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Most annoying "spoken phrases" you hear

Dubba said:
When people begin a sentence by saying "To be honest..."

Does that mean they are not being honest the rest of the time???
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Perhaps, it's better to start with "Truthfully" or "In all honesty" or "Truth be known"?

It seems that people throw a lot of phrases out there out of habit, rather than having any real need.
 
caveman_uk said:
The same goes for excessively poor grammar, spelling and punctuation in message board posts. It's just laziness.
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Taken from bonnevilleclub.com

My bonnie latly has had a power increase and decrease through the rpm band when acellerating.... it feels as if lacked gas and then gained the gas that it needs on and off or like I am adjusting the throttle pos. when i am accelerating but i am not I have a 180 t-stat in it and before that i dont remeber that happening could it be that by ne chance or is it probally something else its not like a shudder or jolt its noticeable no matter where the throttle is and also there is a slight shudder when it does into the final overdrive gear. I also have a quiet valve tap but u can hear it if the window is open at idle and if u rev it up slightly but at higher rpms u cant really hear it.
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Taken from the MB/MBP Forum:



tigertribe said:
The aluminum on my Powerbook is a bit scratched and dull. What do you recommend for polishing the aluminum?

Thanks very much!

Nick
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deathjux said:
Regardless of the fact that you're in the MacBook/MBP forum, I'll try to help:
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bartelby said:
It's the same forum!!

" MacBook & MacBook Pro (60 Viewing)
apple laptops, including older models (iBook, PowerBook)"
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deathjux said:
Well pinch my pickle pizza, so it is.

Looks like I'm the nub in this encounter.
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:D
 
"On a daily basis" for "everyday" or just "daily". Usually heard on TV interviews with the man-on-the-street. Can't explain why the bile rises. It just does.
 
:D I work in a place that in response to questions, the first word is so very often "So...;" that they are now fining people for it! (and it's contagious :eek: )

I think the latest phrase that bugs me though...is "make me smart on that" or I need to get "smart" on that. I don't know why, but it crawls under my skin!
 
"Bear with me..."

**** I hate that phrase. I'm working web site tech support and people want me to hold the line while they learn how work their own computers. I'm always thinking, "Isn't this your job? Is this where your income comes from? Shouldn't you already know how to work the computer that your income relies on? And you want *me* to sit here and listen to *you* try to figure out how to do your own *job*?

"Bear with me..." is just another way of saying "I'm lazy and unprepared. Please take time out of your day to wait while I learn or do something I should've already known or done."
 
efoto said:
Any deeming of a negative to mean a positive, something like "that's sick", really annoys me. It just sounds foolish and uneducated somehow.

I hate reading the their/there/they're mistakes, although spoken you cannot tell. I also hate it when someone jumps between using "cannot" and "can't" in speech or in writing. Choose one and stay with it already!

"Is that okay?" following most any comment or question made by a non-confident.

The "izzle" and "ezzy" comments are plain annoying, as are "your-momma" jokes and "wanna" instead of "want to".

Dozens more, but those are high on the list for me :mad:
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Yo momma's so stupid that when your dad said it was chilly outside, she ran outside with a spoon!

Edit: I thought of one..

"Evidently..."

I knew this woman who would start almost every sentence with that word and it bugged me soo much..
 
Beware: if this thread continues long enough we'll cover just about every idiom, malapropism, slang expression, etc., that exists and we'll end up with a zero-sum game. I can see page 300 now: I hate people who use 'the'. :D
 
not sure if this has been mentioned yet, haven't read all 14 pages.

I hate when vendors/salesmen call me at work and say
"Just touching base with you"
to see if I want to buy something from them. if I need to order something I will contact them.
Also, not so much a phrase but just hearing the word "toner" from a salesmen. I swear there must be an endless supply of toner companies.
 
My wife and I heard this on design show on HGTV recently: " We need to artifact this room." What the hell? When did 'artifact' become a noun?? Put crap on the shelves, don't 'artifact' it!!
 
Yeah, my mate used to do this stupid little 'heha' laugh and go 'you know' just randomly and at the end of EVERY sentance, pissed me RIGHT OFF!

I go through stages of saying them, and then I notice im doing it and change to another one. 'It's all gravy' its mine at the moment.
 
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