[Closed] Irrational hatred of a phrase

I'm with you so much on that one.

Bothered? You need too chilax

These among many....

The overuse of the word 'narrative' by R4 presenters....it's driving me up the wall.

That new McDonalds advert... "can I get..." argh I have to switch it off every time 😡

Can I get...?
To which you receive the classic primary teachers response of 'I don't know, can you?' (Usually after 'please sir, can I go to the toilet?')

Oh the "can I get" thing, I want to tear my ears off whenever I hear that. It's such an ugly turn of phrase, it's not asking, it's taking - vulgar and aggressive.

Biggest one at home is "do" my family don't "make", "change", "build", "cook" eventing is "do" it drives me nuts, especially not it seems I've started saying it myself. If I hear "do me a cup of tea" again... I'll tut at the laziness of it.

Thank you so much

Couldn't agree more. I get an daily email from somebody at work which I do actually need to read but it has that phrase in her signature line.

I've developed so much hatred for that phrase that I carefully scroll down to the last line of the content because if I read that bloody line it sets me off.

"Oh my days"

😈

People who try to act younger or give the impression that they are younger than they are by posting acronyms rather than full text . Presumably because they can't spell or are just lazy . Instant ****er status .

Grammar nazis, the lot of them. Nobody likes a smartarse.

Oh and 'totes'. Morseo when followed up with 'amazeballs'.

I used to work visiting various clients with colleagues and one of my colleagues continually used the phrase "at the end of the day" in our discussions with clients. These visits used to take a whole working day but they felt muuuchh longer. i twitch when i hear that phrase now.

'To be fair'

'Get in!'

"that's crazy" mrs busydog and several of her friends use that to describe everything and anything that is, to any degree, slightly out of the ordinary. Don't know why it bothers me really, but it does. Don't know if you hear that in the UK or not.

Also when you make your order at a restaurant and the waiter/waitress responds with "perfect" ----I always want to reply "well it better be perfect as your tip depends on it".

"a big ask"

I dont know who started it but it has spread like a cancer over the last few years 👿

Another vote for 'chilax'

"Going forward." Makes my teeth itch - "from now on" is a full syllable shorter and doesn't sound like it's been torn from the Big Book Of Lower Management Phrases That Are Supposed To Make You Sound Like Middle Management (In An Aspirational Sort Of Way).

hive mind

pretty much any email sign-off such as "kind regards" "Best wshes" etc (or KR, BW even more so)

Put it away ( 🙁 )

goodnight all*

* I don't hate that one, just, you know, saying it

BW

SPants

I cringe when I hear "Time to step up to the plate"... A hideous Americanism if ever there was one.

How about "Time to step up to the crease"?

Sounds a whole bunch better!

Just seen this on Wiggle reviewing a Brooks saddle of all things!..... "Hard as a rock and super comfy. Go figure?"

Good God!

'Can I get' and 'I'm good'

"Off of".

"to be honest" - implies that the rest of what you say isn't.

"just about" - as in " I just about caught the train" which seems to me that you missed the train!

Just saying

Many sports people use "for sure" and place "super" in front of too many words. I predict your bosses will soon be casually throwing these in wherever they can.

Using the word 'kid' instead of child or children.

They are not baby goats. It just winds me up.

Random.
Absolutely.

Starting sentences, particularly answers in a conversation with 'So'....

'[somebody] messaged me'
No no no no no! Arrrggghhh
'[somebody] sent me a message'
Messaged as a verb, absolutely hate it!
Txt me is ok, emailed me is ok, but messaged! I just hate it with a passion

What is interesting about this, is that most of you have posted what are essentially harmless, if annoying phrases. Bruneep however has touched on my utter hatred of a certain type of phrase: Weasel words.
Those words that are insidious in supporting prejudice, unfounded accusations, and spite. These have the capability to damage and will bring people down.

just saying
inappropriate (the worst of them all)
apparently
allegedly
they say
(anyone other than yourself) said
questions have been raised
common sense

I got asked to 'inbox' someone the other day

had no clue what they meant

(send me a message on facebook apparently)

'by the same token'.... what token?

'Shut uo!' when something happens as apposed to someone speaking.

They are not baby goats.

Goats don't have babies.

The current obsession of the women in my office and "blessing" everyone.

I can understand if I'd just come back from saving baby robbins (oh, bless you)
but it seems everything is deemed worthy of a bless. "I had a sandwhich for lunch"....."aw, bless you" (and always with a drawn out yoooooo as if it makes it more sincere)
you're not the pope so lay off of the blessing you patronising sods!

"Literally...."

"I was.... like...."

"On a daily basis."

Goats don't have babies.

Txt me is ok,

I got asked to 'inbox' someone the other day

had no clue what they meant

(send me a message on facebook apparently)

Just means 'email' I thought?

Bless you - to be used only after sneezing in my opinion, agreed that over use of blessing is appalling.

As is the obsession with "amazing". My primary school teacher had a crusade against "nice" saying there are much more descriptive words out there. I feel amazing is now firmly in this category too, the 21st century nice.

"For sure"... makes me shudder!

Oh, I've got one. "lol" as a replacement for punctuation. A bit like the earlier poster's blessings.

"I've just been out for lunch lol I got a sandwich lol" Are you seriously sitting there laughing out loud at the fact you went out for lunch? Weirdo.

Years of age.

For example - he is 25 years of age. I don't know why but I hate it. He is 25 years old, sounds so much better.
Sports commentators are the worst. It's starting to effect my enjoyment of the Tour coverage.

Not a phrase, but the word 'colourway' to describe a paint job. HATE HATE HATE.

"Excel spreadsheet" one or the other will do just fine 🙂

"Number in a box"

Oh, I've got one. "lol" as a replacement for punctuation.

That reminded me - on a similar note (though not as punctuation) a kid/teen we know down the road began actually saying 'lol' out loud. It made me boil inside. He'd drop it in where some might say 'that was really funny' or worse still to tail-off/emphasize an actual laugh, ie. ' Really? Hahahah LOL!'.

After the third time I broke and told him 'Stop saying LOL no-one says f*** LOL it makes you sound like a *'

Not expecting an award for service to the community but really...'EFF EFF ESS!' < (Try saying that with a speech impediment)

"Fill out" as in fill out a form.

Incorrect useage of the word myself to indicate the speaker/writer, as in "return it to myself". This is just plain wrong 👿

Another vote for "Can I get..."

Starting the answer to a question with "Yes, no..." or "No, yes..." This is most frequently encountered in sports interviews.

I could go on.....

Colourway. I hate it, it really winds me up. It is a colourscheme, not a colourway!

A phrase I use all the time, which winds me up but i cant stop is:
'I was thinking to myself'
Until I become adept at telepathy, its highly unlikely I'll be thinking to anyone else!

"yeah, no" as a way to start a sentence. Is it yes or is it no. Probably neither.

Along with "I mean" (Froome is bad for this on the TdF interviews!)

Just start a sentence! And no, do not start it with "So..."

Once you here these things, they become pervasive!

I work in an office so it's all the usual management bollocks.

I particularly dislike 'moving forward' and 'synergy'.

But if I had to pick one it'd be 'to be honest' - does that mean that the rest of the time you're not being honest? To be honest, I hate it!

I personally 👿

"On trend" makes me want to stab fashion gurus!

Massive overuse of the words "amazing" and "awesome" to describe fairly banal everyday happenings.
Sending the Voyager space probe to the very edge of our solar system and beyond is AMAZING, seeing Gemma drink 3 shots of Jagermeister on Saturday night then slide down a set of stairs on her arse, is not.

its great being grumpy innit. :D..so many on good ones already but i hate "see if we Can't" as in "lets see if we cant go over there and sort that out"....arrghh if you want to see if you cant just dont...surley you want to see if you can..arghh oh and when some one snarls "i beg your pardon" i like to reply with why? you havent done anything.. why do you beg for my pardon ..

I'm sitting by bloke at work who, on the phone, says approximately 250 000 times a day "I'm calling on the behalf of...". That extra "the" is slowly killing me.

+1 for 'on-trend'

A natural bed-fellow for: 'Still relevant'.

Gnnnnnn!

'don't suffer fools gladly'
meaning:
'I'm intolerant of people who might not be as experienced as me because I'm too thick to know how to teach/lead/mentor/educate/assist/motivate them'

back in the day
old skool (sic)
to be fair
like
you can't stop progress
luxury........
plus all the Yiddish words that seem to be creeping into the Guardian

Also, 'Irrational Hatred' especially in this current threads instance, as most of these points are perfectly rational.

'I'm intolerant of people who might not be as experienced as me because I'm too thick to know how to teach/lead/mentor/educate/assist/motivate them'

This describes me. Shame. 😳

I invented a word:

[b]prevex[/b]

For those phrases employed in insincere and desperately annoying attempts to somehow minimise the insult/prejudice which invariably follows.

(The bit that comes before the vexation)

ie 'not being funny, but...'

'prevex' it's not even a word.

^^ very good. I also (rationally) hate that phrase.

Jeez, you lot need to like, so, TOTALLY get over yourselves!

Thank you for reaching out...

(I'll ****ing reach out in a minute.)

This seems to infect whole bits of organisations. "Should I reach out to the XYZ?" No, just bloody phone them.

Malvern rider -I like it along with "no offence but..."
Or "I know you are xyz but.."

I prefer to skillet whip the people who do this.
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so those phrases get really panned

Sending the Voyager space probe to the very edge of our solar system and beyond is AMAZING, seeing Gemma drink 3 shots of Jagermeister on Saturday night then slide down a set of stairs on her arse, is not.

That depends. Have you got a photo of Gemma? LOL.

"Hence why" is annoying.

Most nouns that are transformed into verbs are annoying: "medal", "podium" etc.

Misuse of literally makes me want to stab people. As does using "like" as a hedge word constantly (although I know I do it occasionally). Anyone who uses 'lol' should be beaten.

Thank you for reaching out...

I've started to quite like this one. I will never use it, but the sentiment is warmer than "thank you for contacting me". It's a question of context. If someone wants to "reach out" and sell me PPI this is more than irksome. If on the other hand someone has a project in the go, knows I have expertise to help, and we can both benefit, then I am very happy someone thought of me and "reached out". I couldn't bring myself to use the phrase though..

This far into the thread and no "should of"?

Is disappoint LOL.

That's just grammatically wrong, rather than a phrase though really.

If we're doing those I could write a ****ing novel.

Less/fewer annoys me. Saying "somethink". "Haitch". Uninterested and disinterested.

British people who use the word "douche" set off my ****er alarm. I think my reaction is quite rational though.

"Amazeballs" and "totes" are four years out of date though. If you hear anyone saying them just tell them to get with the programme, grandad.

Blah de blah de blah !

Anyone saying the above gets to see my back, like nails on a black board

I have a very long list. Today my featured abomination is inserting the word "actual" or "actually" randomly in places it isn't needed.

For example: "this is my actual car". As if they also have a "virtual car" parked behind the house.

Or "I wrote that report last week, actually".

"I'm not being funny, but..." when used to start a sentence. Often used when saying something serious. Just say the serious thing and don't qualify it first.
My sister and cousin say this all the bloomin' time and I feel like getting stabby now when they do

"Oh my days".

I know someone said it on the last page, but it deserves another one. My uni housemate said it constantly. Then she died. Don't think the events were related.

While I hate bullshit bingo phrases as much as the next man, a lot if these are just verbal tics. Letting yourself get wound up by people filling in a space in their mind/mouth process with "verbiage" * is a short cut to a heart attack, inst it?

* please do let me know if that's on 'the list'

Am guilty of the "yeah,no" thing, I'll have myself flogged

a lot if these are just verbal tics.

Yeah, and the problem is that they're contagious. I was at a coffee shop yesterday and thinking about other things, the assistant asked "what can I get you?" and out of my mouth fell "can I get..." I winced as I said it.

I will also have myself flogged immediately, of course.

I've caught the starting sentences with "so" thing, too. 🙁

Can I get.... Very commonly used here in Oz.

When someone says Pacific instead of specific. Ffs people.

The point for me is that I love the playfulness of words and it's great to listen to people who have an inventive facility with the language, and there are some on here. The phrases that people groan about militate against creativity and if all people do is repeat stock phrases then you never really know what they actually (sic) think. Hackneyed phrases stifle thought and imagery.

We should have a face to face...

We should get some dialogue going...

I can't stand it when someone I don't know says "See you later",
for example after paying at the supermarket checkout.
My response tends to be, "Cool, what time?"