"that's the nature of the beast" (referring to the profession)

'comprehensive immigration reform'

(aka 'amnesty')

'compassionate conservatism'

"listen, it's not you. it's me"

"let's bust it out" (planning studio project)

"...is everything Kosher?"

"Lifestyle Center" a.k.a. strip mall for SUV owners that don't like to walk past other stores

"so the volumes are like the yin and the yang"

'undocumented immigrant'

oh, you mean, illegal alien?

this post makes me feel brain-raped

i guestimate...

(i shudder)

this one isn't so much the phrase itself but its usage...the meatstick next to me will talk to himself, just repeating the phrase "don quixote" over and over again.

and not like "don quixote" by cervantes. what he's actually saying is "donkey-otay", over and over again. like, it'll start off by just saying "donkey...don-key...donkeyotay"...repeat 100 times. it hurts my very soul.

high end

middle of the road

low brow

bottom of the barrel

champagne taste
beer budget

going forward

"I need 2 weeks notice to schedule time to pick this project back up again."

from consultanting engineer's bossy little intern, on providing drawings (they already did all the engineering, drawing, I just need prints -- the project was put on hold for a month or so, and now we need to move forward on it again.)

Any and all of the American-based phrases that are now filtering through to UK business people with no concept of what it actually means, such as:

'stepping up to the plate'
'knock it out of the park'
etc etc

I blame the Apprentice myself.

This fabric looks fun
This is a fun color
That is such a fun space

OYE!

im in one office and this person is in another, i cant see,
or hear what this person is doing in the next office over,
and this person says

"have you seen this?"

I dont know if ive seen it or not because im in the next office over
and i have no idea what you talking about you moron!

youll have to forgive me, i never took the omni present class
in college

you stupid head

Current Owner Rep's favorite: KISS (Keep It Simple Stupid) guess who is?

Current Owner's favorite: State of the Art. Guess what isn't.

I can't think of any particular phrases relating to this, but some of the most cringe inducing moments of my life have occurred when a member of the opposite sex who is into me but I'm just not that into decides to make the big move. Unrequited romantic interest can be embarrassing enough on its own, but when someone you're just not interested in romantically decides to make a move it, at best, makes them even less attractive and, at worse, makes them seem creepy, desperate, crazy, weird, or some combination thereof.

"bizzzness ethics"

my boss using "give me" when looking over my shoulder and wanting changes on the drawings:

"uh, give me, uh (supposedly thinking), 12 foot by 12 foot square. and give me a 2'-8" door here"

makes me want to chop my boss into 1 inch cubes using the xacto knife...

i'm pregnant



again




with twins

"I just work here."

that is bs, mr. project manager, just because you know I'll take your shit and make gold out of it, you could ate least PRETEND to provide some leadership.

" I have a better Idea "R". In a very heavy south boston accent.

is that supposed to be a pirate joke?

to call the Santa Monica firm Mor-Foo-Sis and not just Mor-Fisis

architectural styles, ecspcially "Industrial"

Is it bad that I like watching HGTV, including Curb Apeal?

It seems that the kicker in every design problem is that one person likes "modern or contemporary" (which they don't know what that actually means) and one person likes "classical"- Oh-Ohh! they say, what a problem!- they giggle it off- and yes, tack on some shit to the enterance.

"these drawings leave a lot to be desired"

"At first blush..."

"We need to look at what this (pointing at some random element in the design) wants to be"

"There's not enough money in the budget to do that anymore"

Across(t). Last time I checked there was no "T" at the end of that word. Never heard this until I starting working in Kentucky. Is this a Kentucky thing?

Breakfass (withOUT the T) - I think it's a Michigan thing. Cryz, please confirm.

solid design, solid portfolio, solid ideas, solid tits.

and,

people reminding to others how to morph asses..

"...Going to the movies."

How many/what movies are you going to?

after reading all of this i feel bad for telling all the shit young designers how they are inexperienced and not as good as their 3rd year architecture school girlfriend tells them they are...

maybe i'll just say that from now on instead of "i think what you are trying to do..."

hardworking - as in a piece of furniture or window treatment.

i was "like" blah blah blah, so...

"Getting the nod"

"The United States is the Saudi Arabia of (insert energy source here, other than oil)"

"Alternate energy" (particularly when it's used to talk about anything other than solar and wind power)

Generally anyuse of slogans/buzz words/cliches.

Usually the people using them are idiots, but like to think they are 'pusing the envelope'

"it is what it is" - what the f is IT?

"no pun intended" - you are trying to hard, seriously

AD,

that one sounds like a prof I had at OSU (graf)

not really an expression, but something I noticed in my year out of school in the "high-end" residential...things are either "traditional" or "modern"

sort of

basically...

'i just threw up in my mouth a little bit'

'using green strategies' - especially in reference to a tower. especially being used my clients who travel everywhere in personal jets. especially.

"...starring sarah silverman."

"we are like a tink tank of ....."