Your most hated phrase??

batari

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:

brummytom

"Epic fail"

What's the point of it?!


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

kavanagh_h

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

Nalz

People saying aloud

"F Y I" and "O M G"

MoominPapa

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

Kiera

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

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!

Seillejet

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

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.

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'...

batari

"I'm not racist but..."

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..."

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.

KTRIC

atariman wrote: »

"I'm not racist but..."

brummytom wrote: »

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

Bleedin racists :rolleyes:

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".

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.

brummytom

atariman wrote: »

"I'm not racist but..."

Great minds

BraziliaNZ

"Going forward..."

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

Wazdakka

"That's the man yer Honour"

I bloody hate hearing that.

chughes

BraziliaNZ wrote: »

"Going forward..."

+1 I really hate this :mad:

AMixedBag

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

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.

JamesTaylorfan

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

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!)

Dravokivich

"Touching base..."

My name is URL

''sweeping generalisation''

lol, its a popular one here =p

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

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:

BraziliaNZ

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

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.

meditraitor

In the office over the last year

"going forward" before or after any statement involving the company............. fu(k of
"going forward" this
"going forward" that
"going forward" the other

JDxtra

Using "close of play" in a work environment. This is not my idea of play!

Dozen Wicked Words

anyone that says "I earn 30 k" rather than "I earn 30 thousand".

barleybooley

The use of lol, rofl, lmao, lmfao or any other acronym like that especially when people use it in every single F*CKING sentence.

Example:

"How are you? lol"
"Fine. You?"
"Not too bad. lol"

FFS

barleybooley

dooferoaks wrote: »

anyone that says "I earn 30 k" rather than "I earn 30 thousand".

Do you earn thirty thousand?:D

I like presents...

northern lights

'My bad'

Eh?? what on earth is that about, hate it, hate it, bloomin hate it.
There, I feel much better now:D

goldenbrown

looser, so ugly, so recent, so revealing about the speaker most of all

An Ard Ri

'The body politic'. Usually some ****e Pat Rabbitt comes out with like when some politician is caught up to no good. 'There is a cancer in the body politic'. Absolutly hate that phrase.

liamygunner29

political football

pingu_girl

"Package of crisps"

wicklowgal

I hate HaTe HATE the phrase to 'shift' someone when referring to kissing someone...it's just disgusting. It sounds wrong, as if you're doing something much more physical than just kissing them!!

Greenmachine

Trilla wrote: »

People saying aloud

"F Y I" and "O M G"

Ha ha Hilarious reminds me of a girl about 17 trying to come on to me. O M G you are so hot. I just said "Oh my god they teach letters in school now"
She got the message

Nolanger

"Everything happens for a reason" - f*ck off you cliché-ridden moron.

Anyone fom Limerick would have heard or will probabaly hear 'yup yup' at some point. All the little skangers say it! I hate it!

Red Tempest

"Its the same but different" what?! thats a complete contradiction, it makes no sense.

Also how can something be "New AND improved"? cause if its new, its the first of its kind, and improved denotes that something had to have come before it.

And acronyms, gah, ROFL. In the words of David O'Doherty WHO reads a text and actually rolls about on the floor in laughter, nobody does that!! AAH!

Oh ya, and being called "lad" as in "how are ya lad" by people who are younger than me

Euro_Kraut

'End of.'

and

'Simple as.'

Grrr... are people to lazy to finish sentences now?

old gregg

"step up to the plate" or just "step up"

God kills a kitten every time people use those expressions

sweatingbullets

"do ya know what i mean like"

Colonel Sanders

death1234567 wrote: »

"Low hanging fruit"

no idea what this even means!!

northern lights wrote: »

'My bad'

Hate this too

Not really a phrase but I hate people who pronounce the "ing" at the end of words as "een"

E.G. "I'm go-een now"

Listen to the tart on Matt Cooper who does the voice over for the Irish Times plug for excellent examples

(massively off topic, whenever I hear the guy who announces 'This is the last word, with Matt Cooper' I just want to punch someone. The bloke sounds like he's constipated)