At The End Of The Day

At The End Of The Day - This phrase is really getting under my skin.  I think in the last week I have heard it on sound bites from the Oscars, Capital Hill, and the sports report.  BORING!  Let's revert to, "when it's all said and done", or "when the dust clears".

Guru

Guru - Note to whomever was the first to tie the word guru with computers and technology....STOP IT!! I am not now, nor will I ever be, a guru of anything.  A guru is a teacher or a master...sure I.T. guys can be all that but we'd rather you just call us by name.

Enough Is Enough

'Nough Said - 'Nuff Said - or any variation thereof - This idiom does not accomplish much more than to brand the utterer a lowbrow conversationalist.  A more timely observation may be the tagging of pictures posted to social media along with that comment.  If a picture is worth a thousand words why not concede that your viewers get the point.

Sounds Like A Plan

Sounds Like A Plan - I think a plan is a multi-step process consisting of actions that take place in an order of some sort.  If someone says, "I'll be over at 7:00" and the other party says, "Sounds like a plan" I think they are mistaken.  What's the plan?  
"I will leave my house; get in my car; drive over to your house, and wait for you to come out and get in the car."
Now, THAT'S a plan.

Tech Savvy

Tech Savvy -
I wish we could retire this one...along with a slew of other hackneyed technology related expressions.  It seems I most often hear this in a negative vein, "I'm not tech savvy", or "he, she, or it, it not tech savvy."  If this means, "Proficient in the use of technology, especially computers" why don't we use the same expression for other things?  Car savvy, gun savvy, stove savvy, hydraulic lift savvy............

Go Figure

Go Figure - 
Okay, you are making a lame attempt at sarcasm and you're coming off like a pre-teen.  I may have just made a comment about an occurrence or a situation that I found of importance or interest and as a retort all you have to offer is, "Go figure".  For added emphasis I suggest you toss in an eye roll.

Man Up

Man Up - When my kids played soccer this meant cover an opposing player.  When did it change to mean act your age or grow up?  Does anyone say, "woman up", or "girl up"?