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[Misc] Phrases you hate people saying



Bakero

Languidly clinical
Oct 9, 2010
14,842
Almería
Earlier today, man in sandwich shop in front of me said “Can I GET, LIKE, a cheese and ham roll”?

I wanted to intervene and respond to him as follows;

a) no you can’t, because that’s the server’s job, and if you’d like to work there you need to apply like everyone else…

b) it’s not the job of the server to guess what near ingredients you’d enjoy that’s similar to cheese and ham. You need to specifically state what you want in your sandwich and then they’ll make it. It’s really that simple, why are you trying to complicate?

Honestly, the standard of spoken English these days is appalling.
 




vegster

Sanity Clause
May 5, 2008
28,248
I'm still hating those using " Double Down " instead of using " repeated " or " " reiterated " ....
 


BrightonCottager

Well-known member
Sep 30, 2013
2,711
Brighton
That started in the 1980s so you'd probably need someone in their 60s to tell you how it came to mean cool.
Like much yoof-speak, it's derived from Southern California, especially surf/skate slang. See also 'awesome', 'bitchin' , 'dude' ... [I'm a 60something surfer so remember when I first heard it decades ago]
 


Herr Tubthumper

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Jul 11, 2003
62,499
The Fatherland
“The restraining order says not within 500m” is always a passion killer.
 








jcdenton08

Offended Liver Sausage
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Oct 17, 2008
14,195
(This is) “My truth”
Unalive (it means dead)
 






Harry Wilson's tackle

Harry Wilson's Tackle
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Oct 8, 2003
55,765
Faversham
De Zerbi's obviously gone to a bigger club at the end of the season.
 












Harry Wilson's tackle

Harry Wilson's Tackle
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Albion my Albion

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Feb 6, 2016
19,576
Indiana, USA
Donald Trump: There's good people and bad people on both sides.

(And my mother was a Marine)
 


Eeyore

Colonel Hee-Haw of Queen's Park
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Apr 5, 2014
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Eeyore

Colonel Hee-Haw of Queen's Park
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Apr 5, 2014
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Phrase:

'(insert club) fans reckon/are saying'

Correct phrase:

'One fan of (insert club) said something on the internet'

Phrase:

'Liverpool are in for (inset player). It's all over Twitter'

Actual

'One Twitter account claimed it and it was re-Tweeted loads of times'
 






W3D

I'm Thirsty
Apr 21, 2021
154
Worthing
People who go up to the bar and say 'can I get....'
Surely the answer would be ' No, I'll get it, you can pay for it and drink it '
 




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