Most annoying English phrase? 1

[LNBruno]

I'd like to lead off with one (of thousands) of my favorite(s):

...at the end of the day...

To which I always want to add something like:

...another one will start!

Okay, Word Police! Let's hear 'em!

< M!ke >
I am not a hamster and life is not a wheel.

 

[flapeyre]

It's really bothering me how much "thru" is becomming common.

Yes, and lite is another one I hate.

Solum potestis prohibere ignes silvarum.

 

[LNBruno]

Or the general use of "texting" lingo in business communications?

thx

np

< M!ke >
I am not a hamster and life is not a wheel.

 

[Olaf Doschke]

Their over use of "so-tuv" so-tuv made it so-tuv impossible to so-tuv pay so-tuv attention to so-tuv anything that they so-tuv said.

Well, that seems kinda annoying ;-)

Bye, Olaf.

 

[ESquared]

When adults send me emails with "thx" in them I just want to barf.

[COLOR=#aa88aa black]Cum catapultae proscriptae erunt tum soli proscript catapultas habebunt.[/color]

 

[donbott]

Sportscasters:

"He's 35 years of age" Why not "225 pounds of weight", or 6 feet of height"

DonBott

Does not play well with others

 

[kmcginn]

irregardless

 

[WZUP]

in other words........

 

[randy700]

When someone says "I'll be honest with you..." I wonder if they are dishonest the rest of the time.


Randy

 

[thefourthwall]

When adults send me emails with "thx" in them I just want to barf.

thx for the heads-up! (sorry, i just couldn't resist)

 

[traingamer]

I always thought the most annoying phrase was uttered by a spouse:

My mother's coming to visit.

very unique or more / most unique

There are no degrees of uniqueness. Something is or is not.

I've encountered some very annoying business phrases at work:

onboarding

How exactly does that differ from starting?

...reach out for...

You mean ask?

There are really too many to mention. I cringe when nouns are used for verbs. Nowhere does this seem more prevalent than in the IT world.

Greg
"Personally, I am always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught." - Winston Churchill

 

[smokeycat]

so on, so forth

I had a history teacher in High School who used to think it was really clever and hilarious to say "so on and so fifth"

 

[Ed2020]

Any place filler a person uses because their brain can't keep up with their mouth, such as:

I turned around to him and said...

As mentioned by somebody earlier in this thread "y'know" is another example of this...

Ed Metcalfe.

Please do not feed the trolls.....

 

[stackdump]

'like'

"I was there, like a week."

So like a week but not an actual week, perhaps with a day missing or something.

"It was like, real busy and the traffic was like, heavy. By the time I got here I was like, exhausted."

Sheesh....

 

[AnotherHiggins]

Or when folks mix that "like" with the other "like".

Traffic was, like, soooo bad. I was, like, really late to work. Then I get there and my boss is like, 'What's up?'.

And I'm like, 'traffic'.

And he's like, 'That's not my problem.'

And I'm all, 'Whatever'.

Long story short, we're, like, getting married.

(I tossed in an "all" for you at no charge. You're, like, welcome.)

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[thefourthwall]

anotherhiggins,

Like, brilliant!

 

[xwb]

absolutely meaning I agree with you.

 

[r937]

recent pet peeves of mine:

when a tv/radio reporter or advertiser says "log on to our web site" -- and yet when you visit the web site, you can see everything without logging on

thankfully fewer of these are taking pains to include the once obligatory "double-u double-u double-u"

and most irritating is the weatherman who says "here's the forecast for your tuesday" -- it ain't my tuesday, jack!



r937.com | rudy.ca

 

[deepgrewal22]

Double Negatives:
"I don't want nothng."
"It wasn't nothing."

If you don't want nothing, then you must want something. Similarly, if it was not nothing, it must have been something.

Deep Grewal
"Microsoft Works" - oxymoron