Phrases people use that irritate you:

[madinmaryland]

"If you haven't done anything wrong, then you have nothing to worry about."

:grr:

So if i haven't done anything wrong, why do i have to give up my rights as specified in the constitution and the bill of rights.

:grr:

[bluethruandthru]

1. But, Clinton had sex in the oval office!

Horrors! That trumps everything!

[madinmaryland]

28. which goes along with "its Clintons fault" to anything.

[yy4me]

133. How about "thus far", I myself, I'm lovin' it or as in my case

just recently, "This has nothing to do with you" but (I was laid off.) Good grief, I think we're all getting cantankerous. But thus far, I myself am lovin' this thread.

(Sorry # 28, this should have been a stand alone post. Don't know how to edit that.)

[datasuspect]

2. "irregardless of the fact that"

"your services are no longer required"

"we feel you are not a good fit"

"we've decided to go with another candidate"

"thank you for sending your resume! X company values all interested parties' inquiries regarding employment and we keep all resumes on file for 90 days."

[madinmaryland]

6. people that use "irregardless"

It's not a word!!!

:hi:

[MrCoffee]

7. neither is supposably or pacifically....

makes my blood boil.

[redqueen]

11. should of, case and point

oooh! drives me mad!

i know... it shouldn't, small potatoes... but still! :P

[datasuspect]

12. "for all intensive purposes"

[Control-Z]

90. Seriously?

intensive purposes? :rofl:

[madinmaryland]

99. Are you series>?>2??

[Control-Z]

104. I take that personal!

[WCGreen]

97. For all Intent and purposes...

[hfojvt]

108. how about "shoulda"?

"should of" would be correct in speech, wooden it?

[Rambis]

36. that is my worst nightmare!

someone I work with says that every day!
You can be forgiven for the six of one.... comment:)

[hfojvt]

107. "good luck in your job search" (because you ain't gonna work here)

"what kind of job would you like?" (as if that is relevant when I cannot even get jobs that I hate. If there was ever more than one place willing to hire me, then I could choose the lesser of evils, but you always get a pig in a poke)

[mark414]

3. i saw a bumper sticker that said "free speech isn't free"

"freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose, but it's nothing, it's nothing if it ain't free" - janis joplin

isn't that the point of free speech...that it IS free?

[izzybeans]

73. I'd like to see a "Freedom isn't free, so pay your damn taxes"

bumper sticker.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

131. Ooh, I want one of those!

:-)

[Skittles]

106. argh

a soldier on anysoldier.com said, "Freedom isn't free but I pay so you don't have to." A bit arrogant I must say - HEY, A LOT OF US HAVE SERVED.

[barb162]

4. "well, it's always something"

[Haole Girl]

5. "Cut and run"

AAARGH! I hate that phrase! :grr:

[KFC]

8. "It is what it is"

No shit.

[BarenakedLady]

9. "Be happy!"

Gee thanks, I never thought of that. That just fixes everything! :eyes:

[billyskank]

10. I wouldn't take that advice, anyway

Considering what came of Bobby McFerrin :hide:

:hug:

[BarenakedLady]

13. LoL

You are a silly.

:hug:

[billyskank]

19. It is one of my better qualities

:loveya:

[BarenakedLady]

23. I can think of several others

;)

:pals:

[ploppy]

81. What happened

to him?

[ghostsofgiants]

102. Exactly.

[billyskank]

105. He was the dude with the song "Don't Worry, Be Happy"

who committed suicide.

[marzipanni]

110. I never heard that he committed suicide, so I looked it up-

He didn't, FYI :)
http://www.snopes.com/music/artists/mcferrin.htm

[billyskank]

112. Well that's something good to start the day with

:)

[skypilot]

14. Not a phrase but a question.

"So, what do you do?" often followed by "What else do you do?"

[fizzgig]

15. it could be worse

well yes, it could be. i could be on fire or lose a limb or be dead, but how does the possibility of 'worse' help the current situation

[baldguy]

37. Young Frankenstein

(Dr F & Igor are exhuming a dead criminal)
Dr F: What a filthy job.
Igor: Could be worse.
Dr F: How?
Igor: Could be raining.
(it immediatltly starts to pour)

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

16. "Not to name drop (or place drop) but..."

I used to work with a guy that'd did this constantly. I don't care where the fuck you've been or who you met, in fact, I'd like to hear about your experiences. However, you instantly sound like a giant pompous asshole by going, "not to place drop but, when I was in Rome..." Dude, I've been to Rome, too. One doesn't need to preface with with "not to place drop."

[Rambis]

17. six of one half dozen of another! I feckin hate that!

just shoot me!

[madinmaryland]

30. Guilty as charged.

I've used that on occasion, when nothing else seems to fit.

:hi:

[bumblebee1]

144. I second that.

My husband would use that one all the time. The one day, I got irritated with him. I told him how that phrase irritates me. He's mad the effort not to use it around me.

[conscious evolution]

18. president bush

[crim son]

20. "That's mighty tasty!"

I want to kick anybody who says that.

[datasuspect]

21. or "try this, it's to DIE for!"

i want to kick peoples' teeth in when they say that.

[crim son]

24. Ooooh, I hate that one too!

But I have a problem with "Yummy" too. Maybe I don't like food talk.

[datasuspect]

22. from another thread

if an american says/writes any of these:

gor/cor blimey!
bloody hell!
bollocks!
poxy
fags
innit?
bugger

or any attempt to sound british.

[crim son]

39. But if they are British, then all of those are acceptable

if used in moderation. If the speaker is Scottish, then s/he can say whatever the hell and I will just listen, mouth open, drooling.

[datasuspect]

40. aye

if they be frroom scootlant.

[crim son]

56. Laughing.

That's all it would take...

[calico1]

25. "I'm not a racist but.........."

which is always followed by a very racist remark. :eyes:

[datasuspect]

26. "i'm not trying to be offensive, but . . ."

"we need to talk . . . "

"i didn't want to bring this up, but . . . "

" have a best friend who is ( )"

[BarenakedLady]

31. "Don't take this personally, but..."

That always makes me cringe, because I know I'm about to be insulted somehow.

[Dukkha]

57. "Hey, I speak my mind"

Which always follows some rude insensitive offensive remark. As if the phrase is a free pass to be an asshole.

I also hate "Guesstimate" and "can I AX you something?"

[Lydia Leftcoast]

132. Yup, every time!

"I'm not a racist but..." is invariably the preface to a comment that you want to slug the person for.

[schmuls]

27. "sooner rather than later" - I don't know why it irks me so much,

maybe it's who says it (Condi, *, etc. etc.)

[amitten]

29. "Wanna go with?"

With what? WITH WHAT??!?!!

[datasuspect]

32. "it's up to the individual"

individual WHAT?!?!??!

person is not implied.

[Left Is Write]

59. With ME, of course.

"I'm going to the store. Do you want to come with?"

With ME. To the store.

:D

[amitten]

61. Is it SO very hard to add the "me"?

Really...?

[Left Is Write]

70. Where I grew up, it was completely unnecessary.

So yes...when you've been hearing and using that wording for 40 years, it IS a little hard to change.

Do I have to?

[amitten]

100. No. I'll let you talk without.

(it)

[datasuspect]

33. oooh, one more "close proximity"

redundant.

or when people say "3:00 a.m. in the morning"


DUH!!!!!

[wildhorses]

34. its all good...

ain't nuttin' but a thing...

git 'er done!!

[GoddessOfGuinness]

85. That's especially annoying when "all" isn't "good" at all.

[bleedingheart]

35. -n-at

[RedStateShame]

38. "Here's the deal" or "Here's the thing"

No, you don't need to announce that you're about to say something. You're saying something now. In fact, you could save us both time by ditching that shitty excuse for a set-up and explain said "deal" or "thing" right now.

[momophile]

41. "I like your flavor."

Please don't ever say this to me. It's gross. It was gross coming out of Cary Grant. Yuck.

[RedStateShame]

42. "...coming out of Cary Grant?"

Gross, indeed. :puke:


Today, the role of RedStateShame will be played by a high school sophomore.

[greatauntoftriplets]

43. "Paradigm shift"

"Let's blow through this meeting agenda"

:evilfrown:

[madinmaryland]

44. Here's a whole bunch of those... "office bingo"

:hi:

[greatauntoftriplets]

45. Oh, I LOVE that game!!!

Play it if the meeting is large enough so as not to be noticed.

:hi:

[madinmaryland]

49. Here's the meeting version...

[greatauntoftriplets]

51. That's the one I have...

:D

They need to add "Stakeholders".

On edit: Once, to relieve the tedium of a meeting, I composed the below ad.

Are you lonely?

Hate having to make decisions?

Rather talk about it than do it?

Then why not

HOLD A MEETING

You can:

Get to see other people.

Sleep in peace.

Offload decisions.

Learn to write volumes of meaningless notes.

Feel important.

Impress (or bore) your colleagues.

And all in work time!

MEETINGS

The Practical Alternative to Work

[Lilith Velkor]

46. This thread is a Rovian October surprise distraction

Everybody should be talking about my pet issue instead! :grr:

[CTyankee]

47. "I left it home" and "I graduated high school"

Don't you need an "at" in both of those sentences?

I work for Literacy Volunteers and we try to explain American English idioms and sometimes I am just floored at what immigrants pick up from native English speakers here.

[Wcross]

48. Drug test coming up madinmaryland?

Yes, I hate that phrase and it was used by a coworker when I bitched about having to submit to random drug screens at work. 15 years at the place and I am seriously considering resigning due to their demand that I give up my rights for a few bucks.
Why would I have to prove myself unless there was reasonable suspicion of drug use?

[madinmaryland]

53. Not here, but its been heard on right wing commentators

about a myriad of issues regarding our privacies. Such as security cameras and drug testing.

[Wcross]

54. I hear ya.

It seems like my employer is being encouraged by the loss of personal freedoms imposed by Bush and his gang. I think they feel that government shouldn't be the ONLY ones to violate a persons rights.

[bif]

50. Tax & spend Democrats

I like to use the phrase "Red Ink Republicans"

[madinmaryland]

52. Its now "Borrow and Spend" Republicans.

They used tax and spend for so long, that it lost its power.

[WilmywoodNCparalegal]

55. Know what I'm saying??

Especially, when it is said every other word... blah blah Know What I"m Saying? blah blah blah Know What I'm Saying? blah blah

NO, I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE SAYING!!!!!!!

:nuke:

[madinmaryland]

58. There's the shorter version of that too: "You know"

NO I DON'T KNOW! "like, you know"

:grr:

[wildhorses]

126. and its companion: See what I'm saying...

No, I don't see what you are saying...unless you are a cartoon with a bubble over your head:grr:

[skygazer]

60. "Free gift"

As opposed the kind you have to pay for, I guess. :eyes:

"Where's the ______ at?" Why do people feel they have to add the word "at"? Why can't they just say, "Where's the bathroom?" or whatever? That one drives me nuts.

[qnr]

62. not a phrase, but whenever instead of when -- like, "whenever I was a kid"

:hi:

[PVnRT]

63. "...and such"

"Blah blah blah and such."

DIE DIE DIE DIE DIE FUCKER DIE DIE KILL

[RetroLounge]

64. God Bless You...

:mad:

RL

[madinmaryland]

65. By force of habit, I say "bless you" when someone sneezes.

I can't help myself.

[RetroLounge]

66. me too.

I don't mean the sneeze-following-habit.

I mean the condescending "may God Bless You" crap the christo-fasciscts use.

RL

[wildhorses]

127. I actually like it when someone says Bless you after I have

sneezed...any other time...meh, not so much:shrug:

[Lydia Leftcoast]

134. I HATE it when people say "bless you" after a sneeze

First of all, I have respiratory allergies, and sometimes if my meds haven't kicked in before I go out into the pollen-ridden air, I become a serial sneezer.

LL: Ah-choo!
Random passerby: Bless you.
LL: Ah-choo!
Same random passerby: Bless you.
LL: Ah-choo!
Another random passerby: Bless you.
etc. etc.

Second, I don't believe that the devil enters my body each time I sneeze (which is the origin of the custom), so I don't actually NEED the blessing, thank you.

[madinmaryland]

142. Bless you..

:evilgrin:

[Arugula Latte]

71. Or "Have a Blessed Day."

I want to shout back: "Yeah, well, may Satan takes a dump on your shoes!" :evilgrin:

[Cannikin]

67. "Re-double your efforts" well ya never told me to double them !

[madinmaryland]

69. Does that mean i need to quadruple my effort?

:shrug:

[Kutjara]

68. "With the greatest respect..."

Meaning with no fucking respect whatsoever.

Even worse is, "with all due respect," as if the speaker can't even be bothered to muster up a tiny bit more respect than his interlocutor is rightfully owed.

[madinmaryland]

75. "with all due respect" basically says...

Fuck you, you are totally fucked up.

[Arugula Latte]

72. "It's not rocket science." "It's not brain surgery."

"Earth to (name). Hellooooo!"

Wow, those were so clever the first 583 times I heard them ... :eyes:

[Fox Mulder]

74. "could care less"

It's "couldn't care less," people!

:grr:

[Control-Z]

87. They even write

this one into TV and movie scripts wrong! Makes me crazy when I hear it.

[DisgustedTX]

76. The VEEP gave a MEME at the PRESSER!

:rofl: BUSHspeak

[madinmaryland]

uhh,

:wtf: does that mean?

:rofl: I can't understand a damn thing that man says!!

[UrbScotty]

77. "We have a lot of work to do" (nt)

[madinmaryland]

82. It means that person has f'd up and has a lot of catching up to do.

and they want you to help them fix their screwup.

[sbj405]

78. "I hear ya"

and an office fav "I'll be out of pocket"

[Road Scholar]

79. "I'm going to be honest with you" Damn, I thought you were

already. Jeeesh.:shrug: :shrug: :shrug: :shrug: :shrug:

[cobalt1999]

93. that's mine too.

My father used to say whenever someone says "I'll be honest with you...", WATCH OUT, they are about to lie to your face!

[Road Scholar]

94. I totally agree! nt

[ploppy]

80. If you will

If I hear that one more time I will have to rip my hair out. Nobody says it just one time. Here is another one - that wall needs painted or that light bulb needs changed. Fingernails on a chalk board.

[madinmaryland]

83. If you will, on the way out to the kitchen, can you grab me a beer?

Thanks,

:beer:

[GoddessOfGuinness]

84. My bad.

Your bad what? Grammar?

[Guava Jelly]

86. I hate it when ladies tell me "No I won't have S_x with you!! JERK!!"

I mean thats really irritating :7

[gully]

88. "Kudos"

*barf*

[Kashka-Kat]

135. what the hell is a kudo anyway. what a stupid word.

[gully]

89. Mission accomplished, terrorist sympathizer, commander and chief,

aiding and abetting, and more RW pseudo tough guy/faux patriotic - O'Reillyan lingo.

[OllieLotte]

91. "You need to......."

[WCGreen]

92. It's always in the last place you look... Honestly....

[madinmaryland]

98. Well, actually it is.

[Benfea]

95. People who use "differentiate" when "difference" would do.

For some reason, that particular use of the word "differentiate" (usually by someone who is trying and failing to sound more sophisticated) sets my teeth on edge.

[latebloomer]

96. or "utilize' when "use" would do fine

Pretentious!

[Benfea]

130. Differential annoys me more.

I first heard it used that way by sports announcers (who are generally abusers of language). Shortly thereafter, nearly everyone involved in sports TV was using it that way. Now all manner of talking heads on TV use "differential" that way.

When you talk to people who really are smart, you sometimes here them substitute "utilize" (and worse things) for "use," but almost never "differential" for "difference."

[begin_within]

101. "You lying sack of shit"

[njdemocrat106]

103. "Pissed off" really... annoys me

"Cut and run" and "moonbat" annoy me too. It's a rare occasion when the Freepers add to their vocabulary, so I guess they tend to overdo any new words or phrases they learn.

[Horse with no Name]

109. If it was a snake it would have bit me

Because when someone utters this...I truly do wish there was a snake...

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

111. I'm a jackass, so everytime someone says that I just reply with...

"Actually, the snake would have just tried to get away from you, unless you kept poking and grabbing at it, in which case, you should be bit."

I'm also really knowledgable about herps (snakes, lizards, frogs, etc).

[Random_Australian]

116. Depends on the snake.

There are a number of Aussie snakes that don't employ the "run away" strategy as often as would be helpful.

(As in, they still run away, some of the time, but the browns get pretty aggro)

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

117. Yeah, but the snakes in North America (even the poisonous ones)

tend not to be very aggressive.

Somehow Australia got more than their fair share of nasty snakes.

[Random_Australian]

118. It has to do with our climate and conditions.

Poor soils (world's poorest) mean that there is little food, so things need an efficient, non-running way to get prey.

So out spiders and snakes are not to be messed with.

(And one of our geckos is incredibly toxic. And even male platypi have poison barbs - the only mammal to be poisonous IIRC)

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

119. I knew about the male platypi, but there are no poisonous geckos.

Although, there are misconceptions that certain types are poisonous. The only venomous lizards are the Gila Monster and the Beaded Lizard, both of which are native to North America.

Your native Bearded Dragon has the vestiges of a venom delivery system in it's upper and lower jaws, but they are not actually venomous. This is a good thing, because I get bit by one of mine all the fucking time.

[Random_Australian]

121. Aha, actually there is a little-known (I think it is gecko) small lizard

the while it is not venemous, is certainly toxic. It's skin secretes a ridiculously powerful toxin - it really baffled people when it was first found (just recently - it took a long time to investigate claims because no-one believed them).

The reason is that it has been in competition with just one predator, a snake. So it has been selected very well for toxicity for a long time. :)

You learn something every day!

I'll try and find the reference. And no, this is not crack-pottery. :)

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

122. Well, it definitely wouldn't be a gecko.

I'd be interested to see what it is though.

[Random_Australian]

115. Well, what do you have to say about the Aussie version? "There was a snake

, a real snake, and it really did bite me so I spent a long time in the hospital"

:)

[last_texas_dem]

113. "For ser'"

(Pronounced like "sear", and a shortened form of, "for seriously" I guess- although that expression wouldn't really make sense, either!) I don't hear this one a whole lot, but I usually want to laugh when I do. My group of friends mocked this expression so much that we accidentally incorporated it into our vocabulary, which was quite unfortunate.

Expressions usually don't bug me too much, though. Everyone probably says something that annoys someone else, but it's often just due to when or where we grew up happening to differ from the person listening to us, so I figure it's nothing to hold against the speaker too much.

[WernhamHogg]

114. Get-r-done!!!!

I can't stand Larry the Cable Guy so I turn the channel when I see him. However, unlike other hack comedians who I refuse to watch, I am reminded of him often because of his fans who repeat his idiotic catch phrase on a regular basis. To me, "Get-r-done" is like nails on a blackboard.

[radfringe]

120. Make no mistake

moving forward

[GalleryGod]

123. Apparently, a popular DU classic

" Just sayin' ":wtf:

Oh...and FWIW...keep your "Dude"'s to yourself. :puke:

[Zavulon]

128. This is my favorite post in the thread so far.

I'm sick of both of them.

[GalleryGod]

141. Thanks!

Takes bow....exits Stage Left!:applause:

[zanne]

124. "From the get-go"

I don't know why, but this sounds obscene to me.

[JVS]

125. "I..."

Just shut the fuck up already!

[Zavulon]

129. People who use "utilize" when "use" would do.

Anyone ever ride the D.C. Metro?

"Please UTILIZE all doors." Fuck you.

[TK421]

136. "It is what it is"....never explaining just what the fuck is "it" ?

[Kashka-Kat]

137. "Ask me anything." My question is why should I bother.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

138. "Between you and I" and all other violations of case grammar

Prepositions are followed by the objective case of the pronoun:

"between you and me" NOT "between you and I"
"for us Americans" NOT "for we Americans"
"by me and them" NOT "by me and they"

The subject of a sentence uses the nominative case:

"You and I should do that." NOT "You and me should do that."
"We Americans have an embarrassing president" NOT "Us Americans have an embarrasing president."
"They and I agree." NOT "Me and them agree."

Also, ignorance of the past participle:

"I should have gone" NOT "I should have went."
"I shouldn't have drunk five margaritas last night" NOT "I shouldn't have drank five margaritas last night."
"I haven't ever eaten French food" NOT "I haven't ever ate French food."
"I could have come here earlier" NOT "I could have came here earlier."

Yes, I'm a grammar fascist and proud of it!

[City Lights]

139. "The fact of the matter is...."

Makes my skin crawl to hear it. Too many times, "The fact of the matter" is followed by a lie. x(

[Bucky]

140. "escape goat"

[madinmaryland]

143. Took me a minute to figure that one out.

:rofl:

Kind of like "its a doggy-dog world out there!"

[newportdadde]

145. "Lets talk about it offline"