[Misc] Phrases you hate people saying

[Albion my Albion]

Usually followed a week later on Facebook with;

“If you can’t handle me at my worst, you don’t deserve me at my best” (trans; I’ve been a massive twat to my boyfriend).

“Sometimes we all need a bit of time to ourselves” (trans; I’ve been a massive twat to everyone).

“It’s not how hard we get hit, it’s how quickly we get back up” (trans; I got sacked for being a twat).

Twat

No really, twat did you say?

 

[Justice]

Since covid everything seems to be unprecedented…annoys the crap out of me does that one.

 

[Albion my Albion]

Since covid everything seems to be unprecedented…annoys the crap out of me does that one.

yes, the use of unprecedented is at....... well......... unprecedented levels.

 

[happypig]

One the Americans (yes, all of them) use is to precede a request with "Go ahead and". So "pass me that spanner" becomes "Go ahead and pass me that spanner" .
There's no need for it ever, in any situation.
Go ahead and prove me wrong.

 

[Kalimantan Gull]

The use of the word 'methodology'.

f*** off please, its 'methods'

 

[ozzygull]

"Do the needful" really grinds my gears.

 

[Cordwainer]

Heads up.

You got this.

 

[Albion my Albion]

Go ahead and

No, really, go ahead and.

One the Americans (yes, all of them) use is to precede a request with "Go ahead and". So "pass me that spanner" becomes "Go ahead and pass me that spanner" .
There's no need for it ever, in any situation.
Go ahead and prove me wrong.

you got this....... really

heads up people, he's about to go ahead and.

There's methodology to my madness.

It will be unprecedented.

Let's do this.

 

[Paulie Gualtieri]

I’m laughing but I’ve never heard this, maybe because the sort of places I go to don’t sell Eggs Benedict

If I asked for Benny Eggs in some of the cafes I frequent they’d assume I was after a state assisted discount

 

[Happy Exile]

Heads up.

You got this.

I'd like to add "let's do this" to the list, particularly when said as if a relatively mundane, standard task somehow needs gravitas or psyching up for.

 

[Happy Exile]

Earlier in the year I heard someone refer to "cozzy livs" for "cost of living", the sentence being "the old cozzy livs doesn't seem to have affected them yet". I'm 99.9% certain they called the platinum jubilee "platty jubes" too.

 

[Albion my Albion]

‘The genie is out of the bottle.’

This is widely and incorrectly used to describe an event that cannot be undone.

If someone uses it for their own purposes how can it be incorrect?

 

[Cordwainer]

Earlier in the year I heard someone refer to "cozzy livs" for "cost of living", the sentence being "the old cozzy livs doesn't seem to have affected them yet". I'm 99.9% certain they called the platinum jubilee "platty jubes" too.

Give me strength. Do they also call food eats?

 

[WhingForPresident]

This must have already been covered, maybe even by me, but people that say 'let me get' when ordering something are the scum of the Earth. 'Could I get' is also unacceptable, but slightly less awful because it's a question, albeit rhetorical, rather than a demand.

Also the people that think they're original and hilarious for calling someone a 'cockwomble' or other such shite. 'Get in the sea' and other variations. Irritating.

 

[Albion my Albion]

I would hate to think something i said on here 18 months ago might be dragged back up by someone now as opinions change..

Just a nice reminder that the Internet is forever.

 

[Peteinblack]

"People shouldn't have kids if they can't afford them." Most people probably can afford their kids when they have them, but circumstances change, disasters occur, people's incomes might be reduced through no fault of their own, their spouse might have to give-up work due to serious illness or disability, etc.

"We should look after our own first [instead of immigrants]." You can look after our own - get involved with or donate to a charity, do voluntary work, participate in fund-raising activities, help-out at a Food Bank, etc. I always suspect that those who say "We should look after our own first" don't really care about anyone; just engaging in anti-immigrant, faux-patriotic, virtue-signalling.

 

[albionant]

We're going on our Holi Bobs......

 

[The Clamp]

Putting “super” in front of words. The word you’re looking for is “very”.

 

[Peteinblack]

This must have already been covered, maybe even by me, but people that say 'let me get' when ordering something are the scum of the Earth. 'Could I get' is also unacceptable, but slightly less awful because it's a question, albeit rhetorical, rather than a demand.

Also the people that think they're original and hilarious for calling someone a 'cockwomble' or other such shite. 'Get in the sea' and other variations. Irritating.

Ah, a kindred spirit. Whenever I hear someone say "Can I get a lager/coffee/burger", I wish the person serving could say "No, you can't, but I'll get one for you."

 

[Albion my Albion]

Putting “super” in front of words. The word you’re looking for is “very”.

That is super......... uh......... very........ true.