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10 Phrases That We Should All Stop Saying (PHOTOS)

Posted: 10/27/10 09:55 AM ET

We've all heard the phrase "if you have nothing nice to say, don't say anything right now. Wait until the person is gone and then say it hilariously." However, there are some things one never needs to say anymore. These phrases have been used, misused and overused so many times, it's best to quit while we're only mildly behind. Here are the ten phrases I think need to be retired - Alida Nugent, The Frenemy

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I’m sorry, but nobody gets this one. It’s used as inappropriately as Alanis Morrisette’s “Ironic” as in: not right at all. Do you know how many people have said to another friend when they saw their ex-boyfriend at the same party ” I LITERALLY had a heart attack”? Answer: a lot. And nobody’s like “oh my gosh are you okay? Does your diet need to change? Should you be sitting right now? Did you see Jesus?!” Because that means you had a fucking heart attack! It means it really happened! Literally means true, not exaggeration! SAT’s for the win! Anyway, just like “there were literally, like, millions of people there” means “there was about 86 people in my house,” using a word to exaggerate a concept by misusing the real definition of the word..well, that doesn’t work. It LITERALLY just doesn’t!
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We've all heard the phrase "if you have nothing nice to say, don't say anything right now. Wait until the person is gone and then say it hilariously." However, there are some things one never needs to...
We've all heard the phrase "if you have nothing nice to say, don't say anything right now. Wait until the person is gone and then say it hilariously." However, there are some things one never needs to...