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I always get a bit twitchy when I hear the phrases
'Mike* will you get off that bloody phone and do some housework'
or
'Mike have you cleaned the bathroom...*pause*...to my standard'
or
'You're not going to drink all 4 tonight are you?'
*My name is Michael, not a bad misspelling of Jekyll.
Could it be a indicator of small-mindedness?
I pretty much agree with this but recently I saw a sign in the city centre which I despised instantly..
Pre-loved pop up sale
Using "action" and "medal" as verbs.
Confusing borrow and lend and Pacific and specific.
It is only the threat of prosecution that stops me punching anyone who begins a sentence with either "Look" or "Listen" pure cockery.
Saying "them" instead of "those", as in "look at them bananas."
Confusing "what" and "that".
It doesn't actually boil my piss, but it does make me instantly assume that you're a bit thick.
This thread Lol!
Could it be a indicator of small-mindedness?
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Absolutely for me! I like to regard myself as possessing a multiple personality order 😉
The use of the phrase " end of" to conclude a contested point . Normally a sign that a half wit has got to the end of their understanding.
"The Rules" mentioning or quoting them on a mountain bike forum should be an instant band.
"boils my piss" funnily enough
Drac - nicely done.
I would love to say I did it purpose but it's my dyslexia. But some people are too busy Grammar Police to realise there is sometimes a reason why people get them mixed up.
"Across the piece"
and
"Look"
Said by politicians
Threads that start with "So" and the over use of "actually"
'House slaw' - as in "served with a generous helping of our house slaw"
Rediculous - although I'm not 100% certain this isn't some known ironic thing like cheap/cheep*.
*That is ironic, right?
Pre-order and utilise - 9/10 they could utilise use instead.
I appreciate this is somewhat more specific to my situation, but still...
On dating websites, people who put that they enjoy nights out and nights in. What other options are there?
'I like spending time with my friends'. No shit?
This one isn't specific to dating sites, but social media in general, where parents get all gushy about how they love their kids, and how they are 'my absolute world'. THATS WHAT IS SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN!!!
I'm a little grumpy today.
With regards "boiling your piss" if that was to happen internally it would more than likely cause a very painful death. Does piss boiling need to occur outside the body?
Addressing total strangers as 'chap' or 'fella' (usually used by staff in achingly trendy bike shops to address customers with barely disguised disdain).
I looked up the difference between use and utilise.
Utilise - use something for a purpose that it wasn't originally intended for. So you use a spoon to eat soup, but you'd utilise it as a tyre lever. Or to pop out the eyeball of someone who used "utilise" when they meant "use".
Expresso
Expresso
Unless they're Portuguese
The [i]go-to[/i]
As in the most popular or preferred?
Thank you so much
On dating websites, people who put that they enjoy nights out and nights in. What other options are there?
'I like spending time with my friends'. No shit?This one isn't specific to dating sites, but social media in general, where parents get all gushy about how they love their kids, and how they are 'my absolute world'. THATS WHAT IS SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN!!!
I'm a little grumpy today.
Until last week I thought "netflix and chill" just meant they were really boring.
The missed opportunities 🙁
"Off of"
"Going forward"
So you use a spoon to eat soup, but you'd utilise it as a tyre lever. Or to pop out the eyeball of someone who used "utilise" when they meant "use".
Marvellous, well done sir!
Virtually all of these annoy me, and yes, I probably am small minded, but I'll still judge people for it.
Should/could/would of, your/you're and there/their/they're are the worst I think.
Uninterested and disinterested bothers me more than it should. People say "disinterested" to sound clever, when they mean uninterested.
Political correctness,
People who say im not a RACIST, BUT OBVIOUSLY ARE,
Staff at restaraunts who say "ENJOY", when they dump a crap meal in front of you.
"Like"
Starting a new topic with "so"
f1 cars that suffer from reliability problems that now have unreliability problems in 2015.
Also BME .. why am I defined by someone elses colour
From the last time I contacted a US company.
"Hey Ian, and thanks for reaching out."
**** off.
Maybe we're more annoyed at the person rather than what they're saying.
I think being irritated by the way someone expresses themselves is typically (on here anyway) people hating Americans, their idioms and colloquialisms.
At least that's what this thread reads like.
Oh, and I cant stand being called 'mate' by someone I don't know.
[quote=Stoner ]it used to be the "misuse" of decimate.
But I was wrong
http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2012/09/does-decimate-mean-destroy-one-tenth/
Though that article doesn't appear to debunk the idea that people misuse "decimate" - apart from "language has an ineluctable desire to change" - which could presumably be used to excuse any language mangling, hence is my new favourite liquid by-product heater. It simply points out that another meaning [b]may[/b] have entered the English language before the one about killing one in ten. It certainly doesn't say that you are wrong, simply that you [b]may[/b] be wrong about the very original meaning. Though at this point I refer you back to [b]their[/b] first point - hoist by their own petard perchance?
As always, when I read these threads...You guys need to drink less coffee...
Less coffee, or fewer cups of coffee.
If we're allowed to do individual words, then inflammable. A word which means the same as flammable.
[b]The[/b] hoi polloi
PIN [b]number[/b]
Grrr.
Cockpit!!!
When did a push bike ever have a ******** cockpit!!!
"Push bike".
I will now kill you.
Flaperon - I say "them" as in "look at them bananas", it's a northern thing, nowt to do with being thick!
I hate "slaw". "Coleslaw" uses up too much ink? It doesn't save any time, because of ****s like me who'll ask the waiter "wtf is slaw?"
"Different tact" is the one I always post in these threads. It's "different tack", tact just makes no sense in this context. Ironically, most people who use it, don't have any tact, let alone some other spare tact that would allow them to use different tact.
"Just saying like"
My dad, "I'm not being funny". Yes, we know.
"Can I get a medium skinny extra-hot hazelnut latte?" (Just get a flippin' coffee!!)
Pronouncing latte LAH-Te
Overuse of words like epic, epiphany, iconic, showcase
"Luxury apartment to rent" where luxury means one step up from hovel
Meeh?
"Luxury apartment to rent" where luxury means one step up from hovel
See also "Executive" - Used almost exclusively on mediocre coach companies for old biddy's day trips and dry cleaners.