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Your most hated phrase??

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  • 22-06-2009 1:48pm
    #1
    batari
    Closed Accounts Posts: 520 ✭✭✭


    God almighty I can't stand when someone drops "much of a muchness" into a sentence. Just say they're very alike you freaks!!

    Any others...?:pac:


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    #2
    brummytom
    Registered Users Posts: 10,572 ✭✭✭✭brummytom


    "Epic fail"

    What's the point of it?!


    And the one and only "No offence but...


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    #3
    kavanagh_h
    Registered Users Posts: 222 ✭✭kavanagh_h


    I hate the people use the old cliché "the vast majority" when majority will suffice.:mad:


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    #4
    Nalz
    Registered Users Posts: 16,749 ✭✭✭✭Nalz


    People saying aloud

    "F Y I" and "O M G"


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    #5
    MoominPapa
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,106 ✭✭✭MoominPapa


    Not a phrase but "... do you know that kinda way?" Drives me nuts


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    #6
    Kiera
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,130 ✭✭✭✭Kiera


    Its more a word than a phrase. I cant stand the word Chillax. Who ever started that should be shot!


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    #7
    brummytom
    Registered Users Posts: 10,572 ✭✭✭✭brummytom


    There's a teacher at our school who starts EVERY ****in sentence with "This is sortof what I like to call..." ... it's so irritating!


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    Seillejet
    Registered Users Posts: 639 ✭✭✭Seillejet


    you know what I mean
    inverta commas with the fingers
    at the end of the day
    like
    story bud


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    KTRIC
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,463 ✭✭✭KTRIC


    brummytom wrote: »
    "Epic fail"

    What's the point of it?!


    And the one and only "No offence but...

    Ah yes the old "no offence but". Its a perfect disclaimer for being a complete bollox.

    "No offence but you're a right little prick"

    "No offence but your missus is a fantastic little goer in the sack"


    Works on so many levels, usually used by scallywags though and taxi drivers.


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    SoupyNorman
    Registered Users Posts: 4,257 ✭✭✭SoupyNorman


    Working in an office environment you hear alot of pukeworthy phrases but the one that makes me puke the most is:

    'We need to look at this from a grass roots level'...


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    #11
    batari
    Closed Accounts Posts: 520 ✭✭✭batari


    "I'm not racist but..."


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    #12
    brummytom
    Registered Users Posts: 10,572 ✭✭✭✭brummytom


    KTRIC wrote: »
    Ah yes the old "no offence but". Its a perfect disclaimer for being a complete bollox.

    "No offence but you're a right little prick"

    "No offence but your missus is a fantastic little goer in the sack"


    Works on so many levels, usually used by scallywags though and taxi drivers.

    "I'm not a racist but..."


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    topper75
    Registered Users Posts: 5,942 ✭✭✭topper75


    I'm going to be greedy and nominate two:

    1. I'm SO not doing that.

    2. Best... [something]... Ever.


    Grrrr! Put that Friends box set in the bin please.


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    KTRIC
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,463 ✭✭✭KTRIC


    atariman wrote: »
    "I'm not racist but..."
    brummytom wrote: »
    "I'm not a racist but..."

    Bleedin racists :rolleyes:


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    IvyTheTerrible
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,949 ✭✭✭✭IvyTheTerrible


    "I hear what you're saying but...." tranlating as "You're talking crap but now you've stopped talking I can get my point in".

    "I was literally" + something ridiculous that you would only be doing metaphorically.

    "End of".


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    #16
    super_furry
    Registered Users Posts: 27,322 ✭✭✭✭super_furry


    Any kind of bull**** corporate speak. "Going forward", "blue sky thinking" and the rest. Esentially stupid little buzzwords designed to make idiots appear slightly more intelligent.


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    #17
    brummytom
    Registered Users Posts: 10,572 ✭✭✭✭brummytom


    atariman wrote: »
    "I'm not racist but..."

    Great minds


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    BraziliaNZ
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,671 ✭✭✭BraziliaNZ


    "Going forward..."


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    #19
    Joycey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 631 ✭✭✭Joycey


    Seillejet wrote: »
    like

    Dont ever come to cork so, its punctuation down here.

    I hate when people say "keep your eyes peeled", I get this manky image of someones eyes being peeled with potato peeler. Ack


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    #20
    Wazdakka
    Registered Users Posts: 4,467 ✭✭✭Wazdakka


    "That's the man yer Honour"

    I bloody hate hearing that.


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    #21
    chughes
    Registered Users Posts: 1,740 ✭✭✭chughes


    BraziliaNZ wrote: »
    "Going forward..."

    +1 I really hate this :mad:


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    #22
    AMixedBag
    Closed Accounts Posts: 259 ✭✭AMixedBag


    "Jiminy Crickets"????
    ok, well maybe people on here don't hear it much but jiminy crickets I do!:o


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    death1234567
    Registered Users Posts: 3,333 ✭✭✭death1234567


    super_furry wrote: »
    Any kind of bull**** corporate speak. "Going forward", "blue sky thinking" and the rest. Esentially stupid little buzzwords designed to make idiots appear slightly more intelligent.
    "Low hanging fruit" is the new one around our place. If I was running the show the morons who spout that tripe would be sacked instantly.


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    #24
    JamesTaylorfan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 88 ✭✭JamesTaylorfan


    I absolutely hate and despise when people say they "fell pregnant"....grrrrrrrrrr.


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    #25
    IvyTheTerrible
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,949 ✭✭✭✭IvyTheTerrible


    BraziliaNZ wrote: »
    "Going forward..."

    I'm with you on this one. What other way would we be going? (Unless you've invented a time machine, in which case, I'm in!)


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    #26
    Dravokivich
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Music Moderators, Politics Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 22,360 CMod ✭✭✭✭Dravokivich


    "Touching base..."


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    #27
    My name is URL
    Registered Users Posts: 25,068 ✭✭✭✭My name is URL


    ''sweeping generalisation''

    lol, its a popular one here =p


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    #28
    the_dark_side
    Closed Accounts Posts: 595 ✭✭✭the_dark_side


    Any media power phrases...

    'move forward' (see how often this will be used in the run up to Lisbon 2)

    'Vows'... today, Gordon Brown 'vowed' to ...(fill in blank here)

    when someone says '..dont go there', meaning lets not discuss this

    '..and then some' when used to describe something extra.

    Any local government authority jargon:

    Capacity building
    Worklessness
    Utilise
    Thinking outside of the box
    Synergies
    Citizen empowerment
    Conditionality
    Performance Network
    Streamlined
    Mainstreaming
    Innovative capacity
    Incentivising
    Good practice
    Democratic legitimacy


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    #29
    Luap
    Registered Users Posts: 2,642 ✭✭✭Luap


    I hate when people say "or what not" at the end of a sentence his drive me nuts and there was a saying in my school, everyone just said "hardly" to everyting!!!:mad:


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    BraziliaNZ
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 5,671 ✭✭✭BraziliaNZ


    saying "was like" instead of "said" is pretty irritating too


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    #31
    ejmaztec
    Registered Users Posts: 24,006 ✭✭✭✭ejmaztec


    "Give us your cash or I'll stab yer, you tight bastard! I hate having to listen to that, especially from my own kids when they want to go out.


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