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Phrases that make you Cringe

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cowgill

"... you know how to keep a draft horse working?"

Dec 9, 08 2:55 pm  · 
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hottttt!

May 30, 09 3:23 pm  · 
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blah

"Good bones"

It's usually stated by someone who:

A. Has no idea if something is sound or not

B. Someone that gets paid as much as or more than Architects do for less work and risk

;-)

May 30, 09 3:45 pm  · 
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awkeytect

here's one that's always on repeat for me:

'there is something you need to understand...'

May 31, 09 10:12 pm  · 
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****melt

"So how long do you think this will take you to do?"

Pertaining to something I've never before done.

May 31, 09 10:19 pm  · 
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xaia

'Fuck it...we're out of time.'

Jun 4, 09 7:11 pm  · 
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okram

"It costs what it costs"

Jun 5, 09 4:54 pm  · 
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chupacabra

"its sorta like __________"

when it is nothing like _________ at all.

Jun 5, 09 4:59 pm  · 
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Cherith Cutestory

LEED

Jun 5, 09 5:01 pm  · 
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Cherith Cutestory

"we have some real design opportunities with this project"

meaning:

our client has no money and could give a shit what the project looks likes. let's see how what we can do with a material palate that includes CMU blocks and stucco and standard details and components that the lazy, drunk and totally incompetent contractor that will get hired for the project can do reasonable well and will be easy for us to make addendum to when he fails to read the dimension plan and pours the foundation 4' to small. for instance.

Jun 5, 09 5:13 pm  · 
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Cherith Cutestory

"I hope you don't mind, but were going to need you to come in this weekend"

Jun 5, 09 5:14 pm  · 
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xaia

" - esque"

i.e.:

"gehry-esque"

"new orlean-esque"

"shitty-esque"

Jun 5, 09 7:40 pm  · 
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Cherith Cutestory

mandatory overtime

Jun 5, 09 10:05 pm  · 
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Cherith Cutestory

"well at least you have a job" or "you should be happy just to be employed"

Jun 5, 09 10:06 pm  · 
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xaia

"i like the way that feels..."

"i like the direction you're heading on this..."

effing pseudo-experts commenting on the shitty sketches on your desk

Jun 6, 09 11:00 am  · 
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xaia

"in a perfect world..."

"why?"

effing pseudo-assholes grandstanding during presentations on super shitty development.

Jun 6, 09 11:14 am  · 
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xaia

many have most probably heard, experienced, overused or inadvertantly thought of a majority of these so-called "phrases", "isms", whatever.

it's part of our dialogue.

hilarious... i mean "cringe".

Jun 8, 09 11:23 pm  · 
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newport2009

"ooh, that's sexy", "sexy design~"

Jun 9, 09 1:20 am  · 
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Larchinect

'phrases that make you cringe'

Are you all really 'cringing' upon the uttering of said phrases?

Jun 9, 09 2:12 am  · 
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Larchinect

Okay, I'll add:

'discharge' as in 'oily discharge.' and 'shrub it up' maybe, though sometimes that's all we can do.

Jun 9, 09 2:14 am  · 
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xaia

couple more:

"...do we really need all those columns?"

"...they'll figure it out in the field."

boring as it sounds, makes me wonder about the idiots i work with.

Jun 9, 09 4:32 pm  · 
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newport2009

speaking of columns, i knew an interior designer who would just erase columns to make the design work on cad. just "e" for erase, "enter" and magic! they were gone and the space was clear! i don't think anything tops that in the idiotic dept.

Jun 9, 09 5:20 pm  · 
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Cherith Cutestory

"It's going to be too hard to detail that."

Really? I mean they build Gehry's shit no problem. It's not like I'm asking for Sagrada Familia or anything. Just a simple cast-in-place wall. It's even 90 degrees!? WTF?

Jun 9, 09 5:30 pm  · 
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****melt

We are now going to a thirty-two hour work week.

Jun 9, 09 6:04 pm  · 
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****melt

Oops. I meant

"We are now going to a thirty-two hour work week."

Jun 9, 09 6:08 pm  · 
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xaia

"...don't worry about leaks, they'll just pooki the crap out of it."

"...can't afford cast stone, have you considered EIFS?"

Contractors are happy to share their vast knowledge of worldly construction experience as noted above...though I know some architects who say this as well.

Jun 9, 09 6:20 pm  · 
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xaia

newport2009...your "erasing columns" tale somewhat tops the idiots list, goes really well with:

"...coordinate with structural? for what?"

Jun 9, 09 6:42 pm  · 
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msudon

yeah ditto to newport2009 "that line drawing is so sexy", I don't think people realize how gendered that comment is, the way its casually thrown around is totally absurd. It is one thing when an idiosyncratic prof drops it and quite another when every male students starts using it in common parlance.

Jun 15, 09 3:29 pm  · 
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hillandrock

so, wait... women can't be turned on by visual imagery?

Jun 15, 09 3:34 pm  · 
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msudon

nope, I didn't say that. I want to convey how that particular vocabulary is not neutral, not professional and recreates a gendered power exchange. It uses language that can make people feel sexually-objectified and powerless. My post above refers to situations that I have seen, where male students are oblivious to the possible implications of their words.

Jun 15, 09 4:31 pm  · 
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hillandrock

Sexually-objectified is different that engendered. Take your male gaze bullshit some place else.

Jun 15, 09 4:42 pm  · 
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emaze
all of these
Jun 22, 09 2:52 pm  · 
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maya mcdifference

down to earth.

Jun 23, 09 2:39 pm  · 
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guybez

you'll love this!

my boss, when looking over my shoulder at a rendering of his building on my screen says,

"spin me around captain.." (FIRST PHRASE -asking me to rotate the model)

I reply,

"i cant, its not sketchup its photoshop"

he responds,

"ok, just helicopter" (SECOND PHRASE -asking me to tilt the view up)

I reply,

"I cant, its not sketchup its photoshop"


----------------and this process repeats itself :)

Jun 24, 09 7:05 am  · 
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Emilio

"Klaatu barada nikto!"

Jun 24, 09 6:20 pm  · 
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charles.ellinwood

"cutting edge"...i just saw a new discussion started with it and i cringed.

Jul 12, 09 7:21 pm  · 
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shubhra09

Actions speak louder than words

it's better to do something about a problem than to talk about it. It is seen every where.

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Jul 14, 09 11:38 pm  · 
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jplourde

irregardless

Jul 15, 09 1:02 pm  · 
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treebeard

"state-of-the-art facilities".... especially when it's clearly not.

Jul 15, 09 2:37 pm  · 
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treebeard

"you're an architect, you guys are supposed to be artistic, right?"

Jul 15, 09 2:40 pm  · 
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newport2009

hm...not so much of a phrase but when people like ibankers sorta categorize the creative people as the "creative people" and people like themselves or lawyers as the "smart people" as if your intelligence doesn't count in the creative field and creative thinking doesn't count in the business world. they're really the same thing where one would mean nothing without the other trait. that kind of ignorant generalization makes me cringe.....

Jul 15, 09 3:51 pm  · 
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Architecture or architects or people who teach architecture "interrogating" something...

Oct 2, 21 11:08 am  · 
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"the GIS data says..."

"the community"

"vibrant"

"resilient"


"


Oct 2, 21 11:58 am  · 
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Wood Guy

Too bad about, "resilient," as that's in my wheelhouse. But I understand and agree that it's overused. Also, "wheelhouse" is probably overused.

Oct 2, 21 1:22 pm  · 
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SneakyPete

Marc, do you mean resilient in all forms or when used in dialogue about communities?

Oct 4, 21 11:49 am  · 
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In dialogue about...

Oct 4, 21 4:58 pm  · 
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Woke.

Oct 2, 21 12:53 pm  · 
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citizen

How about "diverse, equitable and inclusive"? Each an important value, but when strung together as an inescapable, ubiquitous slogan, the words start to take the place of actions.

Oct 2, 21 2:55 pm  · 
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randomised

“woke” in general or when used to basically shut down and avert any potential personal blame or responsibility?

Oct 2, 21 4:38 pm  · 
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Wood Guy

"Unpack that"

"Circle back"

Saying, "right" after every sentence

"If I'm being honest" (am I to assume you're not being honest if you don't say this?!) 


Oct 2, 21 1:20 pm  · 
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citizen

^ Or saying "right right right" after every one of your sentences. If you don't have time to listen, just say so.

Oct 2, 21 2:49 pm  · 
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Questions

architects are like doctors of building

Oct 2, 21 1:40 pm  · 
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RJ87

"Architectural Designer"

"It will look fine from my house" - Implying they don't care because they'll never see it in person.

Oct 4, 21 11:14 am  · 
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reallynotmyname

The words "authenticity" and "storytelling"  when they are used by pretentious interior designers to describe their formulaic and predictable  work.

Oct 4, 21 11:27 am  · 
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reallynotmyname

"I worked in New York before moving to __________ to teach and open up a boutique firm."

Oct 4, 21 12:09 pm  · 
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JonathanLivingston

"Sync" 

Oct 4, 21 3:51 pm  · 
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tduds

.

Oct 4, 21 3:58 pm  · 
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JonathanLivingston

Not a fan of that type of "sync" but I understand it's necessary and a "hey can you sync?" is fine with me. 

If people just used the word "synchronize" it would be a lot better. But it has become the go-to verb instead of meet, discuss, find consensus, come together.

And the real kicker is when it's used in the past tense.  "did you two sync on this topic?.... yeah we sank"

Head explodes....

Oct 4, 21 6:14 pm  · 
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