In current affairs, the phrase "international community"
I agree with a good number of these, especially 'going forward'. I'm annoyed by 'speak English' too. 😛
"you do the math" really gets my goat
"really gets my goat" wtf does that mean
man the f up
i could go on.
but i have some tidying up in the garden to do
Words and phrases don't irritate me, it's ususally the mouths they come from that do.
If it's a mate(the one i've got) then i don't notice it so much but if it's a stranger(not my numb hand) then it can make me frown...
"STOKED" Hey dude that jump was totally radical dude, im STOKED!!ETC ETC !!
STFU!!!!!!!!! YOU N0B HEAD !!!!!!!!!!!!!! 😈
"Ah Bless"
I am irritated by [i]inaccurate[/i] use of the expression "catch 22 situation". 😉
"It's all good" annoys me. As does the fashion mags' use of the word "channeling" when someone is 'dressing in the style of' someone or some era. EG: "Aggy is channelling her 'getting dressed in the dark' side"
I think there is a whole universe of words and phrases that annoy me lurking in magazines that I do not read. They can stay there. 😉
At the end of the day...
In the grand scheme of things...
Or in business meetings "yes we need to get some dialogue going" WTF? Aren't we talking now?
I'm currently channelling NYC so I say can I get and yadda yadda all the time 😉
Edgy. Contemporary. wtf is all that about. Ass. i.e. when you mean e.g.
(I realise that some of these aren't phrases, but I don't care).
"oh wants a occurring"....i swear if i hear that one more time i may actually explode!!!!! GET YOUR OWN CATCHPHRASES!!
I forgot, "fo'shizzle" and "The shizznit" etc. YOu can have those for a dollar, acjim, I hate them.
there is a whole universe of
when applied to strictly limited domains
I am irritated by inaccurate use of the expression "catch 22 situation"
but there's only one catch...
(it's obviously "get BigDummy day" for me 🙂
😳
apparentlyodd - Member"oh wants a occurring"....i swear if i hear that one more time i may actually explode!!!!! GET YOUR OWN CATCHPHRASES!!
Isn't that what a catchphrase is? Something that someone says frequently enough to be mimicked?
[pedant mode] Also, it's "what's" [/pedant mode]
😉
'standard' used at the end of someone else's sentence in bristol, and **** beans, why oh why????
"credit crunch"
Really grips my shit, but eeven more so as a prefix. E.g. ...busting, friendly etc.
"mam" it is mum or mother
"chillaxe" don't even know how to spell it
"our ben/martin/george" when referring to son or daughter
"mam" it is mum or mother
where I come from it's definitely "our mam" (Wales)
"i've got a headache"
"the floor is not a waldrobe"
"If you think your putting 'that' in there think again"
"have you got the number for 'my' solicitor"
everyday phrases in our house.
"it's only a bike"
"blue sky thinking"
"could care less"
sfb - safe to say that would drive me mad!
sfb - safe to say that would drive me mad!
don't move to Wales then :o) Are you equally annoyed by the words for 'mother' in other languages too ? Mama, madre, mutter etc...
where I come from it's definitely "our mam" (Wales)
Up here in the NE too
as spouted by my mum!What's that all about then?
it needs fixed [b]or[/b] it needs changed out [b]or [/b] i sourced this that/the other
it needs [b]to be[/b] fixed
it needs [b]to be[/b] changed out
i [s]sourced[/s] found this that/the other
Anything on this forum between two *s
eg
*puts head round thread door*
*Pulls up chair, pours wine, lights cigar, gives self a self congratulatory wa*k for being so witty*
Anything on this forum between two *s
I thought that was just an innocent form of emphasis...
*puts head round thread door*
THAT deserves to be lopped off 🙁 Schiiiiiing - thud!
disco slippers when referring to generic bike shoes. it really needs to be reserved for the most garish of euro footwear
I thought that was just an innocent form of emphasis...
Thats OK, its when its used to emphasise some imaginary action taken by the poster that it becomes annoying
don't move to Wales then :o) Are you equally annoyed by the words for 'mother' in other languages too ? Mama, madre, mutter etc...
No just "mam" 😆
No just "mam"
also avoid Edale due to unfortunate mountain...
and while we're on short phrases, does anyone have a shorter one that annoys them ?
I hate medical / nursing language. "mobilise" instead of "walk" for example.
There are too many examples to list - but the main use is either to make the person using them sound more "scientific" or to prevent teh public knowing what the proferssionals are on about.
another management classic.......
'reach for the low hanging fruit'...... ie - we've set an unattainable target but would like to suggest that, if you start at the bottom, you will reach the top......
that and any form of Three Letter Acronym - always organisation specific and, IME, always specific billocks.......
"off of"
and
"for free".
[i]"oh wants a occurring"[/i] I have never heard anyone use this. It doesn't even make any sense.
It doesn't even make any sense.
[b]that's[/b] what's really annoying!
[i]that and any form of Three Letter Acronym - always organisation specific and, IME, always specific billocks....... [/i]
Like IME, for instance? 😉
'titanium goodness', 'carbon fibre goodness' etc, always accompanied by that inaudible but unmistakable gut-churning licking of the lips thing. Just ****in' yuk, that's all.
Oh, and people who insist on pretending to be Shakespearian on forums - 'T'was..' 'T'is...' Would you say that to your mates? No. So why when a keyboard's sat in front of you do you feel the need to pretend you're in a medieval costume drama, eh?
And of course, the ultimate: 'Trusty steed'. Bwwweurgh...
'sat', when used in the wrong context eg 'when a keyboard's sat in front of you '
Like IME, for instance?
I think that was intentionally ironic...
'sat', when used in the wrong context
wrong context ? It's metaphorical and also engagingly brief.
[i]I think that was intentionally ironic...[/i] hence the smiley
[i]It's metaphorical and also engagingly brief.
[/i] It's shit.
I think that was intentionally ironic... hence the smiley
oh you mean pointing out the obvious ?
It's shit.
well, I'm sure [b]BWD[/b] is suitably admonished...
[i]oh you mean pointing out the obvious ?[/i]
yes. hence the smiley.
[i]well, I'm sure BWD is suitably admonished... [/i]
Do they need admonishing?
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sat', when used in the wrong context eg 'when a keyboard's sat in front of you '
I'm so sorry AndyP. How about, 'when you're sat in front of a keyboard'?
Do they need admonishing?
I'm plural am I? Nice touch from a man clearly settling in nicely to his glass house 😉