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Things people say that irritate you
What are things people say that rub you the wrong way when you hear them? It could be wrong grammar or a saying that you're sick of hearing, etc.
1. Nouns are not verbs. It drives me nuts when people use them as verbs. One recent one is a radio commercial about wearing pink for breast cancer awareness and they're saying "Who do you pink for?" Every time I hear it I want to scream at the radio, "Pink is not a verb!"
2. Any saying that becomes trendy, no matter where it came from. If it's something from a popular tv show or wherever it came from, the minute it becomes the in thing to say that's when I not only won't say it but I get irritated when I hear other people saying it. A lot of things that became popular because Seinfeld come to mind.
3. All kind of things sports announcers say. "He would not be denied!" "I don't know how they scored all those runs when they haven't had any hits with runners in scoring position."
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The word "robust" needs to be go back into hiding.
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"Put your pants back on."
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The one that drives me up the wall is when people incorrectly use 'literally'.
Also, many people overuse 'definitely'. When that happens, 'definitely' becomes 'probably'; 'probably' becomes 'maybe'; 'maybe' becomes 'probably not'; 'probably not' becomes 'almost definitely not'; and so on.
One thing I'm noticing recently is that people are misusing the word 'racism'. I think it ultimately ends in more people being offended by things that don't need to be considered offensive.
I hate it when people intentionally mess up a word to be humorous (i.e. strategerie) because idiots hear it and think they're correct in using it non-humorous situations.
I can go on . . .
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Originally Posted by
RichRed
"It is what it is."
Beat me to it. Allow me to second the nomination.
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Originally Posted by
OldRightHander
1. Nouns are not verbs. It drives me nuts when people use them as verbs. One recent one is a radio commercial about wearing pink for breast cancer awareness and they're saying "Who do you pink for?" Every time I hear it I want to scream at the radio, "Pink is not a verb!"
Mrs. U instantly hates anyone who uses "impact" as a verb.
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"Grow" used as a transitive verb. "Grow the economy." "We need to grow our business."
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"I don't disagree"
So what, you agree? Just say what you mean already. Those are weasel words.
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When people call performances genius or brilliant.
Please.
Though it's been mentioned, people need to take out the filler adverbs like actually, and literally from everyday language.
Drives me nuts.
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"Sir, you're making a scene."
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Originally Posted by
Dom Heffner
When people call performances genius or brilliant.
Please.
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ding ding ding! Imo, people tend to make things out to be better or worse than what it really is whatever 'it' is. Stop the hype already. Most of the time it's not THAT good or bad.
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Originally Posted by
RichRed
"Grow" used as a transitive verb. "Grow the economy." "We need to grow our business."
ARRRRGH!!! I thought I was the only one who hated this!
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smith288
"I Sooo agree"
Oh yes, I sooo agree. LOL
But seriously (how about that one?), the one that gets me is "I heard that", of course it never bothered me until Carlin brought it up. Fortunately it's not used much if at all anymore. Here'a new one that's rubbing me raw though, "What it do"? (meaning) What's going on with you"?
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"Going forward." This seems to be a phrase that business students are being taught to say a lot now.
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"What if I told you..."
Usually spoken by someone who is attempting to sell you something that is too good to be true.
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Talk of "spring coconuts" is sort of cooly irritating. That thread is like a train wreck.
Don't want it to happen, but if it does, I'm so there.
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"License and registration please".
"Hello, this is the Mason police".
"There is a problem with your card, sir"
"Your call is important to us, please hold"
"Hey, that's my wife".
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Here's one I actually got on Wednesday night: "I thought you knew [I'm not on birth control]."
:thumbdown
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Originally Posted by
camisadelgolf
Here's one I actually got on Wednesday night: "I thought you knew [I'm not on birth control]."
:thumbdown
Ouch! Condoms stink but they're one of the necessary evils of life. Imo, it's better to play it safe everytime especially since sometimes it can be hard to know someone enough to take the chance.
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"So didn't I"
"For all intensive purposes"
"No Worries"
"Aight"
"Here's yer sign"
"Tell them about the discount, Harry"
"I'll Facebook you"
I could go on for hours.
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The increasingly common misuse of "myself". Drives me up the freaking wall. I am pretty forgiving of grammar miscues when they happen out of ignorance, but a grammatical error made in effort to sound smarter is unforgivable.
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Anything having to do with Twitter.
"Tweet"
"Tweeted"
"Twote"
etc.
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Call me crazy if you want but whenever I hear "twitter" I think of some cartoon I watched when I was a kid. Twitter, tweety, eh whatever. It's just an odd name.
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"I want to take it to the box" (meaning "I want a jury trial") - usually spoken by a defendant with a really bad case and a long record.
"The cops must've planted it there" - from defendants with a long history of drug abuse when charged with possession.
"I can't/won't come down to court, but can I send my minister/mom/dad/grandma?" - from witnesses crucial for a client's defense.
"Can I just write the judge a letter?" - again from key witnesses.
"I spoke to [the victim] and she said she want's to drop the charges." - from clients charged with domestic violence (and subject to a protection order), which means additional charges are coming.
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- "...you know..." when used a 46 times in a sentence.
- "mean-spirited."
- In a song, "carry on." As in "how can I carry on..." or "strength to carry on..." I will point out that "Carry On Wayward Son" by Kansas is exempt from this.
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Here's one I actually got on Wednesday night: "I thought you knew [I'm not on birth control]."
Bad dream, huh? ;)
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Originally Posted by
vaticanplum
The increasingly common misuse of "myself". Drives me up the freaking wall. I am pretty forgiving of grammar miscues when they happen out of ignorance, but a grammatical error made in effort to sound smarter is unforgivable.
I myself love discourse markers.
Sorry, had to do it. :)
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RichRed
"It is what it is."
Drives me crazy. Always has.
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reds1869
I myself love discourse markers.
Sorry, had to do it. :)
But there is nothing wrong with what you just said. If you were like 85% of America and said, "Myself and a lot of others love discourse markers", then you would be proving my point.
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Originally Posted by
OldRightHander
What are things people say that rub you the wrong way when you hear them? It could be wrong grammar or a saying that you're sick of hearing, etc.
1. Nouns are not verbs. It drives me nuts when people use them as verbs. One recent one is a radio commercial about wearing pink for breast cancer awareness and they're saying "Who do you pink for?" Every time I hear it I want to scream at the radio, "Pink is not a verb!"
2. Any saying that becomes trendy, no matter where it came from. If it's something from a popular tv show or wherever it came from, the minute it becomes the in thing to say that's when I not only won't say it but I get irritated when I hear other people saying it. A lot of things that became popular because Seinfeld come to mind.
3. All kind of things sports announcers say. "He would not be denied!" "I don't know how they scored all those runs when they haven't had any hits with runners in scoring position."
I actually LOVE IT when people use nouns as verbs. Let me rephrase. I love it when people "verb" nouns in creative fashion.
Any of you realize that "tampon" can be used as a verb? It can. You can look it up.
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Originally Posted by
RosieRed
Anything having to do with Twitter.
"Tweet"
"Tweeted"
"Twote"
etc.
Amen. I despise Twitter. The entire concept is lame. I have no idea why it's taking off.
A few others:
"The exception that proves the rule". This is just dumb. Exceptions do not prove rules, they disprove them. This phrase is complete nonsense.
Often uttered by sportscasters late in a season: "They're no longer rookies/freshmen at his point in the season". Yes, they are. They've never been through a pennant race, or a playoff game, or a postseason tournament. Everything is still brand new at this point, and they're just as prone to a rookie mistake.
A good chunk of my job is spent cleaning up resumes, and I'm seeing this trend where people are using the phrase "to include" instead of the word "including". Not only is it grammatically incorrect, it's just clunky. I don't know who's teaching this, but they need to stop now.
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Over use of the term "dude". It's like the whole world is turning into Keanu Reeves.
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"step up to the plate"
and any and all cliches...
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"And leading off Wily Taveras" :D
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thatcoolguy_22
"And leading off Wily Taveras" :D
Oh the horror! :eek: