[Misc] Phrases you hate people saying

[Lyndhurst 14]

"You've completely got this"

"We're going to crush it"

FFS you're sitting on a stationary bike in your living room, get a grip

 

[Rambo]

Follow the playbook. [emoji35]

 

[Eric Potts]

“Fur Babies”
****.RIGHT.OFF

 

[Baldseagull]

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

I wasn't thinking of Karma in that way, more the reap what you sow, in this life kind, I would guess that if people were warning you about Karma it would be that kind rather than the, get you in your next life type. My belief is, if you know you have been a ****, you will feel that you deserve some pay back, and your subconscious will work to find it for you, unless you make amends. If you genuinely believe you were doing good, or don't have a notion of right or wrong, there is not some other judge of that disagreeing with you and making bad shit happen to you.

I don't believe anything is random exactly, there is cause and effect, some effects are impossible to predict, but there will be cause to the effect, but like you, I don't believe that people are always responsible for the shit that happens to them, but we all know people who think they have been unlucky, despite bringing much of it on themselves.

 

[W3 BHA]

As a golfer (well, someone who tries!), I have two that drive me barmy - Stapleford when they mean Stableford and Stintmeter when they mean Stimpmeter. I expect if you are not into golf you will wonder what all the fuss is about but when I am with people using the incorrect terms I feel like I could throttle them at times! If you play a sport, at least have a look at the rules and the terminology used.

 

[marlowe]

Call me, whilst doing that phone/hand shake motion..

Oh do fvck off

The thing that I have a particular aversion to about that action is when they contort the hand so that the thumb represents the earpiece and the little finger represents the mouthpiece.

I always think that if they insist on doing a mime of themselves being on the phone they should do it properly and their hand should be in a simple gripping shape* which is how we actually use a phone, instead of this thumb and little finger nonsense.

* the gripping shape obviously represents the use of a landline whereas a slightly open palm will more accurately represent mobile phone use.

 

[rogersix]

Same reason we call hotdogs Frankfurters.

do we? and why is that?

 

[FamilyGuy]

Increasingly overused phrases (particularly on TV) piss me off:

"I'm excited" - about what? Seeing a bike turned into a seat ffs! Get a life.

"I can't wait" - for just about anything. Well unfortunately for you, you're gonna have to, unless you've got a Time Machine.


... and as I've said before, people who say "regularly", when they mean "frequently".

 

[giveusfalmerplease]

Another thing that annoys me is when people use text speak when they are actually talking to you - leaving out conjunctions: and abbreviating words

caller friend last week="Lets meet.Drinks, snacks. , Alt Mac D;s ? (yesshe really said alt!!)
translates as: "Lets meet. up and go for drinks and some snacks. , Alternatively how about a Macdonalds?

i jokingly replied to her "can you please x-late that sentence "

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

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

It's a Jamaican thing.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Not sure if it has been mentioned but....

Pronouncing brought 'bought'. Past tense of bing, is it? Classically done by people wanting to sound a pit posher than they really are.

I'd like to reiterate the 'I hope you're well' bollocks. Someone I know actually says 'Are you well?' when I meet him which, thankfully, is becoming vanishingly infrequent.

When I lived in Canada I noticed a tendency for people to say things they don't mean much more often than we do. After I moved back to the UK I worked for a while with a Canadian who moved back to somewhere in Quebec a year later. He more than once said 'you must come and stay when you're next over'. So I did. He was very gracious about it but I'm sure he wasn't expecting it. I haven't seen him since (this was 31 years ago)

 

[giveusfalmerplease]

Not sure if it has been mentioned but....

Pronouncing brought 'bought'. Past tense of bing, is it? Classically done by people wanting to sound a pit posher than they really are.

I'd like to reiterate the 'I hope you're well' bollocks. Someone I know actually says 'Are you well?' when I meet him which, thankfully, is becoming vanishingly infrequent.

When I lived in Canada I noticed a tendency for people to say things they don't mean much more often than we do. After I moved back to the UK I worked for a while with a Canadian who moved back to somewhere in Quebec a year later. He more than once said 'you must come and stay when you're next over'. So I did. He was very gracious about it but I'm sure he wasn't expecting it. I haven't seen him since (this was 31 years ago)

i thought telling people things you dont mean was very common - it's called lying - I always used to complement my X - "yes love you still look great" even when she had gained 3 stone and her childhood acne had returned

 

[Baldseagull]

do we? and why is that?

Hamburger is named for it's supposed origin in Hamburg, Frankfurter is named for it's origins in Frankfurt.

 

[Icy Gull]

Have we had “Going forward” ? Please **** off, up there with “pushing the envelope” and “window in your day” for me

 

[AmexRuislip]

Hey babies

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Anyone who says Benny eggs or Tommy K is a ****.

 

[BN9 BHA]

It's a Jamaican thing.

Jamaican ting.

 

[Pint of Ale and a Burger]

I was going to mention a few phrases but I see that some people have mentioned phrases that I do actually use,so I probably best that I wind my neck in lol.
I will just say I find being called "fella"a bit annoying "Fella's"to a group is ok but one bloke being called"Fella"just doesn't seem right.
Also I seem to be called"buddy" or "bud"a lot by other blokes these days which also somewhat annoying.
I don't know why I find it annoying it just seems weird.
Please Can we go back to"mate" as in"hello mate" or"excuse me mate" or"yes mate,how can I help" and drop all this weird"bro""bruv""dude""fella""buddy"nonsense.

 

[Baldseagull]

I was going to mention a few phrases but I see that some people have mentioned phrases that I do actually use,so I probably best that I wind my neck in lol.
I will just say I find being called "fella"a bit annoying "Fella's"to a group is ok but one bloke being called"Fella"just doesn't seem right.
Also I seem to be called"buddy" or "bud"a lot by other blokes these days which also somewhat annoying.
I don't know why I find it annoying it just seems weird.
Please Can we go back to"mate" as in"hello mate" or"excuse me mate" or"yes mate,how can I help" and drop all this weird"bro""bruv""dude""fella""buddy"nonsense.

Not had Buddy locally, get it a lot in the East Midlands.

 

[dazzer6666]

Pluralising singular things........beloved of football pundits in particular.......

‘Well you’ve got yer Brightons, Newcastles and Burnleys just above the drop zone, if you put yer Kanes or Salahs in any of those teams they’d be comfortably mid table’