What Phrase Would You Use To Describe People?

McKayMachina
McKayMachina Posts: 2,670 Member
edited October 4 in Chit-Chat
If you had to describe the people in your country as a whole...what word or phrase would you use?

I was thinking about the shrill, hyperbolic, entertainment-fixated state of Americans the last 20 years and I think the phrase OH MY GOD really says it all.

Plus, the whole atheism vs. religion movement, which is still brand new, but no matter which side of this issue you stand on, "Oh my god" is enough to incite most people into an argumentative frenzy.

But this phrase is used in times of joy, disbelief, hardship, sarcasm and in all manner of scenarios. I'm curious what you would pick.

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  • MB_Positif
    MB_Positif Posts: 8,897 Member
    Haha, I think I would just go with, "Really? I mean, really?"
  • CaptainGordo
    CaptainGordo Posts: 4,437 Member
    :indifferent:
  • AppleADayAmber
    AppleADayAmber Posts: 69
    " excuses, excuses, excuses" lol ... ur post reminds me of the book " eat, pray, love" when the italian asks her to describe herself in one word :)
  • wbgolden
    wbgolden Posts: 2,066 Member
    "Ignorant of why they are bipedal"
  • sunkisses
    sunkisses Posts: 2,365 Member
    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    <---"I'm with stupid."--->
    vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv
  • k2quiere
    k2quiere Posts: 4,151 Member
    WTF???
  • AppleADayAmber
    AppleADayAmber Posts: 69
    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
    <---"I'm with stupid."--->
    vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv

    lol.. too funny
  • McKayMachina
    McKayMachina Posts: 2,670 Member
    Or maybe the word, "freaking."

    I remember when everyone started using that word when I was in elementary school. Some of our parents hated it but now use it with reckless abandon. Who am I kidding...the parents who wouldn't let us watch The Simpsons or Beavis & Butthead now curse like sailors. But yea, freakin' speaks to our inherent misdiagnosis and understanding of language as "good" or "bad." Fake swear words like heck, darn, fudge and shoot are just as "bad" as their actual swear word counterparts. I would argue they're just as "good" as any other word, too. But people are so concerned with being PC that these ugly little fakies pop up. I vote for no censorship! Hint, hint, Mike. :happy:
  • goldfinger88
    goldfinger88 Posts: 686 Member
    Frightened is the word I would use to describe Americans at this moment in history.
  • CaptainGordo
    CaptainGordo Posts: 4,437 Member
    Most folks are good, decent, hard-working people. It's the idiots that get more media attention. Looking away from the TV and Internet, and conversing with folks, you will realize that most are willing to get along regardless of their religious beliefs, and use common sense. Don't believe the media's depiction of the average American.
  • MB_Positif
    MB_Positif Posts: 8,897 Member
    :indifferent:

    I would consider most of this phrase to be true...except I really think it depends on where you live! :tongue:

    What the heck, it didn't quote the whole post I quoted, it was the one about most people are good, hardworking, etc...
  • Qarol
    Qarol Posts: 6,171 Member
    As a nation, I believe Americans are proud. This can be good or bad.
  • CaptainGordo
    CaptainGordo Posts: 4,437 Member
    :indifferent:

    I would consider most of this phrase to be true...except I really think it depends on where you live! :tongue:

    What the heck, it didn't quote the whole post I quoted, it was the one about most people are good, hardworking, etc...
    I moved my sentiments down to another comment. Sorry! :flowerforyou:
  • TDGee
    TDGee Posts: 2,209 Member
    In a word, American.
  • MB_Positif
    MB_Positif Posts: 8,897 Member
    :indifferent:

    I would consider most of this phrase to be true...except I really think it depends on where you live! :tongue:

    What the heck, it didn't quote the whole post I quoted, it was the one about most people are good, hardworking, etc...
    I moved my sentiments down to another comment. Sorry! :flowerforyou:

    Haha, no worries! I scrolled down and saw it and started questioning the affects of former drug use on my brain...
  • MB_Positif
    MB_Positif Posts: 8,897 Member
    :indifferent:

    I would consider most of this phrase to be true...except I really think it depends on where you live! :tongue:

    What the heck, it didn't quote the whole post I quoted, it was the one about most people are good, hardworking, etc...
    I moved my sentiments down to another comment. Sorry! :flowerforyou:

    Haha, no worries! I scrolled down and saw it and started questioning the affects of former drug use on my brain...

    crap, was that supposed to be affects or effects?
  • McKayMachina
    McKayMachina Posts: 2,670 Member

    crap, was that supposed to be affects or effects?

    Effects.

    You are affected by effects.
  • WarriorMom2012
    WarriorMom2012 Posts: 621 Member
    We've become a nation of euphemisms so I'd have to say...OMG WTF?!
  • McKayMachina
    McKayMachina Posts: 2,670 Member
    We've become a nation of euphemisms so I'd have to say...OMG WTF?!

    You mean initialisms. ;p
  • CaptainGordo
    CaptainGordo Posts: 4,437 Member
    A phrase that does describe more Americans -- and the world as a whole -- than I would prefer is: Coddled into serfdom.
  • Unwrapping_Candy
    Unwrapping_Candy Posts: 487 Member
    ad discrimen extremum
  • CaptainGordo
    CaptainGordo Posts: 4,437 Member
    ad discrimen extremum
    Gesundheit. :wink:
  • sunkisses
    sunkisses Posts: 2,365 Member
    A phrase that does describe more Americans -- and the world as a whole -- than I would prefer is: Coddled into serfdom.
    ooh or "Made in China"
  • CaptainGordo
    CaptainGordo Posts: 4,437 Member
    A phrase that does describe more Americans -- and the world as a whole -- than I would prefer is: Coddled into serfdom.
    ooh or "Made in China"
    Now, that we're nearly all guilty of.
  • sunkisses
    sunkisses Posts: 2,365 Member
    A phrase that does describe more Americans -- and the world as a whole -- than I would prefer is: Coddled into serfdom.
    ooh or "Made in China"
    Now, that we're nearly all guilty of.
    Indeed. *tucks away dollar store knick-nacks*
  • elbandito
    elbandito Posts: 157
    Frightened is the word I would use to describe Americans at this moment in history.

    And almost any other moment in history if you look at everything from The Red Scare, the Cold War, the Oil Crisis of the 70s... and then some. It's pretty broadly and generally applicable.
  • poisongirl6485
    poisongirl6485 Posts: 1,487 Member
    LOLWUT is pretty accurate.
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