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  • Annoying phrases
  • Alcopop
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    Over use of the word “Hate”
    when you mean you kinda dislike something
    although would be a bit more difficult to tattoo
    on yer knuckles

    simonfbarnes
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    what ever happened to plush suspension?

    sorry that adjective is reserved for upholstery 🙁

    gavtheoldskater
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    if i hear ‘living the dream’ it makes me feel sick to the stomach.

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    colnagokid
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    “…turned round and said…”
    “at the end of the day”

    Haze
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    “Can I get”
    “Yadda yadda yadda”
    etc.

    simonralli2
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    In current affairs, the phrase “international community”

    duntmatter
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    I agree with a good number of these, especially ‘going forward’. I’m annoyed by ‘speak English’ too. 😛

    sofaking
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    “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

    sharki
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    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…

    kingkongsfinger
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    “STOKED” Hey dude that jump was totally radical dude, im STOKED!!ETC ETC !!

    STFU!!!!!!!!! YOU N0B HEAD !!!!!!!!!!!!!! 😈

    Danger
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    “Ah Bless”

    BigDummy
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    I am irritated by inaccurate use of the expression “catch 22 situation”. 😉

    jojoA1
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    “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”

    BigDummy
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    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. 😉

    aphex_2k
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    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?

    acjim
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    I’m currently channelling NYC so I say can I get and yadda yadda all the time 😉

    Nico
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    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).

    apparentlyodd
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    “oh wants a occurring”….i swear if i hear that one more time i may actually explode!!!!! GET YOUR OWN CATCHPHRASES!!

    jojoA1
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    I forgot, “fo’shizzle” and “The shizznit” etc. YOu can have those for a dollar, acjim, I hate them.

    simonfbarnes
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    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 🙂

    BigDummy
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    😳

    aphex_2k
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    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]

    😉

    gohan
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    ‘standard’ used at the end of someone else’s sentence in bristol, and **** beans, why oh why????

    mildred
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    “credit crunch”

    Really grips my shit, but eeven more so as a prefix. E.g. …busting, friendly etc.

    will
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    “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

    simonfbarnes
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    “mam” it is mum or mother

    where I come from it’s definitely “our mam” (Wales)

    shoefiti
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    “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.

    retro83
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    “it’s only a bike”

    “blue sky thinking”

    “could care less”

    will
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    sfb – safe to say that would drive me mad!

    simonfbarnes
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    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…

    uplink
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    where I come from it’s definitely “our mam” (Wales)

    Up here in the NE too

    racing_ralph
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    What’s that all about then?

    as spouted by my mum!

    it needs fixed or it needs changed out or i sourced this that/the other

    it needs to be fixed
    it needs to be changed out
    i sourced found this that/the other

    djglover
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    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*

    simonfbarnes
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    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!

    thomthumb
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    disco slippers when referring to generic bike shoes. it really needs to be reserved for the most garish of euro footwear

    djglover
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    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

    will
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    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” 😆

    simonfbarnes
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    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 ?

    TandemJeremy
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    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.

    marsdenman
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    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…….

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