[Misc] Phrases you hate people saying

[Bakero]

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.

CAN I GET (phrase) definition and synonyms | Macmillan Dictionary

Definition of CAN I GET (phrase): used when ordering in a café or bar

www.macmillandictionary.com

 

[vegster]

I'm still hating those using " Double Down " instead of using " repeated " or " " reiterated " ....

 

[BrightonCottager]

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]

“The restraining order says not within 500m” is always a passion killer.

 

[HangletonGull]

Notts forest and and basically

 

[peterward]

"You'll be fine"

when facing any number of stressful life/career events.

 

[jcdenton08]

(This is) “My truth”
Unalive (it means dead)

 

[Weststander]

“Maybe I need a history lesson”.

“It is what it is”.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

De Zerbi's obviously gone to a bigger club at the end of the season.

 

[burnee54]

When people use "of" instead of "have"

 

[Sid and the Sharknados]

I hate everything anybody says.
And anybody who says anything to me.
And anything everybody says to me.

 

[5Ways Gull]

Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly

It blew up!!

 

[peterward]

This brexit deal is oven ready!

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

This brexit deal is oven ready!

Trussed up, like a tumescent Johnson?

 

[Albion my Albion]

Donald Trump: There's good people and bad people on both sides.

(And my mother was a Marine)

 

[Eeyore]

"You'll be fine"

when facing any number of stressful life/career events.

It basically means 'I don't want to know about it'

 

[Eeyore]

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]

Americans reaching out!!!

They've all got very long arms

 

[W3D]

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 '

 

[schmunk]

Rapid Unscheduled Disassembly

It blew up!!

That's just a nerdy in-joke, not really meant for public consumption, like calling a software bug an "undocumented feature".