Phrases that annoy you the most

[Antony Moxey]

Doofus said:

redrabbit29 said:

People that refer to Facebook as Bookface

Any misspelling, mispronunciation or 'amusing' alternative name for social media or other websites.

Yep, and you can include incredible witticisms such as Halfrauds, Parcel Farce, ttter and all the others too. Oh how cutting edge you are.

[snuffy]

Antony Moxey said:

Doofus said:

redrabbit29 said:

People that refer to Facebook as Bookface

Any misspelling, mispronunciation or 'amusing' alternative name for social media or other websites.

Yep, and you can include incredible witticisms such as Halfrauds, Parcel Farce, ttter and all the others too. Oh how cutting edge you are.

Daily Fail/Wail. Quite a popular one on PH.

Oh, and Stealers.

[21st Century Man]

Maxym said:

‘Pre-prepared’

I hate that one with a passion.

I've ordered a book that will be released in August, apparently I've pre-ordered. I'm fked if I know what the difference is?

It also seems that holidays are something that can only be pre-booked too, rather than simply booked.

[RichB]

I dislike the expression 'A good read'. The expression is 'good to read'. Same number of words, but grammatically correct, the word read being a verb not a noun!

[Strangely Brown]

RichB said:

I dislike the expression 'A good read'. The expression is 'good to read'. Same number of words, but grammatically correct, the word read being a verb not a noun!

Really?

noun | riːd | [usually in singular]
mainly British a period or act of reading something: I was having a quiet read of the newspaper.
• [with adjective] informal a book considered in terms of its readability: the book is a thoroughly entertaining read.
• US a person's interpretation of something: their read on the national situation may be correct.

[RichB]

Strangely Brown said:

RichB said:

I dislike the expression 'A good read'. The expression is 'good to read'. Same number of words, but grammatically correct, the word read being a verb not a noun!

Really?

noun | ri?d | [usually in singular]
mainly British a period or act of reading something: I was having a quiet read of the newspaper.
• [with adjective] informal a book considered in terms of its readability: the book is a thoroughly entertaining read.
• US a person's interpretation of something: their read on the national situation may be correct.

Well, I disagree with that, probably an American dictionary (or website). Having a quite read of the newspaper is, as it says, describing the act of reading it so that makes 'read' a verb not a noun. As for an 'entertaining read' that's exactly the ugly Americanism I'm talking about. Maybe it's just me...

[Strangely Brown]

RichB said:

Strangely Brown said:

RichB said:

I dislike the expression 'A good read'. The expression is 'good to read'. Same number of words, but grammatically correct, the word read being a verb not a noun!

Really?

noun | ri?d | [usually in singular]
mainly British a period or act of reading something: I was having a quiet read of the newspaper.
• [with adjective] informal a book considered in terms of its readability: the book is a thoroughly entertaining read.
• US a person's interpretation of something: their read on the national situation may be correct.

Well, I disagree with that, probably an American dictionary (or website). Having a quite read of the newspaper is, as it says, describing the act of reading it so that makes 'read' a verb not a noun. As for an 'entertaining read' that's exactly the ugly Americanism I'm talking about. Maybe it's just me...

Chambers (Cambridge) says:

noun
1. A spell of reading
2. Reading-matter
3. An opportunity of reading (scot)
4. Counsel, a saying, and interpretation (Spenser)

If you don't like Cambridge, perhaps Oxford would satisy you?

https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definit...

It is also used as an adjective. Do you disagree with that too? Not that it matters whether you agree or not, the usage is valid, long standing and recorded.

HTH.

Edited by Strangely Brown on Wednesday 31st May 20:57

[RichB]

Strangely Brown said:

<clip> HTH.

Well, it's still a phrase that annoys me

... along with 'a good watch' where the person is talking about a film or TV programme rather than an Omega or a JLC.

[Strangely Brown]

RichB said:

Strangely Brown said:

<clip> HTH.

Well, it's still a phrase that annoys me

... and that's fine.

[captain.scarlet]

Anyone who says in their biography, CV etc that they:

- are a *dynamic individual*. Nobody, not even the person including it, has any clue what it or what dynamism means or comprises, or what bonus points saying that brings.

- have / are someone with *a demonstrated history of* something. Please show us the demonstrations.


Also: 'I've been absent from LinkedIn [recently / for a while / for 3 days". Good grief, aren't you influential and didn't we all miss you?

And oxymoron humblebrags like "I'm extremely humbled".

[Penny Whistle]

Not a phrase, just a single word : "obligated". Why, just why, add those two unnecessary letters?

[Doofus]

Penny Whistle said:

Not a phrase, just a single word : "obligated". Why, just why, add those two unnecessary letters?

Which two?

[paulguitar]

Doofus said:

Penny Whistle said:

Not a phrase, just a single word : "obligated". Why, just why, add those two unnecessary letters?

Which two?

'a' and 't'.

[RichB]

Penny Whistle said:

Not a phrase, just a single word : "obligated". Why, just why, add those two unnecessary letters?

Copied from the internet: As a verb, obliged has a similar meaning to obligated but without the legal or moral connotations. Instead, it connotes an action done with no expectation of a return favor. If you attend a dinner party at a friend's house, you might be obliged to send a thank-you note.

[Doofus]

paulguitar said:

Doofus said:

Penny Whistle said:

Not a phrase, just a single word : "obligated". Why, just why, add those two unnecessary letters?

Which two?

'a' and 't'.

Oh, right.

For some reason, I assumed he meant 'off the front' or 'off the end'.

I'll wear the muppet costume today...

[CharlesdeGaulle]

Doofus said:

Oh, right.

For some reason, I assumed he meant 'off the front' or 'off the end'.

I'll wear the muppet costume today...

It's PH. He'd of said off of the end. Innit.

[DavieW]

CharlesdeGaulle said:

It's PH. He'd of said off of the end. Innit.

"Of"? Annoying.

[redrabbit29]

People who talk about geographic locations as having "done xyz"

...

"Yea we done Amsterdam and Barcelona" meaning they did a 3 day city break there

[Driver101]

I had never read the phase dying on that hill until a few weeks back. Since then it's been heavily overused on here.

Salty is another newly overused word.

[LunarOne]

Driver101 said:

I had never read the phase dying on that hill until a few weeks back. Since then it's been heavily overused on here.

Salty is another newly overused word.

Are you sure it's really being overused suddenly? I've noticed a phenomenon where when I first notice something, for example a rare car, an unusual tool or perhaps an obscure word, I then see that same thing several times shortly after. Or perhaps those things were always around but I hadn't noticed them previously. But now I seemingly see it everywhere. I'm sure there's a name for that phenomenon because I've heard other people describe it. But when it occurs with a word, it really does feel like people are suddenly overusing it.

In case this phenomenon doesn't have a name, I shall call it neopragmametacheírisi, which hopefully means new-thing-usage in Greek.

"Dying on that hill" is a phrase I've heard before on a few occasions in the past but I haven't heard it or seen it for a long while. The exact opposite of neopragmametacheírisi, so antineopragmametacheírisi