So I’ve been hosting KCL now for about a year and a half, and it’s recently come to my attention that I tend to use the same colloquial catchphrases over and over and over.  According to my co-host Michelle, I have uttered these terms approximately 892,516 times.  Who knew? (Oops, “who knew”, there’s one right there.)

Call it a crutch. Call it nervous energy. Call it diarrhea of the mouth. Whatever the case, I don’t like dead air and I usually have some go-to phrases that I keep in my back pocket for such an emergency.  My videographer Nick calls them “Mackie-isms”.  Unbeknownst to me, the crew is now keeping a tally card of some of my more popular, uh, “isms”.

If there were a drinking game involved in this, most of KC would likely have been hospitalized for alcohol poisoning by now.  Here now is some verbiage that I should immediately retire, but probably won’t:

*Girl, Girlfriend, GURL!, Hey, Girl, Hey! (Each of these is subtle in their own way. I can use it as a term of endearment, a way to chastise someone, a greeting, an exclamation or, my favorite, a way to add emphasis to anything I say.)

*Duly noted. (It just sounds better than say “uh-huh”.)

*Well, duh. (This too sounds better than saying, “You’re a moron.”)

*Easy-peasy (Frankly, I’m not sure where this one came from. It makes me sound like a simpleton … or a Sunday school teacher. This one should probably be squelched.)

*Fine friends and/or fine folks. (I like to use the word “fine” when I’m chatting about acquaintances or the masses. Plus, ain’t alliteration always appreciated?)

*Just sayin’. (From time to time — read that: 98% of the time — I’ll punctuate an opinion with a hearty “just sayin'”.  It reinforces whatever I just presented and reminds the general public that I always think I’m right.)

*What she said. (Michelle will occasionally say something and if, on the off chance, I have nothing to add to it I’ll agree with her … without actually agreeing with her.)

*Yummo. (Rachel Ray I am not. This needs to be retired immediately if not sooner.)

*This is why we can’t have nice things.  (Not a month goes by where something doesn’t break, crash to the ground, explode or get knocked over and break on live TV. This is my go-to phrase when things go wrong and/or are destroyed in a blaze of glory.)

I’m sure there are about 50 more Mackie-isms in my repertoire that I use on a semi-regular basis.  What can I say … don’t judge me.

Crap. Don’t judge me is, like, my favorite catchphrase of all time.  I may need professional help.