Every year comes with its fair share of phrases which saturate every day speech. In 2010 we saw the emergence of;
Yeah, I didn't think you were going to lie until you said that and planted the seeds of doubt. Now I'm not sure if I believe that that sandwich was actually amazing. After all you have every reason to lie about something which I have as little interest in as the 'Shopaholic' books. Seriously though, how do you manage to drag out the fact that she is a compulsive shopper and haunted by a man in a white mask called Jigsaw in seven books? Oh crap, I'm mixing up films in the genre;
'repeat-one-storyline-by-creating-ridiculous-numbers-of-sequels-until-people-notice-and-make-a-cult-out-of-it'.
'literally... (some sort of casual statement which makes 'literally' totally irrelevant)'.
'Literally' doesn't make your statement more credible. It's not as if we say, 'Woah, good thing she said she was literally eating chocolate, otherwise I might not have believed her'. It is the new 'like'. 'OMG I literally just wet myself laughing'. No you didn't, so you're a liar. Or you might have a problem. Either way, you're a liar or have a seriously weak bladder and may need help.
However, 2011 saw the outbreak of;
'the awkward moment when...'.
This is a phrase which I hope dies with the rest of 2011. People used this all the time. "The awkward moment when you're eating cereal". Why are you uncomfortable around wheat products? "The awkward moment when you answer the phone". Yeah, that is awkward because you're just supposed to let it ring. I've been in my fair share of awkward moments and know that using the phrase 'the awkward moment when...' does not alleviate the situation and make it any less wrist slitting. With my best friends being Iranian and Cypriot, I also know that casual racism does not help, although it does momentarily divert attention, at your expense of course, but I would rather be a bigot than that ass who uses the 'awkward moment when'.
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