Expressions you REALLY hate

[songbird36]

Here's some of my personal, most hated ones:

"Good as gold"

"the bottom line" is...

"die in a ditch" (over something)

[bmw318tiChic]

I hate it when people say "I could care less" when they really mean to say "I couldn't care less".

[booyalab]

I hate it when people say "I could care less" when they really mean to say "I couldn't care less".

that bugs me too, especially when I accidentally say it :rant:

also when people say "ATM machine"

[booyalab]

the bottom line is....songbird's examples are as good as gold

oh another one I hate...."if I'm not mistaken" because any lie could be true if you're not mistaken! "if I'm not mistaken...there's a giant lizard eating miami"

[songbird36]

"keep me in the loop"...urghhh

[purple13]

"touch base"

"my bad"

[Sackanaka]

"give it your 110%" or some other number, like wtf, am I gonna feel like giving it 100% some days, use a super-mushroom to boost up to 150%, and maybe 36.8% on other days for shits and giggles?
in fact "shits and giggles" irritates me too.
or "if you say so"

[Warrior413]

Eh, I just had soccer today and got the 110% treatment. Well... here's a random one, "happy as a lark". I don't know if a typical lark is happy or not, but you can't generalize an entire species as being happy. That's stupid as a human.

[mgb]

"touch base"

"my bad"

I hate "touch base".

[joft]

"A whole nother" should be "another whole"
"I could care less" also gets me
"Ya know I dunno"

i have way too many to list or even be able to recall, so I'll just say as a general rule I hate the required social nuances like "how are you" - I always react too quickly and ALWAYS with the wrong response. Like, "How are you?" "You too." or "Sup," to which you're only supposed to echo "sup" in response, but I say "good" or "not much."

[Edmond Zedo]

"cool." I know someone who uses it almost exclusively with affection for something, when much more appropriate words and phrases like "awesome", "rad", or "to the max, jack" would be more fulfilling.

[QrioCT]

ur mom.
not that i hate your mother. but it's not really a good dis or joke(partly because you can't use it on your siblings...grrr)

[songbird36]

"Just giving you a heads up on where things are at"

[Edmond Zedo]

Oh, if you want me to try hard not to punch you in the nose, just say "lowest common denominator" in a non-math context.

[purple13]

"Just giving you a heads up on where things are at"

Oh yeah, I hate this one too. What's wrong with just saying "I just wanted to make you aware of where things are at".

[songbird36]

Oh, if you want me to try hard not to punch you in the nose, just say "lowest common denominator" in a non-math context.

oooh yes....very very nasty...

[Arcael]

I'm rick james bitch

[Arcael]

you are the weakest link

[int]

I'm rick james bitch


wwwhhat?

wwwhhat?

Yeeea!

wwwhhat?


I hate those.

[CoHo]

"the ball is in our court now"

"sick"

I was watching one of those Trading Spaces shows and when they were done with the living room (or whatever) the family walks in and the fat little 13 year old son goes
"Man, this is sick!"
then the father goes
"No, this is super sick!"

I added it to a growing list of reasons why you should never inbreed.

[kuranes]

In the inner city -

"know what 'm sayin'?" used obsessively.

In business life -

Any reference to "keeping things positive" and "let's pencil it in on our calendar" meaning it's still tentative.

I admit to using "touch base" a lot, as a sales person following up on a prospect's request for literature, or other times when I need an "explanation" for why i'm calling - besides a more straightforward approach such as "When are you going to either say you're no longer interested or BUY something?"

I've been guilty of saying "Absolutely" occasionally too.

Maybe you guys can give me some newly coined phrases to use.


In private life -

"closure"

"Can I call you right back?" as a way to say goodbye, and not from someone who intends to call back. "I've got to go now" or "Let me get back to you" would be better, even though they are still obvious cliches.

Someone who, on a frequent basis, calls ME up and shortly afterwards says "can I put you on hold?"

k

[Last Song]

"cool." I know someone who uses it almost exclusively with affection for something, when much more appropriate words and phrases like "awesome", "rad", or "to the max, jack" would be more fulfilling.

"Cool" has become a reflex now in online chats when I could care less what the other person is saying. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v101/tranquil/icon_gonk.gif

[TurnAroundTakeMyHand]

Today, me and a friend were talking about the use of 'literally'. Such as..

'Cuba literally had a handful of nuclear missiles' or 'We are literally staring down the barrel of a nuclear gun'.

[TurnAroundTakeMyHand]

"Cool" has become a reflex now in online chats when I could care less what the other person is saying. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v101/tranquil/icon_gonk.gif

COULDN'T

[booyalab]

In the inner city -

"know what 'm sayin'?" used obsessively.


Someone who, on a frequent basis, calls ME up and shortly afterwards says "can I put you on hold?"



1. I love pretending to be like that(actually lived in the city most of my life but i'm no reverse oreo) saying things like "knaw'msayin?" even though i'm a preppy-ish (looking) white girl who's currently in the suburbs, its funny.

2. I work PT in retail and sometimes take orders for the catering business that is a part of it. We get really snobby customers and sometimes people call up and immediately put me on hold...they don't ask, just do it. It's frustrating at the time but I can usually look back at it and laugh.

[booyalab]

Once my family was in the car, and we got onto this subject of annoying phrases and words...and I was saying how much I hate it when people use words that usually mean nothing in the context in which they are used, that's not to say they have no meaning, they're just used as filler and an empty acknowledgement of the obvious, like: veritably, essentially, and 'for all practical purposes'. Then my dad mock-interrupted me, "....be that as it may.."
It was pretty funny, but seriously..I don't like redundant, filler words.

[mgb]

When people spell cool as kewl.

[Crazy]

"Whatever"

"cold day in hell"

"get your head out of your ass"

"hook me up"

[joft]

on the subject of alternative spellings... I despise "gurl"

[joft]

and changing plural "s" to "z"

"guyz"

[booyalab]

"Whatever"



yeah me too, I much prefer when the emphasis is on the last two syllables "whatEVER!" (like, totally)

[songbird36]

Once my family was in the car, and we got onto this subject of annoying phrases and words...and I was saying how much I hate it when people use words that usually mean nothing in the context in which they are used, that's not to say they have no meaning, they're just used as filler and an empty acknowledgement of the obvious, like: veritably, essentially, and 'for all practical purposes'. Then my dad mock-interrupted me, "....be that as it may.."
It was pretty funny, but seriously..I don't like redundant, filler words.

Yeah fillers and superfluous phrases are super annoying. The legal profession in which I work is full of them - "notwithstanding the fact that", "For the avoidance of doubt", this sort of thing. Why use 5 or 6 words when you could use 1 or 2?

[Crazy]

Because SJ's need to fill up the day with lots of words, in order to avoid those awkward silences.

[songbird36]

I could start another whole thread about people who talk too much when they have *nothing* to say.

My mother does this and it's really annoying (she is an INFJ though)..

[songbird36]

This is a bit off topic but..if I see ONE more post about Ayn Rand I am going to SCREAM!

To those who are still reading her I have this to say - GET A LIFE!

[int]

In business: "in terms of..."

I used to make a game out of this and count how many times I heard it in one day. I think the record is somewhere in the twenties.





"get your head out of your ass"



I have to tell myself that all the time. That's why I don't want to hear it from anyone else. :mellow:

[songbird36]

"in the context of" is grossly overused to

[kuranes]

on the subject of alternative spellings... I despise "gurl"
Yes, that seems to be so silly. I don't get pissed about it though. I just feel embarassed for the female using it, unless its a REALLY young person. I think the one they actually use most often is "grrrrl", as in "riot grrrl". Just like a guy might walk around with a T-shirt saying "I'm on your case and in your face. I'm a bad ass gonna take your place" or something like that, probably quoted from a heavy metal band. Usually the guy wearing it doesn't look very tough, either.

There IS an adult movement to use odd spellings. You see it in Hip-Hop usually. Combining numbers with letters. "luv 4 U" and that kind of thing. Sometimes they can seem creative. Less enjoyable are the phrases like "down with that", "deal goin' down", "posse" etc. Something about certain phrases has the feel of a '00's "mod squad", if anyone remembers that show. Though phrases like "groovy" were actually used back then, it still sounded corny and forced, to me, even at the time. Like something cooked up for "the kids" at an Ad agency.

Yet I confess a fondness for "fly" and "phat". I think some slang/jargon like "bad" was already passe by the time I heard it. And then Michael Jackson got ahold of it. Probably a LOT of this stuff is considered passe by the real scenesters, by definition. But even some of their stuff probably never gets beyond the inner city/circle. Do they WANT it to gain greater use, is an interesting question, whilst they devise new words? "Perpetratin'" was "cool", but never got into white currency. Maybe that was considered desirable. When I was a youngster myself, I was teased by my parents for over-using the word "into" to mean something I was involved with, or interested in.

Very funny "article" in the latest Onion about first arrivals at a crime "scene" who look upon later arrivals with scorn. Cracked me up.

[kuranes]

Once my family was in the car, and we got onto this subject of annoying phrases and words...and I was saying how much I hate it when people use words that usually mean nothing in the context in which they are used, that's not to say they have no meaning, they're just used as filler and an empty acknowledgement of the obvious, like: veritably, essentially, and 'for all practical purposes'. Then my dad mock-interrupted me, "....be that as it may.."
It was pretty funny, but seriously..I don't like redundant, filler words.
I'm very guilty of doing this kind of thing. I realize that the words are superfluous, and so I questioned myself as to why I got started with the habit. In the world of writing, it's certainly discouraged. In the world of consulting or academics, though . . . . hmmmm. I'm known for using the "and/or" qualifier, which is legalese. And, like you, I LOVE parentheses.

I think that part of it is just me starting to talk before I have a whole "statement" worked out; and so these words serve as "place holders" to keep others from interrupting as I formulate what the real meat of my comment/sandwich will be. I'm often in situations where it's tough to get a word in edgewise, and when I finally see an opening for "the floor", I grab it. The conversation may have evolved enough by then, that my original comment I thought worth sharing may no longer be appropriate to begin with, or to say at all. So using these words allow me to stall without there being an awkward silence, and re-think what I now want to say in light of new developments. It all happens in a flash, but every micro-second of time available - to try and shape my momentarily amorphous feelings into linearity - helps. Having got into the habit of SPEAKING these phrases, I find myself using them in writing, as well, where I have no such "excuse".

K

[Sackanaka]

Wtf does "Fuckin-A" mean?

[songbird36]

It's sort of the same as "what the fuck" (expression of surprise)

[kuranes]

It's sort of the same as "what the fuck" (expression of surprise)


Disagree. I think it's to mean "agreement", as in ( first voice ) "We're going to Joe's office and really let the jerk HAVE it!" ( second voice ) "Fuckin' A, man! WE'RE coming TOO!"

But I think that the question ( correct me if I'm wrong, questioner ) related to how the phrase came about, namely what does the "A" stand for? However, here I can be of no help. ( chuckles )

K

[songbird36]

Yeah you could be right.

I've only ever heard the expression used by absolute *bogans* (what you probably call "trailer trash" or such-like over there). I probably wouldn't want to talk to anyone who used the expression!

[kuranes]

Yeah you could be right.

I've only ever heard the expression used by absolute *bogans* (what you probably call "trailer trash" or such-like over there). I probably wouldn't want to talk to anyone who used the expression!

Basically you're right. It's considered crude. I admit to using it a few times when I was extremely drunk, and trying to show enthusiasm for what some guy was saying. It's "not for mixed company", another quaint phrase.

Since I was bad and used it, does this mean you and me can't ever get warm and fuzzy? ;^D


K

[Geoff]

Agreed re the legal profession. I spend enough time working with lawyers to get sincerely fed up of words I have to look up and then discover have no real reason for insertion.

Oh, and why does everyone have to be proactive? And why do businesses benefit from synergy!

-Geoff

[purple13]

"Basically, ..." is another over-used word in business (or maybe just techies?), when explaining things. However, I admit to over-using it.

I've used "fuckin A" before, in the sense of surprise, or when I learn something I didn't know before, but yeah, not in mixed company.

[Sackanaka]

Fuckin A dudes
I have no idea what I'm talking about
:/

[joft]

"Fuckin A!" = "hell yeah!"

"Fuckin A..." = "wow..."

there are, of course, variations; based on tone and emphasis and so on.

[Last Song]

COULDN'T

You're kidding, right?
*sigh*. =|

[songbird36]

Basically you're right. It's considered crude. I admit to using it a few times when I was extremely drunk, and trying to show enthusiasm for what some guy was saying. It's "not for mixed company", another quaint phrase.

Since I was bad and used it, does this mean you and me can't ever get warm and fuzzy? ;^D


K

Are you a bogan? Bogans can seem very sexy when I'm drunk and desperate..

[garak]

"You either love <thing> or you hate it."

People say that all the time and it's usually not very true. A lot of times there's not even a good reason to say it. They think they're being deep and insightful, but it's just a stupid half-ass cliche that provides no useful information. A lot of times people like to use it on themselves.

"You either love me or you hate me."

Uh.. that probably applies to most people just as much as it applies to you.

[Nyairj]

"I could care less"

and using "literally" when you don't actually mean it.

It just doesn't make sense. What really bothers me is that I often catch intelligent people saying these things.

I dislike clichés, but at least they make sense. They occassionally slip into my writing but I try to avoid them.

I don't mind deliberately mispelling words as long as it is to make them simpler. I don't like 133t5p34k, but "guyz" and "thru" and such are fine. The use of "thru" was actually one of the spelling reforms that Theodore Roosevelt promoted, but unfortunately, it was one of the only ones that actually caught on.

One idea for spelling reform that I read about is to use simpler spellings in your casual IMs or e-mails. If the alternative spellings become widespread enough, they may become the standardized spelling one day.

I doubt it will work, though, because people often assume that a person that makes frequent mispellings is an idiot. As a general rule, they are correct. Frequent mispellings are usually an indication that a person is not well-read and therefore probably uneducated. Could be dyslexic or foreign, though.

[mgb]

I hate it when I get called ignorant. I'm not ignorant, I am just a jerk.

[CreativeChaos]

"Well, I guess it was meant to be".

"Oh, it must have happened for a reason."


Blah!!! :angry: What ignorance! The reason "it" happened is because YOU screwed up.

It wasn't "meant" to be. You just don't know why the f**k it happened, so you say it was "meant" to happen? Moron! Great f***ing analysis of the situation. You sure have learn a lot from that one! (NOT) :p

[garak]

"Well, I guess it was meant to be".

"Oh, it must have happened for a reason."


Blah!!! :angry: What ignorance! The reason "it" happened is because YOU screwed up.

It wasn't "meant" to be. You just don't know why the f**k it happened, so you say it was "meant" to happen? Moron! Great f***ing analysis of the situation. You sure have learn a lot from that one! (NOT) :p
Hm, I would've thought an NF would be into that fatalist/destiny/whatever mumbo jumbo.

[Last Song]

"I could care less"


Yep, that one is a classic.

[Sackanaka]

I didn't know CC could get authentically pissed :)
since another thread pulled maddox already,
http://maddox.xmission.com/c.cgi?u=boiling_blood

[songbird36]

window of opportunity..

urghh..

[Avengardh]

"You're telling me that because I am white aren't you?"

- No, stupidity does not discriminate.

"You know who else liked giving tests, Hitler."

- I bet he did...get over it.

[int]

"Well I'm not like you..."
"You don't mean that. If you did you'd probably have a better understanding of the Grand Scheme. I mean, I agree and all, but you're not trying to elevate the conversation. You're just trying to prove your own point while trying to hide your agenda.":mellow:

[Hamro]

http://maddox.xmission.com/c.cgi?u=boiling_blood

haha so funny 8O

http://maddox.xmission.com/c.cgi?u=irule2

even better. my kind of humor

[Utopmk]

ummm

"squat and cough"

"fuck me running"

"in between a rock and a hard place"

"you don't know me"

"whatever"

"i aint friendly, white boy"

"pull my finger"

"would you ever think about dating me?"

"on my momma, dat girl be a freak"

"look at that badonkadonk"

"what's hatnin'..?"

"wake up, mike" -when i am fully awake-

[indie]

Almost all of the phrases associated with the rap hip-hop culture, *especially* bling!! :rant:

[Edmond Zedo]

"Moving forward" As used by every PR clown in modern history, when discussing anything publicly.

[songbird36]

"Front footing it" is one I've come across in my professional life recently.

It means dealing with an issue pro-actively.

Hate it..

[Utopmk]

Almost all of the phrases associated with the rap hip-hop culture, *especially* bling!! :rant:
:D I'm not the only one then.

[nobarcode]

"yeeeeeahhh, what up...dog?"
"shee mang!"

A full on conversation heard in Memphis.

[Star]

blue state/red state

[Eileen]

ur mom.
not that i hate your mother. but it's not really a good dis or joke(partly because you can't use it on your siblings...grrr)

No, man, it's even funnier when you say it to your siblings! My sister and I say it all the time!

[Eileen]

Damn, I work with high schoolers. There are lots of phrases I hate, but the number one phrase that makes me want to tear my hair out is... coming from a fifteen or sixteen year old...


"I'm grown."

You are not grown, goddamn it, that's why you are compelled by law to come to this place and disrupt my classroom.


Also:

"I [didn't do my homework/fell asleep in class/was irritable/didn't come to school/was tardy] because my baby was sick."


ARRRRRG!

Other things:

I could care less.
That's gay. (and I hate it especially because it's so easy to make fun of this phrase and then start saying it regularly)
That's retarded.
Irregardless...
Can I go to the bathroom?
You can't tell me what to do; you're not my momma.
What's a verb?
How did I get a 46.2 average and [another fuck-up] got a 48.7?

[Geoff]

In American english, 'gay' seems to be increasingly widespread in the vernacular of youngsters and seems to have nothing to do with sexuality or being unnecessarily jolly. It's most confusing for a Brit (hey, we still eat faggots and smoke fags, so what do we know!)

Dont you also get the 'I didnt do my homework and so what - if you tell me what to do I'll get the Police/Social worker etc on you'?

-Geoff

[garak]

Oh yeah.. "drop me a line." Ugh, what a fucking retarded, annoying phrase.

[songbird36]

"getting traction out of" (something) is one that's really annoying me at the moment

[Eileen]

In American english, 'gay' seems to be increasingly widespread in the vernacular of youngsters and seems to have nothing to do with sexuality or being unnecessarily jolly. It's most confusing for a Brit (hey, we still eat faggots and smoke fags, so what do we know!)

Dont you also get the 'I didnt do my homework and so what - if you tell me what to do I'll get the Police/Social worker etc on you'?

-Geoff


Well, it has come to mean "stupid" but it's roots are in a perjorative use of a word that means homosexual. My students DO NOT GET IT when I try to explain why that phrase might offend somebody and why they should find another way to say what they're trying to communicate. If the fact that it's just offensive isn't enough, I also find it annoying because it's imprecise use of language and they should use some better words for what they're trying to communicate.

And no, so far, nobody has threatened me with the police or social worker... but it's only my second semester.

[songbird36]

I absolutely hate to hear women call other women or men "sweetie" or "hon" or "darlin". Its something that Southern women do a lot, and I just can't stand it.

Because its sounds so demeaning and disrespectful of the fully functioning person. To me, its something a tigress type might say to another female to train her to feel "less" than her. Its my number one pet peeve.

In terms of psychology, the ego and id come out in parent, adult or child, so where a person relates to others from" ie, parent to child, adult to adult, child to child, child to adult, I am ultra sensitive to that dynamic and really go bizerk when anyone does the parent- child thing to other people.

Its supposed to be adult-adult and I'm ok you're ok across the board.

Hey babe...want to do some horizontal tango with me?

[kuranes]

Hey babe...want to do some horizontal tango with me?


No Bogan here, Songbird. I do own a tattered Bogan HAT that I wears now an' aginn. It looks kinda lahk th' hat th' Scarecrow wore in that Wizard of Oz movie. Just an' ole Bogie, kinda tilted at the top. Seen better days. Gets me THINKIN' 'bout them days, TOO, y'know? Awwww.

Kuranes

[cuspuser]

"think outside the box"

it wasn't so bad when it was first used, but now its used so often its become the slogan for the box. and u can tell how good the people who are told this slogan are at using it when they turn it into "think outside the bun" ...

[Eileen]

"No offense... *insert offensive comment*" Just say it! Don't try to make it less mean by saying "no offense, but you're an asshole". I wouldn't take offense at their comment if they didn't tack on that stupid phrase.

Here in the South, you can say ANYTHING as long as you say "Bless [posessive pronoun] heart" first.

[booyalab]

Here in the South, you can say ANYTHING as long as you say "Bless [posessive pronoun] heart" first.

I've noticed that when I've gone down there, its quite funny.

[your_prostate]

"you need to take on more responsibility" sends me to hell.

I think "FuckinA" is french canadian ;P

[Clara]

No it's not ! :blink:

(a bit of linguistic trivia : English expressions, when used in French, usually have a different connotation/ meaning, and how they're used)

[Eileen]

Today's expression I hate (I'm using expression loosely, I know):


While I am trying to help a student with the assignment I gave them, another student shouts across the room:
"Miss S, he threw my pencil on the floor! Tell him to pick up my pencil!"


...


!!!


Pick your own goddamn pencil up!
These children are enough to make this NF CRAZY and MEAN!

[int]

The *experience of person's choice* is a "learning curve."

[songbird36]

Work jargon I hate at the moment:

"Front footing it" (meaning to deal with a situation pro-actively instead of waiting for something bad to happen)

[alex]

"get food" for going to go eat
I hate it, it makes me gag just typing it. Not sure why

[indie]

Some more aggravating phrases:

"buckle down"
"chock full"
"new and improved" (soap, laundry detergent)

[noirum]

"Can't wait"

[Martoon]

also when people say "ATM machine"

Along those same, redundant lines:

"UPC Code"
"Hot water heater"
"Put more toast in the toaster"

And a few random ones:

"Don't take it personal"
"This <whatever> needs cleaned" (or "needs brushed" or "needs painted", etc.)

And I have a co-worker who consistently (and frequently) says "logarithmic" when he means "exponential." I've successfully restrained myself from correcting him. I guess those INTPs Anonymous sessions are paying off! :)

[greenintp]

"keep it real"
"word"
"beats me"
And one I always catch myself saying to my dogs.... "smarten up" :huh:

[C.J.Woolf]

"keep it real"
Grr. I've always heard "I'm just keeping it real" used as a reason for being a dick.

Also: "Save up to 50% and more!"

[songbird36]

"pull your head in" can get irritating..

[Star]

Heh, that reminds me of one I hate :

"Use your head for something other than a hatrack."

My ESTJ dad said that to me a million times growing up. His nickname for me was 'ditz', as in stupid girl. He still thinks I'm an idiot. :P

I can almost laugh about it, especially when I read his type description and then mine. How could it have been otherwise.

[giftedmadness@hotmail.com]

Advertising line here......with banks......."free online bill pay!"


I HATE that line. ONLINE BILL PAY. ergghh

[gypseymothlee]

if you know what I mean

[Falling Star]

The expression I hate most is "How are you doing." I always feel like saying "I know you don't care so shut the fuck up."

[Hamro]

The expression I hate most is "How are you doing." I always feel like saying "I know you don't care so shut the fuck up."

i know, i think like that too.

i need to make up a funny answer that i can have as a standard answer

[Sackanaka]

Just thought I'd add this here:
Every morning, the cafeteria cashier has a preprogrammed list of responses to every customer that goes like,
"Hi shugga how are you?"
"Hi babycakes how are youu?"
"Hey no talking in line."
"Hey uhh.. uhh.. what was your name again? Rick? Robert? What does it start with?"
"Hi sweetie how are youuu?"

She tries to learn students' names but only to a limited extent is she successful. :/

[FallenAngel]

"Cool beans"
"Bogus"
"Believe you me"

[songbird36]

Do you have "cool bananas" over there?

That was one that was in vogue in NZ a few years ago and I *hated* it

[booyalab]

I hate when people throw around "logical" or "illogical" while saying totally idiotic things and/or not explaining why.

[MacGuffin]

I hate when people throw around "logical" or "illogical" while saying totally idiotic things and/or not explaining why.
I find it surprising that INTPs that supposedly value reason and logic, seemingly don't understand them at all.

[mxmxmx]

I try not to expose myself to things that get under my skin, but when I have to listen to Corporate America Bullshit Vernacular and Doublespeak it really does trigger the Dexter in me. Even though I work for a not-for-profit, it's fucking everywhere.

[JamesGold]

I've been saying "good call" too much recently. I need some sense slapped into me.

[kali]

Aussie "street" vernacular

you mirin' my 'sthetics cunt? (Translation: Are you admiring my aesthetics, vagina?)
I'm spewing! (Translation: I am sufficiently angry)
ESHAYSSSS adlays! (Translation: "Yes, lads." - seriously, middle-class pubescent gangs use pig latin around here)

I need to move to Canada.

[JamesGold]

I also hate words like poopy and stinky that are infantilizations of manly words. They are appropriate neither for children nor adults and should be phased out altogether.

[Polemarch]

I also hate words like poopy and stinky that are infantilizations of manly words. They are appropriate neither or children nor adults.

Nope, wrong thread for this.

Please visit one of the following threads:

http://forums.intpcentral.com/showthread.php?18358-I-Hate-the-Following-Words
http://forums.intpcentral.com/showthread.php?10312-Words-you-wish-would-die

but don't post it here:

http://forums.intpcentral.com/showthread.php?36187-Words-That-You-Do-Like

[JamesGold]

Nope, wrong thread for this.

Would this thread be appropriate as well?

http://forums.intpcentral.com/showthread.php?44046-Consumer-Products-A-Troll-Thread&highlight=

[Polemarch]

Would this thread be appropriate as well?

http://forums.intpcentral.com/showthread.php?44046-Consumer-Products-A-Troll-Thread&highlight=

How dare you resurrect one of my best threads ever.

[Tactical Panda]

Anything that implies that all the speaker ever does with their mind is seek the truth as if they are perfect and that was somehow the truth.

Not hate. Not anger. Just... insight into the person speaking and mild annoyance.

[Skinart]

"The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results."

No. It's not. Most of the time that phrase comes up, someone is trying to sell me a 'business opportunity', and thus far it has always been said by someone I thought a bit of a dolt. While I suppose it it possible a non-moron would use the phrase as part of an argument, by the stated definition of the speaker, it would be insane to extend them the benefit of the doubt

[skip]

"fall in love" You don't fall in love, you fall into a lot of other things but they aren't love.

[kuranes]

"fall in love" You don't fall in love, you fall into a lot of other things but they aren't love.I remember reading, in a book recently, the line "I didn't fall for her, but I did lean over the edge pretty far"..... :p

[Roger Mexico]

I remember reading, in a book recently, the line "I didn't fall for her, but I did lean over the edge pretty far"..... :p

The other meaning of "falling for" can sometimes make this appropo.

[/bitter]

[INaTeePee]

"by the seat of the pants"

sounds like somebody just gave himself a brownie

[Skinart]

IME, that isn't far off the mark.

[Jackal]

"consider this"
"can you do me a favor?"
These can usually be forgone, and only act as an impediment to any necessary action.

[MrWrite3000]

>[whatever you're doing]
>[current year]
I seriously hope you guys don't do this.

Just sayin'.

[Skinart]

Writing a reply on a tablet PC.
2011

Like so?

[MrWrite3000]

doesn't have a clue about stupid 4chan memes

2011

I seriously hope you guys don't do this.

[Skinart]

Wait, you brought a meme in here you don't want to see replicated? Doesn't that strike you as...
2011

[stuck]

>>tfw
>>2k11

[Thevenin]

Awesome! (Plus, I generally hate any expression with "!" after it)

[Rincon]

Killer!

[rhinosaur]

>[whatever you're doing]
>[current year]
I seriously hope you guys don't do this.

Just sayin'.

I have no idea what you're talking about.

[MrWrite3000]

I have no idea what you're talking about.

It's just a lame meme a bunch of my friends picked up a while ago. Drives me nuts. Basically, it's implying that whatever you're doing is obsolete.

[Chunes]

"Right?"

"I know, right?"

Both make me cringe.

[Rincon]

Both make me cringe.

omg inoright?

[mxmxmx]

I see I'm not the only one with an irresistible urge to push buttons.

[MrWrite3000]

"No offense, but [completely offensive comment]"

"I'm just sayin'!"

"It's just my opinion!"

"Let's agree to disagree."

No.

[Light Leak]

When someone ends what they're saying with "true story." Should I then believe other things they say are not true?

[kuranes]

When someone ends what they're saying with "true story." Should I then believe other things they say are not true? I just heard a comedienne say "When I hear a man say 'I never hit women' I think its creepy. It should go without saying. Would he also say ' I never poop in hot tubs ' ? "

But it makes you wonder how many faults to confess to in the spirit of "full disclosure" in a singles profile.

You'd imagine the reader might be conjecturing "if this is what he admits to, then I shudder to think what's still hidden ."

[skip]

"Whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger."

Fail.

[Enkidu]

I agree with both "Whatever doesn't kill you makes you stronger" and "Fail."

[Thevenin]

Awesome.

[Light Leak]

"Use your words." I get told this frequently when I'm having difficulty communicating something and it's frustrating. Plus it doesn't make sense. I do use words... just not the correct ones to make people understand what I'm saying apparently.

[mxmxmx]

I just heard a comedienne say "When I hear a man say 'I never hit women' I think its creepy. It should go without saying. Would he also say ' I never poop in hot tubs ' ? "

When I hear a man say "I never hit women", I think:

http://i.imgur.com/tgHeg.png

[skip]

"Dat's fer true."

Really?

Even worse: I've caught myself saying it. AUGH.

[mxmxmx]

It's horrible how contagious words and sayings can be.

[Ptah]

Like "meowmix", right?

Back on topic, I dislike the phrase, "we have an issue".

edit: oh, and "it's like poetry"

[mxmxmx]

Indeed.
A small part of me responds this way (http://www.caribbeangardens.com/Plants_Animals/images/leopard%20snarl.jpg).
But mostly, it's this (http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_StrWmsENkW0/TKHtvIeqMsI/AAAAAAAAABE/ZISPMT6jPLg/s1600/bored_leopard.jpeg).

Concerning "The N word", I agree with Mr. CK:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dF1NUposXVQ

[Skinart]

There's an interesting edge to your photo response when you ask the question: Does the taxidermy angle make it more edgy or more impotent?

[mxmxmx]

What (http://www.huntinglegends.com/wp-content/uploads/Frank%20Leopard%20Scene.JPG)an interesting (http://www.monarchtaxidermyinc.com/janda/products/productimage/1241012248_Leopard%20-%20Life%20Size.jpg)question (http://www.monarchtaxidermyinc.com/janda/products/productimage/1245345021_lrgleopard%20limp%20resized.jpg).

I just felt the same horror that a human must feel if they stumbled upon human taxidermy.
I'm going to think about this.

[Skinart]

Hah. I love this concept of stumbling on human taxidermy. My first response is imagining the corpses put into fierce poses. Would I be posed with my face in a snarl, hands outstretched to choke some fool? Human taxidermy poses (sic) the interesting question of accessories as well. You won't find a stuffed leopard wearing a service animal vest or a fancy collar (how awesome would that exhibit be?), but you have all sorts of options of clothing to put humans in. And just as animals are probably posed in a manner far far different from how they appeared shortly before death, I can imagine the horrors of misattributed culture that would befall a human taxidermy exhibit. It would bring new life to the phrase, "Wouldn't be caught dead wearing that."

Then my mind reels to actual human taxidermy: deliberate mummification for example. Open casket ceremonies certainly fit the bill, though less dramatic in posing. Then there is that plastinated humans exhibit the Chinese made and sent on tour around the world. Dissecting and infusing real dead people with plastic and making them into life size (and previously alive) versions of those neat 'Visible Man/Woman' models.

I'm also reminded of a horrific thing I saw in a zoo. There is a zoo in Omaha, Nebraska that has wrong things in it. One of these is signage pointing to the Cat house. Almost disappointing. Smell was as expected though. At the exit was a table with great cat pelts, and my first thought was how horrible! How could they be selling such things! My second was, "I wonder how much?" They weren't for sale, just for touching. I think that is still a bit odd.

The important one though, was at the gorilla exhibit. The gorilla house was a large open field with stuff in it, and an observation tunnel running through the middle. In the middle of the observation tunnel was a large glass case, and inside that glass case was a gorilla skeleton. My reaction was to look from the skeleton to the giant fucking windows through which I could see the gorillas. They had clear line of sight. How messed up is that?

"Whoah. Steve, check that shit out. That's creepy as hell. When did that get here? Steve? Steve?!!! Has anybody seen Steve?!!!!"


Now I want a no-casket ceremony with instructions to be put in a savage looking pose near the buffet table.

[mxmxmx]

I enjoyed reading every single word, and grasping every single concept you just outlined.

[MadamI'madaM]

I can see it now...Chuck Testa's magnum opus of trollhood.

[M1n1f1g]

There are a few pseudomathematical phrases I don't like:
"100%" - Practically impossible, and a long way of saying "1".
"110%" - Actually impossible, and an arbitrary figure.
"50:50" - Long way of saying "1:1". Poor numbers as well.
Or maybe it's my dozenal/long hundred tendencies that make me dislike them.

[god and friends]

What (http://www.huntinglegends.com/wp-content/uploads/Frank%20Leopard%20Scene.JPG)an interesting (http://www.monarchtaxidermyinc.com/janda/products/productimage/1241012248_Leopard%20-%20Life%20Size.jpg)question (http://www.monarchtaxidermyinc.com/janda/products/productimage/1245345021_lrgleopard%20limp%20resized.jpg).

I just felt the same horror that a human must feel if they stumbled upon human taxidermy.
I'm going to think about this.

http://skintlife.files.wordpress.com/2010/05/david_shrigley4_448.jpg

shrigley<3

[JenniferInNY]

"It is what it is" = cop-out phrase instead of actually weighing in with an opinion. Generally means person is either A) too stupid to think of an opinion, B) too guarded to share an opinion, or C) too lazy or dismissive to share opinion with me.

My mom uses it all the time and it frustrates the hell out of me when I've taken the time to share a thought and it is NEVER reciprocated with a thought, just the stupid rote recitation "it is what it is." No $hit Sherlock..

[gps]

I just felt the same horror that a human must feel if they stumbled upon human taxidermy.


stuffed human, Planet of the Apes (wallkill.tribe.net/photos/f34e399b-4a4f-4899-bf0e-16506999ff76)

[gps]

"Actually, ________"
Invariably it's some dick weed trying to fob off his or her subjective or personal spin on something as if `actual', objective, or so universal that NOBODY could possibly see things different than portrayed as if `actual'.

And I tend to respond to expressions of the form "You need to ___" with a barely-repressible urge to tear off the speaker's head and shit down his or her neck. Their whim does not engender a need for me to DO anything.

[Stigmata]

"Have a good one."

First off, what does this even mean? Good one, one what? It's so unassuming and politically correct it makes me want to vomit. Every time I hear this I wish well-wisher was forced to perform some impossible and potentially lethal circus feat for the amusement of an audience when an unquenchable thirst of blood on some kind of syndicated television network, which consist of said person having to juggle razor sharp swords while standing on the seat of a motorcycle moving 75 MPH down a large ramp leaded to a ring of flames hovering mid air over a pit of man eating alligators.

Secondly, does no one else see the inherent dangers in these sorts of expressions if we don't first inquire what it is they exactly plan on doing? Let me end this rant with a real world instance of what I mean. Wanna know who was really trying to have a "good one"? David Carradine (http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/story?id=7763422&page=1#.TwEf7dQS3O4) from the Kill Bill series.

I rant because I care.

[mxmxmx]

Have a good one, Stigmata.
By "one", I mean "wank".

[Fonduman]

"what about ya?"
"at the end of the day..." i usually say "the sun goes down?"
"I could care less" nice to know you care, then.
"more then" more grammar, but how I hate it.

[Erin]

"Word."

What does this mean? Actually, I know what the intended meaning is but I can't connect said meaning to the term itself in any legitimate way. It's too absurd.

[Works]

"Word."

What does this mean? Actually, I know what the intended meaning is but I can't connect said meaning to the term itself in any legitimate way. It's too absurd.

All meaning connected to words is arbitrary.

[teleforce]

i take "word" to mean "well said" or "i agree," and i use it but treat it as slang, so it's only said around/to certain people. i repped "word" to somebody today.

it's nice and succinct.

[Stigmata]

"Word."

What does this mean? Actually, I know what the intended meaning is but I can't connect said meaning to the term itself in any legitimate way. It's too absurd.

I've always seen it as "I want to acknowledge that you said something, and that for the most part I'm in agreement, yet I don't have much of substance to add beyond what you already said".

[Randall]

"Have a good one."

"I've already got a good one, I'm looking for a longer one."
/paraphrasing George Carlin

[mxmxmx]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EM-8b6LgnMk

[Skinart]

I used to be bothered by the usage of fine to describe an attractive person. Seemed like a downgrade.

[Hamel]

When people ask "What's up?" I usually say something that is above eye level (the fans, the hanging signs, lottery tickets etc) it throws them off.

The entire line of "hey baby gurl, what's happnin (because they don't say it right) baby gurl" get on my everlasting nerves. I'm not a baby and while yes, I am female, I'm not a girl anymore. I also want to note all the bad pick up lines as well.

[starjots]

"I can do whatever the FUCK I want."

Other than being said shortly before death, this statement is the apex of ignorance.

[C.J.Woolf]

I used to be bothered by the usage of fine to describe an attractive person. Seemed like a downgrade.

When I was living in Texas in the early 1970s, "fine" was a word of high praise. "Mighty fine" was more so.

[1104]

taking oneself seriously, especially in the context of "doesn't take him/herself seriously" as a compliment. doesn't make any sense.

[starjots]

"fish taco" this ruins what might otherwise be an interesting meal...

[giegs]

"Bro"

I will fucking kill you, bro. brah. With gnar-tron illmatic death sequences. While posting up on it to the max. Etc.

[Wintermute]

(I REALLY love this expression) But I'd be pissed off if some random tapped me on the shoulder and wanted to converse with me, causing me to spill my drink.
He spills his drink!

Deus Ex (first version on PC), best. game. ever. forever.

My mum bought it for me after persistant request and bargaining on day one of it's release.

Best day ever.

[MacGuffin]

When I was living in Texas in the early 1970s, "fine" was a word of high praise. "Mighty fine" was more so.

Surely I'm not the only one that saw/heard Matthew McConaughey say this in their mind while reading it. Shirtless, of course.

[M1n1f1g]

"Bro"

I will fucking kill you, bro. brah. With gnar-tron illmatic death sequences. While posting up on it to the max. Etc.

Some people I know got into a habit a while ago of quoting from Four Lions. Film quotes get terribly tedious.

[Fonduman]

When people ask "What's up?" I usually say something that is above eye level (the fans, the hanging signs, lottery tickets etc) it throws them off.

I usually say "the sky" or "aeroplanes" lol

[kali]

When people ask "What's up?" I usually say something that is above eye level (the fans, the hanging signs, lottery tickets etc) it throws them off.


I usually say "the sky" or "aeroplanes" lol

"gas prices"

"unemployment rates"

"collective intergenerational shame"

[Enkidu]

I hate it when people deliberately misinterpret figurative or idiomatic language by taking it literally.

That's not just me being snarky about the "what's up" posts above, I really do hate it. Seriously, though, cut it out.

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1YIM96Emtm8/Ted_rPrX_mI/AAAAAAAAAHc/jGbFb9KtyYM/s1600/Scissors+Cut.jpg
LOL
:dont:

[Jackal]

Perhaps not so much an expression as how it is expressed,

I dislike when people capitalize "LOL" or "LMAO" or "ROFL," or any text-speak abbreviation, more than I hate the abbreviations themselves.

[nonperson]

Perhaps not so much an expression as how it is expressed,

I dislike when people capitalize "LOL" or "LMAO" or "ROFL," or any text-speak abbreviation, more than I hate the abbreviations themselves.

WTF?

[Hermione]

OMG, I like wtf. ffs.

[nonperson]

OMG, I like wtf. ffs.

TISC ROFL

[Hermione]

pfft. You silly wanker, you.

[god and friends]

"I love you". how do you respond to that?

[nonperson]

pfft. You silly wanker, you.

TNTL TRDMC

[Hermione]

TNTL TRDMC

tl;dnr LOL lovez you, non.

I just said, 'have a good one' to a coworker as we were leaving work. I hate when I do that.
I will try to change that to 'have a good whatever'. Darn.

[Skinart]

It's an old joke, but for me, it's true. I hate being told to have a nice day--who the fuck are they to put that kind of pressure on me. I always respond with, "I make no promises."

[Roger Mexico]

Oh, OK here's a work related one:

In the actual English language, a person who is a good "problem solver" or who possesses "problem-solving" skills is a person who is good at solving problems.

However, based on a recent staff meeting, apparently in Professional Jargonland (I work in the school system but I doubt this is field-specific) there is now a new verb, "to problemsolve."

As in "let's problemsolve that." I was going to just write it off as a predictable morphological shift, until I realized that it's actually an example of Doublespeak. While you might think that the sentence "let's problemsolve that" has the same meaning as the more proper "let's solve that problem," I think in context you would often be wrong.

The verb "to problemsolve" exists so that people can ostensibly direct their "problemsolving" faculties at a problem for a while, and then stop, whether or not the outcome involves the problem actually getting solved. The statement "I've been problemsolving" suggests an act not subject to completion, and thus cannot be subject to empirical falsification on the basis of a quantity of identifiable problems which were or were not actually solved, which makes it a distinct construction of obvious utility in a fucked bureaucracy compared to the alternative, "I've been solving problems."

[Skinart]

Here's the real question for you: The next time someone says, "Let's problemsolve this", will you step up and say, "No. Let's solve this problem." Or will you leave the issue in the above "problemsolved" state?

[Roger Mexico]

Here's the real question for you: The next time someone says, "Let's problemsolve this", will you step up and say, "No. Let's solve this problem." Or will you leave the issue in the above "problemsolved" state?

I would like to say yes. However in this field I get the impression that such a breach of decorum would often be the first step down the path to a situation where I am throwing my feces around and yelling "everyone in this room can dicksuck me."

[Gmac]

My almost worst one: "I made a cake of your face". Only surpassed in rankness by the lines that sometimes follow it: "Nostrils made of pastry! Very, very tasty! Facecake! Facecake!"

[mxmxmx]

I don't know, problem-solving sounds like a good synonym for masturbating.

[Roger Mexico]

Don't bother me, I'm offjacking.

[Skinart]

I hate it when people use the verb 'sexing', or its conjugates because they use them wrongly. The current infantile usage is as a synonym for sexual intercourse. The problem is it already had a useful meaning: to determine the gender of an organism--almost always used in reference to an organism where gender is either ambiguous or requires some special knowledge or training to discern--like reptiles, birds, fish, and many hipsters.

The off-label use of the words makes otherwise normal discourse in biology and animal husbandry more awkward. The increasingly common infantile sounding usage directs people to then use different words to describe the act of gender identification which are commonly juvenile constructions being used in place of more mature language in order to avoid sounding like a pervert.

For example, instead of saying, "I'm going to sex this hatchling", one retreats to "I'm going to see if this hatchling is a boy or a girl." Arguably, one could use male/female in place of boy/girl, but once on has receded to this construction, that replacement makes it sound haughty and arrogant rather than knowledgeable. The other alternative, "I'm going to check what gender this hatchling is" or any common variant thereof, is clearly hideous and awkward.

[C.J.Woolf]

However, based on a recent staff meeting, apparently in Professional Jargonland (I work in the school system but I doubt this is field-specific) there is now a new verb, "to problemsolve."

KILL


I hate it when people use the verb 'sexing', or its conjugates because they use them wrongly. The current infantile usage is as a synonym for sexual intercourse. The problem is it already had a useful meaning: to determine the gender of an organism--almost always used in reference to an organism where gender is either ambiguous or requires some special knowledge or training to discern--like reptiles, birds, fish, and many hipsters.

It amuses me to imagine hipsters sexing each other in the original sense as reconnaissance, to find out whether they really want to sex them in the other sense.

[Skinart]

It amuses me to imagine hipsters sexing each other in the original sense as reconnaissance, to find out whether they really want to sex them in the other sense.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPuRvtqb95E

[mxmxmx]

Deal with it: Can't say I hate the expression, but the reaction it produces in me is one of complete and utter dismissal of everything that is represented by the it with which I should deal.

[square]

Verse (from versus) used as a verb meaning play against. e.g. I versed him at tennis.

[Roger Mexico]

Not sure if this even belongs in here but not sure where else to put it:

Dear [Portland mayoral candidate] Eileen Brady,

You know what? For a second there, I was starting to think about thinking about voting for you. Yes, I know, despite your endorsement by the Portland Business Alliance, which ordinarily I would consider the equivalent of an endorsement from NAMBLA, or worse, the Portland police union. Then I saw a photo of you wearing a T-Shirt emblazoned with the statement "Democracy is a verb." In point of fact, "democracy" is most certainly not a verb. It is a noun. For this reason, walking around with an assertion that it is a verb visible on any part of your person makes you look like a f*cking moron. I realize that you probably understand that "democracy" is not actually a verb, but rather believe this slogan is a witty and clever way to express a sentiment you hold. What's more, I happen to agree with the sentiment I assume you are trying to express. However, if you believe this slogan is a witty and clever way of expressing it, then you are a f*cking moron.

That is all.

[Skinart]

Dear Master of the Arts,

While you may be correct from a strictly prescriptive grammarian perspective, as an elementary student of Linguistics, and by extension a reformed prescriptive grammarian myself who has now cast off those chains in favor of descriptive grammars: Any word has the potential to be either noun or verb because nounage or verbage is a function of syntax not morphology. Though, I will admit, using that particular base word as a verb and forming a meaning from the result is unusually difficult, but that is more a function of the abstruseness of this particular word than a refutation of the underlying descriptive grammarian thesis. The true irony is found in a syntactic diagramming of the statement under scrutiny.

In the statement "Democracy is a verb", the word Democracy is syntactically a noun. While at first glance this appears to support your argument, if you experiment further you will find that any word used to replace Democracy, even those that common instinct would initially classify as verbs by default, will be syntactically a noun in that position in that sentence construction. Not to put to fine a point in it, but the statement is from a strict context free logical standpoint, wrong. Given that you must introduce context to make even the simplest of cases evaluate to true, then it becomes apparent that the case you are complaining about, by virtue of having a context in which it is understood to be true, rebukes your lament as baseless. In fact, it is satisfying that the context which makes the statement sensible is of equal abstruseness to the word itself being proclaimed a verb.

There's probably something elegant in that last bit that could be formed into a general observation worthy of a sip of tea, a small self satisfied smirk, and a murmur of, "Yes. Quite charming."

That is all.

A fellow mourner of language being shifted without personal consent.

[teleforce]

that is all.

[Enkidu]

"Man up."

"Nut up" is somewhat more acceptable.

[Soozie]

"touching base"
"tic tacking"

These make me suck air.
And if anyone is going to try and touch my base I'm a gonna slap them!

[Roger Mexico]

"touching base"
"tic tacking"

These make me suck air.
And if anyone is going to try and touch my base I'm a gonna slap them!


Ooh, actually a few jobs ago I once heard someone say they had "touchbased" with someone else.

[D33P7HR047]

Have a blessed day.

[HoneyCyclical]

Have a blessed day.

You have no idea.

[Enkidu]

"Are you awake?"

[Owfin]

"Quarter after", "Quarter till'", all of those sound like nonsense to me. Just tell me the time!

[M1n1f1g]

"Becoming a parent for the second/third/etc. time." - only true if all of their previous children have died.

[Chunes]

Have a blessed day.

Depends.

Do they say it like blesst or BLESS-said?

[Phreon]

"Can I ask you a question?"

This can be approached several ways:

1) Sure, you *could* ask me a question, A) I imagine you're capable of it. B) but, I'd rather you not. C) but *should* you ask me a question?
2) I only have time for one question. And you already asked it.
3) You just did ask me a question. Clearly my opinion means nothing to you.
4) Yes, and since I'm feeling charitable, you can ask another one.

--Phreon

[pickledoctopus]

"Quarter after", "Quarter till'", all of those sound like nonsense to me. Just tell me the time!

Now why is it that I also can't stand these expressions in English, but when I switch to French I'm fine with them?


I have developed many creative ways of responding to ''how are you?'' that manage to deflect the question without having to spill my guts out or answer a bland ''yes''.

It keeps me sane and helps me forget that I hate getting asked ''how are you''.

[skip]

"emails"

One email, ten email. Email.

[Owfin]

I have developed many creative ways of responding to ''how are you?'' that manage to deflect the question without having to spill my guts out or answer a bland ''yes''.

It keeps me sane and helps me forget that I hate getting asked ''how are you''.

*sits with rapt attention* I must know these ways...

[Chunes]

Why not tell the truth?

I'm shitty.

That usually makes them go away

[pickledoctopus]

Yeah, but when you don't want to drive them away, yet you want them to not talk to you too much?

Unfortunately, again French serves me too well in deflecting...

''Ça va?''

''Ça devrait.''

''Vers l'avant.''

''Par là.''

''Ça se pourrait.''

In english, it's a bit harder...

"How are you?"

"as always."

"I haven't thought about it that much."

yeah, these are probably lame...

my favorite is:

*dismissive grunt*

[god and friends]

''Ça va?''


I hate it.

person a: "Salut! Ça va?"

person b: "Ça va! Et toi?"

person a: "Ça va!!!"

person me: -cringe-

[Enkidu]

"It's all in your head."

No shit, where else would it be?

[mxmxmx]

In your pants!

[C.J.Woolf]

"It's all in your head."

No shit, where else would it be?


In your pants!

The little head.

[mxmxmx]

Little, huh.

[Domino]

"Cheer up".

I almost hit a good friend for that one. It was a locked and loaded favorite of their's, and I had to flee or else do violence to someone I cared about.

Please. Never ever tell someone to "cheer up" unless you're handing them a million dollars.

[D33P7HR047]

Depends.

Do they say it like blesst or BLESS-said?

Perhaps blesst; though my reason for finding the expression annoying results from the supposition of faith, which could not otherwise be blessed. It's another way of forcing you into complacency (perhaps compared to someone sticking their belief dick into you without asking for your permission first.)

[square]

"Cheer up".

I almost hit a good friend for that one. It was a locked and loaded favorite of their's, and I had to flee or else do violence to someone I cared about.

Please. Never ever tell someone to "cheer up" unless you're handing them a million dollars.

Emo kids seem so sad. Is it OK to tell emo kids to cheer up?

The t-shirt doesn't seem to be working in this case.

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[1104]

bleu cheese
strawberries and creme

[rhinosaur]

bleu cheese
strawberries and creme

Thank you for reminding me of my intense dislike for the following:

"Haricots Verts" -- No, they're not green beans, they're French. Ooh la la. Get them for only 9.5

[HoneyCyclical]

(perhaps compared to someone sticking their belief dick into you without asking for your permission first.)

That's exactly what it is. If I find it particularly annoying that day I will ask them with what am I being blessed and who is it that is blessing my day? Usually the reply is "god" or "jesus" or some such non-secular related response and I say, "I'm an atheist." I find it particularly annoying when it's done on the customer service level. I wasn't aware I was buying my groceries from a church. It's a very pushy action but made to seem nice or thoughtful which is insidious. I'm not saying I believe that all people who say that have insidious intentions necessarily. Just that the expectation of complacency (as you aptly put it) is impossible to quietly ignore on those days when I have a low "blessed" bullshit threshold.

[MasterJediSoda]

I can't think of any I hate that haven't been mentioned, but one time a friend asked me "What's up?" and I replied with "Depends on your coordinate system."

Recently he told me that that response was why he wanted to be friends with me.

[giegs]

"situational awareness" and "mitigate"

Holy hell government employees love to say those. Makes me want to mitigate my situational awareness.

[Roger Mexico]

"As best as we can."

[Enkidu]

"What's on your mind?"

Fuck, I don't know. A lot of shit. How much time do you have?

[god and friends]

my family is much more to the point. they initiate a conversation with "say something". that's the way to make someone shut up forever.

[Mikamickmac]

I hate "anyways". Just to be 99.9% certain that there is no such word, I Googled it and the first listing was this from Urban Dictionary:

anyways
A term used by complete and utter cunts. One of those ghastly American expressions that is becoming more and more common place. People who say this word also tend to say 'anywho' rather than 'anyhow', it winds me right up.

Couldn't have said it any better myself.

I also hate how "sixth" is becoming "sikth" - fingernails down a blackboard when I hear that on TV

[synagogue]

Any and every expression that could be described as a "buzzword" of any type, including "buzzword".

The words "twitter", "facebook", etc., any time they're being spoken by a news reporter.

[M1n1f1g]

I also hate how "sixth" is becoming "sikth" - fingernails down a blackboard when I hear that on TV

Three obstruents on the same side of a syllable? Come on, that's difficult!


99.9% certain

Did I mention that I didn't like those? I don't know if it's a dislike of decimal or arbitrary values, just don't mention it around me. You might get away with "E9.E per long hundred", but then only I would understand. And I'd only be pleased because I've never seen the system used outside a research context - you've still used an arbitrary value.

I agree on "anyways", though. Mumbling would be a much better response.

[god and friends]

110%

[Enkidu]

"Random"

[Randall]

^ When it is used in place of miscellaneous, it's pretty irritating.

[Enkidu]

Or when it is used in place of nothing whatsoever. "I'm so random." "That's so random." "They're just really random."

[edstamos]

"Random"

When someone calls me random, I wonder if they mean I'm a random encounter, soon to be forgotten amongst a perpetual succession of random encounters.

I dislike:
"Down to Earth"
"Git-r-done",
"First thing's first", something I say to myself oftentimes, usually followed by a chill down my spine and a twinge of nausea, though I can't imagine why my reaction would be physical, except perhaps the context of tedious routine.


Or when it is used in place of nothing whatsoever. "I'm so random." "That's so random." "They're just really random."

I often get it in response to an unintentional digression in which I forget to take my conversational partner with me and just sort of, include them at the end of my train of thought. I hate backtracking.


I versed him at tennis.

"Did you get served?" would be my response :)

[Skinart]

Or when it is used in place of nothing whatsoever. "I'm so random." "That's so random." "They're just really random."
In those cases it's being used in place of 'unpredictable' or 'outside of expectations'--in which case I would argue it is being used correctly.

[MoneyJungle]

Boss. When used by someone not under my employ as a term of friendly familiarity. Why do you want me to feel like a slave driver?

[Skinart]

I agree completely, but I think 'Boss' is a weird form of address in any circumstance. It's like calling your landlord 'Landlord'. This from someone who spent years being called 'Driver'.

On a tangential note, whenever someone calls my father by his first name, it jangles my nerves. The younger they are, the more the beast in me snaps, snarls, and strains against the restraints.

[Works]

Boss. When used by someone not under my employ as a term of friendly familiarity. Why do you want me to feel like a slave driver?

What do you think of the term boss used as an adjective for something totes amazing? As in, "This concert is so boss!"

[C.J.Woolf]

Boss. When used by someone not under my employ as a term of friendly familiarity. Why do you want me to feel like a slave driver?

Or "Chief".

[Lurker]

"Touche"

Arrogant while reluctantly conceding a point. Yuck. Just say "oh," "ok," "oops," "I see"...anything else.

Oh yeah, I forgot. "Good deal!!!" *grimace*

[Skinart]

"Touche"

ArrogantPlayful while reluctantlyplayfully conceding a point.
fyp. Well, part of it. Then I got tired.

[MyMomentously]

"Deal with it."

[Brimmely]

"I know right?"

[Enkidu]

I hate it when people verbally enunciate "lol." "Kthxbai" is acceptable, but most interweb-jargon is not, especially memes. The next time I hear (with my ears) someone say "trollface!" when they have "trolled" someone I am going to PUNCH ALL THE FACES lol.

No seriously, it's funny how I did it in that context, but no one else do it.

[Enkidu]

"There's no such thing as a dumb question."

[bass_n_treble]

"So I sez..."

(It's a Brooklyn thing for wannabe gangsters)

"So I sez to Nicky, 'I'm gonna beat your face to mushad!' and that motherfucker left me alone!"


"Cheer up".

Or "relax" when you're pissed. I can't fucking relax, because you're the reason I'm pissed, idiot!

I wonder if someone could compile every phrase in this thread and collectively make INTPc's nose crinkle.

[red shift]

Rubs me the wrong way.

:no:

[Roger Mexico]

"A whole nother"

The word "another"--although pronunciation seems to validate the above construction--is a contraction of sorts combining the phrase "an other" into a single word.

If you're inserting a modifier, the appropriate construction would be "a whole other" because the article "an" becomes inappropriate in that context.

[Skinart]

Except that in this case, "whole" is acting as an in-fix. They are rare in English, but they absofuckinlutely do happen.

[last_caress]

"Deal with it."

haha jesus you just made my day.

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