What Words Or Phrases Annoy You

[Parche]

'My Bad'
'Lip Service'
'Dont go there'
'Whats up with that'
'Support our Troops'
'Litmus Test'

:grr: :grr: :grr: :grr:

[LisaM]

1. "Get a Life"

"Oh no you dident"!


I've even started using some annoying phrase myself, lately, and I can't remember what it is! That's how bad it is.

[taterguy]

2. Scapular misidentity syndrome

[begin_within]

3. "Speaks to"

as in, "Her tragic story speaks to the issues of race and class in America."
Give it a rest, journalists, please.

[Shakespeare]

4. "baby bump" and ".....wait for it.." n/t

[Left Is Write]

28. I hate "baby bump" too. All the magazine editors who refer to pregnant women as having "bumps"

should be ordered to perform some sort of penance!

[amitten]

67. Yeah. Just a gross, unattractive term. Not cute, as intended. n/t

[Pool Hall Ace]

5. "May I come with?"

May you come with . . . me ?

[skygazer]

6. All the phrases that end in "at"

As in, "where are you at?" or "...this place I was at..."

I can see leaving a word out but why do people feel the need to add one that's not needed? :wtf:

[DS1]

26. Yeah

that classifies one as an illiterate douchebag in my books

[Left Is Write]

31. "Of" is the extra word that bothers me.

As in, "It's not that big of a deal" instead of "It's not that big a deal."

[Call Me Wesley]

7. Any swear words

that are used by the issuer with the illusion of making a statement (any statement) therefore more profound or more heard. Unfortunately, the more four letter words you use, the lesser I listen. Perhaps call in to Howard Stern. He likes that.

[Inchworm]

8. It's too cold to snow!

That saying just runs down my spine :)

:hi:

[Critters2]

9. Newest annoying word among clergy: "problematic" used as a noun

"A problematic" Who talks this way?!!

[MrCoffee]

10. stay the course...why has this horseshit become a common expression?

[Debi]

11. It mostly annoys me that people keep asking me what annoys me!

:mad:

[Parche]

13. It Annoys me that people that get annoyed are annoyed at me

:grr: :grr:


:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :hi:

[Debi]

14. It annoys me tha the most annoying people get annoyed when I tell them

that they are the annoying ones! :nuke:

[Parche]

16. It still annoys me that the annoying people that get annoyed at my annoying are annoyed

:nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke: :nuke:

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :hi:

[Debi]

44. I'm annoyed that your annoyance at my annoyance has created copycat annoyance

which will never amount to the annoyed that I annoyingly experience :eyes:

[Left Is Write]

34. I find that annoyance annoying, and now I'm annoyed.

[Debi]

43. It annoys me that people try to fake their annoyance just so they can

attempt to be as annoyed as me...

x(

[YDogg]

12. "like"

[txwhitedove]

68. Ditto here, especially when it is LIKE every other word......

[WCGreen]

15. Strategize....

[MysticalChicken]

17. these...

First off, I LOVE "My bad." It's one of only four or five slang phrases I like.

Anyway, I can't stand it when anyone starts a sentence with "At the end of the day..." (e.g. "At the end of the day, she was just a small-town girl." NO NO NO NO NO NO NO. I am of the belief that the only words that should complete that sentence are "the sun sets."

I also don't believe that "embolden" is a real word.

I hate "That's hot" unless something is literally hot, like a stove burner.

[femmocrat]

21. I hate "My Bad" !!!

It just sounds really stupid to me. Is it an abbreviated "Am I bad?" :shrug:

I also hate: "date certain"
"long story short"
"applicable" when mispronounced as "a-PLICK-able" That one makes me :grr:

[realisticphish]

53. it's an abbreviated "sorry, i fucked up"

used thusly: "I wrecked your car, man, my bad"

ok, maybe NOT exactly that way, but you get the idea

[S n o w b a l l]

18. What say you?

Hate that...it's O'Lielly's phrase.

[GCP]

19. Irregardless and impotency

ARRRGGGHH

[Oeditpus Rex]

20. None

Words are merely tools and thus innocent of wrong-doing.



Now, the tools who use certain words — different story.

[billyoc]

22. Starting a sentence with "I'm sorry, but..."

I always say, "THEN DON'T SAY IT".

[IDemo]

23. Issue

As in - "Jeremy was having flu issues."

Can we make our problems go away by euphemizing the word "problem"?

[IDemo]

24. "Ping"

"I'll ping you later on that."

[DS1]

25. Hell in a handbasket

Run it up the flagpole and see if it flies

bada-bing bada-boom

[Left Is Write]

29. I always heard the flagpole expression as

"Let's run it up the flagpole and see if anyone salutes."

[DS1]

30. Well then, I guess the people you heard it from "dropped the ball"

perhaps you should "pick up the ball and run with it"

:banghead:

[Left Is Write]

38. I would, but that ship has sailed. I'm no good at thinking outside the box.

Someone else will have to git'r done.

[Mojambo]

27. People who call a Sandwich a "Sammich" n/t

[jgraz]

32. "President George W. Bush"

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[DS1]

37. oooh, good one!

[Turbineguy]

73. Do Loungers

get DUzy's?

[PeaceNikki]

35. "Methinks" and "lurve". You are neither witty nor cute.

[amitten]

70. Thank you. Where the hell did "lurve" even come from???

I think I read it was from some ancient Woody Allen movie...circa 1853.

Um...no one knows what you're talking about.

[amitten]

71. "Gettin' jiggy." I still hear this one, even on television, and it's

REAL stale now (ten years later...).

[Flaxbee]

36. I have always HATED words that have "-orama" or "-eria" on them

like buy-o-rama, fun-o-rama, or the carpet store "Carpeteria".

Those things drive me nuts.

:hi:

[Left Is Write]

39. So you don't like the cafeteria?

[Flaxbee]

42. not really. prefer the cafe

;-)

[jgraz]

40. "If you will"

Cheney uses that all the time and it bugs the shit out of me.

Of course, anything Cheney says bugs the shit out of me.

[PeaceNikki]

41. Whenever someone says that in the presence of my co-worker, he interrupts and says...

"and I WILL!"

[KurtNYC]

45. "all about"

"irregardless"

[I Have A Dream]

46. OK, mine are...

No biggie
Zit
Baby bump (already mentioned above)

[zanne]

47. "Yeppir"

I don't even know what the hell it means, but I hate it.

[ashling]

48. brutally honest

is usually more about brutality than honesty

[Pendrench]

49. When someone "speaks truth to power". n/t

[MilesColtrane]

50. Describing a person or thing as "awesome".

Especially when used in prayer.

<BaptistYouthMinister>God, we'd just all like to say how awesome you are, and how you're sending Jesus to die for us was awesome.</BaptistYouthMinster>

I also find the recently resurgent "right on" being used by some kids annoying. I didn't like it the first time around. (except as used in Marvin Gaye songs)

[Blue_Roses]

51. "waddup"

annoying as hell...:argh:

[Ramsey]

52. "President Bush"

The most irritating phrase EVER!!

[SKKY]

54. Irregardless...

...drives me up the freakin' wall. IT ISN'T EVEN A REAL WORD, YET PEOPLE USE IT WHEN THEY WANT TO SOUND INTELLIGENT!!!

[greatauntoftriplets]

55. Paradigm shift.

:evilfrown:

[sarge43]

56. "tiny little", most unique", "our boys in uniform" n/t

[camero]

57. Whatnot

Any 2nd grader could have come up with that one. And now it's "chic".

Pshaw.

[edbermac]

58. Bringing closure.

x(

[mikita]

59. this house BOASTS.... (real estate jargon)...n/t

[SoxFan]

60. "Whatever!"

:mad:

[jobycom]

61. "politically correct"--Used mainly when some asshole is upset that he's being called an asshole.

[idgiehkt]

64. yes, very true

:applause:

i.e. you are just saying that out of conformism, not because you have a legitimate complaint about my behavior.

[jobycom]

62. "Agree to disagree," "Intestinal fortitude," "Woman" as an adjective.

And any male or female body part used to describe virtures or lack thereof. Balls, spines, boobs, whatever.

And "Girl" used to describe adults, as when someone on DU recently described Valerie Plame as a "pretty girl."
----

"Woman" is a noun. "Female" is the adjective.

[idgiehkt]

65. yes, we now have "Bounty Girls" on Court tv

the ringleader of whom is in her mid-forties if not older. I find that bizarre.

[billyskank]

63. Oh! I just got one!

"With all due respect".

[Skittles]

66. "I never thought it could happen to me"

that is some kind of arrogance, to think that bad things only happen to OTHER people. I also dislike, "They were in the wrong place at the wrong time" concerning a criminal event - it's the CRIMINAL who was in the wrong place, not the victim.

[Rosemary2205]

69. There's just like totally like something wrong with 40 yr olds saying "like" all the time.

:)

[treestar]

72. Everything changed since 911

The statement that anything is plunging or skyrocketing, does nothing ever just increase or decrease?

The term "hubby"

Anything using the term "mommy"

using "Nuptials" instead of wedding

[DainBramaged]

74. OK Boss, sure boss, later boss, need anything boss

I think it's an insult

[The Inquisitive]

75. How about this heat eh?!?!

urgh

[The Inquisitive]

76. oh and of course, "not to be racist but ... (racist comment)"

[ncabot22]

77. Whatnot

I hate that word with a passion! I also dislike it when people say "Question..." and then ask the question. For example, "Question: where did you put the salt?".

[bluethruandthru]

78. "Spot on"

"At the end of the day"

[MODemocrat]

79. You look Amazing; and basically

Instead of telling someone they look pretty or look well; they tell them they look amazing; what in the world is that supposed to mean?

It sounds as if people are buying time when they start with "Well, basically I got in my car." That
really drives me up a wall. :shrug:

[Jamastiene]

80. "That's so gay."

It is such an insult to the GLBT community yet so many people say it without giving it a second thought. I hate that phrase with a passion.