Oxford compiles list of top ten irritating phrases

[Gan]

The top ten most irritating phrases:
1 - At the end of the day
2 - Fairly unique
3 - I personally
4 - At this moment in time
5 - With all due respect
6 - Absolutely
7 - It's a nightmare
8 - Shouldn't of
9 - 24/7
10 - It's not rocket science



http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/debates/3394545/Oxford-compiles-list-of-top-ten-irritating-phrases.html
________________________________________________


What's your most irritating phrase?


Its not really a phrase... I think.


I get extremely irritated when someone is speaking in public and continuously uses the word "uhhhh" as a bridge or transition between thoughts.

[Keller]

"Literally"

Because people say the STUPIDEST shit after it. Like:

"Dude, I literally shit my pants it was so scary." Or "I was literally the in the front row!"

[Allereli]

http://forum.gsplayers.com/showthread.php?t=36843

[Ashliana]

/wonders why "absolutely" is up there.

"Did you enjoy the party?"
"Absolutely! It was great."

..That's a top-ten irritating phrase? Bizzare.

[Mighty Nikkisaurus]

"Hey you"

[Keller]

"Honey, can you do me a favor?"

[Enceladus]

What about "Not tonight" or "I have a headache?"

[nub]

"wow, just wow"

[nub]

What about "Not tonight" or "I have a headache?"

Wtf I heard the "I have a headache" one two nights ago... son of a bich

[crazymage]

"I got the blood tests back"

[Warriorbird]

I need to use more of these.

[Atlanteax]

"No, you!"
"Your mom"
"lolwhat"

[Drew]

"Literally"

Because people say the STUPIDEST shit after it. Like:

"Dude, I literally shit my pants it was so scary." Or "I was literally the in the front row!"


It annoys me too. I've taken to saying "I figuratively literally shit my pants it was so scary!" Some people get it.

[Keller]

It annoys me too. I've taken to saying "I figuratively literally shit my pants it was so scary!" Some people get it.

I'll have to try that.

I usually follow it up with, "Really?" and then ask specific questions to point out their misuse of the term.

[Krendeli]

"You're the father."

[Methais]

Wtf I heard the "I have a headache" one two nights ago... son of a bich

Did you know that sex actually relieves a headache?

[Keller]

Did you know that sex actually relieves a headache?

And supposedly semen takes more calories to digest than it contains.

[Drew]

I'll have to try that.

I usually follow it up with, "Really?" and then ask specific questions to point out their misuse of the term.


Yeah I just kind of feel like that's the same as someone saying, "Can I have one of your beers?" and me replying, "I DON'T KNOW, CAN YOU?!?!"


Lead by example and all that, I guess.

[Methais]

And supposedly semen takes more calories to digest than it contains.

So that's how you lost that weight so quickly...

[Some Rogue]

"No, you!"
"Your mom"
"lolwhat"

http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a64/lrenzo2/No-U.jpg

[Keller]

So that's how you lost that weight so quickly...

Gross, I don't swallow!

[Keller]

Yeah I just kind of feel like that's the same as someone saying, "Can I have one of your beers?" and me replying, "I DON'T KNOW, CAN YOU?!?!"


Lead by example and all that, I guess.

True.

[Stanley Burrell]

Anytime women ask/tell me how fat they are and/or how nasty something about them looks and need verification as to why I think they look beautiful. Most of the time I'm being pretty damn serious when I say, "No. Your left elbow isn't fatally and disgustingly ashy like the dehydrated 4,000 lb. leper with small boobs you just described yourself as."

Same thing goes with "hey-how're-you-doing-pretty-good-how-about-yourself-I'm-doing-O.K.-thanks-alright-talk-to-you-soon-then." Eat my ass.




"I got the blood tests back"

:rofl:

[Skeeter]

It is what it is..... pretty damn annoying.

[Amber]

110%, as in, "Montel, I'm 110% certain that this guy (17th guy tested) is my baby daddy."

[Tea & Strumpets]

Or "I was literally the in the front row!"

You just got served. I've quoted your grammatically incorrect sentence and made anything you say in this thread (unless it's complimentary to me) invalid.

[Gan]

"Literally"
Because people say the STUPIDEST shit after it. Like:

"Dude, I literally shit my pants it was so scary." Or "I was literally the in the front row!"


Fast forward. I start taking two percocets every 4 hrs. Come 9am on Monday I am literally in tears from the pain.


Literally a million times.


I'm literally sick to my stomach. Cherry-pick, twist, dissiminate.

Yea, I can see where literally can be an abused phrase...

Literally.

[Kuyuk]

touch base...

"I'll touch base with you later"
"We'll touch base"

wtf?

DONT YOU KNOW ALL YOUR BASE R BELONG TO US?!

[Solkern]

"I'm pregnant.."

[Methais]

Anytime women ask/tell me how fat they are and/or how nasty something about them looks and need verification as to why I think they look beautiful. Most of the time I'm being pretty damn serious when I say, "No. Your left elbow isn't fatally and disgustingly ashy like the dehydrated 4,000 lb. leper with small boobs you just described yourself as."

Same thing goes with "hey-how're-you-doing-pretty-good-how-about-yourself-I'm-doing-O.K.-thanks-alright-talk-to-you-soon-then." Eat my ass.





:rofl:

I'm really on the verge of responding to shit like this with things like:

Woman: I'm so fat I hate myself.
Me: Try exercising and not eating McDonald's 5 times a week. And lay off the globs of sour cream on your healthy baked potato. By the way just cause it says salad doesn't mean it's healthy. If you still hate yourself after, then kill yourself. Idiot.

Skinny woman: I'm so fat I hate myself.
Me: You're a fucking idiot. Die in a fire.

Woman: Does this make me look fat?
Me: No.
Woman: You're just saying that.
Me: Ok you got me. It makes you look fat.

Woman: What are you thinking right now?
Me: If I wanted you to know, I'd be speaking.

etc.

[Nieninque]

Kindest regards
Touch(ing) base

[Proxy]

Insite into the most iritating things you can say to someone working at an arcade.

1. where do I get tokens? (while standing 2' from a changer)
2. what are tickets for?
3. where do I redeam my tickets? (while standing 2' from the redemption center)
4. your game ATE my coin(s)
5. I want THAT (pointing a random prized from 1000+ tickets when you only have 2)
6. I won the JACKPOT!!!(when you actualy didn't & would of known said if you had read the instructions)
7. how does this game work?(when the game has a decal the size of an elephants ass detailing how to play in 5 languages)
8. I want my money back!
9. I want to speak to the MANAGER!(and you actualy are & would know as much if you would of bothered to read their name badge)
10. why aren't my coins working?(while presenting a fist full of quarters to a staff member while your standing in a tokens only arcade)

[Suppa Hobbit Mage]

Particularly on these boards, I find "Pot Kettle" annoying.

[Sweets]

Anything with lrn2 infront of it.

Lrn2growup
lrn2read
etc.

[Keller]

Yea, I can see where literally can be an abused phrase...

Literally.

I was in tears.

I used "literally a million times" as a joke because Clove just told me to not exagerate.

And I was literally sick to my stomach.

You need to pull the log out of your ass and get over yourself, Gan.

Nice try, though.

[g++]

Anytime women ask/tell me how fat they are and/or how nasty something about them looks and need verification as to why I think they look beautiful. Most of the time I'm being pretty damn serious when I say, "No. Your left elbow isn't fatally and disgustingly ashy like the dehydrated 4,000 lb. leper with small boobs you just described yourself as."

Same thing goes with "hey-how're-you-doing-pretty-good-how-about-yourself-I'm-doing-O.K.-thanks-alright-talk-to-you-soon-then." Eat my ass.





:rofl:

I agree with Stan on both fronts, god help me.

[Gan]

I was in tears.

I used "literally a million times" as a joke because Clove just told me to not exagerate.

And I was literally sick to my stomach.

You need to pull the log out of your ass and get over yourself, Gan.

Nice try, though.
Literally

[Keller]

Literally

I hope not. A literal log in your ass would be painful.

This one is figurative, and it's been there for a while now.

[Gan]

It wasnt very big, it managed to flush on the first try this morning.

I might have a bunch of cheese for lunch though, and try for a bigger one tomorrow.

[xao92k]

I get extremely irritated when someone is speaking in public and continuously uses the word "uhhhh" as a bridge or transition between thoughts.

That's kinda retarded considering everyone does it.

I agree with the "at the end of the day..".

[Keller]

It wasnt very big, it managed to flush on the first try this morning.

I might have a bunch of cheese for lunch though, and try for a bigger one tomorrow.

Right.

Maybe next time I'll just use the, "I'm going to need to start collecting rent" line to avoid unnecessary references to your fecal matter.

[CrystalTears]

I wish you two would kiss and make up already.

[Keller]

I wish you two would kiss and make up already.

I wish he'd stop holding a grudge. I have nothing against him, except that he's acting more childish than the "mainstreem gotcha media".

[Daniel]

Gan hold a grudge?

Never.

[DeV]

What about "Not tonight" or "I have a headache?"Unacceptable.


My short list of annoying phrases:
"Hockey mom"
"Soccer mom"
Any phrase involving the name "Joe", when not actually referring to anyone named Joe.
Beginning a sentence with the word "listen" or "look".
"African American" --- Just say black, ffs.

[Jorddyn]

Unacceptable.


My short list of annoying phrases:
"Hockey mom"
"Soccer mom"
Any phrase involving the name "Joe", when not actually referring to anyone named Joe.
Beginning a sentence with the word "listen" or "look".
"African American" --- Just say black, ffs.

It's almost a dare to mad-lib them all into one sentence...

[CrystalTears]

It's almost a dare to mad-lib them all into one sentence...
I guess someone kept triple dog daring Palin to do it...

[Bobmuhthol]

8 - Shouldn't of

Why is a grammatical error considered one of the most irritating phrases?

[Gan]

That's kinda retarded considering everyone does it.

Never taken a speech class I take it.

[xao92k]

Never taken a speech class I take it.

No I've never been required to gobble cocks.

[Gan]

No I've never been required to gobble cocks.

Then your ignorance of public oratory is excused.

[Mighty Nikkisaurus]

It's almost a dare to mad-lib them all into one sentence...

You betcha that a certain soccer mom (more like hockey mom) appealed to all the Joe Sixpack Mainstreet the Plumbers in the most pro-America parts of the USA to fight back against those African Americans and their support of "that one", because even if he wasn't palling around with terrorists and was actually a maverick like her, she can see Russia from her house and when Putin rears his head she'll be the first one in a helicopter defending the great state of Alaska and lower 48.

[ZeP]

It is what it is..... pretty damn annoying.

Yes. If anyone finds themselves saying "It is what it is" .. just shut up because you aren't really saying anything.

[Amber]

It is what it is..... pretty damn annoying.

One of my co-workers says this one almost daily. Drives me bonkers. I think she thinks she comes across as deep and insightful when she says it.

[Mabus]

Every time I hear:

"I slept like a baby!"

I wonder if the person shit themselves while sleeping, and then woke up crying with the taste of sour milk on their breath.

[Amber]

Hey you!

Just wanted to touch bases with you. At the end of the day, I found myself in a fairly unique predicament. I got the blood tests back and found out at this moment in time I'm pregnant. I'm absolutely literally 110% certain that you're the father. Unless Joe SixPack is. He's that african-american guy that all the soccer moms are hot for. I told him, "Not tonight, I have a headache." but he convinced me to by telling me that sex actually relieves headaches. I said "Lolwhat???" when he said that, but now I do have to say he may have been right because afterward I slept like a baby. I shouldn't of done it though. Now I'm in this awkward situation. It's a nightmare! Wow, just wow. I should have listened to your mom and swallowed because supposedly semen takes more calories to digest than it contains. I guess the situation is what it is and I'll have to live with it 24/7 for the next nine months. Maybe once the kid is here, I can lrn2 toss it around like a rag doll. I mean it's not rocket science or anything.

Anyway, Honey, can you do me a favor? Tell me honestly if you think the dress I was wearing last Friday made me look fat.

With all due respect and my kindest regard,

A major irritant

[Keller]

Hey you!

Just wanted to touch bases with you. At the end of the day, I found myself in a fairly unique predicament. I got the blood tests back and found out at this moment in time I'm pregnant. I'm absolutely literally 110% certain that you're the father. Unless Joe SixPack is. He's that african-american guy that all the soccer moms are hot for. I told him, "Not tonight, I have a headache." but he convinced me to by telling me that sex relieves actually headaches. I said "Lolwhat???" when he said that, but now I do have to say he may have been right because afterward I slept like a baby. I shouldn't of done it though. Now I'm in this awkward situation. It's a nightmare! Wow, just wow. I should have listened to your mom and swallowed because supposedly semen takes more calories to digest than it contains. I guess the situation is what it is and I'll have to live with it 24/7 for the next nine months. Maybe once the kid is here, I can lrn2 toss it around like a rag doll. I mean it's not rocket science or anything.

Anyway, Honey, can you do me a favor? Tell me honestly if you think the dress I was wearing last Friday made me look fat.

With all due respect and my kindest regard,

A major irritant

/winthread

[Durgrimst]

Damn, that is good.

My biggest one is when any chick starts a question with "would you," as in...

Would you still like me if I was bald?
Would you still have dated me if _________
Would you....

The list goes on but it annoys the shit out of me. And I always just answer NO.

[Apathy]

"Good to go"

Brings up violent impulses in my id.

[Soulpieced]

Do you know what I'm saying.

[Gnomad]

"You really need to [inane suggestion]" makes me lose my shit