Sayings You Hate

[strmrdr]

my favorite that really bugs people is..
It don''t make me no never mind.
They are like huh?

bit me cuz a byte is to much

Whats funny is that wifey2b picks up my sayings then her friends look at her like she has 3 heads lol

one that really annoys me is people who instead of trying to do something say:
I cant do that because I''m a girl or old or blond or dumb

 

[Lorelei]

Date: 4/24/2009 11:42:25 PM
Author: strmrdr

Date: 4/24/2009 5:21:46 PM
Author: Lorelei
Oh I have just thought of one for Strm.

ICY WHITE DIAMONDS.

your mean

 

[PaulaW]

oooh, you guys are good! You''ve hit most of mine, but here are a couple more:
"It''s not my job" Maybe I''m too nice, but even if it isn''t my job, I''ll find a way or the right person to help you get whatever you need done.
"Can I AXE you a question?" No, if I wanted my question murdered, I''d find a better way.
"We need to have a ''come to Jesus'' meeting." Um, are we having a revival in the office?
"Now we''re cooking with gas!"

"You and so-and-so need to put your heads together and..." No thanks!

 

[Lorelei]

Date: 4/25/2009 7:37:14 AM
Author: PaulaW
oooh, you guys are good! You''ve hit most of mine, but here are a couple more:
''It''s not my job'' Maybe I''m too nice, but even if it isn''t my job, I''ll find a way or the right person to help you get whatever you need done.
''Can I AXE you a question?'' No, if I wanted my question murdered, I''d find a better way.
''We need to have a ''come to Jesus'' meeting.'' Um, are we having a revival in the office?
''Now we''re cooking with gas!''

''You and so-and-so need to put your heads together and...'' No thanks!

* snort*

 

[LadyBlue]

Had a good one, I just hate it

 

[zoebartlett]

This isn't really a saying, but I don't like when people refer to their boyfriends or girlfriends as "BF" or "the GF." For some reason, it bugs me. How about using a pronoun and saying "my/his/her boyfriend or girlfriend?"

The other one is "I love me some..." This one drives me absolutely crazy.

That's all I can think of for now, but I'm sure I'll agree with others' opinions as I read on.

ETA: I hate "my bad" too.

 

[CJ2008]

"So I says..."
"Anyways" (why do some people always put an S at the end of everything?)
"My bad" (especally when said by someone older than like 1

 

[CJ2008]

Got another one...

"it''s mines"

arrrggghhhh (there goes that extra s again...)

 

[steph72276]

I hate it when people say "I seen so and so" instead of "I saw so and so"

 

[meresal]

Date: 4/24/2009 6:31:02 PM
Author: HollyS

Date: 4/24/2009 1:47:05 PM
Author: meresal
Ok, this is a HUGE one for me, if we're talking grammar... 'ILLINOIS' I literally cringe when people pronounce the S.

I'm talking some other management officers around my office.

It's especially cringe worthy if you are orginally from IllinoiS and your fellow state mates where you live now just cannot NOT say the S. Geography, anyone? I don't pronounce Arkansas - - R Kansas.

Holly, I would never be able to put up with that. If I was from Illinois, I would feel obligated to let people know they are saying it wrong.

A co-worker of mine was going to Kauai, and she kept pronouncing it, Ka-waii (like Hawaii, but with a Ka at the beginning.) I knew people there would laugh at her if she kept pronouncing it that way, so I had to tell her. She was so thankful, lol.

The S at the end of Illinois is so annoying to me, I would be willing to put billboards up around the nation, if I had the funds. I just have no idea WHY people don't know this???

 

[DiamondFlame]

"You're either with us or against us."
(Are we stuck in some old western shoot-outs or something?)

"Muslim terrorists"
(A terrorist is a terrorist, you moron. What does religion have to do with it? Would you have felt better had they been Christian or Jewish?)

 

[ice-queen]

"That hit the spot" (regarding something someone has eaten)...I have no idea why but this completely grosses me out! Eeeew, just makes me cringe...

Actually, I can't stand most the sayings people have listed- I guess I'm hard to please

...

But I do have to admit that I often say "It is what it is"...I love that phrase because I tend to obsess over things that I can't control or decisions that I have already made, and it reminds me to stop b/c I can't do a damn thing about it.

 

[Kelli]

Date: 4/24/2009 5:21:16 PM
Author: Lorelei
I HATE '' my bad.'' DREADFUL saying.

Whoops! I use that one all the time. My bad.

 

[beau13]

I hate when I hear "...made my heart sing"

and any sentence with the word "peeps" in it!

 

[iluvcarats]

I really hate:

"Kill two birds with one stone"

and

"You can''t beat a dead horse"

Two things I would never think of doing...

 

[babysteps]

I HATE it when someone barks ''Relax!'' at me.

Like that''s gonna help?

I also hate any smarmily oversincere scripted nonsense that a phone tree will blab to you while you are waiting on customer service permahold - "we are deeply committed to your overall experience and your happiness is of ultimate importance to us blah blah blah..." You know what would make me really happy? Not waiting 10 minutes for a human being to answer the phone.

 

[loriken214]

Date: 4/24/2009 11:24:28 AM
Author: gummibear

Date: 4/24/2009 11:21:11 AM
Author: luckystar112

Date: 4/24/2009 10:39:06 AM
Author: Inanna
''Blah, blah, blah... in this economy.''


ETA: ''It is what it is'' drives me crazay!

Ditto this one.

Thritto!

And I hate it when people say ''Hi, how are you?'' But they really don''t expect an answer. It''s just like ''how are you'' is an extension of hello.

EXACTLY....don''t ask how I am if you don''t want the truth!!!

Lori

 

[loriken214]

Date: 4/24/2009 6:24:59 PM
Author: HollyS
Overused:

My bad. (No. It''s your mistake, your f--- up, your problem. Your bad was not knowing an adjective from a noun.)

Have a nice day. (only because the person saying it rarely means it, it''s just rote mumblings to them; how ''bout somethng less trite?)

No problem. (In response to ''Thank you''. Whatever happened to ''Your welcome''?)

THANK YOU HOLLY!!!! Who came up with NO PROBLEM???? I still don''t know how to respond to that one.....

Lori

 

[loriken214]

Date: 4/24/2009 6:59:21 PM
Author: whitby_2773
oh! oh!

''that which does not kill us makes us stronger''

that SAYING makes me wanna kill somebody! i''m a psychologist, and i''m here to tell you that that which is so painful to us that it has to be described in terms of survival or near death tends to leave bloody big scars across our psyche!

we might survive it - but it for SURE does not make us stronger!

ever met a victim of rape? child abuse? domestic violence? ''stronger''? yeah - no.

grrrrrrrrrrrr....

AMEN Whitby!!!!

Lori

 

[loriken214]

Date: 4/24/2009 11:51:57 PM
Author: strmrdr
my favorite that really bugs people is..
It don''t make me no never mind.
They are like huh?

bit me cuz a byte is to much

Whats funny is that wifey2b picks up my sayings then her friends look at her like she has 3 heads lol

one that really annoys me is people who instead of trying to do something say:
I cant do that because I''m a girl or old or blond or dumb

How pathetic "I can''t do that because I''m a girl or old or blond or dumb".....UGG!!!

Lori

 

[loriken214]

Can someone please tell me if the following is proper English:

"I will take care of it ON TOMORROW."

Shouldn''t it be:

"I will take care of it TOMORROW."

This drives me NUTS when I hear it...

Lori

 

[VRBeauty]

"I need you to..." as in "I need you to address this postcard." No, you want me to... and please throw in a "please" while you''re at it!

Thank you!

 

[Deelight]

Date: 4/24/2009 11:16:32 AM
Author: aprilcait
Corporate speak drives me up the wall. The most popular sayings people in my department are spouting out at meetings now are:

- ''on it like white on rice''

- ''burning platform''

- ''it''s bigger than a bread basket'' (Seriously, how the heck does that make sense? Where are these giant bread baskets that everyone seems to be referring to?)

- ''from soup to nuts'' (means: from beginning to end... why don''t they just say ''from beginning to end''?)

- ''a well-oiled machine''

- ''cut the fat and running lean''

- ''skill to kill''

Incorrect sayings that aren''t words or mean the exact opposite of what the person intends to say drive me up the wall too -- ''anyways'' (instead of ''anyway''), ''irregardless'' (instead of ''regardless''), ''could care less'' (instead of ''couldn''t care less''), etc.


**Deep breath** Man, am I glad it''s Friday!

You owe me a monitor that was freakin hilarious, thankfully I have never heard anyone say that.

I especially hate

Good for a Monday - WTF is that meant to mean if it was Tuesday you would be feeling fantastic!!!!! no idea why but it gives me the major sheets.

There are others but I can''t think of them right now.

 

[Deelight]

Date: 4/24/2009 5:21:16 PM
Author: Lorelei
I HATE '' my bad.'' DREADFUL saying.

Date: 4/25/2009 1:58:07 PM
Author: CJ2008
''So I says...''

''Anyways'' (why do some people always put an S at the end of everything?)

''My bad'' (especally when said by someone older than like 1

Lozza does that mean you hate me

.

Poke me with a stick because I am over 18 and say that one ALL the time

, I had some slightly older guy give me a tirade on that saying and how young people use it but because he was giving me the sheets I just said again right back at him - not mature but hilarious none the less.

 

[Lorelei]

Date: 4/26/2009 4:14:20 AM
Author: Deelight

Date: 4/24/2009 5:21:16 PM
Author: Lorelei
I HATE '' my bad.'' DREADFUL saying.

Date: 4/25/2009 1:58:07 PM
Author: CJ2008
''So I says...''

''Anyways'' (why do some people always put an S at the end of everything?)

''My bad'' (especally when said by someone older than like 1

Lozza does that mean you hate me

.

Poke me with a stick because I am over 18 and say that one ALL the time

, I had some slightly older guy give me a tirade on that saying and how young people use it but because he was giving me the sheets I just said again right back at him - not mature but hilarious none the less.

No Bruddah Dezza, I wuvs and will forgive you!

 

[Phoenix]

I too cringe when I hear people say "irregardless" (for God's sake, people, there's no such word!), or when they mix up the use of the words "hence" and "thus", or when they say "hex" instead of "hash" for "#" or when they don't bother saying the full thing when it comes to numbers (so instead of saying "one thousand nine hundred and eight-five dolllars and sixty cents" for "$1,985.60", they will say "1" "9" "8" 5" "6" "0" and without the "point" too!! ARRRGGGHHH!!)

 

[Deelight]

Date: 4/26/2009 5:31:23 AM
Author: Lorelei

Date: 4/26/2009 4:14:20 AM

Author: Deelight

Date: 4/24/2009 5:21:16 PM

Author: Lorelei

I HATE '' my bad.'' DREADFUL saying.

Date: 4/25/2009 1:58:07 PM

Author: CJ2008

''So I says...''


''Anyways'' (why do some people always put an S at the end of everything?)


''My bad'' (especally when said by someone older than like 1

Lozza does that mean you hate me

.


Poke me with a stick because I am over 18 and say that one ALL the time

, I had some slightly older guy give me a tirade on that saying and how young people use it but because he was giving me the sheets I just said again right back at him - not mature but hilarious none the less.

No Bruddah Dezza, I wuvs and will forgive you!

Thanks Bruddah , and I promise if we ever meet never to utter that saying within hearing distance to you

 

[Dandi]

I can''t stand "at the end of the day". What does that even mean???

Another one that bugs me is "I couldn''t care less" somewhere along the line seems to have been changed to "I could care less", without the ''n''t''. What the?!That has a totally different meaning! I couldn''t care less means that your level of caring is ZERO. I COULD care less means that you still care a little bit, because you could actually care less than you do.... ahh I''m getting all worked up over a saying

The one that used to irritate me the most was when I worked at a jewellers. So often people would try on a piece of jewellery, LOVE it, say they''ll take it and then decide they''ll sleep on it (fine with me!) but then follow it up with "if it''s still here tomorrow/in a week, it''s meant to be".

Just freakin'' buy it already

 

[Tuckins1]

I hate it when people say (referring to another person)- "they either like you or they don''t"

Ummmm... Isn''t that how EVERYONE works?!? Either I like you, or I don''t. It doesn''t make someone special, and it''s not an excuse for someone to behave like an ass. (Co-worker issues...)

 

[iwannaprettyone]

Date: 4/24/2009 7:18:34 PM
Author: doodle

Date: 4/24/2009 6:26:05 PM
Author: iwannaprettyone

Date: 4/24/2009 5:13:45 PM

Author: iwannaprettyone

Date: 4/24/2009 5:11:16 PM

Author: doodle

Date: 4/24/2009 1:26:01 PM

Author: iwannaprettyone

People who say ''for all intensive purposes'' it''s intents and purposes.....if you don''t know what the correct expression is then you shouldn''t be using it.

Holy cannoli! I honestly never knew that I wasn''t using the correct expression on this one as I''ve only ever heard ''intensive purposes'' but yeah, that makes no sense! Thank you so much!


I hate the expression ''I haven''t got all day.'' Technically, yes, you do, unless you die, in which case, why are you in such a hurry? You''re dying today anyway!


''You''re not getting any younger'' Freaking duh! I always reply with a George Carlin quote, ''So far, this is the oldest I''ve been.''

No worries, I think it comes from law lingo.... can anyone weigh in here?

Tap tap...is this thing on??? I feel ignored today.

I hear ya, IWPO!

''This cliche (meaning ''practically'') is a shortening of the legal
phrase ''to all intents, constructions, and purposes'' (found in an
act adopted under Henry VIII in 1547). The corruption ''for all
intensive purposes'' is frequently reported.''

~from
here...

Thanks Doodle!! Makes sense!