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**Snotty** · February 28, 2008, 13:15

F@ck

****ing this, ****ing that, ****ing the other. when every other word is to add emphasis then it loses meaning

**Spaced Cowboy** · February 28, 2008, 16:51

I work in a tech company, never really heard this one til I worked here.

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Not that they use it incorrectly, just overuse it.

Two others that are getting stale.

Traction (We are not getting enough traction on that issue).

Bandwidth (I don't have enough bandwidth to handle getting involved in that new issue).

**Rufus T. Firefly** · February 28, 2008, 18:13

Forgot one: "disinterested," which almost always get's used a a synonym for "uninterested." Drives me crazy.

**Kuciwalker** · February 28, 2008, 18:17

Uh...

from dictionary.com:

dis·in·ter·est·ed
–adjective
1. unbiased by personal interest or advantage; not influenced by selfish motives: a disinterested decision by the referee.
2. not interested; indifferent.
[Origin: 1605–15; dis-1 + interested]

—Related forms
dis·in·ter·est·ed·ly, adverb
dis·in·ter·est·ed·ness, noun

—Synonyms 1. impartial, neutral, unprejudiced, dispassionate. See fair1.
—Antonyms 1. partial, biased.
—Usage note Disinterested and uninterested share a confused and confusing history. Disinterested was originally used to mean “not interested, indifferent”; uninterested in its earliest use meant “impartial.” By various developmental twists, disinterested is now used in both senses. Uninterested is used mainly in the sense “not interested, indifferent.” It is occasionally used to mean “not having a personal or property interest.”
Many object to the use of disinterested to mean “not interested, indifferent.” They insist that disinterested can mean only “impartial”: A disinterested observer is the best judge of behavior. However, both senses are well established in all varieties of English, and the sense intended is almost always clear from the context.

**Rufus T. Firefly** · February 28, 2008, 18:52

Not my point; guess I should have been clearer. I mean it gets used to mean "uninterested" or "not interested," as in "bored."

**Wiglaf** · February 28, 2008, 18:59

Don't testify before congress anytime soon man.

**Thoth** · February 28, 2008, 20:32

"at the end of the day"

I f@cking hate that bloody phrase.

**Wezil** · February 28, 2008, 20:40

Originally posted by Thoth
"at the end of the day"

I f@cking hate that bloody phrase.

Similar to

"The bottom line"

**alva** · February 28, 2008, 20:41

Not over the moon with that one, are you?

**OneFootInTheGrave** · February 28, 2008, 21:33

did anyone mention teh?

**-Jrabbit** · February 28, 2008, 21:39

Not a word...

**Krill** · February 28, 2008, 21:42

Superlative.

**Kuciwalker** · February 28, 2008, 21:51

Originally posted by Rufus T. Firefly
Not my point; guess I should have been clearer. I mean it gets used to mean "uninterested" or "not interested," as in "bored."

And I was pointing out that the dictionary allows that meaning.

**Wiglaf** · February 28, 2008, 21:58

I like how this thread has had at least three instances of people misunderstanding words/phrases while attempting to insult others for doing so.

**Rufus T. Firefly** · February 28, 2008, 22:02

Originally posted by Kuciwalker

And I was pointing out that the dictionary allows that meaning.

I don't think of "indifferent" and "bored" as synonyms; certainly "disinterested" isn't a synonym for bored, and your post doesn't say it is. But I do hear it used that way all the time.

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