'It is what it is'

[Doonewanker]

Has anyone else now had quite enough of this phrase? It's been around for donkey's years but surely it's now facing a total overkill over the past year or two on telly, social media and amongst friends. Politicians and reality tv slebs use it as frequently as each other.

DH has started to use it now and said it to me quite earnestly over the phone this pm. He has no idea how it makes my teeth itch. I should tell him. Before I kill him.

Well. There we are then.

To be honest op it is what it is.

Oh no, is it a thing? I say it all the time, always have. In my effort to be stoical instead of flipping out over things.

que sera, sera

Quite right. And it isn't what it isn't. Unless we're talking about being a woman.

Aye... this is it.

(As my dad says uselessly after I tell him anything!)

It's just a trend right now and irritates me!

It's such a useful phrase, I can see why people are going for it.

Que sera sera it is...

This is it or que sera sera are fine. I agree op it is what it is has suddenly sprung out of nowhere and made a bid for World dominance

Oh god, I hate “it is what it is”. It just seems so smug or passive.

StealthPolarBear

NO. "This is it" is NOT fine!

My dad uses it to end any conversation where he doesn't know what to say, it drives me mad!

Horrible business speak leaking out into the rest of the world.

It's a cop out. No it IS because you can't be arsed or don't want to change IT!

There are things that can't be changed, that you have to accept. But it's rarely used in that context. It's always used in the most absurdly trivial ways.

I blame Leo McGarry on the West Wing. He was the first one I remember saying it. Then I think it was a recurrent phrase of Donald Rumsfeld or some real life tosser.

Well, we are where we are now aren’t we?

Dh (very rarely) says "this is how it's going to be". Oooh it makes me livid.

I'd jump off a bridge if his argument otherwise ended like that.

What can I say?

Thank God. I have found (a few) of my people.

(a few of)

Fuck it. It would appear I'm a pedant anyway.

At the end of the day it's just one of those things. Suck it up.

What can I say?

Aaaaaaaaaargh!

Stop it.

It isn't as annoying as "you do you".

"look after you"
"me time"
Urgh

Why don’t we try some blue sky thinking to come up with an alternative?

Let’s all think outside the box here.