it when fans or sports analysts say "Take away the 60 yard TD run or the 75 yard catch and they really didn't do nothing".....





So annoying b/c well you cannot take those plays away, they are counted, they happened. People do that when they are cherry picking stat lines or trying to convey a message.

I don't disagree but I also know context would/should play a factor when someone says that.

For example, if a QB were to go 12-23 for 190yds and 1 TD, but 90 of those yards were on one completion, wouldn't it be fair to say that the QB really didn't do nothing?

Or are you speaking about something different?

[ANDROMADA 1]

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I don't disagree but I also know context would/should play a factor when someone says that.

For example, if a QB were to go 12-23 for 190yds and 1 TD, but 90 of those yards were on one completion, wouldn't it be fair to say that the QB really didn't do nothing?

Or are you speaking about something different?

The QB still had to get the ball there. No, I don't think it is fair and certainly not accurate factually. Its like when the qb throws the ball and a defender drops the pick. Announcer says take away the two dropped picks...You simply cannot do that. Its not a pick of you drop it, just like its not a catch if the wr doesn't catch it even if on target. I do think the NFL should give errors when a ball hits wr and he tips it to a defender or something like that. Thats when you get into all those advanced metrics. The jist of it is I think its annoying. Same for NBA and other sports.


When two teams have a hard fought game and one losses by 3 points and you have some fans saying that they kicked the other teams ***.....ridiculous

[ProfessaPackMan]

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Like I said, I don't disagree.

But again, I just think context should play a factor in statements like that. Numbers don't lie, but they also tell only part of the story.


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[woodjer]

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I hate it when fans or sports analysts say "Take away the 60 yard TD run or the 75 yard catch and they really didn't do nothing".....

For example, if a QB were to go 12-23 for 190yds and 1 TD, but 90 of those yards were on one completion, wouldn't it be fair to say that the QB really didn't do nothing?

It's completely accurate to say that the QB really didn't do nothing. Sorry grammar annoyance.

Anyway, I get what you're both saying and can see both sides. Rather than "take away that play," the message is more like "other than that play." It's not fair to discount the play because something had to go right for it to happen but it's also misleading to say that someone had a great 100-yard rushing day on just 15 carries when one run was for 80.
On the day, he averaged 6.7 ypc but "other than that play" he averaged 1.4 ypc.

[PVarck31]

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So I've been seeing this word, well its not really a word. Actually I don't know what the heck it is, but for some reason it annoys me. I see it on twitter a lot and its "fam".

Like I'll see someone say something like "Hey that was a great job you did with (something) fam.

I don't know why it bothers me. I think it's like one of those things where some weird term gets invented and others start using it to be cool or something. And that's annoying too.

Hope I don't offend anyone who uses this term lol.

[Gotmadskillzson]

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That saying "fam" been around for at least 30 and if not more years now. My uncles use to say it all the time when I was growing up.

[PVarck31]

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That saying "fam" been around for at least 30 and if not more years now. My uncles use to say it all the time when I was growing up.

First I'm seeing it. Does it mean like family or something?

[TheShizNo1]

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First I'm seeing it. Does it mean like family or something?

Dude, cuz, bruh, man, etc etc

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[l3ulvl]

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I always thought it was just short for family. Like someone says "I can hang out later but right now I'm with the fam", never heard the other use