Phrases you hate?

[Dreamstalker]

I just remembered this thread from one of the old boards and didn't see it anywhere here, so...

What are the words/phrases that drive you up a tree? Mine (in no particular order):

--"Hatin' on"
--Any gangsta-speak, moreso if the speaker is white and trying to be "down wit it" (that's not so much annoying as it is funny).
--Emeril's catchprases. I liked The Frugal Gourmet, but that was more cooking and less show.
--Not a phrase per se, but actually a style: chatspeak (I'll forgive some, but when a post/IM consists of nothing but, then I get ticked). Admittedly I can read and type l33t-5p34k (did that without even having to think about it), but when I use it it's sarcastic/humorous. I don't type posts full of it like a few on one of my forums do.
--"Git 'r done". Eesh.

I probably have many more, but can't think of them at the moment.

[Fera Festiva]

For some reason I get really wound up when people say, "at the end of the day..." in conversation, especially when followed by something completely obvious. As in, "at the end of the day, pigeons are birds, aren't they?"

Drives me mad.

I have also grown to loathe the phrase "once more into the breach" due to its constant use by a particularly irritating and chirpy co-worker.

[Dreamstalker]

Ohhh yes, "at the end of the day", "all in all" or any similar phrase. Where did that come from, anyway?

[Kiwi]

"this is riducules"... CS's favourite critisism, makes my blood boil no matter the situtation!

lazy language, bit instead of but, ya instead of yes, huh instead of pardon... dont grunt at me!

or using differnt words instead of the proper sentance, "oh cool" instead of thanks....

chav speak, ganster speak and a 12 year old boy I know who asks me wuu2?
then gets mad when I say "lamenting the fall of the english language in the younger generation" im told I just dont understand... and I have to admit... I dont!

[toolbert]

I hate, absolutely hate, FTW (For the Win). It makes no sense and people say it in such dumb situations in games.

[RapidPad0]

I second the hatred of FTW, and its counterpart FTL (for the lose), its dumb and it makes no sense. I also kinda hate QQ (I dont even know what that *means* and I find it obnoxious. It's double Q's. Come on...)

All of the "2" variants. learn2play, learn2type, ugh just stop.

Yeah all these are mostly WoW gripes. Because that's what sucks up all of my free time. Still.

[Cia]

"You know what I mean" aaagh I hate that phrase. No I don't know or care what you mean just go away! A former co-worker said that all the time.

[RecoveringKinkoid]

When I ask someone "When do you need this?" Under no circumstances should they say "As soon as possible."

What the Sam Hill does that even mean? What if "As soon as possible" means a year from now? Does that mean you don't have a drop dead on that and I can drag my ass as much as I like? That's right, I didn't think so. If they want it back by a certain time, what is so HARD about sharing that info with me?????

[Sphinx]

When I ask someone "When do you need this?" Under no circumstances should they say "As soon as possible."

If they want it back by a certain time, what is so HARD about sharing that info with me?????

Uugghhh I feel you on that one. I work at a local print shop. So when I ask them when do they need this job back and ASAP is the answer I get, I want to tell them so does everyone else, so it will be a minute!!!!!!!!Aagghhhhhh:runaway:

[PuckishOne]

"Work smarter, not harder." The next manglement type to say this to me gets whatever's handy in convenient suppository form.

"Reach out to," "touch base with," or any other business-wanker-babble meaning "talk to." Of course, the irony here is that we waste time inventing phrases for something that's rarely ever done... ;)

Use of the word "matrix" to refer to an Excel spreadsheet. Are we in the business of advanced mathematics now, Sparky? Didn't think so...it's a freakin' spreadsheet, so live with it.

Most of the Buffy-isms, I'm afraid - things like "bitter much?" and so forth. I've just heard them from too many people who use them in an attempt to sound clever. Sorry.

[Ringtail Z28]

"Can you do me a favor?" I get this from coworkers all the time, and I know they have no intention on paying that favor back.

"Let's get together on this." I'm better off alone without any dead weight screwing things up.

[Athena]

People saying the word 'like' more than twice each sentence should be hung drawn and quartered. "like she said he was into me, but like i know he like's her, like you know?"

[Spiffy McMoron]

I hate, absolutely hate, FTW (For the Win). It makes no sense and people say it in such dumb situations in games.

Now, I really like sports. But I suggest that all porfessional athletes should take a course where that will learn to never saw the following sports cliches:

-Big game situation
-Give 110%
-We have to win the little battles
-It's a 4-point game
-The *insert sports term* is what we need to work on
-We have to go back to the fundementals
-We can't take any game lightly

Etc, etc, etc. Somedays, I hate reading the sports page.

[Phoenix79]

I can't stand it when people say "hella"

"That movie was hella good!"

"He was hella fine!"

Someone I used to know said it all the time . . . drove me bonkers!

Phoenix

[One-Fang]

Any phrase that habitually introduces your better-than stories. I have a friend who will hear a story and say "Don't worry, one time, at band camp...." (well okay, he doesn't say band camp, but he says "don't worry" whenever he's got a better, badder, story to share). Ugh. Just tell us the story. Seriously, I'm not worried.

Common sloppy speaking gets me too. "Just go axe him" - what kill the guy? "It's somethink good" - no, that's a g, not a k. 'F' in place of 'th', etc etc etc...

Saying "that's gay" about something that quite obviously has no connection whatsoever with sexuality, or worse, is even more clearly hetero. "I like that guy" "that's so gay" "dude, I'm a girl" "that's still gay". Uh, what?

"Can I ask you a question?" You just did, dumbass. Next!

[PuckishOne]

"Can I ask you a question?" You just did, dumbass. Next!
:lol: I do this all the time...

Someone: "Can I ask you a question?"

Puck: "You just did - wanna ask me another one?" :angel:

[RavenStarr]

I agree with all the phrases that have been posted so far.

Not really a phrase,but I hate it when people feel the need to add a cuss word after every word they say.

Don't get me wrong, I can understand cussing if angry or get hurt, but in not in general conversation.

[Mixed Bag]

I can't stand it when people say "hella"

Did you see South Park #28 ("Spooky Fish") from Halloween week of 1998? :D


"Curb appeal"--Please, either just tell us what makes the house look so great from the front or take a better picture of it. Also, any real estate ad phrase ending with "!"

(Sorry to trouble you--busy restaurant servers and management--but can we come up with something else so we can retire the phrase "Still working on it?" :o )

The second utterance of most any 2+ word phrase emphatically repeated with few or no other words in between.

[MystyGlyttyr]

Anyone who watches WWE...pretty much anything JR ever says. In fact, pretty much JR's existance makes me doubt the presence of a good and loving God. :censored: (JBL and Booker T are way up the list, too...)

[singem1]

All the ones posted thus far are great, I agree with them all. A couple of the ones that get on my nerves are:

~ "Can I borrow a piece of paper?" the same goes with "Can I borrow a cigarette?"

Do you plan on giving them back to me after you have used them??

~ People at work saying "I've got to go up to room 101 to get some extra linen."

Last I checked, that room was on the first floor (hence the 1 at the beginning) and we are on that same floor, so why do you have to go "up" anywhere?

[Cia]

When my Mom was my 'office help' at work she would always say "I need to get in tune with how this is done." In tune? What, the receivables are singing to you now? There is no 'in tune' about office work, just do it the way I've shown you every day for the PAST 3 YEARS.

[toolbert]

I can't stand it when people say "hella"

"That movie was hella good!"

"He was hella fine!"

Someone I used to know said it all the time . . . drove me bonkers!

Phoenix

You're not originally from SoCal are you? :lol: All my friends that I made down there hated it when I said hella, but it's a part of this Bay Area culture I can't shake.

Also, I thought of another that I hated when I worked for the college. "Touch base with you" What the hell does it mean? I don't want you touching my bases or anything else :eek:

[kerrisan]

When I first heard the phrase "pet peeve," it really got on my nerves. It still does, but not to the point where I want to :salmon: the person who says it anymore.

What are the origins of that phrase, anyway?! ARGH!

[One-Fang]

Does it need an origin? Peeve means a thing which irritates, and in that context, pet means one those which specifically applies to yourself.

There are pet causes and pet topics, too. I don't think 'pet peeve' is a 'saying' so much as just using the language normally.

On the "can i ask you a question" thing, I often get "Can I ask you a stupid question?" To which I always reply "History will show us, what is it?" Never called on it yet. :D

[kerrisan]

Yeah, I looked it up earlier and dissected it. Duh. :doh:

Thanks!

[PuckishOne]

On the "can i ask you a question" thing, I often get "Can I ask you a stupid question?" To which I always reply "History will show us, what is it?" Never called on it yet. :D
Neither have I, come to think of it...which is odd, considering my stock response is "I wouldn't put it past you." :p

[Dreamstalker]

My general response to that is "Yes, and history will back it up." (this went over the twit's head all the time :D )

I despise "touch base with" (where did that one come from, anyway?). Or any manglement-speak for that matter.

I also hate new-agey psychobabble such as "getting in tune with", "accepting how things are", etc. Ugh...my mom uses that fluffy pseudo-spiritualistic babble regularly. Her newest one is, if I'm randomly complaining about something "You need to realize that there are some things in this world you can't do anything about" (imagine this said as if talking to a six-year-old)....I realize this, I was just voicing my displeasure with the whole thing. That doesn't mean I think I can solve it instantly.

"Inappropriate" is a killing word. Stems from this ghodawful "camp for troubled children" I got sent to one summer...almost everything was "inappropriate" (mmkay, so it's all right for X to take a shot at me with a compound bow, yet "inappropriate" for me to get hopping mad about it :confused: ).

[MadMike]

I hate, absolutely hate, FTW (For the Win). It makes no sense and people say it in such dumb situations in games.

I saw that on another board just recently, and had no idea what the poster was trying to say, until someone else cleared it up.

Probably because to me, "FTW" stands for something completely different, something I sometimes say when I'm completely frustrated with the state of things.


"Same difference" is another one that always bugged me, because it strikes me as an oxymoron, unless you're doing math problems.

"Unprofessional", when used by management to justify a stupid policy they have in place to disallow something completely harmless, which has no impact on how you do your job. For example, the asshole manager in another thread who felt it was "unprofessional" for men to have long hair. I guess it's OK to have long hair or a dick, but not both. Now go cut one of those off!

[PuckishOne]

Probably because to me, "FTW" stands for something completely different
Thank you!!! I was beginning to think I was the only person who went right to that!! :D :rolleyes: I think "for the win" is one of those pseudo-sayings that you really only hear in certain groups, anyhow...not like it's sweeping the nation. ;)

[RecoveringKinkoid]

Well, the town I live in is lousy with panhandlers, and for some reason, they always preface their sob story with "Can I talk to you a minute?" :rolleyes:

So when I hear that, I instantly get irritated.

[Seanette]

"could care less" used to express complete indifference. If you "could care less", that indicates some degree of caring, which is NOT the complete indifference you're so clumsily trying to express. It's "couldN'T care less", TYVM!

[Mixed Bag]

Yes, the panhandlers to try to soften things up by prolonging their intro by speeding up and talking louder: "N-now, I'm not out asking for money, you understand, it's just that..."

Psychospiritual: I was never in AA but I knew a number of their phrases. After someone else I knew joined he seemed to gain insights, but when I found out he was merely repeating other phrases I didn't know were theirs (here I thought I knew them all), it was a letdown that the words weren't his own.

Just got home and heard "phone tag" on the answering machine. Yes, the minor frustration at hand is apparent without applying a cliche that calls further attention to it. I know for some it goes against the well-meaning sympathetic or extraverted grain but I assure you there's nothing horrific about silence; spiritual teachers advocate not only inner silence but not focusing on things you don't want, hence no point in needlessly addressing them. ;)