Phrases that annoy you the most

[snuffy]

Deranged Rover said:

snuffy said:

I've sometimes wondered what "jerk" means or refers to. The only thing I can think of is it's in relation to jerking one's cock. Would I be correct?

What about the spick Jamaican sauce that goes magnificently with chicken?

Calling someone a Jamaican sauce is not much of an insult mind you !

[Strangely Brown]

Pit Pony said:

There's a winder on my watch. It's neither pusher or button.

That would be the crown.

[captain.scarlet]

Monkeylegend said:

captain.scarlet said:

More words than phrases, and probably best to describe as something I hate, but hearing/seeing the words 'bias', 'meanwhile' and 'meantime' being used incorrectly.

The referee was bias. No, he was BIASED.

Meantime, we'll wait for you in the car park. No, it's either MEANWHILE or THE meantime.

Also I've alluded to it before: the verb 'insult' having increasingly morphed into the teenage Americanism 'hating on'. E.g. 'why are you hating on my football team?' Erm no. You can hate something, you can insult something, but you don't 'hate on' something.

THE meantime ???


I can see your face getting redder and redder as you typed this reply

• in the meantime*

Moral of the story: even if you're busy a sanctimonious crusade, make sure you proof-read it before you post it!!!!

[captain.scarlet]

Koyaanisqatsi said:

Monkeylegend said:

captain.scarlet said:

More words than phrases, and probably best to describe as something I hate, but hearing/seeing the words 'bias', 'meanwhile' and 'meantime' being used incorrectly.

The referee was bias. No, he was BIASED.

Meantime, we'll wait for you in the car park. No, it's either MEANWHILE or THE meantime.

Also I've alluded to it before: the verb 'insult' having increasingly morphed into the teenage Americanism 'hating on'. E.g. 'why are you hating on my football team?' Erm no. You can hate something, you can insult something, but you don't 'hate on' something.

THE meantime ???


I can see your face getting redder and redder as you typed this reply

Scarlet indeed

Casual and incorrect use of 'literally', 'actually', 'basically', 'obviously' is what annoys me, almost never adding any value when those words are used.

Don't you start as well! I'm not even going to edit that post, in the hope that posterity can take valuable lessons from it.

On that point, one phrase so devoid of any meaning is 'lessons must be learned'.

Always the conclusion of a rubber stamp investigation that brushes everything devastating that has happened under the carpet without any consequence or justice.

[Blown2CV]

snuffy said:

Deranged Rover said:

snuffy said:

I've sometimes wondered what "jerk" means or refers to. The only thing I can think of is it's in relation to jerking one's cock. Would I be correct?

What about the spick Jamaican sauce that goes magnificently with chicken?

Calling someone a Jamaican sauce is not much of an insult mind you !

i think jerk is a dry rub more than a sauce but i guess that's even more the thing you meant

[flyingvisit]

Another americanism - 'take something with a grain of salt'. It's 'pinch of salt' you bunch of colonial half-wits. FFS, they'll be wanting independence next...


And while I'm at it, what's with two-tone cars? They look like a parts bin special (apart from Minis and MINIs, where it's acceptable).

[Doofus]

flyingvisit said:

Another americanism - 'take something with a grain of salt'. It's 'pinch of salt' you bunch of colonial half-wits. FFS, they'll be wanting independence next...


And while I'm at it, what's with two-tone cars? They look like a parts bin special (apart from Minis and MINIs, where it's acceptable).

A Grain is a measure of volume weight equal to (in metric) approximately 0.65g.

Which is roughly equal to how much salt there is in one pinch.

Edited by Doofus on Wednesday 12th April 12:07

[Penny Whistle]

flyingvisit said:

And while I'm at it, what's with two-tone cars? They look like a parts bin special (apart from Minis and MINIs, where it's acceptable).

And big Healeys.

[Deranged Rover]

Doofus said:

A Grain is a measure of volume weight equal to (in metric) approximately 0.65g.

Which is roughly equal to how much salt there is in one pinch.

Edited by Doofus on Wednesday 12th April 12:07

Depends how big your fingers are.

And if they're wet or not.

[Aston Traveller]

Doofus said:

flyingvisit said:

Another americanism - 'take something with a grain of salt'. It's 'pinch of salt' you bunch of colonial half-wits. FFS, they'll be wanting independence next...


And while I'm at it, what's with two-tone cars? They look like a parts bin special (apart from Minis and MINIs, where it's acceptable).

A Grain is a measure of volume weight equal to (in metric) approximately 0.65g.

Which is roughly equal to how much salt there is in one pinch.

Edited by Doofus on Wednesday 12th April 12:07

At work one grain was approximately 60 mg. Which is 0.06 g not 0.6 g

[RichB]

Penny Whistle said:

flyingvisit said:

And while I'm at it, what's with two-tone cars? They look like a parts bin special (apart from Minis and MINIs, where it's acceptable).

And big Healeys.

And Lotus Elans

[LunarOne]

flyingvisit said:

Another americanism - 'take something with a grain of salt'. It's 'pinch of salt' you bunch of colonial half-wits. FFS, they'll be wanting independence next...


And while I'm at it, what's with two-tone cars? They look like a parts bin special (apart from Minis and MINIs, where it's acceptable).

My first car (I was too young to drive it at 14, but was given it to tinker with) was the 1978 Buick Regal Coupe which my father had brought back from the States after buying it because it was cheaper than renting a car for three months. After my father passed away in 1980, my mother drove it for a few years before she bought a 1984 Mercedes 230E from friends who were emigrating to Hong Kong. After we got the Merc, the Buick just languished on the drive, where I started dismantling it as a child just to see how things worked.

Anyway, it looked very much like this, but had a mid-grey hood and roof, with pinstriping to delineate where the two colours met. Very odd car, but I loved playing with it! I even drove it around on the driveway until its failing 3-speed automatic transmission made it more of a stationary engine. The car is long gone, but I still have a spare front end for it because ours was damaged. I wonder if anyone could use it in the UK in 2023!

[snuffy]

The humble <insert something>

The Great British public.

[Stuart70]

Strangely Brown said:

Pit Pony said:

There's a winder on my watch. It's neither pusher or button.

That would be the crown.

No, that’s a TV series.

[MXRod]

It has most likely been mentioned before on numerous occasions but nevertheless .
Yea/No
is it yes or no , er yea/no

[snuffy]

MXRod said:

It has most likely been mentioned before on numerous occasions but nevertheless .
Yea/No
is it yes or no , er yea/no

That has me screaming at the TV ! It's nearly always contestants on games shows.

"Tell me Frogmella, where do you come from?"

"I live in London, so yeah, no"

Or saying "so" at the end of a question, with no "and therefore", as if somehow I'm supposed to know what's so great about whatever they have just said.

"Tell me Frogmella, what do you do?"

"I'm currently a student at The South Humberside Institute of Technology, so..."

So fking what exactly ?

[M4cruiser]

snuffy said:

That has me screaming at the TV ! It's nearly always contestants on games shows.

"Tell me Frogmella, where do you come from?"

"I live in London, so yeah, no"

Or saying "so" at the end of a question, with no "and therefore", as if somehow I'm supposed to know what's so great about whatever they have just said.

"Tell me Frogmella, what do you do?"

"I'm currently a student at The South Humberside Institute of Technology, so..."

So fking what exactly ?

In a similar fashion, when people end a sentence with "or.."
A call from the IT helpdesk:
"Can you see the Windows Logo, or ............"
Me: Long pause, then "Or what?"
Usually flummoxes them.

[snuffy]

M4cruiser said:

In a similar fashion, when people end a sentence with "or.."
A call from the IT helpdesk:
"Can you see the Windows Logo, or ............"
Me: Long pause, then "Or what?"
Usually flummoxes them.

You could not reply, and when they finally say "Hello ? Are you still there?" you can reply "Yes, I was waiting for your to conclude your sentence".

[Doofus]

snuffy said:

MXRod said:

It has most likely been mentioned before on numerous occasions but nevertheless .
Yea/No
is it yes or no , er yea/no

That has me screaming at the TV ! It's nearly always contestants on games shows.

"Tell me Frogmella, where do you come from?"

"I live in London, so yeah, no"

Or saying "so" at the end of a question, with no "and therefore", as if somehow I'm supposed to know what's so great about whatever they have just said.

"Tell me Frogmella, what do you do?"

"I'm currently a student at The South Humberside Institute of Technology, so..."

So fking what exactly ?

It's just the same as the fkpigs on here who think "lol" can be used in place of a full stop.

[snuffy]

Doofus said:

It's just the same as the fkpigs on here who think "lol" can be used in place of a full stop.

"My car won't start lol"

"I've taken it to the garage and they can't find the problem lol"

"Can anyone help me? lol"

What's funny about, your bloody cretin?