What common phrases do you hate?

[msd1776]

At my work the phrases I am done with include the words cascade and cadence as in:

Cascade this message to your team
Communication cadence

But we have a new year so I am fairly sure we will have a new word of the year.



Also yummy to describe something that you don't put in your tummy. Television shopping hosts that is for you: a fabric is not YUMMY.

 

[CF'er]

All of the "cutesy" abbreviations that show up here on the DIS: ressie, pressie, abbrevie, hubby, wifey, preggo, preggers, etc...
Prolly
Fur ____
Mama Bear (makes me want to punch someone in the face)
Baby Mama/Daddy
Aunt Flo/On the Rag etc

I could go on but I won't. Prolly already gots me some points n e ways.

 

[aprilgail2]

I can't stand when an adult says "yummy" or "tummy" unless they are speaking to a 2 year old!

Hate fur babies

All the DH, DW etc.

 

[Kimberlyann11]

I don't mind DH or DD, but when people post that their DSIL is pregnant I always wonder how their son in law got pregnant. Also I never know if BF is boyfriend or best friend.

 

[goofinoff]

I don't mind DH or DD, but when people post that their DSIL is pregnant I always wonder how their son in law got pregnant. Also I never know if BF is boyfriend or best friend.

Maybe it's their Sister in law and not son in law!

 

[Granny square]

"Punch someone in the face"

Really? That is a whacked out reaction to pretty much anything.

All of the abbreviations. Where the hell did "prolly" start?

When the abbreviations are as long as the real words!

 

[Dan Murphy]

All of those mentioned here.

 

[robinb]

I'm sorry for your loss of your dog. I am aware that the phrase comes from the poem. Origins murky. And I have had pets and grieved for them when they died. However I don't believe in anthropomorphizing animals or treating pets as children. And while I realize that I will be flamed by many, I've never believed there is a heaven for animals. If you do, and it helps you through your grieving, then that is fine. Again, as per the title of this thread- it's a phrase I have a great dislike for.

I lost my mother a week ago. Sorry, but the passing of a pet just doesn't rank anywhere close, for me.

First of all {{hugs}} on your loss.

I believe the Rainbow Bridge came from mythology. In the last opera in the Ring Trilogy Wagner (Das Rheingold) has the Gods cross over a Rainbow Bridge to get to their new home Valhalla. I'm not sure if that is part of the original myth or something that Wagner came up with. I think the author of the poem used the myth/opera and applied it to animals.

FWIW, I don't believe in an heaven or hell or Valhalla for that matter and I still find the Rainbow Bridge a comforting thought.

 

[Kimberlyann11]

Maybe it's their Sister in law and not son in law!

Ya think?

 

[Philagoofy]

Many mentioned already. Also, the wording: "We are going to hospital" or "Mary went to hospital yesterday". When I hear or read that, I think, "the hospital" not just "hospital". I don't hate it just find it incomplete. I seem to hear/read it mostly in British shows/stories (no offense intended).

 

[ilovepcot]

Many mentioned already. Also, the wording: "We are going to hospital" or "Mary went to hospital yesterday". When I hear or read that, I think, "the hospital" not just "hospital". I don't hate it just find it incomplete. I seem to hear/read it mostly in British shows/stories (no offense intended).

I've noticed this, too. They also tend to say, "go to University". To most Americans, it sounds unfinished.

 

[auntmeme7577]

I've noticed this, too. They also tend to say, "go to University". To most Americans, it sounds unfinished.

But we say, "Go to school" and " go to College"
Strange how one word make it sound unfinished and the other sounds fine

 

[Costumesaremylife]

My biggest pet peeves are:

1."Let me explain something to you." This makes me immediately not listen.
2.People who traded the word "Like" for the word "Basically."
3. People referring to their children as "The Boy" or "The Girl." The kid has a freaking name!
Some of my students and coworkers, have started saying basically every other work. It's an unnecessary word.

 

[aristocatz]

-"dat" & "da" instead of "that" and "the"
-hubby
-Any slang words for womens' breasts
-dude
-fur babies
-preggers

The #1 more annoying to me is when people say "irregardless" (I'm from MA & it's really common)-drives me nuts!

 

[SLK1]

1. "Yummy". Just, no. For anything.
2. On Facebook when married/living together couples carry on a conversation so everyone can see...are you not in the SAME FREAKING HOUSE???
3. Also on Facebook when people go out and post a pic and say "Date Night"! Really???? It's just a dinner out. No need to give it a title.
4. Using "literally" wrong. That is the most overused word, and used incorrectly!!!!

 

[Gumbo4x4]

1. "Yummy". Just, no. For anything.
2. On Facebook when married/living together couples carry on a conversation so everyone can see...are you not in the SAME FREAKING HOUSE???
3. Also on Facebook when people go out and post a pic and say "Date Night"! Really???? It's just a dinner out. No need to give it a title.
4. Using "literally" wrong. That is the most overused word, and used incorrectly!!!!

The difference between "date night" and "dinner out" is you bring the kids with you on the latter, but not the former

 

[Lita]

It drives me crazy when people use "office" as a verb. Such as, "are you going to office from home two times a week?" Since when did the word office become a verb?

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[Jennasis]

I'd also like to add: "In my wheelhouse" and "right up my alley".

And if i may make you heads explode...LITERALLY now has a new definition in both the OED and Merriam Webster to reflect the 20th century butchery of the word. They have both included a new entry for the word which now says:

lit·er·al·ly
adverb \Èli-tY-rY-l, Èli-trY-l, Èli-tYr-l\
Definition of LITERALLY
1
: in a literal sense or manner : actually <took the remark literally> <was literally insane>
2
: in effect : virtually <will literally turn the world upside down to combat cruelty or injustice  Norman Cousins>

 

[Granny square]

The difference between "date night" and "dinner out" is you bring the kids with you on the latter, but not the former

Exactly. We take the family to dinner. Date nights through the years might be dinner, a movie, driving about, etc. lol, wondering what that poster considers a date that isn't really just something else.

 

[Disneylover99]

"Thing"

As in, "Pass me that thing over there." Or "Remember that thing I was talking about?"

I can't stand "thing".