What Phrase Drives You Nuts?

[FayeW]

Are there over used or just plain dumb sounding words or phrases that have found themselves in everyday conversation and it just drives you nuts? I have a couple but the one that sounds absolutely ridiculous is when someone says "WE are pregnant" or "when DH & I were pregnant". I always have to resist the temptation to say "Huh, BOTH of you are pregnant? Wow, that's quite something. I can't wait to see how this turns out."

If you do this, stop. Seriously. It makes you sound stupid. Men do not have the equipment to have babies. They have the equipment to help make babies. The one with the uterus is pregnant. If both of you are pregnant, you better call Ripley's.


My other pet peeve is putting an "s" on beer to make it plural. It's just like "deer". You saw 1 deer, but I saw 3 deer. Then I had a couple of beer. Sadly, the grammatically incorrect plural version of beer is now creeping into mainstream Canadian language. Makes me want to kick somebody when I hear it.

 

[okeydokey]

When someone answers a phone and says "Where you at?"

 

[Boo'sMom]

my bad

 

[TEENEE]

The first one that comes to mind is "my bad".

 

[MichelleVW]

Are there over used or just plain dumb sounding words or phrases that have found themselves in everyday conversation and it just drives you nuts? I have a couple but the one that sounds absolutely ridiculous is when someone says "WE are pregnant" or "when DH & I were pregnant". I always have to resist the temptation to say "Huh, BOTH of you are pregnant? Wow, that's quite something. I can't wait to see how this turns out."

If you do this, stop. Seriously. It makes you sound stupid. Men do not have the equipment to have babies. They have the equipment to help make babies. The one with the uterus is pregnant. If both of you are pregnant, you better call Ripley's.


My other pet peeve is putting an "s" on beer to make it plural. It's just like "deer". You saw 1 deer, but I saw 3 deer. Then I had a couple of beer. Sadly, the grammatically incorrect plural version of beer is now creeping into mainstream Canadian language. Makes me want to kick somebody when I hear it.

Ok...I hate the "WE are pregnant thing too...it does sound stupid to me...but I do say beers...are you sure thats wrong??? Because "I went out and had a few beer" sounds really wrong to me..

 

[suzimar57]

my friend calls everyone by title:

my husband (soon to be her ex - the guy can't divorce her fast enough...)

my son

my daughter

my cousin

my dog

(no one has a name when she talks -it's not joe or kelli or shadowpup)

it sometimes feels like i'm a stranger to her at the supermarket, instead of the friend she's had for over 40 years

she actually started this "my _____" nonsense at the time i was getting divorced 16 years ago - it bothered me then, because it felt like she was saying "my husband" as in "i have one, and you don't" - whatever - i've mentioned it to her, but she either ignores me or doesn't care - ok, that's my pet peeve - people who say "my _____"

 

[Nennie]

Your phrase "a couple of beer" sounds weird, b/c by using couple you are turning an uncountable noun into a countable noun.

Besides, it's more fun to say BEERS!

 

[phorsenuf]

Are there over used or just plain dumb sounding words or phrases that have found themselves in everyday conversation and it just drives you nuts? I have a couple but the one that sounds absolutely ridiculous is when someone says "WE are pregnant" or "when DH & I were pregnant". I always have to resist the temptation to say "Huh, BOTH of you are pregnant? Wow, that's quite something. I can't wait to see how this turns out."

If you do this, stop. Seriously. It makes you sound stupid. Men do not have the equipment to have babies. They have the equipment to help make babies. The one with the uterus is pregnant. If both of you are pregnant, you better call Ripley's.


My other pet peeve is putting an "s" on beer to make it plural. It's just like "deer". You saw 1 deer, but I saw 3 deer. Then I had a couple of beer. Sadly, the grammatically incorrect plural version of beer is now creeping into mainstream Canadian language. Makes me want to kick somebody when I hear it.

Sorry, but that just doesn't sound right. I had a couple of beer. It should be beers. I had a couple of beers.

I was just reading online and in America it is beers, in Canada it is beer Cultural differences I guess.

ETA; I hate my bad as well.

 

[lillygator]

I don't mind the we are pregnant thing...in fact I am sure I said it...yes it may be my body that is physically changing but "we" are in the whole pregnancy, childbirth and child rearing together.

one I use but hate is "whatever"

 

[Nennie]

my friend calls everyone by title:

my husband (soon to be her ex - the guy can't divorce her fast enough...)

my son

my daughter

my cousin

my dog

(no one has a name when she talks -it's not joe or kelli or shadowpup)

it sometimes feels like i'm a stranger to her at the supermarket, instead of the friend she's had for over 40 years

she actually started this "my _____" nonsense at the time i was getting divorced 16 years ago - it bothered me then, because it felt like she was saying "my husband" as in "i have one, and you don't" - whatever - i've mentioned it to her, but she either ignores me or doesn't care - ok, that's my pet peeve - people who say "my _____"

LOL!! On the opposite spectrum, I don't like it when people overuse someone's name. Usually it's a mom talking to her kid:

Andrew Joseph, tell the waitress what you want to eat Andrew Joseph. Andrew Joseph, do you want french fries. Tell the waitress, Andrew Joseph!

AAARARRGGGHHH!! This used to happen to me often back in my waitressing days, and most of the time good old Andrew Joseph would sit there drooling and ignoring me, while I'd be begging the mom to just tell me what the heck the kid wants to eat! LOL!!

 

[camreesmom]

yea, the beer thing just doesn't sound right to me either......I would definitely say I had a couple of beerS.

The phrase that bothers me most is "anywho." Where did this word come from? I had never heard it before and then a girl started working in our office and said it all the time. Now I see/hear it a lot.

~julie

 

[MaryAnnDVC]

my friend calls everyone by title:

my husband (soon to be her ex - the guy can't divorce her fast enough...)

my son

my daughter

my cousin

my dog

Oh, that IS annoying. They do that on Young and the Restless, but when they're talking to someone..."Hello, daughter", etc. Edited to say that they do that on Bold and the Beautiful! (I don't watch any soaps anymore!)

When we found out *I* was pregnant with a boy at about 4 months, we stopped calling him "the baby" and started calling him by the name we picked. It always drove me crazy when people would refer to their older babies and sometimes TODDLERS as "the baby". I was at a friend's house one time and she commented that "the baby is sleeping", and my DS (then maybe 3) wanted to go see "the baby" and I'm trying to quietly tell him that "the baby" is that kid Richard he plays with!

 

[WNDMom]

I have three - all business speak. Seems like people just say these to sound important. But, these phrases all sound dated anyway.


"think outside of the box", "phone tag", "at the end of the day"

 

[suzimar57]

that reminds me of the waltons:

"say goodnight, johnboy"

 

[DisneyMommyMichelle]

If you do this, stop. Seriously. It makes you sound stupid. Men do not have the equipment to have babies. They have the equipment to help make babies. The one with the uterus is pregnant. If both of you are pregnant, you better call Ripley's.

Stupid sounding person checking in! My DH and i are in this together. yes i am carrying the baby, but he is doing the cleaning, a lot of the cooking, holding my hand as i get sick, holding my hand at the Drs office. He is going through it all with me. He may not physically be pregnant, but yes he very much is in it with me.

 

[MaryAnnDVC]

"phone tag",

I just said this yesterday, but IRL, not business. Is that worse?

I hate "the right hand isn't talking to the left hand". Altho, it's been a while since I've been in the business world...maybe it died out.

 

[camreesmom]

Oh, that IS annoying. They do that on Young and the Restless, but when they're talking to someone..."Hello, daughter", etc. Edited to say that they do that on Bold and the Beautiful! (I don't watch any soaps anymore!)

When we found out *I* was pregnant with a boy at about 4 months, we stopped calling him "the baby" and started calling him by the name we picked. It always drove me crazy when people would refer to their older babies and sometimes TODDLERS as "the baby". I was at a friend's house one time and she commented that "the baby is sleeping", and my DS (then maybe 3) wanted to go see "the baby" and I'm trying to quietly tell him that "the baby" is that kid Richard he plays with!

I'm bad about this.......our "baby" is 4 now and I still say "the baby." My bad.

 

[Nennie]

I have three - all business speak. Seems like people just say these to sound important. But, these phrases all sound dated anyway.


"think outside of the box", "phone tag", "at the end of the day"

Watch The Apprentice, and everytime someone uses the phrase "think outside the box" take a drink (of beers, lol). You'll be drunk in no time!!

 

[Duckfan-in-Chicago]

I don't remember what my wife said when she was pregnant. It doesn't bother me if she said 'We're pregnant' or not. To me it's the same thing as when she says "We have to clean up the garage". I know that doesn't mean two of us are going to be out there, and I have to clear up my apointment calander for the weekend.

 

[jazzgirl]

I hate when people say or write "FYI: blah, blah, blah". Ugh.