As long as we're throwing out phrases to be banned...

and "high-motor guy", and "he's very long"

off the schneid is mostly used on radio for teams picking up their first wins. It comes from, I believe, bridge or some other card game I do not play.

but I do like the phrase "all in"

 

I'm going to go Jose Guillen the next time someone uses the term "quarter pole" incorrectly. Which is the case about 99 percent of the time in the sports page. As in, the Los Angeles Angels hit the quarter pole Thursday night -- which they think means the season is one-quarter old. The quarter pole means the race has one-quarter of a mile left, not completed.

 

I also agree with "motor" don't all guys have one, it's just that d-linemen for some reason have "a great motor." I guess that means he can run into the O-line and sometimes take up two guys and open a hole for someone else.

from Wiki:

 

oh, and "score the ball." Don't get me started.

 

No idea what those even mean.

THANK YOU.

And "sneak peek": burn it down to save it. Used to be people misspelled "peek." Now they're misspelling "sneak" instead.

 

Cant throw out Groundhog Day... it's the only way I can describe my dropout troubles to Charter with my cable and internet

 

All good stuff, particularly the quarter pole.

And this "scandalgate" bullshit has to stop. I've been saying it to my wall for three years. Over the last three days, I've heard this Patriots thing referred to on the WWL as: CameraGate, SpyGate and VideoGate. Uggh.

 

I'd be happy if all newspapers banned this from the beginning of every quote (football players, especially, love to start sentences with this): "Basically, we just ......"

 

"Off load."
You don't "off load" something, you "unload" it.

Same as we don't "on load" something. We "load" it on the truck.

 

I don't know if it needs to be banned, but I'd venture to say that 99 percent of the usage of currently is redundant and pointless.

Currently the Rangers are 10-9

Don Pasquale is currently trying to develop a jump shot

I am currently checking out this tiny and wicked adorable brunette waiting for her coffee at the Starbucks who looks better in a t-shirt and glittery flip-flops than most women do dressed to the nines.

Rarely is the word needed. Often is the word used.

 

"Off the schneid" would be good . . . and it was fresh 30--40 years ago, when first placed in a sporting (rather than a card-playing) context . . . but it's been absolutely beaten to death by the Mouse's "talent" over the last decade.