Common phrases that society should phase out

"You know what happens when you assume? You make an ass at of you and me."

People think they are so clever saying this and I think some people think no one has ever heard this expression before. It's the worst and I literally want to punch the next person I hear say it.

 

"No problem" In response from a customer requesting something that is part of your job.

"May I have another Coke"? The response should be, "My pleasure"!

"No problem" should be in response to something like, "Sorry, I dented your car, but I'll pay for it".

 

And yet, you assume I've heard this expression...

 

"Have a nice day."

 

See bold item above ...

 

Oh, yes. Agree absolutely.

As it happens, 'Lol' is one of my particular bêtes noires, too……..

 

Any like sentence like involving "like", like.

 

Not a fan of lol or loling either.

The first time I ever read "loling" was in a colleague's email. Why mention they were lolling around? Didn't they have work to do? Strange thing to put in an email.

You see, to my internet-newbie mind, lolling around was something cats did in a sunny spot on the ground. Usually on a summer afternoon after a really good feed. People might do it too, I supposed. Why not? Still a strange thing to mention in an email.

So even now, whenever I see "LOL" or "Lol-ing", I still imagine the painting "Land of Cockaigne" by Pieter Bruegel the Elder. Those folks knew how to loll around:

 

I do that a lot, too.

 

At the end of the day
To be honest with you
It is what it is

 

Where to begin?

"With all due respect.." - followed immediately by an assertion that plumbs the utter depths of disrespect.

Speaking of which, I think its time we ditched "diss" - straight after we toss "throw xxx under the bus" into the garbage can it has belonged in for a long, long time. A bus, forsooth....

Although, I would be lying if I said I'd be sad if someone got run over by a bus when they were doing their happy dance..

When did happy dance become a thing? (Which, BTW, is a thing that we ought to not do anymore.)

Jus' Sayin'.....

Which - it really does go without saying - is pretty much of an annoying affectation for any middle-class caucasian to be uttering, ever.

 

"moving forward"

why is this only ever used in business? nobody says this at home

 

I am so sick of this phrase.... especially since I always hear it from a particular co-worker over and over .... it is her go to phrase for anything and everything....


And my contribution to this thread.... "Let's be clear.... ". I begin to tune out the minute I hear a sentence begin with it.

 

Hahaha, very nice. Too bad I put a moratorium on LOL, because I actually did laugh out loud at that.

I have a colleague that overuses a variant of that, "Let me be clear", always in the context of re-stating the obvious, but it also carries a slight combative vibe.

Another favorite of his, "Make no mistake", often used in conjunction with the above.

 

"could care less" makes no sense grammatically and is annoying.

 

You aren't missing anything tuning out the president, as he says that phrase a lot.

I think the phrase have fun is one that is trite and illogical.

 

Sheer class.

That is another expression which I dislike intensely, and is only ever heard coming from the mouths of unimaginative types who are slaves to jargon.

A few other pet peeves of mine include: 'We are where we are' and 'at this point in time'. What is wrong with the word 'now'?

Oh, and I loathed 'whazzup'?

 

and ... let me add OMG ... please stop .... if you are going use it, just say "Oh My God" not "OMG".... I won't be offended... I am annoyed at 'OMG', you are not 15 anymore, seriously...

I should say that I am generally annoyed at anyone who uses text speak in anything other then a text message. .....

 

Holy **** is another phrase that is irritating to hear or read. The explicative phrases that so many people use are truly oxymoronic, and are less than substantive, when trying to properly convey the tenor of a situation or feeling of a person.

 

"peeling the onion" i had a work colleague who used this a lot.

 

Incisive metaphor, or typo for "slaves to jargon"?

Just wondering.

 

Typo. Apologies.

Sometimes, my computer prompts me and corrects some errors; worse - and the ones I frequently fail to catch in time - are when what I wished to type gets replaced with a word that exists, but is not the one I had intended typing.

Agree about 'OMG'. Just seeing it written somewhere drives me nuts.

 

"Yolo". Another bad one