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Most annoying "spoken phrases" you hear
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katie ta achoo said:I thought it was considered really coarse language!!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloody
Ugh, that one drives me crazy too. The word is "regardless." "Irregardless" is like a double negative.IJ Reilly said:Annoying, but considered grammatically correct, irregardless.
I have a client who does seminars for writers. His "catch phrase" is "Let's rock 'n roll!" I want to punch him every time I hear it.
IJ Reilly said:
A friend of mine and I make fun of this one all the time, choosing to say both, just to cover ourselves. "I cound care less, or, I couldn't care less, if you're so inclined, what he thinks."
I'm a huge soccer fan, so I play a lot of it, and watch a lot of it, and it annoys the heck out of me when my friends and family members say "offsides." It's "offside." Get it right, 'cause otherwise you sound like you don't know what you're talking about.
OOOOhhh, I also HATE it when people misuse the word "literally." As in...
"Gas literally cost me an arm and a leg yesterday."
"It is literally hot as hell outside."
"I literally died laughing at that joke."
I don't mind hearing "Brits" use this expression, but it really bugs me to hear Americans use it in an attempt to "sound British".Dont Hurt Me said:
This probably isn't going to resonate unless you're one of the two or three people from the Huntsville area that hang out at MacRumors, but there's a local radio talk show host who frequently uses the expression "happy horse-hockey". For example: "People like to fuss about the economy but I think it's all a bunch of happy horse-hockey".
I've lived in the south all my life and never heard this expression until this guy got his radio show recently. Makes me want to shoot the radio out like you wouldn't believe.
I've lived in the south all my life and never heard this expression until this guy got his radio show recently. Makes me want to shoot the radio out like you wouldn't believe.
toontra said:
LOL me too...
Especially when those people say HBO!!
::EDIT:
I think for a while the digitized voice on VH1 said "H" like this back in the late 90's. I HATED it!!
I guess to add a word that bothers me I would have to say it would be "Orientated".
I don't mind when a Britt, Ausie, or otherwise say it because it sounds good in their accent. Hearing "Orie-an-tay-ted" with a deep midwestern accent sounds really hick to me. It should be a banned word for anyone with a deep midwestern (US) accent to say. They should only use "oriented"
I don't mind when a Britt, Ausie, or otherwise say it because it sounds good in their accent. Hearing "Orie-an-tay-ted" with a deep midwestern accent sounds really hick to me. It should be a banned word for anyone with a deep midwestern (US) accent to say. They should only use "oriented"
"Let's DO lunch. Let's DO a burger....etc"
Lunch and burgers are things you EAT and/or HAVE, not DO.
I HATE! that saying!
Listen...you can go ahead and "DO" a burger, but I don't want to be around when the authorities show up....
or, commonly heard in the office:
"Touch base with me..."
"I'm the liaison..."...First off, pronounce it right...secondly, you're not part of spoken French sentence, so never say that...ever.
"I'm so delinquent..." When someone is late. Just say "late"...surely delinquent isn't a word you should use in an attempt to sound intelligent.
Dude, I could go on forever, but it makes me mad just thinking about these things.
Lunch and burgers are things you EAT and/or HAVE, not DO.
I HATE! that saying!
Listen...you can go ahead and "DO" a burger, but I don't want to be around when the authorities show up....
or, commonly heard in the office:
"Touch base with me..."
"I'm the liaison..."...First off, pronounce it right...secondly, you're not part of spoken French sentence, so never say that...ever.
"I'm so delinquent..." When someone is late. Just say "late"...surely delinquent isn't a word you should use in an attempt to sound intelligent.
Dude, I could go on forever, but it makes me mad just thinking about these things.
Josh said:
DO NOT drink water while reading this post!
Yeah I almost spit on the person next to me at Dunn Brothers (coffee shop)
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
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
Oh, and anyone referring to something as being 'gay' when they really mean awful deserves an ice-pick through the forehead...
No... make it two icepicks through the forehead.
No... make it two icepicks through the forehead.
"bless you" or "gesundheit" ("salud" in my case). It's just Idiotic It is SOOO dark ages to think that speaking such a word after someone sneezes is going to make that person healthy. Here in Mexico it is considered to be very impolite to ommit the word when someone sneezes. I hate it
It is SOOO dark ages to think that speaking such a word after someone sneezes is going to make that person healthy. Here in Mexico it is considered to be very impolite to ommit the word when someone sneezes. I hate it 840quadra said:
"No"
"I like you as a friend"
"It's not you it's me"
"Stop following me or I'll call the Police"
"Hello. It's 4am who is this?"
"Hello. I Know it's you stop calling, I've already reported you"
"Oh please no! I never meant to lead you on or hurt your feelings, we can work this out"
"We have the house surrounded, let the girl go"
I hate those. Is it just me?
I agree with Josh, office-speak is some of the worst. Which is why Dilbert is so funny.
"downsizing" a person
"headcount"
"Human Resources" (very Matrix-sounding)
"downsizing" a person
"headcount"
"Human Resources" (very Matrix-sounding)
floyde said:"bless you" or "gesundheit" ("salud" in my case). It's just Idiotic
at work we say "pepper!"
Management-speak
Anything that comes out of the mouths of my managers...
"We needed to shoot that in the head." - referring to a bad idea
"Put together a deck on that." - referring to building a presentation
"We need to deskill the process." - referring to reducing the required skillset to perform job functions
Anything that comes out of the mouths of my managers...
"We needed to shoot that in the head." - referring to a bad idea
"Put together a deck on that." - referring to building a presentation
"We need to deskill the process." - referring to reducing the required skillset to perform job functions
emw said:
Management bollocks speak may lead me to jail.If I get close enough to Blair and happen to have a icepick I'm in trouble.
When someone says, "Shut-up!", meaning do go on!
Sentences that have the word "teefs" in it. As in, " I went to the dentist, and he said my teefs had a cavity". Actually, that word cracks me up.
RIF=reduction in force=layoffs Or, "We need to have a RIF to prevent a loss this quarter".
Sentences that have the word "teefs" in it. As in, " I went to the dentist, and he said my teefs had a cavity". Actually, that word cracks me up.
RIF=reduction in force=layoffs Or, "We need to have a RIF to prevent a loss this quarter".