who writes this stuff

who writes this stuff

slang A rhetorical question that emphasizes one's disdain for how something is written. Ugh, these greeting cards are all so sappy. Who writes this stuff? Who writes this stuff? That TV show wasn't funny at all—I didn't laugh once!
See also: stuff, this, who, write
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
See also:
  • back at it
  • back at it (again)
  • (I'm) not gonna lie
  • gonna
  • (I'm) not going to lie
  • be on (one's) back
  • be on somebody's back
  • be on someone's back
  • thirsty
  • back onto
References in periodicals archive
I invite the Minister for Truth, I mean the Cabinet Secretary for Education, to answer the question: who writes this stuff and who checks and approves it?
Zealots rewrite history
Who writes this stuff? And why does it need half a page of footnotes when a simple apology for boring me rigid would do?
Jaded journalism