Phrases that annoy you the most

Phrases that annoy you the most

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PorkInsider

5,912 posts

142 months

Saturday 24th June 2017
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Shirley, instead of surely.

It seems to be used regularly by some people on PH, too.

Do people really think they're being clever?

Bobajobbob

1,444 posts

97 months

Saturday 24th June 2017
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Do you know what I mean?

Is there anything else that I can do for yourself at all today?

justinio

1,157 posts

89 months

Saturday 24th June 2017
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With all due respect (Which means none at all)

mickk

29,000 posts

243 months

Saturday 24th June 2017
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Matt Cup said:
"I'm not being funny but..." pisses me off.
Oh yes.

Mykap

635 posts

189 months

Saturday 24th June 2017
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'Thank you SO much' with the emphasis on 'so'.

Why cant you just say 'thank you' or if you must emphasize use the word 'very' without the unnecessary gushing effect.

Johnnytheboy

24,498 posts

187 months

Saturday 24th June 2017
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Myself/yourself, when used as a substitute for me/you.

mart 63

2,071 posts

245 months

Saturday 24th June 2017
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Awsome.
Pulled the trigger.

Evoluzione

10,345 posts

244 months

Sunday 25th June 2017
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Mykap said:
'Thank you SO much' with the emphasis on 'so'.

Why cant you just say 'thank you' or if you must emphasize use the word 'very' without the unnecessary gushing effect.
That depends on what you have just done!

sjj84

2,390 posts

220 months

Sunday 25th June 2017
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mart 63 said:
Awsome.
Pulled the trigger.
Agree with 'pulled the trigger', can't say I've heard anybody say it in person, but it's a regular occurrence on ph. Along with 'leptons' as already mentioned by another poster in this thread. Another ph saying that annoys me is the 'frozen sausages' line. As soon as I see that I lose all interest in what might have been an interesting thread.

Away from ph, my boss has a habit of saying 'if you remember' not an annoying phrase in itself, but over the years we have discovered what ever follows will be utter bullst and not in fact, how we remember it.

lowdrag

Original Poster:

12,935 posts

214 months

Sunday 25th June 2017
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Some very fine examples here. Keep them coming. In the mean time, "have a nice day"vomit

littleredrooster

5,551 posts

197 months

Sunday 25th June 2017
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Bobajobbob said:
Do you know what I mean?
I used to work with a bloke who shortened this so it sounded like a girl's name - "Jenna DeMeen" - and repeated it at the end of (and sometimes in the middle of) every sentence. furious

The Hypno-Toad

12,345 posts

206 months

Sunday 25th June 2017
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Really? Really? Really?

Lessons will be learned.

PositronicRay

27,109 posts

184 months

Sunday 25th June 2017
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lowdrag said:
Some very fine examples here. Keep them coming. In the mean time, "have a nice day"vomit
I'll try, but I do have an ongoing out of control situation.

thebraketester

14,290 posts

139 months

Sunday 25th June 2017
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"I have just invested in....."

When what they really mean is "I've just wasted my money on something that will make no return whatsoever."

Monkeylegend

26,548 posts

232 months

Sunday 25th June 2017
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Sorry but I've got a headache.

At the end of the day.

I have not read the first 6 pages.

Diesel should be banned.

Am I doing this right.

Hammer some frozen.................................... I just can't bring myself to type it, but should result in an instant ban.

Throw a can.................................................... I just can't bring myself to type it, but should result in an instant ban.

That is so council.

Spanglepants

1,743 posts

138 months

Sunday 25th June 2017
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My bad
When someone says Carnival , no THE in front , when talking about the Notting Hill Carnival ( that could just be me personally)
For sure - spouted by anyone involved in any form of Motorsport while talking on the tv
I also know two people who after just about every sentence say "And that". And that what ??

ch108

1,127 posts

134 months

Sunday 25th June 2017
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Johnnytheboy said:
Myself/yourself, when used as a substitute for me/you.
Yourself has been used in the Scottish highlands and islands for years. "It's yourself <insert persons name>" as way of a greeting or acknowledging someone when meeting them. Certainly was commonly used in the older generations.

I have to agree with other posters on office speak. Usually a sign the person using these blue sky thinkng type phrases likes to be heard but generally doesn't know what they are talking about in great detail.

Going forward is a pet hate of mine. I'm glad you mentioned that as I thought you were talking about doing it last week.

And one I have become aware of, only in my own workplace is a few people preceding what they are about to repeat because the person they are talking to hasn't understood exactly what they were trying to get across in the first place with "What I'm saying is.....".

And another term which I hate is the "webinar". Another corporate buzzword based on seminar where some dreary CEO broadcasts some uninteresting message over the companies internet site.

Cliftonite

8,421 posts

139 months

Sunday 25th June 2017
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Amazing! It is just amazing how much today is just so, well, amazing!




Bandit110

298 posts

105 months

Sunday 25th June 2017
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"slow up" what was ever wrong with slow down?

"I'm training"
me: "oh, what are you training for?"
"oh, nothing....."

bobbo89

5,286 posts

146 months

Sunday 25th June 2017
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PorkInsider said:
Shirley, instead of surely.

It seems to be used regularly by some people on PH, too.

Do people really think they're being clever?
I think it depends on how serious they are...