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"It is what it is." 10/30/2008

Mike W. and I both agreed that everyone is saying this phrase now. I hear it mostly at work, but I've seen it in blogs and junk, too. It is becoming my new most hated phrase, but does anyone know where it came from? How did it become so popular?

15 responses to ""It is what it is.""

NateHudd

10/31/2008 8:23:28 AM

Quit getting pissed. That saying is what it is. I prefer "What it do?!"

Greg

10/31/2008 10:54:47 AM

Anything is better than "it is what it is."

Luke

10/31/2008 1:06:13 PM

Never heard o' it. Ever. However with the economy in the state it iz perhaps people are using it so frequently because they realize we have very little control of thingz in life and worrying about it just wastes energy. Also I didn't notice before but the spell checker in this app iz sweet.

Greg

10/31/2008 3:50:31 PM

Firefox has one. But it seems like feature that you probably don't need in a browser.

yindotrunks

10/31/2008 4:17:35 PM

huzzah!

Greg

10/31/2008 4:22:55 PM

Stop.

NateHudd

10/31/2008 7:19:40 PM

Collaborate and listen.

Eric

11/1/2008 3:35:52 AM

This saying has too many pronouns in it with nothing to refer anaphorically to. What is what what is? On a tangent, I believe the saying God damn it could use some clarification too. We all take it for granted that God knows exactly what we want damned.

Greg

11/1/2008 12:04:04 PM

"Collaborate and listen"?

yindotrunks

11/1/2008 1:41:54 PM

Ice is back with my brand new invention.

NateHudd

11/1/2008 3:48:32 PM

At least one Hendricks isn't retarded.

Greg

11/1/2008 5:29:08 PM

THX

Ryan

11/1/2008 9:32:47 PM

I hear that on average once a day in the office. If I talk to the right people, I can get four or five times in fifteen minutes.

Greg

11/1/2008 10:39:05 PM

Wow. That is pretty impressive. And also very distressing to hear.

Fergblog (edited once)

11/4/2008 11:06:51 AM

It ain't what it ain't