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what sayings irritate you the most?
« on: April 27, 2017, 06:42:38 PM »
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    • I never liked that "my bad" nonsense

    I don't like that "at the end of the day" stuff either

    kick the can down the road is OK
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    Re: what sayings irritate you the most?
    « Reply #1 on: April 27, 2017, 09:22:58 PM »
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    • "I could care less"  irritates me to no end.  I hear it like fingernails on a blackboard.
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    Re: what sayings irritate you the most?
    « Reply #2 on: April 29, 2017, 11:30:43 PM »
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    • Quote from: Miseremini on April 27, 2017, 09:22:58 PM
    "I could care less"
    What about "I couldn't care less"?
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    Re: what sayings irritate you the most?
    « Reply #3 on: April 30, 2017, 10:07:19 AM »
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    • Quote from: Anonymous on April 29, 2017, 11:30:43 PM
    What about "I couldn't care less"?
    That's what they usually mean but they don't say couldn't they say the opposite that's why it bothers me.
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    Re: what sayings irritate you the most?
    « Reply #4 on: April 30, 2017, 10:27:09 AM »
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    • I hate "moving forward"- it seems that every modern business educated person uses that phrase, I guess as a segue to another subject or to end the last one.
    It's just so overused that it has become trite and inauthentic, kind of like "gravitas". Kind of like code linguistics for being corporate or something. ( I hate that one too.) 
    I do say "my bad". Check.
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    Re: what sayings irritate you the most?
    « Reply #5 on: May 01, 2017, 02:35:17 PM »
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    • Quote from: Miseremini on April 27, 2017, 09:22:58 PM
    "I could care less"  irritates me to no end.  I hear it like fingernails on a blackboard.
    supposed 2b "couldn't care less"
    could care less makes NO sense
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    Re: what sayings irritate you the most?
    « Reply #6 on: May 03, 2017, 05:47:24 PM »
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    • Quote from: Anonymous on April 30, 2017, 10:27:09 AM
    I hate "moving forward"- it seems that every modern business educated person uses that phrase, I guess as a segue to another subject or to end the last one.
    It's just so overused that it has become trite and inauthentic, kind of like "gravitas". Kind of like code linguistics for being corporate or something. ( I hate that one too.)
    I do say "my bad". Check.
    "my bad" seems like a teeny bopper saying, maybe bc that's where i 1st heard it
    I hate when people begin a sentence with "Look..."
    or "Listen..."
    sounds as if they are speaking down to the person (so it seems to me, for whatever that is worth)
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    Re: what sayings irritate you the most?
    « Reply #7 on: May 11, 2017, 02:04:52 PM »
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    • "Knock on wood"
    "Fingers Crossed"

    People at my office say this all the time. They also claim to be Christian, it is really sad, the one who says it the most is a fallen away Catholic who goes to a prot "church" now.

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    Re: what sayings irritate you the most?
    « Reply #8 on: May 11, 2017, 02:06:11 PM »
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    • "It's not personal, it's business" or some variation thereof.

    Business effects everyone's personal life, so yes, it is personal. Every. Single. Time.
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    Re: what sayings irritate you the most?
    « Reply #9 on: May 11, 2017, 03:05:42 PM »
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    • Quote from: Anonymous on May 11, 2017, 02:04:52 PM
    "Knock on wood"
    "Fingers Crossed"

    People at my office say this all the time. They also claim to be Christian, it is really sad, the one who says it the most is a fallen away Catholic who goes to a prot "church" now.
    i thought those sayings went out in the 80s?
    well, the first one.
    anyway, 1 reason people don't say Pray, or whatever, instead of "fingers crossed" is b/c prayer is discouraged in public. I like when i see people praying over their meals in a public place, but that is rare. 
    I don't like either of those either
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    Re: what sayings irritate you the most?
    « Reply #10 on: May 11, 2017, 03:42:17 PM »
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    • "Irregardless".  It's not a word.  Say "regardless" or "irrespective," but don't jam the two together.

    I also am annoyed to no end by "I could care less."  As pointed out above, it means the exact opposite of what the speaker is trying to express.
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    Re: what sayings irritate you the most?
    « Reply #11 on: May 11, 2017, 03:53:00 PM »
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    • Also "millennial speak" irks me to no end, even though I am of that generation.

    There are constant "filler" phrases added to sentences in conversation--"you know," "I mean," "I feel like,"--that just make people sound stupid.
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    Re: what sayings irritate you the most?
    « Reply #12 on: May 11, 2017, 10:49:48 PM »
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    • I don't like to see "in regards to" when in should be "in regard to". But I see it often on this site.
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    Re: what sayings irritate you the most?
    « Reply #13 on: May 12, 2017, 12:35:21 PM »
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    • i tend to like the dismissive, sometimes derisive sounding word

    whatever. I mean some people's absurd, disingenuous or lying comments just deserve that word.
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    Re: what sayings irritate you the most?
    « Reply #14 on: May 17, 2017, 04:45:09 PM »
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    • For some reason, I can't stand it when folks type "FYI", its so detestable, rude sounding and leaves a bad feeling to a message.
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