Rant: Phrases That Annoy Me

[HOUSTON RICK]

Like everyone, I judge people by their vocabulary/choice of words and diction. The "crime" carries its own punishment. BTW since when are pistol grips called "shoes".

 

[ditrina]

Dinner at a high end restaurant...

Starts with Hi GUYS.. ( Wife looking on )

Ends with... " You still WORKING on this??

 

[zombie666]

This is something that has ben popping up lately that for some reason irritates me. You're outside and someone says they are going to lay something on the FLOOR, or throw something on the FLOOR.

You are outside, so that would be the GROUND! WTH people!

 

[mrchick]

Conversate

He did 110%!

 

[zeke]

"enough said" Leads one to think the sayer (thrown in for those liking correct english) is trying to be the all knowing final arbiter

 

[Rob613]

“Dog parent”, I love my dog but in the end he’s property, not my kid.

“We” referring to sports teams. “We won the Super Bowl!” No, “We” did not.

“We’re pregnant”, No, “We” are not.

I could go on all day haha….

 

[CAJUNLAWYER]

Recently saw a story about Kurt Cobain, he un-alived himself

Now THIS I like for some perverse reason.

 

[CAJUNLAWYER]

I make up words to see if they get traction.
Words like conubiating as in I'm conubiating with nature in the back yard, or codjudicate as in Let me codjudicate on that. People usually leave me alone after hearing one of those.

 

[ladder13]

Dinner at a high end restaurant...

Starts with Hi GUYS.. ( Wife looking on )

Ends with... " You still WORKING on this??

We were at a middlin’ restaurant a couple weeks ago. The waitress drops the check in the middle of us eating our entrees.

Nah, don’t need any dessert or water refill.

 

[petepeterson]

Not quite a phrase, but...

It irritates me when sports announcers or commentators put "a" in front of someone's name.

"If you have a Mookie Betts, or a Clayton Kershaw on your team..."

 

[rockquarry]

Easily among the top ten most irritating: just sayin'

 

[BarryinIN]

I could care less.
Apostrophes before any “s”.
Could of, would of, should of.

All nails on a chalkboard.

 

[StephenWhoDat]

My (Women's Health Nurse Practitioner) wife's pet peeve is "Douche Bag". She says there's nothing especially bad about the bag. It's just a bag. Now if you call someone a "Douche Nozzle" that would be an insult.

I also really like "douche canoe." Don't know why and I know it makes no sense, but it makes me chuckle every time.

 

[lkabug]

Now, if you really think about it.......

 

[swsig]

I make up words to see if they get traction.
Words like conubiating as in I'm conubiating with nature in the back yard, or codjudicate as in Let me codjudicate on that. People usually leave me alone after hearing one of those.

Good show!
Back in high school, one of my friends made up a word to describe something extraordinary: Phenormenal.
We used it a lot in those days, but spell check wouldn't let me type it without a fight, so I guess it never caught on.

 

[zeke]

I make up words to see if they get traction.
Words like conubiating as in I'm conubiating with nature in the back yard, or codjudicate as in Let me codjudicate on that. People usually leave me alone after hearing one of those.

if news organizations and dictionary companies can do it, so can we!

 

[dave1918a2]

Sentences that start with "That being said".

 

[ImprovedModel56Fan]

I also really like "douche canoe." Don't know why and I know it makes no sense, but it makes me chuckle every time.

I do know why and it does make sense. Chuckle away.

 

[DesertFox]

Out of an abundance of caution...

 

[SafeTFirst]

Since never.

Like everyone, I judge people by their vocabulary/choice of words and diction. The "crime" carries its own punishment. BTW since when are pistol grips called "shoes".