Phrases that annoy you the most

[Pothole]

bony_13 said:

'Shuffled of this mortal coil'

OFF, you oaf!

[gavsdavs]

"Dialled in", used by anyone who isn't joining a teleconference at that exact moment.
"Pull the trigger on", used by pretty much anyone.

Very Alan Partridge.

[Jonny-angi1]

Banana in, banana out.
Lift and Shift.
Like...you know...sort of...kind of thing.

Grammar Nazis that don't check their posts before hitting Submit

[Cold]

Jonny-angi1 said:

Banana in, banana out.

[davhill]

Pothole said:

OFF, you oaf!

Shakespeare's clearly a bit too tricky for some.

[captain_cynic]

fat80b said:

alorotom said:

scimples said:

When and why did 'railway station' become 'train station'?

Somewhere around 1952 ... I believe it's because you board a train rather than board a railway

And why then is an airport not called a plane station? - It should be if you follow the above logic......

Bob

Airport was derived from port (as in where ships load and unload) as aircraft performed similar roles to passenger ships and when the term was first coined, aeroplanes were not the most popular form of air transport, airships were still in common use so it was a natural evolution to call it a port. Aerodrome was an older term but at the time referred exclusively to airships.

Whilst we're on the subject, "airplane". Airplane is not a word, you can have aeroplane or aircraft, but not airplane. Plane is the short form of aeroplane. Hey, but I call them "equipment" just to confuse the hell out of the average mouth breather.

[Dog Star]

"We're pregnant".
Bloke usually has a beard.

No, "WE" are not!

[andrew-jhq39]

Two things have really annoyed me while I've been living over in Australia.

AFL footballers and coaches, when being interviewed begin the answer to EVERY question with " look " Grr

"Locally tuned suspension" in almost every car review no matter which publication, scripted?

[catman]

andrew-jhq39 said:

Two things have really annoyed me while I've been living over in Australia

People who say "over in," when just "in" will do.........

Tim

[bony_13]

Pothole said:

OFF, you oaf!

I think this reinforces my point somehow - If I hadn't needed to type all those unnecessary words I wouldn't have made a simple typing/spelling error. Well that will be my excuse anyway!

Oaf is entirely accurate - I'll grant you that.

[av185]

'Do you know what?'.

[Pothole]

bony_13 said:

Pothole said:

OFF, you oaf!

I think this reinforces my point somehow - If I hadn't needed to type all those unnecessary words I wouldn't have made a simple typing/spelling error. Well that will be my excuse anyway!

Oaf is entirely accurate - I'll grant you that.

HEE HEE

[mybrainhurts]

Back in the day....

[Frank7]

Mr2Mike said:

I thought that 'cannon' was quite acceptable as a plural?

It is, to you, me, and the Oxford English Dictionary, the Merriam-Webster dictionary however, says that cannons is acceptable too.
Now I think that America is great, second only to France as the most beautiful nation on the planet, but as far as I'm concerned, the American Merriam-Webster dictionary has it wrong on cannons.

[mrnoisy78]

Frank7 said:

It is, to you, me, and the Oxford English Dictionary, the Merriam-Webster dictionary however, says that cannons is acceptable too.
Now I think that America is great, second only to France as the most beautiful nation on the planet, but as far as I'm concerned, the American Merriam-Webster dictionary has it wrong on cannons.

Don't get me started.
What about "inactivate"?
What was wrong with deactivate.
Poor vocabulary? Don't own a thesaurus? No problem, we'll just make some new BS words up.

What I find more irritating is they refer to American as "US English".
English is English spoken by people who live here!
Americans speak their own strange language where underwear becomes trousers, a fanny is at the rear, and god knows what pants are referred to as :s

[Charlie Hoskins]

mrnoisy78 said:

Frank7 said:

It is, to you, me, and the Oxford English Dictionary, the Merriam-Webster dictionary however, says that cannons is acceptable too.
Now I think that America is great, second only to France as the most beautiful nation on the planet, but as far as I'm concerned, the American Merriam-Webster dictionary has it wrong on cannons.

Don't get me started.
What about "inactivate"?
What was wrong with deactivate.
Poor vocabulary? Don't own a thesaurus? No problem, we'll just make some new BS words up.

What I find more irritating is they refer to American as "US English".
English is English spoken by people who live here!
Americans speak their own strange language where underwear becomes trousers, a fanny is at the rear, and god knows what pants are referred to as :s

Hey listen up, you eat your potato chips while I check under the hood at the car-bu-ra-tor...I'll go look see..where its at...gimme my cell, I'll reach out to the mechanic, he can do the math.

[DRFC1879]

It was dark under the hood so I took out my flashlight but dropped it on the sidewalk and when it hit the blacktop it smashed.

[Beanito]

Charlie Hoskins said:

My latest peeve is 'upcycling'.....which is, by definition the application of some really expensive paint to a really cheap bit of furniture.

"Shabby Chic". FFS

[Charlie Hoskins]

Should have removed your shades man, at least it didn't damage your sneakers....

[DRFC1879]

I cut myself on a sharp piece of aluminum so I went an ran my hand under a faucet for the time it took to say my a-zee then took a piece of my baby's clean diaper out of his stroller and stuck it over the wound with a band-aid.