[link=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/debates/3394545/Oxford-compiles-list-of-top-ten-irritating-phrases.html]Oxford compiles list of top ten irritating phrases...[/link]
1 - At the end of the day
2 - Fairly unique
3 - I personally
4 - At this moment in time
5 - With all due respect
6 - Absolutely
7 - It's a nightmare
8 - Shouldn't of
9 - 24/7
10 - It's not rocket science
And putting this at the end of a sentence should have been retired 10 years ago: "Not."
Here's another one: "To be perfectly honest with you."
Either of these:
needless to say
it goes without saying
QuoteAnd putting this at the end of a sentence should have been retired 10 years ago: "Not."
Here's another one: "To be perfectly honest with you."
Yeah. If now you're trying to be 'perfectly honest with me', then the rest of the time you're completely full of shit?
....that has always bugged me too.
QuoteQuoteAnd putting this at the end of a sentence should have been retired 10 years ago: "Not."
Here's another one: "To be perfectly honest with you."
Yeah. If now you're trying to be 'perfectly honest with me', then the rest of the time you're completely full of shit?
....that has always bugged me too.
Exactly.
And here's another one: "To tell you the truth."
"I hate to tell you this, but..."
" trust me "
" I love you " when it's over used.
Wow, I hear all of those at work, multiple times a day...including the I love you. :-/
As grossly over-used music related phrases go, these two bug me the most:
"I was blown away" or "They blew me away".
in other words...
My boss' favorite phrase is "very obviously"...
Another one:
"That's the way I roll."
QuoteEither of these:
needless to say
it goes without saying
Holy shit, those drive me crazy!!!!!!!
if it's needless to say, then why the hell are you saying it!!!
Confound this language!!!
hypothetically speaking
your cancer is terminal
my face melted
Baby Daddy or Baby Mama
It's my way or the highway
I fucked your wife.
QuoteI fucked your wife.
Quite irritating. ;D
I love/hate when someone wants to sound intelligent but they say "irregardless" without even comprehending it isn't even a word. But I digress in this "buzz word bingo" thread.
"Where the rubber meets the road"
can we still be friends....ouch
Oops... my rubber broke.
I'm 2 weeks late.
Woah.
QuoteI fucked your wife.
;D I'm so tired of hearing that! ;D
The other night on 2-1/2 men the kid, can't remember his name, said "31" instead of 24/7. As in 24+7. I thought that was funny...
110%
or
200%
pretty much any # that's not 100%.
QuoteOops... my rubber broke.
I'm 2 weeks late.
have to admit...those suck :-[
My boss loves to say, 'It shouldn't take you too long to finish this.'
>:(
Quote
" I love you " when it's over used.
"Ain't it strange
How everbody says I love you
Ain't it a shame
How a word can't tell you more than words can say"...dr. dog
QuoteI love/hate when someone wants to sound intelligent but they say "irregardless" without even comprehending it isn't even a word. But I digress in this "buzz word bingo" thread.
"Where the rubber meets the road"
MMJF--i've posted on here before, "irregardless" is such a pet peeve!!
also, "get home safe" or "drive home safe!" -----!!! it's SAFELY!!!!!!
also, lately someone's been saying 'be well' to me over email--WTF--that is NOT an expression!??
QuoteMy boss loves to say, 'It shouldn't take you too long to finish this.'
>:(
yours too? that is when they drop a sh*tload of work on you, too!! "this shouldn't take you long" or they say on their way out "don't stay here all night" (it's like, gee, why didn't i think of that?)
QuoteQuoteMy boss loves to say, 'It shouldn't take you too long to finish this.'
>:(
yours too? that is when they drop a sh*tload of work on you, too!! "this shouldn't take you long" or they say on their way out "don't stay here all night" (it's like, gee, why didn't i think of that?)
Ouch, I've never received the 'don't stay here all night' line. There should be some kind of alarm that sounds when people use certain phrases too much. :)
Let's retire this one too: "Blah blah blah..."
QuoteQuoteQuoteMy boss loves to say, 'It shouldn't take you too long to finish this.'
>:(
yours too? that is when they drop a sh*tload of work on you, too!! "this shouldn't take you long" or they say on their way out "don't stay here all night" (it's like, gee, why didn't i think of that?)
Ouch, I've never received the 'don't stay here all night' line. There should be some kind of alarm that sounds when people use certain phrases too much. :)
My boss does this too :-[
"You know what I mean?"
"You know what I'm saying?"
A couple of Americanisms: "I tell you what" - although I like it when Hank Hill says it.
"Where's that at?"
One (of many) Canadian phrases I want retired: "No doubt about it."
"Its complicated" really gets on my nerves, especially considering how much I hear it at school. >:(
"Your credit card has been declined".... It's up in the air as to what that really means anyway.
same difference
people in the northeast say "Get ON line" instead of saying "Get in line"
..also when people use "literally" in front of every sentence when they don't mean it literally...
"pimpin aint easy" which the occupation probably is but i hate this fuckin saying
QuoteLet's retire this one too: "Blah blah blah..."
i like that one most hahaha
"like"
"I forget"
I think my least favorite "phrase" is the misuse of whenever in place of when. "Whenever" is a recurring or non-specific temporal reference. "When" has specifics involved. If you're telling me about your sister visiting you that one particular time last week, it is not "Whenever my sister came over last weekend." This one seriously drives me batshit crazy.
Also, when I moved to Chicago, I had never heard "I know, right?" before. It got me into a tizzy for a while.
QuoteI think my least favorite "phrase" is the misuse of whenever in place of when. "Whenever" is a recurring or non-specific temporal reference. "When" has specifics involved. If you're telling me about your sister visiting you that one particular time last week, it is not "Whenever my sister came over last weekend." This one seriously drives me batshit crazy.
Also, when I moved to Chicago, I had never heard "I know, right?" before. It got me into a tizzy for a while.
I always have trouble when it comes to knowing which instances use "farther" and which use "further". :-/
"I'm Late"
I hate when people speak in questions and then answer themselves. I've noticed a lot of commentators doing this on the news lately.
Example: "Is the financial bailout really going to stimulate the economy? Of course it is." "But, does anyone know the answer? Not particularly"
Damn that gets annoying!
I'm a cook and so I hate the phrase "their food was ice cold" witch is pretty much impossible. Ice cold is the most exaggerated phrase.
"throwing (insert someones name here) under the bus"
I fucking here this all the time at work.
"Row Tad"
"Cheatriots"
"Patsies"
and all the other jealous, fallacious bile spewed by haters of the New England Patriots--THE TEAM OF THE 21ST CENTURY--because they can't accept how dominant they've been!
"So on and so forth"
I would rather people just say etcetera.
" your services are no longer needed"
" bail out "
"Have a seat"
" punchin the clown " aka - jerkin off