What is the lamest expression?

[Sarah]

I still find the word "bug" for "vagina" rather charming.  I came to it late in life, and it took me by surprise.  I don't use it, but I don't cringe when I hear it, as I do for most other such euphemisms.

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"I don't have a problem with these gays, but if one tries to come on to me --"

Seriously, any variant of that.... Nothing comes off incredibly douche baggy?

The disclaimer, "I have nothing against gays, but..." almost invariably states that the person DOES have something against gays.

It's about the equivalent to I'm about to say something offensive about said group, but it's okay because I say it's okay.  Quite douchebaggy, I agree.

[justinline]

"No worries."

No . . . . worries.

[Shaggy 2 Grote]

Two more lame ones:  "man up" or "cowboy up" 

I just said one of these in Chinatown and was so revolted with myself that I came to this thread to post about how lame that expression is.

[Shaggy 2 Grote]

I have a friend who despises the word "panties"

So I like to sing the Panty Song whenever I'm near her. I made it up just for her and involves a little dance but no actual panties.

I was just in a conversation with some lady friends about how much they hated the words "moist," "panties," and "slacks," which are pretty easy to put into a single sentence.  Then that night, a linguist on this nerd forum I'm on posted that "moist" and "slacks" are two of the most despised words in the English language.  I bet "panties" is in there too.

[buffcoat]

"I don't have a problem with these gays, but if one tries to come on to me --"

Seriously, any variant of that.... Nothing comes off incredibly douche baggy?

The disclaimer, "I have nothing against gays, but..." almost invariably states that the person DOES have something against gays.

It's about the equivalent to I'm about to say something offensive about said group, but it's okay because I say it's okay.  Quite douchebaggy, I agree.

I can't remember if I said this earlier, but who cares?

My old boss used to say, "I shouldn't say this, but..." 

He was right EVERY SINGLE TIME.

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Generally speaking, people who are having offensive things said about them tend to care.

[John Junk 2.0]

I think he was saying "who cares if I've said this before?"  not "who cares if someone says something offensive?".

Unless if he meant "I can't remember if I said this earlier, but who cares?" as a "lamest expression" candidate.

[Chris L]

Two more lame ones:  "man up" or "cowboy up" 

Don't forget "sack up."

[jbissell]

"hug it out" is something I've been hearing a lot lately, along with "bromance". 

[Bryan]

Bro-anything is terrible. A guy I knew calls his fratty pals "brohemian". I don't think there's anything remotely bohemian about these dudes, so I don't even really think it works as a pun.

[Oogie]

I was OK with panties until Nick Cave put his hands down in some.

[kray]

let sleeping dogs lie

[thecramedog]

Also, last week at work, I eavesdropped on a call between my boss and somebody looking for work. She was trying to break it to him easy that she didn't have a spot for him, when she suddenly pulled out:

"Look, Bob… I'm not gonna take you for a pickle ride here."

that's awesome.  what other eavesdropping stories do you have?  i used to eavesdrop on my boss's phone, but i only heard him complaining to his wife about his job.

[iAmBaronVonTito]

Also, last week at work, I eavesdropped on a call between my boss and somebody looking for work. She was trying to break it to him easy that she didn't have a spot for him, when she suddenly pulled out:

"Look, Bob… I'm not gonna take you for a pickle ride here."

that's awesome.  what other eavesdropping stories do you have?  i used to eavesdrop on my boss's phone, but i only heard him complaining to his wife about his job.

that's reminiscent of the lewis black eavesdropping story/joke/anecdote, "if it wasn't for my horse..."