Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Text Messaging and Online Chat Abbreviations

All I need to say is that any adult that uses OMG, HMU, and so forth need to turn in their adult license and return to middle school.

Wednesday, February 27, 2013

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".

Friday, January 11, 2013

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.

Monday, December 24, 2012

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.

Thursday, November 15, 2012

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.

Thursday, October 25, 2012

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............