Category Archives: Words I could live without

~jeggings (I’ve only come across this “word” two or three times, which is two or three times too many. It is a hybrid of jeans and leggings. Then there is the rarer but even worse ‘jorts,’ which is a combination of jeans and shorts.)

~”Jersey Shore”

~larva

~Too bad, so sad

Jun11

Words and phrases I could live without: volume 12

Posted on June 11, 2010 by queensgirl

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epic

“First!” (as people inexplicably seem to like to say in response to Facebook posts)

game-changer

“I’mma…” (Thanks, Kanye.)

“Me likey.”

vampire (I’m sorry; I just don’t get the craze. Please don’t bite me. :))

“Woot!”

Mar11

Words and phrases I could live without: volume 11

Posted on March 11, 2010 by queensgirl

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~app(s)

~”It’s always the quiet ones.”

~loose (It just conjures up unpleasant images.)

~mellow

~”[Person] has forgotten more about [subject] than I’ll ever know.”

~Uggs

And a special reader request: “the American people” (as used by politicians who seem to think we are a single entity).

If you have a special reader request, you can e-mail me at leastlikelytoblog at hotmail.com.

Feb6

Words and phrases I could live without reaches double digits (that’d be volume 10 for you non-math people ;))

Posted on February 6, 2010 by queensgirl

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baby daddy/baby mama

catfight

Ed Hardy

guyliner

“I’d hit/tap that.”

meme

played in (as in, “Michael J. Fox played in “Back to the Future.”" No. He didn’t. He acted in it.)

Special reader request: reach out for

Jan8

Eight wasn’t enough: Words and phrases I could live without, volume 9

Posted on January 8, 2010 by queensgirl

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~ Combined celebrity-couple names (i.e. Brangelina)

~ d_____bag

~ “I’m Team…”

~ mashup

~ skinny jeans

I feel like I’m forgetting something, which is almost as annoying as the aforementioned words and phrases.

Nov13

Words and phrases I could live without: volume 8– with my very first poll!

Posted on November 13, 2009 by queensgirl

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~ “bros before hos”

~ chill

~ holla!

~ hot mess

Oct3

New month, new words and phrases I could live without (volume 7)

Posted on October 3, 2009 by queensgirl

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~ f-bomb

~ for the win (or FTW)

~ I’m all about

~ It is what it is.

~ live out loud

~ pamper

Sep9

Words and phrases I could live without version 6.0: nothing but ‘net

Posted on September 9, 2009 by queensgirl

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These seem to exist pretty much only in Internet Land…at least so far (cue ominous music):

~ made of win

~ ‘shippers

~ squee

Aug16

Words and phrases I could live without: the accidentally-all-apparel (and halfway to double digits!) edition

Posted on August 16, 2009 by queensgirl

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~ Hollister (See my friend Omawarisan’s post. Actually, check out his whole blog. He’s very funny. :))

~ mom jeans

~ put on your big boy/big girl pants

May31

A word, phrases, live without…you know the drill: part IV

Posted on May 31, 2009 by queensgirl

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(In case you do not, in fact, know the drill:

http://leastlikelytoblog.wordpress.com/2009/02/22/words-i-could-live-without/

http://leastlikelytoblog.wordpress.com/2009/03/13/words-i-could-live-without-the-sequel-now-with-a-bonus-phrase/

http://leastlikelytoblog.wordpress.com/2009/04/16/words-and-a-phrase-i-could-live-without-now-its-a-trilogy/)

~ baby bump (You might think, judging by my post titles, that I’d never met an alliteration I didn’t like. Wrong! ;))

~ Book/movie titles containing the phrase “Confessions of a…”

~ jump the shark (Funnily, “jump the shark” long ago…jumped the shark! It’s so meta!)

~ meta ;)

Okay, readers– your turn.

Apr16

Words (and a phrase) I could live without: now it’s a trilogy!

Posted on April 16, 2009 by queensgirl

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~ fail (Possibly as in, “You’re doing this again?! Fail!” ;))

~ frenemy

~ hater

~ just that/not that into

As always, please feel free to add words and/or phrases you could live without in the comment section. Oh, and here is the original post, and here’s the sequel.