"go with the tried and true" (how do you think that cycle started?)

"masonary" is standard lingo? and "masonry" will get you laughed at? laugh at me then...

what about "concrete block" instead of CMU. laughable? maybe. "cement block" - for sure is chuckle-able.

"_____, it's the new _______."

"Are you still piddling around with that?"

"I guess we'll just have to agree to disagree"

That phrase always bothered me... it's typically said when someone just doesn't have the courage to fight for their convictions... I would like to reply "no, I'd rather just punch you in the neck, you coward."

"When I started thinking about this project I..."
The beginning of every review

"I didn't have time to make a physical model"
People that barely have legible plans and elevations

The use of "Ortho!!" instead of "OSNAP!"

"That's a really nice moment"
Freshman year prof.'s only positive comment.

these make me cringe...

"Don't take it personally"

"God! I can't believe......"

"I respect all religions...worship whatever God you want""

juicy

angus

puce

pre-manufactured buildings

walmart

W, Bush, Death, War, Evangelical

generally gossip makes me cringe.... when someone constantly offers personal information about other people and themselves in hopes of getting you to tell them something so they can tell it to some other people.

also the word moist especially when used with juicy

A couple that I've heard all too much lately...

"If it's meant to be it will work out."
"Everything happens for a reason."

Awwgh!

"If these drawings went with that model, we might have one good project between the two of you"
another gem from a freshman year review

Another freshman prof:
"Well, there is a seed of architecture there" (read my above diatribe on profs)

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"Everything happens for a reason" was one that would lodge in my craw. Now I'm beginning to wonder.

"I'm going to take him down a notch or two."
"attitude adjustment"
most hip phrases used in the 60s and surfer lingo.
the word "ancillary"
"THE aggregate"

haw haw nym, kakacabeza


I can't add to the revolting phrases contributed here, but I don't let the phrases bother me; they roll off of my back like molasses off a duck's tail. Or something like that.

but i think it's 'flare'

lotsa women.

sclutemous scarferrimy
http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=justice-tartuffery+Nietzsche

or the neighbor's. but, what else does it mean?

"mad props" is getting old.

"getting old" is ...

possibly a king missile - mae west hybrid reference?

beavis or butthead? i assume the effect is intentional.

not what you want to hear while having sex.

"field condition"
"site forces"
"it seems like the <insert inanimate thing> wants to be <insert adjective or verb>" ex: it seems like the columns want to be flying. architecture isn't hard enough we have to consider the possible desires of things which have no ... life.
"diagrammatic"
"... in Maya"
"good evening... and welcome... to sci-arc"

Let's "Rock'n Roll", referring to cranking out project work. Every PM in my firm uses that phrase.

"so you're the detail guy" when a coworker doesn't feel like drawing something.

so everyone's seen office space right..? you know the guy.....yeaaahh...Im gonna go ahead and ask you to......
I am having to deal directly with a person who talks EXACTLY like that...suddenly that movie has lost all its appeal to me!!
AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH

any statement that includes the word "duality"

"this, like, embraces the DUALITY between..."

NO IT DOESN'T!

This plotter configuration cannot be used...The None plot device has been substituted.

If you're not going to be helpful don't broadcast it.

My boss likes to say-

"It'll pretty much design itself"

when something requires more than the most cursory thought. I've started to point out that we're not cobblers, and anything appearing to 'design itself' is probably being designed by me, late at night when nobody is looking.

It doesn't combine well with "We need to get this perspective drawn" meaning "Draw this perspective" turning into "Here's a perspective I drew" being said in front of the client.....

oh, so you were lying to me before?

me: do you like this project?
co-worker: yes and no.

I probably deserve to get slapped around for being this picky but. . .

Basic English grammatical errors drive me nuts: Top Three

1. Using the word “ironic” when one actually means coincidental or interesting (i.e. “isn’t it ironic that you two used to work at the same firm?”) No. Interesting, perhaps, but not ironic.

2. Confusing less and fewer.

3. Using i.e. in place of e.g. and vice vesra (see above).

vice vesra

tried and true cliches still in use:
where's the beef?
alriiiiighty then!
whazzzzup!
that's what im talkin about!

often heard at my office:
"i like a man that answers his own phone"
"horsehockey"
"shmmmmart"

my personal pet peeve though is

no problem in lieu of your welcome. drives me freekin nuts. sorry to sound like andy rooney. must trim eyebrows now.

"the entry really wants to be here"

no, it doesn't.

"sort of.."

with an english accent.

"just speaking out-loud here....."

was this covered?

"only an architect would notice that"

yeah. and won't tell you when the lying re-exudes

"word"

"piss, out (10-4)"

im sick of working on whatever youve got me working....
you come by and i check the time for the 3rd time that minute and
:gasp: "its 2:32 already"
you respond with:
"time flies when your having fun"
and then i smack you

' we gave you this unique chance...'
' u are so lucky!'
' u should be thankful for having this chance.'

"less is more, more or less"

"you have a degree in architecture? (insert any thing about Frank Llyod Wright here)"

HA. absolutely hate it when our senior designer slams stuff around, be it papers, doors, pens, and lets out a roar of a sigh. man i feel really fucking sorry for you.

i hope you dont treat your daughter this way, asshole


'these drawings are absolute shit! blah blah blah.'

at least it makes him feel better.

I used to be in computer engineering, so most of these come from that experience, but applicable none the less:

ad nauseum-

used in every other sentence by a computer engineering professor I had at Purdue my freshman year

value-

as in how much "value" are you to the company or what type of "value" does this bring to the client...damn business-speak

mission critical-

critical to what? I heard two people discussing an IT project over lunch the other day and this phrase came up at least every 30 seconds. get a life people; some things are more important than the useless widget that you are writing for a client. it's not like a space shuttle launch or anything...

spoken by our best developer client (30 million a year each year the last 18 years - so grin and bear it) at least five times in an hour long meeting today (which could have taken 5 minutes for all the real information exchanged) -

"This really needs some more action here." "How 'bout adding a little action up there". "Put a hat on it, that will really bring it some action."

Jeez :|

not architecture related:

"patented technology" mostly used in toothbrush ads.

"axes of evil" egh makes me want to kill something every time.

and my personal fav: "your call is important to us"

alphanumericcha- i have a client who uses the phrase 'architectural interest' to mean something similar your client's action.

"how 'bout adding some architectural interest over here...and on these columns". i'm learning that he really wants decoration. swap out that steel louvered pergola for a nice one with doric columns and ogee rafter tails.

"Let's round up the wagons." office jargon for: let's meet!

"Think outside the box." that statement alone proves to me that you're obviously not as enlightened as you're desperately trying to appear.

ARGH!

just in case some phrase like the ones above comes up in a conversation, a just say,, é é... don´t hate... appreciate!!!

"Push the envelope"

How about all the times I say "Please" and "Thank you" every day? A million at least.

developers are laughable with their perception of "architecture". grin and bear it, huh? doric columns in kentucky?

"that concept is about as clear as a turd in a puchbowl"