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General => General Discussion => Topic started by: Perpetual Change on March 16, 2011, 08:46:10 PM
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I'm curious about this expression. Reason being, I've just started noticing people say it recently, especially here (then again, this place is my main contact with the English speaking world so...). Where is this from? Have people been saying this for a long time and I just never realized, or is this one of those phrases that's just starting to catch on recently?
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No, it has been around for quite a while. I say it every once in a while when the situation calls for it.
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I think it's a stupid phrase, personally.
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I think it's a stupid phrase, personally.
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just like when people say "it is what it is."
yeah, pretty pointless.
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No, it has been around for quite a while. I say it every once in a while when the situation calls for it.
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It's very common and has been around for a very long time. How it started, I don't know.
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I think it's a stupid phrase, personally.
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just like when people say "it is what it is."
yeah, pretty pointless.
No, "It is what it is" is the best phrase ever. Do you know how much trouble I've gotten out of by saying that?
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"It is what it is" is really one of those things you can just kinda say to dodge actually saying anything about any topic that might be a little sensitive around family or friends ever. :)
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"Son, why do you masturbate in the dishwasher?"
"It is what it is."
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Being a Philosophy major, I actually see a lot of validity and meaning in phrases like "It is what it is."
</pretentious bastard>
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"It is what it is."
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</pretentious bastard>
Yup.
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It's very common and has been around for a very long time. How it started, I don't know.
It is what it is.
^ Just proving that this phrase works for everything.
As far as the phrase "it's neither here nor there."
^ It is what it is AND it's neither here nor there. :lol
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"Son, why do you masturbate in the dishwasher?"
"It is what it is."
WIN
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It's very common and has been around for a very long time. How it started, I don't know.
It is what it is.
^ Just proving that this phrase works for everything.
As far as the phrase "it's neither here nor there."
^ It is what it is AND it's neither here nor there. :lol
And I could care less.
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It's very common and has been around for a very long time. How it started, I don't know.
It is what it is.
^ Just proving that this phrase works for everything.
As far as the phrase "it's neither here nor there."
^ It is what it is AND it's neither here nor there. :lol
And I could care less.
Now THAT'S a phrase I hate. >:( Makes 0 sense.
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It's very common and has been around for a very long time. How it started, I don't know.
It is what it is.
^ Just proving that this phrase works for everything.
As far as the phrase "it's neither here nor there."
^ It is what it is AND it's neither here nor there. :lol
And I could care less.
Now THAT'S a phrase I hate. >:( Makes 0 sense.
But really! I could care less!
IT IS WHAT IT IS
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Revisiting my original question, I have to say: I could care less. It is what it is. I'm just saying, you know? I'm not saying that I don't care at all, but I'm just saying: it's neither here nor there-- It simply just is what it is. That's just the way things go. I'm still working out the kinks.
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Revisiting my original question, I have to say: I could care less. It is what it is. I'm just saying, you know? I'm not saying that I don't care at all, but I'm just saying: it's neither here nor there-- It simply just is what it is. That's just the way things go. I'm still working out the kinks.
Well, I'll be.
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I prefer "Six of one or half a dozen of the other". Its a lot cooler.
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^ I know, right?!
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^ Killer opinion
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This thread is a hot mess.
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It's very common and has been around for a very long time. How it started, I don't know.
It is what it is.
^ Just proving that this phrase works for everything.
As far as the phrase "it's neither here nor there."
^ It is what it is AND it's neither here nor there. :lol
And I could care less.
Now THAT'S a phrase I hate. >:( Makes 0 sense.
It's the result of people somehow mishearing "I couldn't care less".
I couldn't care less
I couldn't care less
I couldn't care less
I couldn't care less
I couldn't care less
I couldn't care less
I couldn't care less
I couldn't car
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I hate when people say "must of", "should of", "could of".
I genuinely could care less about this.
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I hate when people say "must of", "should of", "could of".
I hate it when they spell it like that, because that makes no sense. But the actual words are "must've" "should've" and "could've" and they are contractions with the word "have". Nothing wrong with that.
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Win is here and there.
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Good thread.
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Good thread.
Yeah, it's devolved into a spam fest. I guess this thread can be locked now that I have my answer.
And, just to be on the safe side, a spam fest wasn't my intention; my intentions were actually pretty good and pretty clear-cut.
But that's neither here nor there.
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The phrase is certainly catching. ;)
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Yeah, I remember that phrase well over 10 years ago.
"That being said" is more recent.
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irregardless
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StJ-OK4jiSY
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I rarely hear "That's neither here nor there," and it sounds pretty silly anyways. "It is what it is," on the other hand, is pretty much a cooler way of saying "suck it up." I use it quite a bit.
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In my opinion it means not one of two extremes, but rather something that has started but has not yet reached its destination. It can apply to something physical or metaphorical:
"My drawing skills are neither here nor there" (not good but not bad) or "I'm neither here nor there in Rome" can be a location between the destination and the starting point.
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I think it's a stupid phrase, personally.
Seriously mang, your posts become 1000% greater when posted by that avatar you have there.
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One I've never understood is: "you can't have your cake and eat it too."
Not only is it possible to have your cake and also eat it, it would seem necessary to the act of eating the cake that one also possess it.
I've read a few "explanations" of this online, but I'll wait to see what others might say before I post any.
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I have a cake.
I want to eat my cake, but then still have it.
But if I eat it, it will be gone, so I won't still have it.
Hence I can't have my cake and eat it too.
Think "I want to spend my money but then also have money in the bank".
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Then the phrase should be "you can't save your cake for later and also eat it now."
Unless you don't eat all of it now but rather only a portion.
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Being a Philosophy major, I actually see a lot of validity and meaning in phrases like "It is what it is."
</pretentious bastard>
defend yourself, then.
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There's a 50/50 chance it could go either way.
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"Doctor gives him a 5/50 chance to live, though there's only a 10 percent chance of that."