Catch-Phrases

[understatement]

What are your common catch-phrases in everyday life?

(I usually say UNDERSTATEMENT in various tone or volume)

[2D8HP]

"I hate plumbing"

"Why must this job require so much work?"

"I recommend becoming unconscious"

[Kyrell1978]

There's a few depending on the situation, but the closest thing to a catch phrase I have is probably "aaaannnyway" used as a segue.

[JNAProductions]

Fair enough.

[Magic_Hat]

Everything I say is a catchphrase!

Points if you get the reference.

[Caerulea]

Goddammit.

—Caerulea

[Sermil]

Whenever my wife and I come up with the same idea at the same time, we announce

One of us: Great minds think alike!
Other: And so do ours!

[2D8HP]

Whenever my wife and I come up with the same idea at the same time, we announce

One of us: Great minds think alike!
Other: And so do ours!

Well I'm charmed by that!

[Vizzerdrix]

Shuba luba wub dub!

[blunk]

"Also, Carthage must be destroyed"

[Velaryon]

I don't deliberately make catchphrases for myself, but I think there are some things I say often enough that they can be considered as such.

Apparently I say "it is what it is" a lot. My first clue was when my mom bought me a T-shirt that says "id est quod id est."

[Peelee]

I don't have verbal catchphrases, I have handsey ones. I'll usually eityher clap my hands and point with both hands, or snap both fingers and point with both hands when I suddenly remember something or am looking for something and realize where it is, or various other situations. I've done it so much it's a very fluid move. Never noticed I started doing it until friends pointed it out. They were amused.

"I hate plumbing"

Hey, I say that a lot too!

"Also, Carthage must be destroyed"

Well played.

[Keltest]

Don't muddle the issue with facts.

[Brother Oni]

All life is suffering.

[danzibr]

I have a few I find myself saying a lot.

Life’s a b and then you d. (B is for bitch and d is for die, but I don’t say that around my kids.)

Swell, and you? (In response to how I’m doing.)

You can always flip that switch. (Referring to bad behavior from my kids.)

Yare-yare. (For “my my” when my infant is upset.)

[Caerulea]

"Also, Carthage must be destroyed"

I think you meant "Carthago delenda est"


Haec est sententia meus, et Carthago delenda est.
—Caerulea

[Peelee]

I think you meant "Carthago delenda est"

Screenname ain't Cato, so the English version looks fine to me.

[Mith]

"I hate plumbing"

"Why must this job require so much work?"

"I recommend becoming unconscious"

"I hate plumbing" is a common phrase among the plumbers I have known.

[Caerulea]

Screenname ain't Cato, so the English version looks fine to me.

I mostly just wanted an opportunity to show of my (lackluster) knowledge of Latin. Does this make me weak and vain? Yes.

Haec est sententia meus, et Carthago delenda est.
—Caerulea

[Peelee]

I mostly just wanted an opportunity to show of my (lackluster) knowledge of Latin. Does this make me weak and vain? Yes.

Haec est sententia meus, et Carthago delenda est.
—Caerulea

4 years of Latin in high school. Trust me, I understand. I'm just weak and vain for different reasons.

[farothel]

4 years of Latin in high school. Trust me, I understand. I'm just weak and vain for different reasons.

Same here. I still remember that line from Ceasar's De Bello Gallico: Hi omnis fortissimi sunt Belgae (of them all, the Belgians are the bravest). Being from Belgium myself, it somehow appealed to me. Strange, isn't it?

[Peelee]

Same here. I still remember that line from Ceasar's De Bello Gallico: Hi omnis fortissimi sunt Belgae (of them all, the Belgians are the bravest). Being from Belgium myself, it somehow appealed to me. Strange, isn't it?

Eh, Caesar hardly even mentioned America at all, how smart could he have been?

[Caerulea]

Eh, Caesar hardly even mentioned America at all, how smart could he have been?

It is not really a noteworthy country though.

Haec est sententia meus, et Carthago delenda est.
—Caerulea

[Jay R]

When frustrated by a computer, phone, or other electronic device: "I hate being outsmarted by something that can only count to one."

[Peelee]

When frustrated by a computer, phone, or other electronic device: "I hate being outsmarted by something that can only count to one."

It can count to a hundred way faster than you can.

[Willie the Duck]

"I hate plumbing"

"I hate plumbing" is a common phrase among the plumbers I have known.

Probably makes more sense to those outside of the profession than my "I'll be in my corner, waitin' on the handy-dandy lawyers."

[Imbalance]

Not originally mine, but I get a lot of use out of "'bout had it."

[truemane]

Haec est sententia meus, et Carthago delenda est.

That would be better rendered as Haec sententia mea est, et Carthago delenda est.

I would even leave out the 'et.'

[Caerulea]

That would be better rendered as Haec sententia mea est, et Carthago delenda est.

I would even leave out the 'et.'

Thanks.

—Caerulea

[Wraith]

I have a 4 year old daughter, 6 nieces, and I work in a school. I probably shouldn't utter "I hate children..." as often as I do.

...But then, if you've ever worked in a school, you'd probably understand.