Rant: Phrases That Annoy Me

[CH4]

Rabbit hole
Conflate
Weaponize
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Drill down
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Pans/panned
Xenophobia
Climate emergency/global warming
Ameliorate
Gaslighting
Dystopian
Merch (merchandise)
Lawfare

 

[jimmyj]

Words that annoy me:

1. "my husband has come home"
2. "My boyfriend has come home"
3. "Sir, may I see your drivers license, proof of insurance, and vehicle reg"
4. "I am sorry but yours too old for me"
5. "Are you from Florida or did a mule kick you in the face?"

 

[coltle6920]

The way I see it is words are like punctuation. As long as I get the gist of what someone is saying I don't care what words they use. English is my first language. Grammar is how and where I was raised. We can't all be English professors.

And to contradict what I just wrote the term "assault rifle" is my favorite.

 

[THE PILGRIM]

It is what it is!

 

[Chuck24]

Make a long story short never works

 

[1sailor]

I may be wrong here but, it irritates the heck out of me when someone says something is "times less". An example "I make ten times less than he does". Doesn't he actually make one tenth as much. I hear this all the time. Even from some pretty smart people so maybe they're right when they say that, but I don't agree. I mean, if it is "times" wouldn't that indicate more?

 

[ladder13]

Words that annoy me:

1. "my husband has come home"
2. "My boyfriend has come home"
3. "Sir, may I see your drivers license, proof of insurance, and vehicle reg"
4. "I am sorry but yours too old for me"
5. "Are you from Florida or did a mule kick you in the face?"
4.

3 1/2. How many drinks have you had tonite?

 

[326MOD10]

Make a long story short never works

My brother says that all the time and I always follow it up with

"TOO LATE"

 

[Chuck24]

I may be wrong here but, it irritates the heck out of me when someone says something is "times less". An example "I make ten times less than he does". Doesn't he actually make one tenth as much. I hear this all the time. Even from some pretty smart people so maybe they're right when they say that, but I don't agree. I mean, if it is "times" wouldn't that indicate more?

And Valentimes day

 

[The Last Standing Knight]

One I hear FAR too much these days:

"I'm oppressed."

Usually used when someone who thinks they are "entitled" (there's another word for ya) doesn't get their way.

 

[fiasconva]

GOAT
"At this point in time." What's wrong with "now"?
Do you want to upgrade that to....?

 

[arjay]

I'm not used to gifted as a verb yet,but I'm trying lol

 

[S42N8]

Manifesting: the act of making something happen by imagining it and consciously thinking it will happen.

Politically correct me would call that wishful thinking. Snarky me would call that irrational to the point of willful delusion. And yet, that is a thing. <SMH>

Think I'm gonna manifest me winning lottery numbers. &#55357;&#56900;

 

[Walkin Horse]

It is what it is!

But it doesn't have to be that way is my response.

 

[bamabiker]

Neutralized ... they neutralized the shooter.
Just kill the ***.

 

[rockquarry]

Not necessarily so. Under many existing circumstances, it devolves.

Yes, we've taken many backward simpleton steps with regard to language.

 

[rockquarry]

GOAT
"At this point in time." What's wrong with "now"?
Do you want to upgrade that to....?

Or, at this point, or at this time. "This point in time" sounds awful and is saying the same thing twice.

Many "upgraders" are often "downgrading" without knowing it; especially applicable when it comes to guns.

 

[rockquarry]

Make a long story short never works

Yeah, get ready for a long story no one wants to hear.

 

[rockquarry]

Rabbit hole
Conflate
Weaponize
Oligarch
Unpack
Existential threat
Drill down
Peal back
Foment
Trope
Apoplectic
Woke
Pans/panned
Xenophobia
Climate emergency/global warming
Ameliorate
Gaslighting
Dystopian
Merch (merchandise)
Lawfare

Good for you - that's a commendable start

 

[K-22]

Inert

Neutralized ... they neutralized the shooter.
Just kill the ***.

I "Rendered him inert"

From a very experienced State Police Sgt.