"I'll talk atchya later" drives me nuts. What phrases bug you?

[bif]

I hear this from a relatively intelligent person on a daily basis.

[DrGonzoLives]

1. So many

Using "puter" for computer, though, probably tops my list.

[Coventina]

2. Git 'er done

:wtf:

[Patiod]

13. ARRRRGGGG

I hate that. I hate Larry the Cable Guy. (like Jeff Foxworthy and Ron White, though...)

[Sydnie]

3. take and put

"I'm going to take and put it other there". Take what???? drives me insane!

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

4. Nuff said

as though the person saying it should be the last word

[BlueJazz]

6. LOL!

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

16. Two people, two coasts, one universal disgust toward literary

anchors of obstinance


(nuff said) :evilgrin:

[BlueJazz]

5. 'Nuff Said...God..I hate that term! It sounds like the person......

...who is saying it has fully spoken the Holy Truth and anything else said about the topic is a mere waste of time. Grrr..

[blueknight]

8. how about?

whassup? it kills me!

[barb162]

23. or "enough of that" as I know someone who says it that way

amd I want to punch him every time he does it. Whenever he gets bored with a discussion topic that creepy arrogant line pops out of his dumb mouth and he assumes everyone else should stop talking.

[Kat45]

64. 'Nuff said" is ok when it's said in conjunction with:

"nudge nudge, wink wink, know what I mean, say no more" :D

[HamstersFromHell]

7. Yadda Yadda Yadda...

...like fingernails on a blackboard to me.

[BOSSHOG]

9. "Fixin to"

Doesn't bug me, in fact I use it.

[Frogtutor]

24. lol; You had me going there

I was thinking, "Oh, crap! I hope this person never comes to Texas!" It's a standard part of the vocabulary, here, and one of my personal favorites.

:hi:

[BOSSHOG]

29. Hey back at cha!

I'm fixing to check out the NASCAR schedule and may get on down the highway to the Texas race.

[arwalden]

10. "Do you want to go-with?"

Go with... what? Finish your sentence!! "Do you want to go with ME?" "Do you want to go with US?"

[Frogtutor]

20. How funny! I was going to say the same thing n/t

[meganmonkey]

11. "...and such like that"

I used to have to be in meetings with a guy who said that every time he was listing things or giving examples. It drove me crazy!!! Now whenever I meet someone who says that they have to work harder for my respect. It's not really fair, but what can I do?

[SCDem]

12. "might can"

I might can do this. :mad: I hate that expression No you might be able to do this or that but not "might can."

[bif]

14. Or "You're our go-to guy on this one."

[Gyre]

19. euphemism for "bend over"

That's why you don't like that one.

Gyre

[Patiod]

15. 24/7, Love me some, "tasked with" and "learnings" as a noun

There are a lot more, but why torture fellow DUers with my crankiness?

[Gyre]

17. As a reply to "thank you" after a purchase

You get "no problem" from the pimply clerk or the clueless sorority chick waiting on me. Just doesn't seem like an appropriate response to me. Like, did I say there was "a problem"?

Gyre

[ashmanonar]

21. no problem just means that

it's no problem doing that for you. i say the same thing, often. it's not a direct translation into "you're welcome" but it has the spirit of the same thing.

[ScreamingMeemie]

39. Or a 34 year old mother of two. I use this phrase all of the time.

Because It really wasn't a problem for me to help you out. :hi:

[Demit]

42. I agree!! It's almost like your thank-you is being dismissed.

I prefer a "you're welcome"--the person is acknowledging your courtesy. "No problem" is almost an insult, like they're rejecting your thank-you.

[kedrys]

18. I'm just at the point where it's like...

I'm going to whack the s.o. if I hear that one more time.

[progressoid]

22. "on accident" is my latest peeve

One of my daughters has started saying this; "I did it on accident".

Aaaargh!

[terrya]

25. "I'm baaaaack" or "he's baaaaaack" or "she's baaaaaack"

The word is spelled "back". There's no need to add any superfluous letters to this word.

This really gets on my nerves.

[Jessica]

26. "At this moment in time ..."

:grr:

[redqueen]

27. "my bad"

That one bugs me.

There are probably more that are slightly irritating, but that's the only one that really grates on my nerves.

[bif]

30. Especially from a middle aged person

Trying to act hip

[redqueen]

36. hahahahahahaha

One of my closest friends does exactly that. I don't bother telling her it's not working, since she doesn't exactly see me as a barometer of all that's cool. :)

[The empressof all]

32. It's like nails on a chalk board

Forgive me for being "un-hip" but where the hell did "my bad" even come from? I have to admit that although I think I am pretty non-judgemental person; it's hard for me not to think of others who use this expression as just plain stupid.

[redqueen]

38. I haven't the slightest idea.

I keep reminding my 1st grader not to use it. She's picked up all sorts of 'coolness' already. I hate to think what her teen years will be like!

[The empressof all]

43. It's hard with the kids

I cringe when my 14 year old says something sucks---Yet I use that term all the time so I try not to be critical of it. I'm sure our parents had their moments with our phrasing sometimes. Though it's hard to imagine "groovy" being cringe provoking.

[bif]

44. It came from a kids movie

I can't recall the name of it off hand.

[Dogmudgeon]

28. Oh, I could name a few

1. Think ___
As in "Bush doled out his truth in little units: Think nanotech."

2. Can you say ______ ? I knew you could.
Fred Rogers has gone to his final reward, and I am sure it will be ample. Time to give the corpse a rest.

3. You got a whole lot of 'splainin' to do!
It was bad enough when Desi Arnaz said it on TV. Mike Ruppert does not get any brownie points for resurrecting it, either. Nor will you, my friend.

4. My heart goes out to ...
Send your sympathies, and keep your heart inside your chest cavity.

5. The Diva epidemic
A 20-year-old "flygirl" from the 'Hood with a 50-year-old producer boyfriend is in no way a Diva.

6. It's good to be King
Tom Petty is the only person who gets a pass on this one, and it's for a 10-year-old song.

7. Alpha _____
The ultimate revenge of right-wing social scientist Lionel Tiger. And by the way, there is no such thing as an "Alpha Female".

8. ... hardwired ...
Almost always said of the human brain. Sorry, but there are no wires in the brain, the term "circuit" is used metaphorically, and using bad engineering terms will not make anyone believe that you are scientific. Also note, the same thing applies for "endorphines" as a synonym for "pleasure", and "testosterone" as a synonym for "arrogance".

9. SkepSpeak
The modern Skeptics' movement has produced an epic load of linguistic horrors such as: "Occam's razor", "extraordinary claims ...", "debunk", "bullshit/baloney detector", "junk science", "urban legend", and an uncritical attitude toward Peer Review. If your passion is for scientific rectitude, at least learn to describe what you're doing in a variety of ways instead of relying on SkepSpeak.

10. Über-
It's a fine appropriation from German, but not as a catch-all replacement for very, much, large, huge, gigantic, enormous, excessive, superlative and big.

11. Speak(ing) Truth To Power
This one has much the same effect on me as the word "culture" had on Dr. Josef Goebbels. I can not hear it without thinking that the person is a moralizing leftist intent on making a fool of him/herself. I'm sure that once upon a time, it was a powerful phrase. Nowadays, it's a well-travelled cliché ... with a Eurail Pass.

12. Cutesy names for George Bush and/or the Republican Party
Every once in a while is fine, but all the time? It took me a week to figure out what the asterisk thing was; and if I see the term "Repuke" on my computer monitor one more time, I may just publican into my trash can.

13. Equal Opportunity Offender
The favored self-congratulation of the hack right-wing comedian. I've seen literally dozens of small-change comics' websites describe them that way. Yes, you're all so witty and irreverent and dangerous. And that's why you long to write for Leno or SNL, because danger is your middle name, right? So stop "offending" already. Try writing a routine that is perceptive and insightful and makes people pee themselves from laughing.

A Baker's Dozen. That's enough for now.

--p!

[American Tragedy]

57. Alpha Female very much exists in nature

Not only is the mate of the dominant male usually considered Alpha Female, but studies made of wolf packs have shown that the pack is led by a female wolf almost 50% of the time.

Sorry to be nitpicky.

I agree with you about cutesy euphemisms for Republicans & Bush, although I sometimes resort to them in the interest of conserving space.

[Dogmudgeon]

61. No skin off my endorphines

Good point (excellent, really), but it's Dr. Tiger's assertion, not mine. So much for my "auctorial voice"!

His idea of "Alpha" is very restricted. Lead behavior among social animals is every bit as diverse as it is among humans -- maybe more so, since animal "societies" are much less rigid. Plus, the hierarchies change configuration in different circumstances, even for lizards' and birds' "pecking order". And male (and/or female) dominance among (non-human) animals is turning out to be very context-sensitive.

I do nitpick with the term "Alpha" itself, however. It has become a cliché for the "It's-good-to-be-king" crowd of social strivers and cube-farm tyrants. It's worth considering that the Alpha animal is still an animal. As artificial as the human/animal division is, the idea that human social stupidity is ordained by nature is even worse.

Besides which, most animal Alphas are not arrogant, unpleasant, volatile or combative. The ones who are that way are not Alphas very long -- they tend to die off quickly. "True" Alphas tend to be the most highly skilled, and are often submissive in grooming behavior, play, and interacting with the younger members.

And then, there are dysfunctional packs/troups ... like the one in Washington ...

--p!

[KurtNYC]

31. "no brainer"

It seems to embrace stupidity.

[Parche]

33. phrases

WAR ON TERROR

dont go there

my bad

24/7

Mickey D's

Lip service

SUV

[MissMillie]

34. "Should of" or "Could of"

it's "should have" and "could have"

[3lefts]

48. Second that

plus the constant misuse of your you're.

[kilgore65]

35. 'at the end of the day'

... anyone who uses that is a farking wonkish nerd deserving of a severe beating...

[ScreamingMeemie]

37. "You feelin' me?" Can't stand it, and it's usually said by people I

wouldn't "feel" with a 10 foot pole. :hi:

[NoSheep]

40. I'll be perfectly honest with you....

Aren't you ALWAYS honest? Or are you making an exception in this case?

[Stop_the_War]

41. "you can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar"

[UrbScotty]

45. 'Real world' and 'legal' (w.r.t. age)

Apparently, for the first eighteen or twenty-one years of your life, you live in an imaginary world, and you are illegal!

Finally, at a certain age, you not only become legal, you move to a planet that actually exists!

[Radical Activist]

46. Come with?

That's not a fucking sentence!!!!!
Come with what? Come with who? Where? I'll come with YOU when you stop talking like an illiterate moron!

[johnnie]

47. "True that"

What the hell is "true that" suppossed to be?..

[3lefts]

49. "Who are you wearing"?

And I never watch award shows but always seem to catch a promo and someone says that. Arrrgh.

[bif]

50. Anytime soon

NPR seems to end almost every story with that phrase.

[immoderate]

51. Anything that starts with "Anymore..."

--IMM

[Merrick]

52. "What happened?"

instead of just saying "What?" or "Excuse me?" when someone doesn't hear or understand. What happened? nothing happened, I just asked if I could get my fucking pencil back.

[LDS Jock]

53. "have a good one"

a good one what? I also hate "spot on."

[Lilith Velkor]

54. When a grown woman refers to "hubby"

It makes me wince. Some otherwise nonstupid women have this obnoxious habit as well.

[Tracer]

55. "Going forward."

I hear this all the time from gasbags on television.

Is there something wrong with the phrase "in the future"?

[dorktv]

56. Our President, George Bush.

[WeRQ4U]

58. These ones.

[KayLaw]

59. Literally

When the speaker means figuratively: My head literally exploded. Appetite, referring to anything but physical hunger. Ever since I heard Condi Rice say it, it drives me mad. Honey used as a noun: I went to dinner with my honey. Hopefully, when it's not used as an adverb: Hopefully, I'll never meet that nitpicking KayLaw.

[u4ic]

60. "like" as in "I was like talking to him and we like started arguing"

and media coined phrases, like "flip-flopping". Also, words that describe things/situations that we ALREADY have a word for, like "bling-bling".

[WeRQ4U]

63. I hate the valley-girl-esque "like" usage too

Word.

[jswordy]

62. "FUCK YOU ASSHOLE!" is mildly irritating! LOL

[Kat45]

65. She "has so much on her plate."

I am SOOOO sick of hearing that phrase. It's in constant use, often used to make an excuse for someone not doing something.

[NC_Nurse]

66. "It's all good"

No it's not asshole.

[4_Legs_Good]

67. You go girl!

Hate it!

Hate it!

Hate it!

david

[skygazer]

68. Oh, gosh, there are so many

No brainer - that one drives me nuts

Where are you at? - What's the "at" for? "Where are you" works just fine.

It will never be the same again - yet more redundancy.

My father before me - as opposed to your father after you?

[Malocchio]

69. "my bad"...

....that one really annoys the living piss out of me. and it won't GO AWAY!!!

"sweeeeet!" - this lame expression needs to hurry up and die a much-deserved death.

"udaman!!!" - also hella lame.

"hella"