[Misc] Phrases you hate people saying

[WATFORD zero]

“Cool bro”.

When said by a middle aged Brit. Step forward, Radio 5’s Nihal.

Not just me then. He's 49 years old FFS

 

[Razzoo]

Not a phrase but the mispronunciation of ask to ahks winds me up.

 

[Horses Arse]

You can't underestimate how good a player he is.

Said regularly by pundits on sky. Pisses me right off

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[AmexRuislip]

...

 

[Baldseagull]

At this moment in time.

"Forward planning" is my pet hate, but I expect I am guilty of using tautology that would annoy others.

 

[BN9 BHA]

Amazeballs.
Super excited.
Wowzers.

Probably fine if used by an American teenager.

 

[WATFORD zero]

Dude is another one that seems to have been imported from the States like Reaching Out and Cool.

The rules are pretty clear; We all know the one about Reaching Out, Dude can only be applied when talking about Jeff Bridges in The Big Lebowski and Cool can only be applied to Steve McQueen who was the King of Cool

Not wishing to be awkward (and then being awkward), but Miles Davis ?

 

[Baldseagull]

why do americans call beefburgers, hamburgers?

Same reason we call hotdogs Frankfurters.

 

[Baldseagull]

Dude is another one that seems to have been imported from the States like Reaching Out and Cool.

The rules are pretty clear; We all know the one about Reaching Out, Dude can only be applied when talking about Jeff Bridges in The Big Lebowski and Cool can only be applied to Steve McQueen who was the King of Cool

He was the cooler King.

 

[maltaseagull]

Couldnt find a thread on this so started anew..I'm sure we all have pet hates for phrases which people say that get on your nerves but we are too polite to "correct" the person saying it. Few i've recently been confronted with.

- "I'll be in touch". (BAD BAD BAD during covid ) - No please dont touch me just call me back
- "Back In a mo." - how fekking long is a mo ? I've heard this twice in the past fortnight - 1st time the caller too roughly 20 seconds and the 2nd one was gone for over 3 minutes so i hung up!. They dont even bother telling you WHY they will be back in a mo.
- acronyms - once was told this word for word..."Our PA from HR will post your CV , PDQ' - he even got that wrong - he meant my reference not CV. a CV belongs to me not them.

Hold the line.

I am on a frigging mobile!!!!!
On a landline I would reply ok I am holding the line, what next?


Not a phrase but an intonation.
Why does every female under 30 seem to copy the Americans and end every sentence as if it were a question? grrrrr

 

[Swansman]

"I killed all your family and friends"... not happened (yet) but I wouldnt like hearing it oh no.

 

[Berty23]

Cricket commentators who say “he did the hard bit but dropped the catch”

In what world is running in a straight line for 20 metres the hard bit compared to catching something akin to a rock falling from a great height?

Yes I get you have to judge it but compared to actually completing the catch that is easy!

 

[PeterOut]

You can't underestimate how good a player he is.

Said regularly by pundits on sky. Pisses me right off

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I can't say that anyone has ever said to me "Sent from my Pixel 4 using Tapatalk" - but I guess I can see how that phrase might annoy you.

 

[BN9 BHA]

Why does every female under 30 seem to copy the Americans and end every sentence as if it were a question? grrrrr

Because they watch shite tv shows is my guess.

 

[blockhseagull]

110% (no such thing)

I'm not complaining, but..... (yes you are)

There is such a thing as 110%

But I know the context you mean and it’s bloody annoying.

 

[Stuart Munday]

The new album/game/tv series is dropping this Tuesday where has this phrase come from it sounds awful.

 

[Dirty Dave]

Surprised it's not been mentioned already but:

"Listen...."

Every pundit / person answering a question seems to have to get that in now days. Does my head in

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[Barnet Seagull]

I dislike misuse of two words.

Organic.

Eclectic.



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[Lyndhurst 14]

Karma is real, as long as you have a conscience, I hope you have a conscience, so I hope you are wrong about Karma.

I wish it were so, but IMO karma is just an illusion that helps people make sense of an unjust world. Decent, honest people die in appalling conditions every day whilst ex Nazi Commandants die comfortably of old age in their sleep in South America. I do have a conscience but I think that is completely different to karma where Hindus and Buddhists believe that somebody's actions in a previous existence determine their fate in the future. I don't believe in reincarnation, I think we live in a universe where things happens at random, not for a reason

 

[Shirty]

My bad.

No it wasn’t. There is no such thing a "a bad". It was your mistake. And by the way, your mistake was thinking you know how to speak English.


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