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Official "Stop Saying That Phrase" Thread

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I'm not sure when the fuck "concussion symptoms" and "flu symptoms" became "concussion-like symptoms" and "flu-like symptoms", but just stop it.
 
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Jake;2107875; said:
I'm not sure when the fuck "concussion symptoms" and "flu symptoms" became "concussion-like symptoms" and "flu-like symptoms", but just stop it.
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"Flu-like symptoms" is sports-speak for "cold". They can't actually come out and say "he has a cold" because everyone in existence has gone to work with a cold before.
 
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aggravate - to make worse, more serious, or more severe

You can "aggravate" something a million times therefore it is redundant, not to mention grammatically incorrect, to say someone "reaggravated" an injury.

Now will someone please inform the so-called "journalists" at ESPN to stop fucking saying that non-word?
 
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Jake;2107889; said:
aggravate - to make worse, more serious, or more severe

You can "aggravate" something a million times therefore it is redundant, not to mention grammatically incorrect, to say someone "reaggravated" an injury.

Now will someone please inform the so-called "journalists" at ESPN to stop fucking saying that non-word?
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Every time they say it, it reaggravates you?
 
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"score the basketball"

This has gotten into the phrasing of almost every hoops announcer in the last few years. It's just a way of them saying a couple of extra words that add nothing to what's being said.

We're talking about a basketball game, the only way to score is with the basketball. It's OK to say "He knows how to score" or "He can really shoot", without saying "the basketball" after every action verb in the game.

It's gotten to the point that it grates on my nerves now. I'm happy to point it out so that some of you may also be constantly bothered by it in the future. :tongue2:
 
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BB73 said:
"score the basketball"

This has gotten into the phrasing of almost every hoops announcer in the last few years. It's just a way of them saying a couple of extra words that add nothing to what's being said.

We're talking about a basketball game, the only way to score is with the basketball. It's OK to say "He knows how to score" or "He can really shoot", without saying "the basketball" after every action verb in the game.

It's gotten to the point that it grates on my nerves now. I'm happy to point it out so that some of you may also be constantly bothered by it in the future. :tongue2:
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What if the announcing crew is privy to information concerning some scoring abilities away from the court? May want to make that distinction sometimes. :wink2:
 
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