i'm also really repulsed by the popular "shit eating grin" idiom because it doesn't make any sense and its gross and nerdy dudes say it ALL THE TIME for some reason. its part of nerd patois or something and i'm like stop it. stop it right now. its in the same category as the "its called {...}" response (e.g. its called being patronizing & cloying) or "amazeballs" or "all of the win" that kind of shit
i guess i got more annoyed by those kind of cliches because i read an excellent essay by orwell about use of language and he's very critical of idiom & cliche that doesn't make literal sense. i mean he doesn't even want you to really use cliches or idioms at all but if you are, at the very least it should make sense.
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