[Misc] Phrases you hate people saying

[Lower West Stander]

"Net net at the margin"

Heard all the time at work.

 

[albionfan37]

Wait, what

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

If I'm being honest, the phrase I hate people saying is 'If I'm being honest'

 

[zefarelly]

Prem
ESL
run that by me (again)

and when I was running my own business, answering the phone and hearing 'Hello mate, I was just after a bit of advice'

 

[exKT17]

You guys

 

[zefarelly]

You guys

crack you up?

 

[PeakGull]

"Please let us know when you are ready to reconnect"

 

[PeakGull]

"Just circled back with the Team"

 

[Mellor 3 Ward 4]

'Can I get'

If I worked in a pub / café / shop I would refuse to serve anyone who spoke to me in such a ridiculous Americanism.

Whatever happened to 'Please may I have'....

 

[Lever]

'scenes', 'give your head a wobble'; they may have been striking originally but totally cliched now...

 

[Weststander]

Olive branch.

NSC reinvented it as a call to binfest arms.

 

[Weststander]

'Can I get'

If I worked in a pub / café / shop I would refuse to serve anyone who spoke to me in such a ridiculous Americanism.

Whatever happened to 'Please may I have'....

Better than “Get me a .....”.

Some oaths cut out politeness altogether when shopping, offering just the noun:

“Paracetamol”.
“Stamps”.

 

[Lyndhurst 14]

'Can I get'

If I worked in a pub / café / shop I would refuse to serve anyone who spoke to me in such a ridiculous Americanism.

Whatever happened to 'Please may I have'....

Last time I was in Brighton I witnessed that in a lot of queues, then I saw a bunch of Whitehawk chavs in their Yankees baseball caps (on back to front of course) and saw a load of Halloween tat in the stores. Felt like I was back in New York. Looks like the Americanisation of the UK is well under way - what next real estate and apartments?

 

[Coalburner]

"He's got a bright future ahead if him" It could hardly be behind him , could it?

 

[Lever]

'If I were you...' you're not so it's a generally redundant comment

 

[darkwolf666]

Potterball
GPott
Relegation battle
The Messiah (unless quoting Life of Brian)

 

[Eric the meek]

I hate it when people say 'get a life' to me. Mainly because I haven't got one.

 

[Bakero]

'If I were you...' you're not so it's a generally redundant comment

I guess we should just ban the word if.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

'Speedy Boarding'

 

[Stuart Munday]

Bestie.