{"id":187,"date":"2006-11-10T19:48:36","date_gmt":"2006-11-11T03:48:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/godammit.com\/2006\/11\/10\/it-isnt-what-it-is\/"},"modified":"2007-05-27T20:08:11","modified_gmt":"2007-05-28T04:08:11","slug":"it-isnt-what-it-is","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/godammit.com\/it-isnt-what-it-is\/","title":{"rendered":"It Isn’t What It Is"},"content":{"rendered":"

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In answer to a reporter\u2019s question about the election results, Tony Snow responded \u201cIt is what it is.”<\/p>\n

Jesus Christ, I hate<\/a> that expression. It\u2019s the fucking worst, is what it is. It has roughly the same informative value as the expression \u201cYes and no.” I hate that one, too.<\/p>\n

Why must people torture me with this horrible misuse of language? Words and expressions that became sickening years ago are still going strong. Is everybody deaf? Another one that persists is \u201cThat said,” after which you contradict what you said previously. Make it stop! Wouldn\u2019t you think that \u201cAt the end of the day” could only be used facetiously? \u00a0 At the end of the day, you still need to suffer through these excruciating clich\u00e9s.<\/p>\n

So I screwed around and found Urban Dictionary<\/a>, where you can drive yourself insane with pleasure or outrage, depending on your outlook. Just scrolling around there is like walking through a cloud of killer bees, or being electrocuted. \u201cI\u2019d hit it!” almost made me scream out loud.<\/p>\n

Every possible contemporary clich\u00e9 is listed there, including all the ones you managed to somehow get over. The ones I sort of liked, such as \u201cI\u2019m Rick James, Bitch,” now make me sick, merely by their presence alongside shit like \u201ctonsil hockey” or \u201coh no you di\u2019int.”<\/p>\n

Still, it\u2019s almost comforting to read the definitions of the word \u201crandom,” LOL. \u00a0And if you hear an unfamiliar term, you can find out what it means. For instance, I just heard \u201cCome to Jesus” for the first time last week, and now I know how to use it. Someone somewhere must be sick to death of Come to Jesus, but it\u2019s new to me, so I\u2019m planning to have some fun with it, irregardless. To anyone who gets annoyed: Don\u2019t even try to run up on my shit.
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