Phrases that annoy you.

RyaSilly03 · May 2012

How could I forget "my bad" - especially when used in lieu of an apology. ARGH!

peakboo5 · May 2012

Kitiara5512:
eak8angel:

I thought of another one.

"No offense."

Yeah, because if you're saying that then you are obviously aware that what you said before or after it was offensive, so you could have skipped the whole thing.

Exactly!

MoonlitPlumeria · May 2012

ksyknelvr73:
Courtesy of my sister who is kind of a tool:

"Totes"

"Obvs"

"For reals"

You get the idea. Kill me now.

"Think outside the box" ...may have thrown up a little just then, even typing it.

When BASIC words are mispronounced, like "FUSTRATED" (Yes, without the R) or "SUPPOSIVELY" "SUPPOSABLY"...ugh.

I also agree with the "Just saying" thing...I have a friend who loves to end almost every single FB status with this and she types it exactly like this: "Jus' sayin". Makes me want to punch her through my computer.

My baby sister is also kind of a tool. She uses these all the time!

hjohn · May 2012

ames17:

"At the end of the day..."

"For all intents and purposes" (kicks to both shins if they say "intensive" instead of "intents and")

oh.my.god. I really thought the saying was "for all intensive purposes." I want to hide in a garbage can.

ARichards0422 · May 2012

my co worker constantly uses the word "legitly" and it drives me so crazy.

AlexKate45 · May 2012

Anything "epic" I find very annoying. Especially "epic fail." If you are going to use epic to describe anything, it better be a really big deal.

tlcondon · May 2012

My DH says this ALL this time... "somewheres else". I just laugh... He's a yankee.. I mean.. real real yankee.., from way up in Maine... we live in Ga. No offense.. to any other Northerners.. Ive just lived in the south all my life and I just get tickled at him alot. Which he does at me too.

kaydee77 · May 2012

JerkStore213:
Yes to the ridiculous corporate jargon. "Let's white board that!" "Let's take that offline." "Let's parking lot that." I'm convinced people just make it up as they go along.
"Just sayin" makes me automatically assume that you are trash.
This is a regional thing - "Not for nothing." As in, "Not for nothin but my mom cooks way better than your mom."

My husband says this allllll the time!

discobush · May 2012

JadesFire77:
Paisley4140:
"Begs the question" used to mean "raises the question" drives me batty.
I've actually never heard anyone use "raises the question." Pretty much everyone I know uses "begs the question."

It's a common error and it is wrong, wrong, wrong! "Begs the question" means "assumes as true the question under consideration." William Safire provides an example from a logic professor: "Lying is wrong because you shouldn't say things that aren't true."

Daynaw543 · May 2012

My DH loses his mind when I say "on line" instead of "in line".

I was waiting on line at Shaws forever.

I think it's a New York thing. I'm not from there, but my BFF is.

desdemona39 · May 2012

Ax or axes instead of ask.

SupposiBly

Yo. (For that reason, I will not let DD watch Yo, Gabba Gabba.)

"Oh no you di'int"

"I just got my hair did"

"Nah mean?" No. I do not know what you mean.

and "oopsie". My boss says this all.the.time. she's not a toddler, she's a grown woman.

Kaley28 · May 2012

"You da bomb." I hated it when my friends said it in high school, and I still hate it now that my mother likes to use it .

Methinks, Just Sayin, and all of the other popularly mispronounced words (aks, supossibly, ezample, etc).

MJHershey · May 2012

Smithereens:
MrsWindyCity:
I can't stand when people say "Cold enough for ya out there?" or "See you next year!" before NYE, as though they are the only person to ever think of that hilarious joke before.

YES!

Oh yes. The only time I say it is to be ironic and I add the goofy stupid laugh after it.

hmhayes10 · May 2012

It makes me stabby when people say "What say you?"

As in "What say you, 12-24?"

PALGal · May 2012

Lurking...

The fact of the matter is, is...

By the skin of my teeth...

Keep your eyeballs peeled...

ErinDarryl · May 2012

O M G - people who actually say this instead of all the effort it requires to say oh my god.

i heart ...... - sure did have someone say that to me

one friend drives me insane, she is famous for

i seen

dethaw

proportion - instead or portion (as in food)

redonkulous ( or something like that)

megzway · May 2012

When people miss pronounce the word figure. They say figar. I used to work in the comic book/collectible action figure world & heard that enough times a day to want to stab myself.

Also when people say Wal-marts, Targets, or Kmarts. "I'm gonna go to Kmarts today." Really? How many do you plan to visit? I find the older generation does this.

MoonlitPlumeria · May 2012

megzway:
When people miss pronounce the word figure. They say figar. I used to work in the comic book/collectible action figure world & heard that enough times a day to want to stab myself.
Also when people say Wal-marts, Targets, or Kmarts. "I'm gonna go to Kmarts today." Really? How many do you plan to visit? I find the older generation does this.

This reminded me of another one I hate.

Wally world instead of just saying Wal-mart. My SIL uses is and it drives me bananas!

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