Phrases that annoy you the most
Discussion
Roger Irrelevant said:
Yes I'm no stranger to that one - I just see it as a tacit admission that the author has no actual counterpoint to whatever it is I've said that's upset them.
One that's been getting on my nerves more and more of late is the omission of the word 'on'. E.g. in a news item on the BBC this morning: 'Rishi Sunak will announce Thursday that he intends to...' rather than 'Rishi Sunak will announce on Thursday that he intends to...'. I can only presume this is borne of a misguided desire to sound like an American as they do it all the time, and they're wrong.
"Stay home" One that's been getting on my nerves more and more of late is the omission of the word 'on'. E.g. in a news item on the BBC this morning: 'Rishi Sunak will announce Thursday that he intends to...' rather than 'Rishi Sunak will announce on Thursday that he intends to...'. I can only presume this is borne of a misguided desire to sound like an American as they do it all the time, and they're wrong.
No, it's "Stay at home".
RichB said:
Jinx said:
RichB said:
Koyaanisqatsi said:
'You do you'
I've never heard that. It doesn't even make sense. 
k yourself" it makes sense...... 
Perhaps it needs some punctuation, but I still don't get it. k yourself description is pretty good.For me it means you've tried to offer someone advice, usually when they're about to do something stupid, but they stubbornly refuse to take said advice even though it's obvious it's not going to have a good outcome, so you give up and use that phrase as saying "ok, do what the f
k you like". It's a bit more polite possibly.RichB said:
Jinx said:
RichB said:
Koyaanisqatsi said:
'You do you'
I've never heard that. It doesn't even make sense. k yourself" it makes sense...... Perhaps it needs some punctuation, but I still don't get it. so you 'do' you... go f
k yourself. 
TameRacingDriver said:
RichB said:
Jinx said:
RichB said:
Koyaanisqatsi said:
'You do you'
I've never heard that. It doesn't even make sense. k yourself" it makes sense...... Perhaps it needs some punctuation, but I still don't get it. k yourself description is pretty good.For me it means you've tried to offer someone advice, usually when they're about to do something stupid, but they stubbornly refuse to take said advice even though it's obvious it's not going to have a good outcome, so you give up and use that phrase as saying "ok, do what the f
k you like". It's a bit more polite possibly.For example:
"I like to change my car every 2-3 years, and I my neighbour Tom prefers to keep his for 5 years. Many people replace their car far more often than strictly necessary, but you do you."
or
"It's pretty standard nowadays to have a 55" TV on the wall in this kind of living room space. But you don't have to. You do you."
or
"I wouldn't put up with that kind of nonsense from my children. I'd be pretty clear that I didn't find that behaviour acceptable in my house, and that if they didn't like it, they could move out. But you do you."
'Well that's just Fred'
Used in the context of responding to a complaint that Fred is being unprofessional and endangering the project.
It means 'if it was anyone else I'd do something about it but Fred gets a free pass'
Of course sometimes it means 'if anyone else said/did that t would mean they were not taking things seriously/about to have a nervous breakdown and go postal but with him that's normal" so don't worry about it". But all too often it means a problem isn't being addressed.
Used in the context of responding to a complaint that Fred is being unprofessional and endangering the project.
It means 'if it was anyone else I'd do something about it but Fred gets a free pass'
Of course sometimes it means 'if anyone else said/did that t would mean they were not taking things seriously/about to have a nervous breakdown and go postal but with him that's normal" so don't worry about it". But all too often it means a problem isn't being addressed.
TameRacingDriver said:
You've made a better stab at explaining than I have for sure 
although I often use this phrase with Mrs TRD when she's going to do something daft and won't be told otherwise
If you have to explain it then the phrase is redundant, language is simple communication, not a riddle that requires elucidation. although I often use this phrase with Mrs TRD when she's going to do something daft and won't be told otherwise Similar to " my bad ".
Just say " sorry" or " my mistake".
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