What's with this new .com craze in sentences

Webmonkey · 22-08-2010 12:09pm #1

As time goes on more and more people I know especially on facebook seem to be using .com after every verb, for example I'm bored.com, I'm tired.com, wrecked.com. FFS it's awful, who came up with this? I've heard Ruth Scott on 2fm using this as well.

First of all I thought it was just girls that done it, now I noticed a former class mate update his facebook status with wrecked.com. It's cringe worthy!

Doyler92 · 22-08-2010 12:10pm

Doubt it will last, tbh.

SV · 22-08-2010 12:12pm

I dunno but it makes me feel like murdering them

Cheap Thrills! · 22-08-2010 12:12pm

oh FFs thats not new, thats as old as time.com :rolleyes:

GLaDOS · 22-08-2010 12:12pm

Heard it once or twice, it's amsuing when people think they're being trendy and witty.

iPlop · 22-08-2010 12:13pm

It's notsobad.com/chillout;)

billy the squid · 22-08-2010 12:13pm

probably has its origins in some of the confused.com advertisements.

mickydoomsux · 22-08-2010 12:13pm

I have never heard anyone say that. Ever.

Webmonkey · 22-08-2010 12:14pm

I only started hearing it lately, in the last 2 months or so. Maybe it just catching on down here now. It's bad enough in fairness.

22-08-2010 12:14pm

It's gay as christmas and I heard it years ago. I hid a girl from my facebook feed last week cause she said "hungover.com". I just checked and I've actually hidden over 40 friends from my feed now.

Willbbz · 22-08-2010 12:16pm

Probablyjustatrend.com/Webmonkey

billy the squid · 22-08-2010 12:17pm

Deleted User wrote: »

It's gay as christmas and I heard it years ago. I hid a girl from my facebook feed last week cause she said "hungover.com". I just checked and I've actually hidden over 40 friends from my feed now.

saying things are gay is somewhat hypocritical don't you think. adding a sertain negativity to people of a different sexual orientation is not right.

Donkey Oaty · 22-08-2010 12:20pm

billy the squid wrote: »

saying things are gay is somewhat hypocritical don't you think. adding a sertain negativity to people of a different sexual orientation is not right.

pcbrigade.com

IamtheWalrus · 22-08-2010 12:23pm

It's a phase that will pass. It's used by those pretending to be hip/with it.

The previous phase is/was the use of the word 'random' in very deterministic situations. You will find many Facebook picture albums called 'Randomness'.

Tomebagel · 22-08-2010 12:23pm

its not new, itsancient.com

jester77 · 22-08-2010 12:23pm

Let me google.com that!

Slunk · 22-08-2010 12:25pm

I hate idiots that use this phrase. Have hidden a fewon facebook for this, generally locked.com locko.com etc . I know you can drink, so fcukin what

22-08-2010 12:25pm

billy the squid wrote: »

saying things are gay is somewhat hypocritical don't you think. adding a sertain negativity to people of a different sexual orientation is not right.

This isn't the thread for that argument.

Jammyc · 22-08-2010 12:26pm

I once heard my cousin call someone a bitch.com

I was confused.

ciano1 · 22-08-2010 12:29pm

To make it worse, whenever I try to visit those sites I get a 404

starlit · 22-08-2010 12:37pm

Its probably a phase.

Sinfonia · 22-08-2010 12:38pm

IamtheWalrus wrote: »

It's a phase that will pass. It's used by those pretending to be hip/with it.

The previous phase is/was the use of the word 'random' in very deterministic situations. You will find many Facebook picture albums called 'Randomness'.

Yeah, I hate this. "Randomness": Here's a collection of photos of me and the girls randomly going to the same club every week. We are random. Somehow.

Actually, the redundant addition of 'ness' to words annoys me too.

Jammyc wrote: »

I was confused.

Must...Not...Say...It....GAAAH dotcom

Dermighty · 22-08-2010 12:39pm

Webmonkey wrote: »

wreaked.com

wreaked eg: to wreak havoc

wrecked eg: I'm wrecked tired

/spellingnazi

we'llallhavetea_old · 22-08-2010 12:42pm

it's so fcuking retarded. the amount of facebook updates of "omfg i am dying.com" is sickening.

22-08-2010 1:38pm

it a new low in popular culture ... anyone using this phrase should be put out of their misery

bleg · 22-08-2010 1:39pm

This internet thing is only a phase, it will never last.

aine-maire · 22-08-2010 1:40pm

Webmonkey wrote: »

after every verb, for example I'm bored.com, I'm tired.com, wreaked.com.

None of those are verbs.

I don't think it's a new craze anyway, it's just had a bit of a revival on facebook. It makes no sense. :mad:
At least I haven't heard people say it in real life yet

mickydoomsux · 22-08-2010 1:41pm

we'llallhavetea wrote: »

it's so fcuking retarded. the amount of facebook updates of "omfg i am dying.com" is sickening.

Ah, that's why i haven't seen it so. I don't take part in all that Facebook ****e.

Micky Dolenz · 22-08-2010 1:42pm

It's only a phrase they are going through.

alwaysadub · 22-08-2010 1:44pm

I've never noticed any of my friends on Facebook saying that, or saying it in real life either.

Thank fcuk,cos i might just hit them if they did.

Lia_lia · 22-08-2010 1:49pm

omgrandom.com!!

I've heard people say .ie at the end of words now too. Kinda lame.com.

Irish Guitarist · 22-08-2010 2:12pm

The first person I heard say it was Catherine Tate a few years ago. I don't know if she started it though.

Adyx · 22-08-2010 2:36pm

Tim Comerford from RATM was credited on one of their albums as tim.com.

robinph · 22-08-2010 2:43pm

Irish Guitarist wrote: »

The first person I heard say it was Catherine Tate a few years ago. I don't know if she started it though.

I'd say it's a bit older than however long shes been on the box. Sure that people would have used the phrase back in the late '90's early 2000's, when the internet was going .com mad. Don't suppose the character she had saying it was supposed to be from back around then by any chance?

Gunsfortoys · 22-08-2010 3:32pm

Ireland is fast becoming a mini America with these phrases.

fontanalis · 22-08-2010 3:34pm

Ruth Scott is a muppet.org/talentless

WindSock · 22-08-2010 3:37pm

I like to be patriotic and say .ie.

earwax_man · 22-08-2010 3:37pm

I've heard people say things such as:

"Hello, I'm XXX YYY... DOT COM."

It was kinda funny to begin with, but now it's just annoying as hell. :cool:

stripysocks85 · 22-08-2010 3:39pm

Webmonkey wrote: »

As time goes on more and more people I know especially on facebook seem to be using .com after every verb, for example I'm bored.com, I'm tired.com, wreaked.com. FFS it's awful, who came up with this? I've heard Ruth Scott on 2fm using this as well.

First of all I thought it was just girls that done it, now I noticed a former class mate update his facebook status with wreaked.com. It's cringe worthy!

I flipping hate this and thought I was the only one who didn't understand what was going on!! I thought it had faded away again as quickly, but no, I've viewed it on a few peoples profiles lately!! It's stupid.

Oh and what's wreaked.com? ................

Deus Ex Machina · 22-08-2010 3:43pm

It really isn't any different to any of these memes which pop up among those who allow their vocabulary to be dictated by what appears to be cool for 15 minutes. Another example is the affix "out", most often used in conjunction with the word happy:"I'm happy-out." They usually have a brief shelf life because they are patently stupid and annoying, a fact which becomes clear as soon as the novelty wears out.

The greeting, "what's the script?" used to annoy me a lot, but it barely got off the ground at all (at least in my experience) so I was spared the pain of hearing it all too often.

natsuko · 22-08-2010 3:48pm

i think it is a lot to do with confused.com but i remember using it years ago a couple of times for my own amusement, never stuck though. I shoulda copyrighted the trend! :P

Piriz · 22-08-2010 3:53pm

How about OMG.ie ???

anyone?

yea well you wait till some toff reads this and it'll be all OMG.ie in UCD.......you'll see!

I coined that ****!

bonzodog2 · 22-08-2010 4:03pm

Piriz wrote: »

How about OMG.ie ???

anyone?

yea well you wait till some toff reads this and it'll be all OMG.ie in UCD.......you'll see!

I coined that ****!

Quick! Copyright it ! You'll be minted.com by the end of the year ! Or possibly minted.ie

KnifeWRENCH · 22-08-2010 4:14pm

I'M OSCAR. DOT COM.

/Arrested Development

Webmonkey · 22-08-2010 4:22pm

KnifeWRENCH wrote: »

I'M OSCAR. DOT COM.

/Arrested Development

Deadly show. Can't wait for movie.

consultech · 22-08-2010 4:39pm

Ha, this is weird. I was gonna start this thread earlier because two girls on mine, one after another, completely unconnected, had "www.absolutelydyin.com" as their status update.

Let me guess OP: "www.inbits.com" or "www.locked.com" or somethin along those lines?

Irish Guitarist wrote: »

The first person I heard say it was Catherine Tate a few years ago. I don't know if she started it though.

She did in her dire comedic sh1te. I cite Dennis Leary's Lock and Load from 2000/2001. I remember him saying it way too much back then: "WWW.WHATTHEFUCK.COM".

Webmonkey · 22-08-2010 4:42pm

EverythingBlue wrote: »

Does anyone do this in person.com?

If on live radio, then yes...Ruth Scott, she's very annoying.

Davidius · 22-08-2010 4:46pm

I've never heard anybody say it but it sounds fairly annoying.

Irish Guitarist · 22-08-2010 5:19pm

robinph wrote: »

I'd say it's a bit older than however long shes been on the box. Sure that people would have used the phrase back in the late '90's early 2000's, when the internet was going .com mad. Don't suppose the character she had saying it was supposed to be from back around then by any chance?

The character was a foul mouthed grandmother referred to as 'Nan'. It's hard to say what age she was supposed to be but at a guess I'd say she was supposed to be in her seventies. I think the episode was broadcast in 2003 or 2004. I think the quote was "It's too last minute.com". She also said in a later episode "it's too f***ing late.co.uk".

RolandIRL · 22-08-2010 5:30pm

just seen my cousin using it on stalkbook....just want to hit him.

*facepalm*

sashafierce · 22-08-2010 5:33pm

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