=OBS= EstebanRey
Member
+256|6520|Oxford, England, UK, EU, Earth
So, what do you rate as the most annoying stuff to come out of someone's mouth?  I have just recently changed departments at work and there'a one guy who will say things like "Let's touch base later", "Pick up the project and move it forward" and "think outside the box".   It grates me everytime I hear them and are mostly used by middle-management idiots who forget how to use normal words when at work in case someone thinks they not a proper businessman or something. 

Anyway, what little sayings or catchphrases annoy you?
blademaster
I'm moving to Brazil
+2,075|6615
"no shit sherlock "

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krazed
Admiral of the Bathtub
+619|6750|Great Brown North
hmm, can't think of any right now... although i hate it when people say they "brang" something >.<
=OBS= EstebanRey
Member
+256|6520|Oxford, England, UK, EU, Earth
Sorry Americans but I hate it when people (especially British people) say that they "snuck" into somewhere. The word is "sneaked"!  I don't even understand the logic behind it either because a) it sounds horribile and b) if you were tweak something then you wouldn't have twucked it; or if a mouse squeaks it hasn't just "squck".
De_Jappe
Triarii
+432|6497|Belgium

"what the hell" if overused like: What the hell, that tree is big... SHUT UP.
JahManRed
wank
+646|6598|IRELAND

Fucking management speak!!! I motivate my employees with my own particular brand of management speak, Northern Ireland stylee. Such motivational examples I have used in the last 48 hours:
"get yer fuckin figure outta your ass and stop day dreaming"
"that woman's going to cut our balls off if we don't get that work finished today!"
"I'll pay you more money when you earn it"
"This job if fuckin thankless, you have chosen the wrong career, get out now while you still can. Go be a bin man, there's no hope for me"
Cheez
Herman is a warmaphrodite
+1,027|6409|King Of The Islands

I hate "got" and especially "gotten". I am pretty sure they aren't right, because the correct is usually "have".
My state was founded by Batman. Your opinion is invalid.
=OBS= EstebanRey
Member
+256|6520|Oxford, England, UK, EU, Earth
"ball park" is another one.  Can I have a ball park figure when they could more easily say a rough figure.
Gooners
Wiki Contributor
+2,700|6602

I hate it when ppl say aks instead of ask. Drives me up the wall!
=OBS= EstebanRey
Member
+256|6520|Oxford, England, UK, EU, Earth

Gooners wrote:

I hate it when ppl say aks instead of ask. Drives me up the wall!
Not being racist here but I find it's usually Black Londoners that say that (or white kids who want to be Black Londoners).
crimson_grunt
Shitty Disposition (apparently)
+214|6624|Teesside, UK
"Cheer up it'll never happen"  which I take to mean:

I don't care about your problems so pretend to be happy as your annoying me.
ATG
Banned
+5,233|6499|Global Command
Bush lied people died.
CameronPoe
Member
+2,925|6525
God Bless [Insert Any Word Here]
-Whiteroom-
Pineapplewhat
+572|6629|BC, Canada
people who blame somthing that goes wrong on murphys law...
hurricane2oo5
Do One Ya Mug !!!
+176|6734|mansfield
i hate it when im pissed off and somebody says ''KARMIT KERMIT''
LawJik
The Skeptical Realist
+48|6501|Amherst, MA
preemptive war
crashmctavish
Liquidat0r's Neuro Surgeon.....
+4|6411|uk
"but at the end of the day....."

drives me fucking nuts.
.:XDR:.PureFodder
Member
+105|6799
The word 'like' being used endless and for no apparent reason in every sentence.

'Like, what's that, like.`
crimson_grunt
Shitty Disposition (apparently)
+214|6624|Teesside, UK

crashmctavish wrote:

"but at the end of the day....."

drives me fucking nuts.
Sounds like you see too many UK daytime tv talk shows
CoronadoSEAL
pics or it didn't happen
+207|6488|USA
ones with direct opposites. 
for example:
the early bird gets the worm -> the early worm gets eaten or the second mouse gets the cheese
a watched pot never boils -> always keep your eye on the prize
it's better to have love and lost than never loved at all -> you don't miss what you don't know

etc.
Dan Havok
Member
+14|6398
"Get R Done"

makes me want to hit them in the face with a hammer and yell "YEAH IT'S DONE NOW"
1927
The oldest chav in the world
+2,423|6643|Cardiff, Capital of Wales
Its a game of two halves or Its a funny old game
=OBS= EstebanRey
Member
+256|6520|Oxford, England, UK, EU, Earth

CoronadoSEAL wrote:

ones with direct opposites. 
for example:
the early bird gets the worm -> the early worm gets eaten or the second mouse gets the cheese
a watched pot never boils -> always keep your eye on the prize
it's better to have love and lost than never loved at all -> you don't miss what you don't know

etc.
Ha, me and a friend were thinking of these the other day.  Going by memory we had these

Too many cooks spoil the broth / Many hands make light work
Slow & steady wins the race / More speed, less haste
A stitch in time saves nine / Time’s a healer

There were loads more but can’t remember them all at the mo’.

P.S Whenever someone uses one I always try to reply with the opposite but equally famous saying.
Mitch
16 more years
+877|6495|South Florida

Dan Havok wrote:

"Get R Done"

makes me want to hit them in the face with a hammer and yell "YEAH IT'S DONE NOW"
YES!
15 more years! 15 more years!
SEREMAKER
BABYMAKIN EXPERT √
+2,187|6538|Mountains of NC

can not stand to hear this - when reporters and old people use it, then this is a word that has died


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I would love to find the rapper that thought this word up and ask them if they feel proud now
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