New phrases that grate on my nerves...

[surfergirl602]

"Can I ask you a question?"
I thought you just did!!

 

[surfergirl602]

I really don't like when someone responds "no problem" after I say "thank you". What happened to "you're welcome"?

I say "no worries".

I got it from of the abroad students in college and its stuck.

 

[Ceila]

Anywho makes me want to scream.

 

[kaytieeldr]

OK then how about grow the business organically.

Organic or organically bugs me, except in direct relation to food/farming.

And metrics. Metrics is the measuring system the United States refuses to adopt. Nothing else. Call it numbers, goals, statistics. Call the thing what it is (NOT to be confused with 'it is what it is' ). Why does everything need a fifty cent word, when the nickel word works????

 

[surfergirl602]

Organic or organically, except in direct relation to food.

And metrics. Metrics is the measuring system the United States refuses to adopt. Nothing else. Call it numbers, goals, statistics. Call the thing what it is (NOT to be confused with 'it is what it is' ). Why does everything need a fifty cent word, when the nickel word works????

LOL - has anyone ever noticed that on avent bottles the US and the UK fl oz are different? I mean, isn't an ounce an ounce???

Maybe we should just adopt the euro and be done with it already.

 

[sunnyday123]

I can't stand all the abbreviations. Prolly, souvies, ressies and the newest one......embies! While I wish anyone that's pregnant all the best in the world, but really, embies???

Oh my gosh! I'm with you. Add "preggo" or "preggers" to the list. If you use that, you sound like you aren't old enough to be doing what got you there.

 

[S. C.]

Anywho makes me want to scream.

Me too!

 

[Debbie7452]

My Mom uses "pressies" instead of presents...it drives us all nuts! I mean, come on...it's got the same number of syllables. Your not saving any time changing the word!

As to the overuse of quotation marks (and "..." )I plead guilty!! I can't help myself..it's like a disease. Sorry, in advance! oh yeah, I WAY overdo exclamation marks, too! Sorry again!

 

[Redpepperflakes14]

I've grown a little tired of the 'Word. Word. Word.' sarcasm, i.e. Comic Book Guy's 'Worst. Movie. Ever.'

Not only do people misuse this goofy phrasing, but come on, it's not 2002 anymore.

Also, my best friend is a budding business owner and I help her out on some projects (she's finally paying me!) and I get so sick of her asking what my 'availability' is. Can you just ask me if I can talk at 2pm? She knows how much I hate business-speak jargon

 

[Anna_Marie]

I really don't like when someone responds "no problem" after I say "thank you". What happened to "you're welcome"?

The receptionist in our doctors office says this ALL DAY. It drives me insane!

I also hate the word "yum"

 

[focusondisney]

I should also add...

OVER THE MOON...usually found in Peopl magazine. every celeb mom is "over the moon" about her new baby. Blech!

Good one. Another one celebrity tabloids like to use that I don't like is ULTRA. "The ULTRA glamorous actress is OVER THE MOON about her pregnancy."






Gag me.

 

[krcit]

I've posted this one on other threads like this but it annoys me so much I'll post it again......surreal. I can't stand it. Oh, and 'moist' I really, really hate that word.

 

[Philagoofy]

BFF or best forever friends or whatever BFF means. Especially when used by anyone over the age of...naw, just anyone, no matter what age.

Let's agree to disagree.

My bad. Your bad what???

 

[IHeartTink04]

I haven't read this whole thread so this one may be on here and I just haven't seen it but how about... "I know, Right?"

So annoying!

 

[simba928]

"I know right?" and "Really, (insert name)...... really?" are the bane of my existence.

I have to admit I use both of those all the time. "Really, (name), really?" is part of my everday vocabulary, but I only use it with my dogs (both at home and at work). "Really, Lacey? Really? You just HAD to lay on all my clean clothes?" "Really, Duke? Really? You just HAD to spill all your water all over your freshly cleaned kennel?"

Not a phrase but an inflection that drives me INSANE.

-wah at the end of a one syllable word -- like NO-wah... what the heck IS that???

The young girls at my office do it ALL THE TIME. So do those horrendous Kardashians... when did NO become a 2 syllable word?????

When I turn the word no into a two syllable word (I try not to, honest. Sometimes I'm just in a whiny mood, though!) my dad will say "Noah? He's the guy that built the ark, right?" And then at that point I just play along and go into full whine mode and say "Stop-uh" and he asks if that's Noah's brother.

I have to agree with most of the ones one here, though. FAIL and EPIC FAIL (always in all capitals) drives me nuts. Misusing literally also drives me up the wall.

At work, I always get "spayeded" as in "My dog is spayeded". Oh yeah? And you droveded your car here after you shoppeded at the mall and eated at McDonalds? A girl dog is SPAYED, a boy dog is NEUTERED. Your girl dog can be neither spayeded nor neutered and your boy dog definitely can't be spayed!

 

[steves1bear]

For those who hate the word "awesome," try living on the North Shore of Hawaii. I hear awesome and dude way too much.

I also can't stand hearing the pidgeon spoken here. Things like:

mo bettah
that's small kine (meaning that's no big deal)
chee whoo (meaning wow, relieved, mostly it bothers me when it's typed out)

I also can't stand when people have to randomly throw in the word "like" as if they actually liked something or were comparing two things. Like, that was totally awesome! Oh this annoys me.

 

[MiniGirl]

The abbreviations...ressie, brekkie...drive me crazy. Also "kiddos" - they are children, kids, and in my case, students. And my ex-husband always said "Question for you." and then he would just stop and wait for me to say Yesssss...Aagh! Just ask the darn thing.

I admit to saying kiddos. Actually, it is a term I use when feeling particularly happy and content with my family and my life.

Now a woman at church hates the term. She also hates the term "kids." She says kids are goats. Human offspring are children.

 

[fenrir58]

The back of the box of mozzerella sticks I was making for dinner today said b4

 

[focusondisney]

The back of the box of mozzerella sticks I was making for dinner today said b4

Who is writing these things?

 

[BunsenH]

Starting a sentence with "Listen,............"

You already have my attention (for better or worse).