Things People Say That Annoy You

europa11 · 15-01-2013 06:23PM

pebbles21 wrote: »

"you know"at the end of every sentence

and other variations of same:

"like you know" or worse.... "you know like"

msbusterpuss · 15-01-2013 06:24PM

Mineral

Im going to the shop to get a mineral .... aggggggggggggggg

Im going to get a bite to eat.

You dont just eat one bite agggggggggggggggggggggg

polarbearhead · 15-01-2013 06:25PM

overuse of the word literally

cojomo2 · 15-01-2013 06:25PM

'happy days'
:mad:

Czarcasm · 15-01-2013 06:25PM

Kerplunk124 wrote: »

''I could care less''
ITS COULDN'T!!!!!

This being a phrase I use a lot, I believe you misunderstand it's meaning-

"I could care less...", implies that if one cared at all, they could care less, the implied meaning being that they don't care at all. It's sarcasm.

"I couldn't...", implies that they do actually care, but they could care less.

One expression that indeed does annoy me though-

Expressions like "open minded" and "closed minded".

o1s1n · 15-01-2013 06:26PM

wobzilla1 wrote: »

People adding s to the end of everything.
Tescos
Lidls
etc

It's correct if you think about it.

Tesco's
Eason's
Lidl's
etc

jammywammy · 15-01-2013 06:26PM

When people say "to be honest" before they say something.

cojomo2 · 15-01-2013 06:27PM

'I've a pain in me growler'

'carpet muncher' - although this is out dated now

baby and crumble · 15-01-2013 06:27PM

"let's park that for now"

Usually in a meeting when no-one can agree, so rather than make a decision the entire issue is 'parked' so that we can all have the exact same debate for an hour at the next meeting.

"pacific" instead of "specific" does irritate me.

I also HATE when people pronounce words wrong like "DUNkey" instead on donkey and "ChicaRgo" instead of Chicago. STOP CHANGING THE LETTERS!!!!

:mad::mad::mad:

efb · 15-01-2013 06:29PM

"top, top", "decent", "quality", "everyday of the week", "honest-to-goodness" and all those other overused words in a soccer fan's lexicon.

Me_Grapes · 15-01-2013 06:30PM

carly_86 wrote: »

i hate when people say no. when someone says your really lucky to have a job when someone say etc etc or blah

I hate when people string together incomprehensible sentences.

wonderfulname · 15-01-2013 06:30PM

ChippingSodbury wrote: »

Two planes had a "near miss". If they nearly missed, well then they actually hit...

That's not what it means, it's a near miss as opposed to a far one, so hitting the crossbar in soccer is a near miss as you missed the target, but were very 'near' it.

Custardpi · 15-01-2013 06:39PM

Something that used to annoy me a few years ago but which doesn't seem to occur as much since we became more sophisticated is the mispronunciation/misuse of French, Italian & Spanish origin words, e.g. "expresso" for espresso, Renault pronounced "Ren- alt" (to rhyme with vault), paella with the double l pronounced as an l instead of a y & "Entrée" being used to denote a main course on a menu (you still see this occasionally in some restaurants) instead of "Plat Principal" or indeed "Main Course". If you don't know the proper names/pronunciations of things you should either learn them or stick to less challenging vocabulary.

15-01-2013 06:45PM

People who start off with 'with the greatest respect....' and proceed to be the very opposite of respectful.

People who claim to just be blunt, plain talking, and to the point, or to be very un PC (said with great pride), when in fact its just a warning flare that they're going to be very rude, racist or other wise 'ist', but expect to get away with it because they're just 'saying it like it is'.

People who use words they can't really pronounce, and clearly don't understand, in an effort to sound more articulate. The opposite is the result.

People who say they're opinionated, but are in fact just stubborn.

Froggy123 · 15-01-2013 06:49PM

"Cheer up, it might never happen"

Pilotdude5 · 15-01-2013 06:52PM

How's the job hunt going? - From smug people who have jobs.

Jester252 · 15-01-2013 06:53PM

What a Choon!!!!

First Annual

number10a · 15-01-2013 06:53PM

Czarcasm wrote: »

This being a phrase I use a lot, I believe you misunderstand it's meaning-

"I could care less...", implies that if one cared at all, they could care less, the implied meaning being that they don't care at all. It's sarcasm.

"I couldn't...", implies that they do actually care, but they could care less.

Eh, no.

"I could care less..." means that it is possible for me to care less about what I am referring to. Therefore I care about it to a certain, although ambiguous, level because as I have said I can lessen the level of caring.

"I couldn't...", means that it is not possible in any way whatsoever for me to give less of a shìt about the topic/object/person to which/whom I am referring. I don't care about it at all, therefore it is not possible for me to care even less.

Pat Mustard · 15-01-2013 06:58PM

Annoying blends of existing words.

1. 'Irregardless'. It should be 'irrespective' or 'regardless'.

2. 'Chillax' (Aargh)

robman60 · 15-01-2013 07:03PM

"not necessarily" when you've clearly just proven the person wrong. My damn French teacher is always saying it when his mistakes are corrected.

Garzard · 15-01-2013 07:09PM

"For all intensive purposes" is another one that really does my head in,

Me_Grapes · 15-01-2013 07:19PM

Garzard wrote: »

"For all intensive purposes" is another one that realy does my head in,

Probably doing your head in because whoever's saying that phrase to you is saying it wrong.

Chuck Stone · 15-01-2013 07:31PM

You know what do be does be gettin on me nerves, like?

Language pedants!

Garzard · 15-01-2013 07:37PM

Me_Grapes wrote: »

Probably doing your head in because whoever's saying that phrase to you is saying it wrong.

Not only that but noticed a lot of people on the Internet also spell it like that in a post or whatever.

Meangadh · 15-01-2013 07:42PM

"Epic", "Fail" or indeed "epic fail". F**k off.

"Banter" (used to be an ok word but now it's just used on the main by tools) or even worse "havin the bants".... AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHGGHGHGHGAHAHAAHGHHGHHH!!!

Also the "I'm gay" type things people say when they frape someone. Hilaaaaaaaarrrrious. The amount of college students who need to learn to log out of facebook is really ridiculous.

Oh and also when people pronounce double "t"s in words like a d, e.g. "butter" as "budder", "babysitter" as "babysidder". They're Ts dammit, not Ds!

MadsL · 15-01-2013 07:42PM

Complaining about something on boards and the inevitable "what's it to you" comments "Why do you care OP" "Get a life" etc...

People who click into a thread they don't care about just to post inane crap like this should be force fed horse burgers.

Canard · 15-01-2013 07:44PM

I done / I seen.

Teyla Emmagan · 15-01-2013 07:46PM

'We are where we are'.

Only ever used by someone who has ****ed up and knows it, but certainly doesn't want to discuss it.

Teyla Emmagan · 15-01-2013 07:48PM

Custardpi wrote: »

Something that used to annoy me a few years ago but which doesn't seem to occur as much since we became more sophisticated is the mispronunciation/misuse of French, Italian & Spanish origin words, e.g. "expresso" for espresso, Renault pronounced "Ren- alt" (to rhyme with vault), paella with the double l pronounced as an l instead of a y & "Entrée" being used to denote a main course on a menu (you still see this occasionally in some restaurants) instead of "Plat Principal" or indeed "Main Course". If you don't know the proper names/pronunciations of things you should either learn them or stick to less challenging vocabulary.

Jesus. And I thought I was an awful pedant.

Cool Mo D · 15-01-2013 07:53PM

Custardpi wrote: »

Something that used to annoy me a few years ago but which doesn't seem to occur as much since we became more sophisticated is the mispronunciation/misuse of French, Italian & Spanish origin words, e.g. "expresso" for espresso, Renault pronounced "Ren- alt" (to rhyme with vault), paella with the double l pronounced as an l instead of a y & "Entrée" being used to denote a main course on a menu (you still see this occasionally in some restaurants) instead of "Plat Principal" or indeed "Main Course". If you don't know the proper names/pronunciations of things you should either learn them or stick to less challenging vocabulary.

Entrée is a perfectly correct term to use for main course in the USA, but not over here.

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