09-02-2011, 06:21 PM
It is what it is...
Ok, it's NOT new, but it's fricken EVERYWHERE now. You can't listen to a single sports interview without hearing that phrase at least once...
It seems to be code for, "I'm not really sure..." or "If I had a better vocabulary, I could give you a real answer"
http://www.google.com/search?q=%22It+is+what+it+is%22&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a
(21 million hits - ugh...)
/rant
Ok, it's NOT new, but it's fricken EVERYWHERE now. You can't listen to a single sports interview without hearing that phrase at least once...
It seems to be code for, "I'm not really sure..." or "If I had a better vocabulary, I could give you a real answer"
http://www.google.com/search?q=%22It+is+what+it+is%22&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a
(21 million hits - ugh...)
/rant