When you spend hours on end in the same room with the same people day after day, everything that they do will eventually annoy you. This is especially true of words used in a certain combination over and over again like some sort of verbal chinese water torture. I’ve collected the most groan inducing offenders here for your enjoyment.
- Split the difference – I use this phrase 40-90 times a day and I hate myself a little more every time I say it. It means to place something halfway between where it was and where it is now. Also, used as comment that is made when you can’t think of another comment.
- Blowing smoke up your (my) ass – I dislike this one not just because of the gross visual it conjures but the fact that when you think about it it makes no sense at all. I’ve heard it used when someone is either lying to you or trying to butter you up in order to get you to do something (like stay late).
- Kiss it in a little – This one is annoying because it gives no specific or actionable input what-so-ever. It’s generally used when someone wants “just a little” of an element added to a particular shot. This phrase has the added benefit of making the Supe feel as if they have contributed something to the process when they have only angered everyone involved.
- From soup to nuts – It means the same thing as “The whole nine yards” but makes you sound like a total dorkus when you say it. It refers to the instance when you are doing everything there is to do for a sequence or task. It sounds cute the first 50 times you hear it then it just gets grating.
- Submit for final – Maybe I’m superstitious, but think that the presumptive use of the word “final” dooms a shot to at least 3-5 more revisions before it is finally accepted by the client. I prefer just straight version numbers on all the shots. Of course, looking at version 67 of a particular shot can also inspire a certain lack of confidence.
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