Usually used by a client to justify some flimsy, tacky, aplique
Curb Appeal -
Usually used to justify brick in the front, siding on the sides, since the only purpose of architecture is to satisfy the desires of someone driving by in their SUV, who happens to glance at the building in the precise second that their gaze is perfectly orthagonal to the front elevation.
It is what it is -
Used by my PM when I point out he's designed the project into a corner, and the building has no hope of redemption.
Any mention of Mastics, Sealants, and Adhesives -
Usually used by Product reps to explain the ease of installing their new system, with copious amounts of the aforementioned substances.
Any others . . .
gustav
Dec 24, 04 7:44 am
"go with the tried and true" (how do you think that cycle started?)
Ms Beary
Dec 24, 04 1:36 pm
"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.
momentum
Dec 29, 04 8:50 pm
"_____, it's the new _______."
Ms Beary
Dec 29, 04 9:00 pm
"Are you still piddling around with that?"
mm
Dec 30, 04 9:06 am
"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."
BluLiteSpcl6321
Dec 30, 04 9:26 am
"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.
lexi
Dec 30, 04 11:01 am
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.
lexi
Dec 30, 04 11:08 am
also the word moist especially when used with juicy
A
Dec 30, 04 12:49 pm
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!
Erin Williams
Dec 30, 04 1:26 pm
"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
gustav
Dec 30, 04 1:45 pm
Another freshman prof:
"Well, there is a seed of architecture there" (read my above diatribe on profs)
A
"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"
e909
Feb 8, 05 3:00 am
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.
e909
Feb 8, 05 3:04 am
but i think it's 'flare'
e909
Feb 8, 05 3:11 am
"my concept is foliage. i am putting leaves everywhere" --a friend in my major (interior design)
Another one was happiness, as in colorful bubbles everywhere, and when asked to further explain and elaborate, she says "its just like...sooo happy!"
"Screwed the pooch" - Sounds like you fucked your dog. Gross.
or the neighbor's. but, what else does it mean?
"mad props" is getting old.
"getting old" is ...
e909
Feb 8, 05 3:32 am
"out of pocket"
possibly a king missile - mae west hybrid reference?
e909
Feb 8, 05 3:36 am
hehehe.
(sounds like a pervert)
beavis or butthead? i assume the effect is intentional.
e909
Feb 8, 05 3:39 am
"Wake me up in half an hour"
not what you want to hear while having sex.
Mission St.
Feb 8, 05 3:51 am
"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"
pedropolis
Feb 8, 05 11:28 am
Let's "Rock'n Roll", referring to cranking out project work. Every PM in my firm uses that phrase.
Sullivan.DJ
Feb 8, 05 11:54 am
"so you're the detail guy" when a coworker doesn't feel like drawing something.
lush
Feb 8, 05 12:08 pm
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
5
Feb 8, 05 1:05 pm
any statement that includes the word "duality"
"this, like, embraces the DUALITY between..."
NO IT DOESN'T!
eu80
Feb 8, 05 1:19 pm
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.
FRO
Feb 8, 05 1:50 pm
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.....
drums please, Fab?
Feb 8, 05 1:56 pm
i'll be honest with you ...
oh, so you were lying to me before?
me: do you like this project?
co-worker: yes and no.
Evil Mayan Midget God
Feb 8, 05 2:10 pm
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?â€Â) 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).
Steven Ward
Feb 8, 05 3:58 pm
vice vesra
drums please, Fab?
Feb 8, 05 4:01 pm
vice vesra
PWNED!!
vado retro
Feb 8, 05 6:26 pm
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.
ANN7
Feb 8, 05 6:46 pm
"the entry really wants to be here"
no, it doesn't.
sixfiveoh
Feb 9, 05 4:12 pm
"sort of.."
with an english accent.
crush
Feb 9, 05 4:33 pm
"just speaking out-loud here....."
enzo76
Feb 9, 05 6:18 pm
was this covered?
"only an architect would notice that"
e909
Feb 10, 05 2:57 pm
i'll be honest with you ...
oh, so you were lying to me before?
yeah. and won't tell you when the lying re-exudes
e909
Feb 10, 05 3:29 pm
"word"
"piss, out (10-4)"
biomec
Feb 11, 05 12:16 am
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
Oana S.
Feb 11, 05 6:09 am
' we gave you this unique chance...'
' u are so lucky!'
' u should be thankful for having this chance.'
btab
Feb 11, 05 5:23 pm
"less is more, more or less"
pgb
Feb 12, 05 9:31 am
"you have a degree in architecture? (insert any thing about Frank Llyod Wright here)"
meversusyou
Mar 25, 05 7:02 pm
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.
whitllam
Mar 25, 05 7:54 pm
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...
alphanumericcha
Mar 25, 05 8:16 pm
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 :|
Cloutier
Mar 25, 05 8:44 pm
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"
Steven Ward
Mar 26, 05 7:33 am
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.
LenaV
Mar 26, 05 9:43 am
"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.
Bang for your Buck -
Usually used by a client to justify some flimsy, tacky, aplique
Curb Appeal -
Usually used to justify brick in the front, siding on the sides, since the only purpose of architecture is to satisfy the desires of someone driving by in their SUV, who happens to glance at the building in the precise second that their gaze is perfectly orthagonal to the front elevation.
It is what it is -
Used by my PM when I point out he's designed the project into a corner, and the building has no hope of redemption.
Any mention of Mastics, Sealants, and Adhesives -
Usually used by Product reps to explain the ease of installing their new system, with copious amounts of the aforementioned substances.
Any others . . .
"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)
A
"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'
Another one was happiness, as in colorful bubbles everywhere, and when asked to further explain and elaborate, she says "its just like...sooo happy!"
ahh, i love my major.
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?
(sounds like a pervert)
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?â€Â) 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
vice vesra
PWNED!!
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"
oh, so you were lying to me before?
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"