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[Misc] Phrases you hate people saying



Lyndhurst 14

Well-known member
Jan 16, 2008
5,238
"If I had my time again I'd................"

That's never going to happen. You get one shot at it, make it count.

Besides, if you did get that chance to put a few big mistakes right you would only make some new ones, that's what we do - we're human and we screw up
 




The Clamp

Well-known member
NSC Patron
Jan 11, 2016
26,093
West is BEST
Softly softly catchy monkey.

I agree with the meaning of the phrase I just simply loathe the words themselves, "catchy". Ugh. It all seems so breathey and a bit noncey.

I get a similar nauseated feeling when someone shortens Spaghetti Bolognese to spag-bol. Come on, we can do better than this.

I also do not like it when people, especially newsreaders describe something as huge or big. As in "a huge car accident" or "a big storm". Those words are completely subjective and offer me no real information as to the size of anything. This is why we have things like the Beaufort scale and numbers.
Use them.
 










BadFish

Huge Member
Oct 19, 2003
18,168
Poop
 




HalfaSeatOn

Well-known member
Mar 17, 2014
2,082
North West Sussex
Softly softly catchy monkey.

I agree with the meaning of the phrase I just simply loathe the words themselves, "catchy". Ugh. It all seems so breathey and a bit noncey.

I get a similar nauseated feeling when someone shortens Spaghetti Bolognese to spag-bol. Come on, we can do better than this.

I also do not like it when people, especially newsreaders describe something as huge or big. As in "a huge car accident" or "a big storm". Those words are completely subjective and offer me no real information as to the size of anything. This is why we have things like the Beaufort scale and numbers.
Use them.

I’ve stopped using this phrase I felt it made me sound like a poacher or colonialist
 












el punal

Well-known member
Aug 29, 2012
12,516
The dull part of the south coast
Its probably been mentioned on this thread already but I can’t go through 58 pages to check - anyway, my hate phrase is “like” mainly used by under 35 year olds in just about every sentence they utter. Examples being :

“I was like gobsmacked.”

“He was like well hard.”

“She was like well up for it.”

For pity’s sake - SHUT UP, stop being lazy and like speak properly!!
 


Is it PotG?

Thrifty non-licker
Feb 20, 2017
25,387
Sussex by the Sea
A Perfect Storm.

At least 20 times a day in articles, TV shows and chats.

The film was pants, so is the expression.
 


Not Andy Naylor

Well-known member
Dec 12, 2007
8,982
Seven Dials
"Do you know what I mean?"

The problem with this is that I may THINK I know what you mean, but I can't know for sure - unless you have expressed yourself with crystal clarity in the first place, in which case the question is completely redundant anyway.

Its ******* cousin is "Does that make sense?" which a friend of mine who is a college lecturer says all the time, and which I think is a gross disservice to his students. The only way to know if what he has said truly makes sense to them is to get them to explain it back to him. Many people don't want to appear thick by admitting something doesn't make sense to them that should.
 




Soul Finger

Well-known member
May 12, 2004
2,286
'Guys'
'Pep'
'Gotten'
'Go gym' instead of 'go to the gym'
'Conservative Party'

JCLs booing because 'I've paid my money and therefore I'm entitled to boo.' No you're not. Go back to shouting at TVs on a Sunday.

'In this moment' when uttered by someone who has English as a first language.
 






Dave the OAP

Well-known member
Jul 5, 2003
46,754
at home
“ When you look at our x rating we are fecking brilliant”
 








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