Oh you're an adult? Really? I had no idea by the way you speak...

You don't have to disrespect and insult others simply to hold your own ground. If you do, that shows how shaky your own position is. Red Haircrow

I have a real issue with people who assert their opinions about all manner of topics with disrespect, derision, patronizing, and foul language. To use words that are laced with those characteristics is to send the message that you aren't totally secure in what you are saying you believe. Haircrow has absolutely nailed it with today's quote. In fact, even though I went "on and on" about how wonderful and vital words are yesterday, the best way to hold our ground on our opinions is to - wait for it - say not much at all. *GASP* Why not just live out what you believe about XYZ? And when you do feel a need to talk about it why resort to using disrespectful tones and language? I just don't see the need. We are adults, let's act like ones! And to get back to the point of today's quote - if you are so secure in your opinions, beliefs, etc then why do you get so hot-headed and disrespectful? No really, why? Think through that. Be logical and reasonable even within yourself. Could it be that you harbor doubts? Could it be that you are unsure of your facts? Or is is that you are just a mean and disrespectful person? I'm being for real here. Want to prove to *me* that you stand firmly on and by your opinions and beliefs? The quit talking and act like it.

Call it a Day

The literal use of this phrase hails from 1838 when the phrase originally was "call it half a day" to mean leaving work early. (source) The modern use of the phrase is to indicate ending something due to false sense of accomplishment.

More bang for your buck

This phrase was used a lot in 1953 but an earlier citation puts it at 1940 in a Metals and Plastics Publications advertisement. Read about it here . The phrase means you get more for your money.

Butter someone up

There are two probable origins for this idiom and I think both are equally plausible. The first one is that when you spread butter on bread you are buttering it up like one would do when trying to flatter someone. The second is in ancient India there was a practice of throwing balls of butter at statues to ask for favor, i.e. buttering them up. ( source ) When we use the phrase today we generally mean that extreme flattery is used to gain information or favor. It's not always necessarily a compliment.

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