Annoying phrases...

[The Anvil]

 Here's one: "on the planet".

Somewhere along the line it became the cool thing to say in place of "on earth" or "in the world". Are we afraid of offending other planets so we add a disclaimer?

[GiG]

The one I hate is "Having said that..." DUH!
Very annoying and condescending, it grinds my ears when I hear it.
It's even worse when someone put that stupid prase in print...   

[johnhunter44]

Sick of the saying......."Just sayin...." 

[Tx Bohemian]

The one I hate is "Having said that..." DUH!
Very annoying and condescending, it grinds my ears when I hear it.
It's even worse when someone put that stupid prase in print...   

I'm with you on that one, quite irritating!

[solo1]

Irrregardless,    'some point in time"   'etc' when spoken.

[thewoodman]

'Do you see what I'm saying' is QUITE annoying when constantly repeated over and over again. You see what I'm saying?

[six2go #152]

"You're not the boss of me". What happened to "you're not my boss"?

When newscasters say that someone "went missing". Since when did missing become a destination?

[The Anvil]

Irrregardless,    'some point in time"   'etc' when spoken.

Irregardless, the point is mute.

[GiG]

I hear this one every day - "Period of time..."
A period IS a measure of time.
As in " a period of one year" or "The Cretaceous Period".
Maybe the geniuses that use this annoying phrase are attempting to differentiate between time and menstral cycles???  

[John Schmidt]

Irrregardless,    'some point in time"   'etc' when spoken.

Irregardless, the point is mute.

Anvil, my daughters, as they were growing up used that term "mute" a couple times....saying it's a "mute" point. Being a former teacher and my fatherly duties required me to be a "stick in the mud," I corrected them. Told them "you mean 'moot' point." "No dad....MUTE point....I don't want to talk about it."

To this day whenever I'm visiting them, they will purposely murder the king's english with such stuff. Use of the term "irregardless" as mentioned earlier is a favorite, along with "be that as it may" and a few others that escape me now but they sure remember them. And they will ALWAYS end a sentence with "at" on purpose....even if it doesn't apply. Love'm to death, no matter where they're at!!!  

And if they write me a note, it will go something like...."your sure your right?"  As opposed to the correct....."you're sure you're right?"

Forgot to add....one daughter has different ring tones on her cell phone for each member of the family. When it's me, it calls out in stern tones; "it's your father, be that as it may."  Followed by a loud "harrumph."  I just can't win, not sure I want to.  

[Momz]

Ihate when people say "AX" or "AXED" when the proper word is "ASK" or "ASKED".
The official language of this country is English, not Ebonics!

[DarkMeister]

The one I hate is "Having said that..." DUH!
Very annoying and condescending, it grinds my ears when I hear it.
It's even worse when someone put that stupid prase in print...   

I'm with you on that one, quite irritating!

Oh fine! I'll stop using it! Guilty of that one.

Anvil? You want phrases from hell? Try working for the feds, in senior management. There was a time when I just got a kick out of some brain-fart introducing a phrase that all butt-kissers start using. Sometimes it lasts a year, other times a few months. Later it just nauseated me.

Some that drove me nuts:

- Add granularity to the ... issue / plan / topic / my shorts
- Move forward (like...what: move backward? Spin the wheels in place?)
- Window of opportunity

Ah to hell with it. There are a bunch but I don't need to dredge them up  

[DarkMeister]

If grammar is an issue, could of / would of drives me nuts.

HAVE at it...

[Grumpy]

Whatever, tends to tick me off.

[Serk]

I know, I whined about it on the last "Things that annoy me" thread but...

"NOW it's Valk related!" I find highly annoying...

Forgot to add....one daughter has different ring tones on her cell phone for each member of the family. When it's me, it calls out in stern tones; "it's your father, be that as it may."  Followed by a loud "harrumph."  I just can't win, not sure I want to.  

For my mom's ringtone, I've got the "NO WIRE HANGERS!" rant from Mommy Dearest... Luckily my mom has a good sense of humor and finds it hilarious...

[Jess Tolbirt]

Ihate when people say"AX" or "AXED" when the proper word is "ASK" or "ASKED".
The official language of this country is English, not Ebonics!

this country has NO official language,,,

[Jess Tolbirt]

know what I mean?

ya know?

[The Anvil]

I hear this one every day - "Period of time..."
A period IS a measure of time.
As in " a period of one year" or "The Cretaceous Period".
Maybe the geniuses that use this annoying phrase are attempting to differentiate between time and menstral cycles???  

So the term "a period of time" should be preceded by a word like "long" or "short" right? " Ex: "I'll be here for a short period of time". Or is that wrong too?

I don't use "having said that" but I do say "that having been said".

The "mute" over "moot" thing drives me nuts. But it's hard to correct someone without sounding like a douche, but at the same time you're doing them a favor.

[GiG]

Try: "I will be here for a short period" or "I will be here for a short time".
and -

"that having been said"

is every bit as annoying as"having said that". "

I don't expect people will stop using that phrase any time soon.
Along the same lines, I've already stopped getting annoyed at "PIN Number", "VIN Number" and "ATM MAchine"...

[GiG]

Regarding Irregardless -
I had a High School English teacher that was a real stickler on syntax.
She constantly used the term "irregardless" until, one day I asked the definition.
She replied - "without regard".
So I asked what is the definition of "regardless" then??? 
The good news is, when I repeated that class the next year, I knew most of the information from having presented the previous year - AND I was the oldest kid in the class! 

[fiddle mike]

Sick of the saying......."Just sayin...." 

I'm with you, John.  I think it's  some kind of Sienfeldism that supposed  to make any kind of idiocy "okay".

[Daniel Meyer]

"I'm sorry" when they don't mean it or aren't taking corrective action.

[Wallie]

The word "like" used as every second word in conversations, especially by teens and twenty-somethings.

For example: I was all like, "Yeah, like, whatever." And she was all like, "Yeah well, like DUH."

Of course, with all the texting going on, these airheads are rapidly losing the ability to communicate intelligently using the spoken word anyway.

[Karen]

Not fer nothin'...

[solo1]

I think that we shoud put the breaks on this post and take a brake.  May I be struck by lightening for sayin this, like you know what I'm sayin'?

[csj]

The phrase 'Let's not go there', meaning, let's not talk about that.

First heard it 12 years ago, only thing that bothered me was that
I had to ask what it meant.

[Willow]

"I'm sorry" when they don't mean it or aren't taking corrective action.

Even worse, the single word, "Sorry," as an apology.

I'm irritated by a lot of small repeated misuses.

Then for than
loose for lose or loss
would of, should of, could of rather than would've, should've or could've

I'm easily irritated.  It even bothers me to see or hear people use "in spite of" when "despite" would've been easier.    

Oh, and the use of the preposition with dropping the object such as, "Do you want to come with?"

And the use of I in a spot that calls for the objective form of the pronoun, such as, "It's best for you and I."

[Bama Red]

Please, please don't get me started on this...please!?


OK -

"I'm just sayin'" just ought to be erased from the public memory.

"Like" used as a space filler while the brain catches up - Folks that can't do any better than that should be, like, killed. Same thing for "you know?"

"Ebonics" - A made up word for the language of people to lazy to learn a real language. I don't care how many people use it - that's just a sign of our failure to educate people or their unwillingness to learn.

Use of texting abbreviations in real life. Tell u what - try using texting abbreviations in ur next job application and c how that works out 4 u.

[Daniel Meyer]

"Like" used as a space filler while the brain catches up - Folks that can't do any better than that should be, like, killed. Same thing for "you know?"

A few years ago a radio station had a contest here...callers had to talk/answer questions with the DJ for 2 minutes and NOT use "like", "uh", or "you know".

The prize was $500.

10 callers and nobody won the money. 

[LL]

"PREsume".......................
After I looked that word up in the dictionary I found out that it's really a word.

So now when I hear that word "PREsume", I will take it that someone is THINKING about making an ARSE out of YOU and ME.

Or the word "surreal"......................

[Jay]

When someone starts with "let me tell you this", my brain says "no, I don't want to hear it".
Same goes for "I'll tell you what".  It seems to be a waste of breath.

Ya know what I mean? 

[Oss]

have a nice day..............If I want to have a crappy day just leave me be ok

press one for english.........that really pisses me off

people who use  ...........   in posts

oops I do that one

used to dislike spaces between lines but find it makes it easier to read since I havent figured out how to make the font larger

having said that I will go back to work

[The Anvil]

have a nice day..............If I want to have a crappy day just leave me be ok

press one for english.........that really pisses me off

people who use  ...........   in posts

oops I do that one

used to dislike spaces between lines but find it makes it easier to read since I havent figured out how to make the font larger

having said that I will go back to work

How's it going?

How you doing?

.......and variations thereof. Let's face it, do any of us really want to know the truth? We might actually care, but that's different from having the time to listen to a stranger's problems.

[hotglue #43]

Wow..... what a bunch of MOANERS.... Pretty sensitive bunch.  
guess Y'all will get over it..... ..... if not, I will always think ya should have.....
Most folks type on the boards as they would talk...It's part of a conversation.. We're not writin' a thesis here... ... well... maybe some of you are.....

[thewoodman]

I find that when I ask someone a question and their first response is: “Well, to tell you the truth”; my brain just wants to explode.

Of course I want the truth. That's why I asked the question. Why would I want you to lie to me?

I know someone who is a pathological liar; good guy, god heart, means well; even lies about stuff that would be easier to tell the truth; tells anyone what they think they want to hear or what can get him out of an uncomfortable spot. The problem is that eventually, the truth wins out. I’ve told him that I always know when he’s lying: because his lips are moving.

[sugerbear]

instead of saying "your welcome", you get  "not a problem".

[Willow]

used to dislike spaces between lines but find it makes it easier to read since I havent figured out how to make the font larger

Do it like this, Oss.    

[solo1]

I've always wondered why the ladies don't take exception to the greeting by the waitress to a man and wife or, two women,   "What can I get you guys?"

[Oss]

Wayne

The correct usage is YOUZ or Youse  If in the south I suppose  y'uze would be acceptable

hotglue make up your mind how many dots you use at a time  its confusing switching from 3 dots to 5 dots        

Must be the lack of rain in Houston...

thanks carl figured it out

[The Anvil]

I've always wondered why the ladies don't take exception to the greeting by the waitress to a man and wife or, two women,   "What can I get you guys?"

Because "guys" is a generic term for people nowadays. I know some older folks who are offended by it.

Here's one for the ladies to answer; is the word "broad" offensive to you? I have a feeling there's going to be a strong generational or regional component to the answers.