The "Annoying Phrase" Thread

[Marc Chevalier]

I just went to an Irish restaurant that had a dessert called a "car bomb."

More like a gut bomb.

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[dhermann1]

"Who'd a thunk it!"

I don't want to offend anyone, but there's alot of stuff Americans say that irritates me like crazy.
Prime example, the non-word "thunk". Seriously, what? "who would have thunk?" No, thought. THOUGHT.
I was in Kansas a couple of years ago and the lady we were staying with actually said "I'm gonna call >insert name here< and see if he's had any thunks for dinner." I almost left the country there and then.

The phrase was actually popularized by a radio character in the 1940's. She'd always say "Who'd a thunk it!?" It passed into the lexicon, even among people who never heard the radio show.

 

[dhermann1]

OK, I'll throw in a few.
"Thanks in advance" or, worse, closing a letter with "Thanking you in advance". Talk about presumptive!
Two words that I have watched with amusement on both sides of the pond have had parallel but non-intersecting careers. Specifically, "Awesome" in the US and "Brilliant" in the UK. Talk about words over used to death!
They've each become UBIQUITOUS in their native lands. But neither has (thank God!) managed to pollute the brain cells of folks on the respective other sides of the Atlantic. I find this curious.
Regarding virtually every phrase or word listed so far, I'm afraid we all face losing battles in rolling back the tides of bad usage. [huh]

 

[Luke 42]

OK, I'll throw in a few.
"Thanks in advance" or, worse, closing a letter with "Thanking you in advance". Talk about presumptive!
Two words that I have watched with amusement on both sides of the pond have had parallel but non-intersecting careers. Specifically, "Awesome" in the US and "Brilliant" in the UK. Talk about words over used to death!
They've each become UBIQUITOUS in their native lands. But neither has (thank God!) managed to pollute the brain cells of folks on the respective other sides of the Atlantic. I find this curious.
Regarding virtually every phrase or word listed so far, I'm afraid we all face losing battles in rolling back the tides of bad usage. [huh]

"We may be fighting a losing battle, but have a lot of fun trying to win" -Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2pwF9BF1os&feature=channel_page

 

[Paisley]

Everything in the 80s was awesome. Everything in the 90s was phenomenal. Now everything is amazing.

 

[Viola]

At least things have stopped being Xtreme.

 

[Paisley]

Fat, fat and more fat

More like a gut bomb.

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"Gut bomb" describes almost everything on the menu: variations on the themes of sausage, cheese, potatoes and meat fried in batter. *yucky*

 

[Viola]

To be fair my fiance is Irish and that describes pretty much everything that isn't ice cream that he's willing to eat. lol

 

[Diamondback]

I am not a fan of contracting words like the "DH" craze (dear hubby I presume it means).. everythings gets initialed!

Acronyms make for faster communication, though... although I'll agree that it would help if, for the ones that aren't standard Netspeak like IIRC, they were spelled out early and only used in acronym form in subsequent usage.

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Now playing: Basil Poledouris - Kaboom!!!
via FoxyTunes

 

[AtomicEraTom]

Now everything is amazing.

Oh boy am I guilty of this one. You hang around 17 and 18 year olds all day long, and that kinda slang rubs off on you. My dear mother is always on me about that, "Why is everything amazing" and my little 15 year old sister chimes in "That's the new word everyone uses" I thought maybe it was just around here, glad to see it's not just us Wisconsinites!

 

[SamMarlowPI]

as for acronyms, my closest friend has always used LOL and LMAO while we text back and forth and i caught on and began using them too but have recently gone back to 'haha'...

now he is writing 'chuckling' in place of those because he doesn't believe in the LOLs anymore...i guess he figures they are immature...

chuckling? ...the man is losing his mind...

 

[SamMarlowPI]

"That's the new word everyone uses"

it is???

well i don't hang around teenagers anymore so i'm kind of out of the loop...

thank jah...

 

[Widebrim]

"My Bad!" Now stop it and speak English!

"No Worries!" What?...next we'll be saying "Oi!" and grimacing like Jacko?!

-dixon cannon

I hate "My bad" with a passion! My bad what? Bad use of the English language? Another example of the trickle-up theory which has helped to ruin our culture.

 

[Michaelshane]

There's no x in espresso...... pet peeve.

 

[Herr Hitman]

I hate it when people shorten words like "totes" or "obvi" for totally and obviously.

It hurts my brain.

 

[St.Ignatz]

While we're at it.

There's no x in espresso...... pet peeve.

fftopic:
How about making plural plural as in cannolis or raviolis or paninis or, well you get the idea? Those two grate like sand in my mussels.fftopic:

 

[TheDutchess]

Quote:
Originally Posted by TheDutchess

Usually when someone says " I'm sorry" to me. I reply with " I know your sorry, now apologize."

Quote:
Originally Posted by Tomasso

Sorry, but that's downright rude; and from a Duchess, no less.



Rude, heck. It's downright b**ch goddess-y. Words one might hear from a seasoned dominatrix. (Hmm ... could she be that kind of 'dutchess'?)

Wickedly apt description! :eusa_clap :eusa_clap

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hardee har har fellas. What I men't was (and I believe I stated it) when someone tries to say " I'm sorry" for something big...(I.E. I just boiled your bunny on purpose) of course I wouldn't just rant that out to if someone just simply bumped into me. An appology seems fair...in my head anyway.

 

[dhermann1]

Ravioli, plural Singular: raviolo.
Cannoli, plural. Singular: cannolo.
In Italian, if it ends with an "I", it's a plural.

 

[St.Ignatz]

Ravioli, plural Singular: raviolo.
Cannoli, plural. Singular: cannolo.
In Italian, if it ends with an "I", it's a plural.

That was my point.

 

[Luke 42]

"Gut bomb" describes almost everything on the menu: variations on the themes of sausage, cheese, potatoes and meat fried in batter. *yucky*

Aye! You should not come to Scotland


Glaswegian speciality: deep fried pizza lol