Sayings You Hate

[Lauren8211]

I just heard one that drive me crazy..

"Throw it in the circular file"

NOT clever.

 

[Italiahaircolor]

"we''ll cross that bridge when we come to it"

"looky here"

"I told you so"

 

[luvmyhalo]

"To tell you the truth..." or "To be honest with you..." Does that mean that if they didn''t start by saying that, they were going to lie??!!!

 

[LtlFirecracker]

one more thing...

oh yeah, and by the way...

 

[soocool]

Wait until you''re my age! I hear this alot from women who are younger than I....what do they know?!

 

[SparklyLibra]

"Take my stupid advice" My dad used to say this ALL the time....

 

[arjunajane]

I'm not sure how many others would have heard this one - apart from my dad who said
it all the time when I was growing up, I've only heard it from one other person.

"From ******* to breakfast".

Yeah, I have no idea what it means. None. And it still makes me cringe to this day

 

[Lorelei]

* at the end of the day...* drives me around the bend.

 

[atroop711]

this one sends my knickers in a twist (I would usually say panties but some PSers don''t like the word

said it anyway)

the saying "RELAX...would you just relax".

UGHHH drives me bonkers. If I''m upset about something let me be upset and don''t tell me to relax. If I need to vent

let me vent

 

[Sharon101]

Date: 7/2/2009 3:45:06 AM
Author: mausketeer

I also can''t stand ''We''re pregnant!'' Um, no, she''s pregnant, the appropriate announcement would be ''We''re going to be parents!'' It irks my husband as much as it does me, he''s always amazed that women would use this phrase when they''re the ones who have to go through the physical process of pregnancy and delivery.

This drives me nuts too!!! When did this become the norm by the way? ALL of my friends have said this for the past few years - WHY?

Another phrase that drives me INSANE (and my ex-boyfriend used to say it EVERY TIME he weighed himself) is when people say their weight as though it''s money. Again: WHY? (where does it COME from?) ''I weigh a buck-fifty today''. ''I''m at a buck forty-five'' etc. It REALLY bugged me for some reason..... it just seemed so - cheesy I guess?

OMG, I didnt even realise how much I hate when people say WE`re pregnant till now!!!!

But even worse, just the other day a friend actually said to me in a totally serious tone `Guess what?... My brother`s pregnant!!!!`.
I felt like saying something sarcastic but I let it pass, otherwise I might be seen as spoiling her happy news with a mean spirited comment!!! But really, wtf....and my friend is a lawyer, so no excuses there!

 

[Sharon101]

`What goes around comes around`

No it doesnt, some people totally get off scott free while others have random bad things happen for no reason whatsoever!!!!

and

`Dont eat unless you are hungry`

Well if I could do that I wouldnt still be dieting after 30 plus bloody years!!!!

and

Me `Hi Harry` (my fil)........Him `Hi....Im good thanks`

Hey, I havent asked you anything yet you fw....are you even listening????

 

[canuk-gal]

Date: 7/2/2009 11:41:22 AM
Author: elrohwen
In high school, ''my bad'' was sooo popular. It really really bugged me when people would say ''My b, yo! My b!'' Gah!
Now I can hear ''my bad'' (and have even used it once or twice) without cringing, but I just remember the ''my b'' days

So annoying.

HI:

When I first heard this--I had absolutely no idea what people were referring to--I thought they had forgotten to finish their sentence....

I despise the phrase "but who am I to judge"....completley useless waste of airtime usually uttered by those who are profoundly judgemental....

cheers--Sharon

 

[vip0802]

what a great thread!

bad grammar usually bothers me the most. the two examples that stick out are, "anyways" and when people type "your" when it's supposed to be "you're". my friends and i have this saying when we hear bad grammar: "wow, he/she talks good!"

it really irks me whenever a person refers to their SO as "boo". for whatever reason however, "boo-boo" doesn't bother me as much.

"you can't have your cake and it eat too" - ok, i understand the concept of the saying but it does not make sense to me. what's the point of cake if you can't eat it?!

 

[loriken214]

Date: 7/3/2009 7:21:47 AM
Author: atroop711
this one sends my knickers in a twist (I would usually say panties but some PSers don''t like the word

said it anyway)

the saying ''RELAX...would you just relax''.

UGHHH drives me bonkers. If I''m upset about something let me be upset and don''t tell me to relax. If I need to vent

let me vent

DITTO!

I can''t stand it when someone, usually DH, tells me to CALM DOWN when I''m upset. Just let me get over it on my own!!!

Lori

 

[loriken214]

Can someone PLEASE explain to me where the saying NO PROBLEM came from????

Me: Thank you.

Them: No problem.

Lori

 

[katebar]

This is more grammar than a saying but I hate it when pople say ''Somethink''or Something or ''gunner ''for going too.

 

[katebar]

Date: 7/2/2009 1:59:29 AM
Author: cindygenit
''Chop, chop!''

george on australian masterchef says it all the time and i want to kill him.

George also says Yeah after every sentence as in
"We''re cooking for the A crowd yeah"
or "Put some love it it yeah"

 

[swimmer]

Date: 7/4/2009 2:58:12 AM
Author: loriken214

Date: 7/3/2009 7:21:47 AM

Author: atroop711

this one sends my knickers in a twist (I would usually say panties but some PSers don''t like the word

said it anyway)


the saying ''RELAX...would you just relax''.


UGHHH drives me bonkers. If I''m upset about something let me be upset and don''t tell me to relax. If I need to vent

let me vent

DITTO!


I can''t stand it when someone, usually DH, tells me to CALM DOWN when I''m upset. Just let me get over it on my own!!!

Lori

DITTO!

My least favorites are:

irregardless -it really is not a word and those who use it sound like pompous idiots.
whilst- for Americans, only use it if you are pretending to be British and/or are an elderly gay man.
"I''m going to be brutally honest" um, then most humans probably don''t want to hear it.
"can you hold for just a second?" yeah, its going to be longer than that. Just call back.
"earning an Mrs. degree" seriously, it is 1958?
On the news, "the new information that could kill/maim/harm/sterilize/wound you." It rarely is news or information and some people actually fall for the nonsense.

Ah, that was cathartic.

 

[Sharon101]

I have a friend whos command of the english language is so bad that its sometimes hard not to gasp when she talks.
eg. she is seriously overweight (even though as a young teen she was a total hot stunner)....anyway, her worst crime against the english language is to refer to overweight people as obeast as in `that girl is so obeast`. And yes she thinks that is the correct way to say obese. I have told her 1000 times!!!!

Another thing that seems to exist just to torment me is the fact that at school it was drummed into me to never say the letter H with a hay sound, as in haych, but to say it with an Ay sound. ie Aych.

So of course for the next 30 years if I need to spell a word with H in it and I say Aych, 100% of the time I get corrected or the person doesnt understand what Im talking about. So these days I just say haych and secretly curse my teacher for the head mess.