Slog - Comments on Phrases to Retire http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/phrases_to_retire Dear political media: Can we please retire "Thrown under the bus"? Seriously. You're writers. You're paid to write interestingly about the news. Write something original now, please. Thank you.... Copyright 2008 Thu, 18 Sep 2008 12:00:00 -0800 Thu, 18 Sep 2008 14:56:00 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Dominic Holden I'm one heartbeat away from throwing up a little in my mouth if someone throws me under the bus....

]]> Dominic Holden http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/phrases_to_retire#c1145154 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/phrases_to_retire#c1145154 2008 Thu, 18 Sep 2008 12:03:17 -0800 Comment by MyTwoCents I prefer,"Drop a safe", as in, "Yeah we really got a safe dropped on us on that issue."

It is from cartoons when they really wanted to punish the bad guy. They would have them walking down the street, and by chance, a safe was being craned into an office/apartment. They Jerry/Bugs would cut then line and splat them below.

]]> MyTwoCents http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/phrases_to_retire#c1145159 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/phrases_to_retire#c1145159 2008 Thu, 18 Sep 2008 12:05:00 -0800 Comment by Obama or Canada "Tossed to the pit-bulls"? The Stranger would love that.

]]> Obama or Canada http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/phrases_to_retire#c1145162 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/phrases_to_retire#c1145162 2008 Thu, 18 Sep 2008 12:07:38 -0800 Comment by Gitai I vote for tossed into the wood chipper. That should please the Coen brothers fans in the crowd.

]]> Gitai http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/phrases_to_retire#c1145168 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/phrases_to_retire#c1145168 2008 Thu, 18 Sep 2008 12:12:02 -0800 Comment by Karlheinz Arschbomber I say put lipstick on that fuckin' bus.

]]> Karlheinz Arschbomber http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/phrases_to_retire#c1145180 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/phrases_to_retire#c1145180 2008 Thu, 18 Sep 2008 12:18:09 -0800 Comment by westendgirl29 It is what it is.

Let's hit it* out of the park.

* = a pig/pit bull hybrid bred with really really red lips.

]]> westendgirl29 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/phrases_to_retire#c1145197 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/phrases_to_retire#c1145197 2008 Thu, 18 Sep 2008 12:29:48 -0800 Comment by LDP in Cincinnati I hope the press will thoroughly vet the replacement phrase.

]]> LDP in Cincinnati http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/phrases_to_retire#c1145198 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/phrases_to_retire#c1145198 2008 Thu, 18 Sep 2008 12:31:10 -0800 Comment by CommonKnowledge No suggestions for the replacement of "thrown under a bus," but what about one for "You're call is important to us?"

]]> CommonKnowledge http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/phrases_to_retire#c1145200 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/phrases_to_retire#c1145200 2008 Thu, 18 Sep 2008 12:33:01 -0800 Comment by Matt Fuckin' Hickey You just hate idioms. Why? They're a form of metaphor. We all know what it means, that's why it works, and why people use it. Why don't you make up new ones? Because then, later, someone else will find it tiresome and bitch about it.


Also, props to #1 at the top.

]]> Matt Fuckin' Hickey http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/phrases_to_retire#c1145203 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/phrases_to_retire#c1145203 2008 Thu, 18 Sep 2008 12:38:14 -0800 Comment by Scott Faulkner Word on that. "Thrown under the bus" is now a phrase for reality show contestants only. After all, they're not there to make friends.

]]> Scott Faulkner http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/phrases_to_retire#c1145208 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/phrases_to_retire#c1145208 2008 Thu, 18 Sep 2008 12:42:04 -0800 Comment by Bob Sorry, you're just picking the low hanging fruit when you throw under the bus under the bus.

]]> Bob http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/phrases_to_retire#c1145215 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/phrases_to_retire#c1145215 2008 Thu, 18 Sep 2008 12:49:46 -0800 Comment by Super Jesse Please get rid of these, its been driving me nuts for SEVEN FUCKING YEARS NOW!

"those who would seek to destroy america" - Destroy America? You do know what "Destroy" means, right? Even if you killed every single living thing within our borders, "America" would still be here. Oh, I'm sorry they must mean actually pulverizing all the land and turning it to ocean or something. Yeah, like some "evildoers" in a fucking cave can pull that off. Unless they have some secret plan to lob a comet at us or something, shut the hell up!

"testing our resolve" - Nobody used the word resolve in this context in a sentence before 9/11, ever, then Bush put it in a speech and now I hear it every fucking day. Thou shalt never quote Bush, ever!

"we must not blink" - Having the guts to not flinch is not the same as having the brains to respond quickly and effectively, please don't conflate the two. BTW, hasn't the last eight year shown us that blind conviction and quick retaliation is in no way a virtue?

]]> Super Jesse http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/phrases_to_retire#c1145229 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/phrases_to_retire#c1145229 2008 Thu, 18 Sep 2008 12:58:10 -0800 Comment by mb While you're on your rant, could you also suggest that journalists abandon the term "retire" in the context of phrases?

]]> mb http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/phrases_to_retire#c1145250 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/phrases_to_retire#c1145250 2008 Thu, 18 Sep 2008 13:08:39 -0800 Comment by rob I'd nuke "going forward" as an introductory phrase in any story vaguely related to commerce. Time's arrow points in one direction only.

]]> rob http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/phrases_to_retire#c1145252 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/phrases_to_retire#c1145252 2008 Thu, 18 Sep 2008 13:09:03 -0800 Comment by Medina I suggest everyone stop using any variation of the term douchbag.

]]> Medina http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/phrases_to_retire#c1145272 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/phrases_to_retire#c1145272 2008 Thu, 18 Sep 2008 13:22:30 -0800 Comment by Chris in Tampa Also, any mention of Kool-aid, which has in recent months been applied to more than just Obama supporters, where it had already long lost its cleverness.

]]> Chris in Tampa http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/phrases_to_retire#c1145297 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/phrases_to_retire#c1145297 2008 Thu, 18 Sep 2008 13:38:17 -0800 Comment by Obama or Canada How about we pledge to stop the "bus" phrase if with it goes any variation "Why do you hate America?" or "Does __________ love America as much as you do?" and all other faux-patriotic/quasi-McCarthy bullshit?

]]> Obama or Canada http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/phrases_to_retire#c1145320 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/phrases_to_retire#c1145320 2008 Thu, 18 Sep 2008 13:57:10 -0800 Comment by NapoleonXIV "Tossed over the shark"?

]]> NapoleonXIV http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/phrases_to_retire#c1145331 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/phrases_to_retire#c1145331 2008 Thu, 18 Sep 2008 14:01:12 -0800 Comment by LMSW verkauft mit Haut und Haar

]]> LMSW http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/phrases_to_retire#c1145350 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/phrases_to_retire#c1145350 2008 Thu, 18 Sep 2008 14:13:37 -0800 Comment by Cagaloglu Hamami "That being said" needs to go.

That sentence construction Dan Savage uses every 10 days? It needs to go too.

And (gasp!) can someone tell ECB that her tired (horrors!) attempts at sarcasm need to be retired?

]]> Cagaloglu Hamami http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/phrases_to_retire#c1145363 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/phrases_to_retire#c1145363 2008 Thu, 18 Sep 2008 14:30:09 -0800 Comment by Greg @13: I like 'retire,' especially in the sense of 'retiring' replicants.

]]> Greg http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/phrases_to_retire#c1145401 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/phrases_to_retire#c1145401 2008 Thu, 18 Sep 2008 14:56:00 -0800