Phrases that annoy you the most

[Bdevo3]

All this reality show language
"She has got good banter"
"He has got good chat:
"He's a sort " a sort of what? Total narcissistic, steroid infused meat head who has a longer beauty regime than a catwalk model. These new pretty boys wear so much make up and spend so long tanning and blow drying their hair they're borderline transvestite.

[stewies_minion]

Reach out
Workshop this
Blue sky thinking

[lowdrag]

oobster said:

Wax Lyrical.

That is correct old English so I disagree here. "To wax and to wane".

[Brave Fart]

"No disrespect but....." followed by, er, something disrespectful.
"I literally died laughing......" when, clearly, you're alive.
"The best approach for someone like myself...." so, "me" too short for you then?
"Lessons will be learned".........no, no they won't, it's just shorthand for an admission that you, or your organisation, were too fking thick to realise just how bloody incompetent you were to start with, you moron.

[captain_cynic]

MitchT said:

Anything that's a combination of two words ... "chillax", guestimate", etc.

People who get upset over a portmanteau.

[smn159]

Language evolves; we can't live in the 1950s forever.

[captain_cynic]

smn159 said:

Language evolves; we can't live in the 1950s forever.

This x 100.

English is a living language (although that phrase will upset people, screw it). It will change over time. However the brilliant thing about English is how fault tolerant it is. Ultimately it is this fault tolerance that lead to it being adopted by so many other nations.

[AMG Merc]

He/She turned around and said...

[TwigtheWonderkid]

captain_cynic said:

smn159 said:

Language evolves; we can't live in the 1950s forever.

This x 100.

English is a living language (although that phrase will upset people, screw it). It will change over time. However the brilliant thing about English is how fault tolerant it is. Ultimately it is this fault tolerance that lead to it being adopted by so many other nations.

Precisely. If Chaucer could hear the Queen speak, he'd probably think she was a right chav.

[oceanview]

"My bad"

"Pulls like a train"

"Touch base"

"Joined up thinking"

"Health and safety"


Just ps off!!

[Roofless Toothless]

I was in a little cafe in Epping this lunchtime and the waitress asked "what can I get you?"

I wanted to reply "all exited," but the Mrs was with me.

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

Roofless Toothless said:

I wanted to reply "all exited," but the Mrs was with me.

You wanted to leave?

[alfie2244]

Roofless Toothless said:

I was in a little cafe in Epping this lunchtime and the waitress asked "what can I get you?"

I wanted to reply "all exited," but the Mrs was with me.

Why would you leave?

beaten to it......drat.

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

alfie2244 said:

Roofless Toothless said:

I was in a little cafe in Epping this lunchtime and the waitress asked "what can I get you?"

I wanted to reply "all exited," but the Mrs was with me.

Why would you leave?

beaten to it......drat.

[red_slr]

"Young Man".... wtf I am nearly 40 you pr1ck.

Do people call you old man... no they don't. Beller.

[Boring_Chris]

mr_spock said:

"to be honest" when they mean "to be frank" or "to be blunt". So you were lying the rest of the time?

A 'friend' of mine uses this quite often, seemingly because he feels it adds an amount of weight to what he's about to say.

It usually ends up along the lines of... "to be honest, most Chinese people do look the same"

And then we all end up explaining what he's just said, why he's wrong, and why everyone hates him.

edit. clarity.

Edited by Boring_Chris on Friday 23 June 22:26

[GrumpyTwig]

"please do the needful" - piss boiling

[FreeLitres]

"Piss boiling" - Grinds my gears.

[Boring_Chris]

GrumpyTwig said:

"please do the needful" - piss boiling

I work for an Indian company, so hear this quite often... but I quite like it!

I don't think it's 'wrong' in any way? It's just creative.

[Mound Dawg]

mickk said:

Can I get?

Yes, this one.