Phrases or sayings that really irk me!!!!

BeckyJill7

"Irregardless" ---- This is NOT a word and you sound IGNORANT when you're trying to sound intelligent by using big words.

Agh! I hate "irregardless!" With a passion!!!

MzBug

Really? Come on, REALLY?!!

MissingMinnesota

I hate the phrase, "Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels."

Bullpucky. I've been skinny. I've been a perfect weight. I've been a little overweight. Being skinny wasn't so great. I was always cold. My immune system wasn't so great. I wasn't physically strong. Honestly? Chicken bacon ranch pizza is better. Physically, I feel way better a little overweight than I ever did when I was underweight.

"Skinny" shouldn't be anyone's goal. Being healthy should be.

I hate that one too. Even if they switch skinny to thin. It just makes me think the person has never eaten good food! Plus I immediately get the impression the person is super shallow - even if they aren't - it is just the feeling the phrase gives me.

Oh my I hate that one too and also "A moment on the lips is a life time on the hips."

The saying that really irks me though, this is coming from living in the south. "Ohhh bless your heart." Ugh just come out and say "I don't agree with you but I don't want to argue with you as your are stupid in my opinion."

LoseItCorinne

" its not the end of the world"

I know its not but its pissing me off at this moment so i am going to be man about it.. My boyfriend always says this and i want to punch him every time he does! LOL :0)

LoseItCorinne

Or a moment on the lip is forever on the hips... Ugh!

AprilWillis

Last year, I lost 25 pounds. I'm a teacher, so when I came back after summer break, I really looked like a different person. I came into a meeting and the room was FREEZING.

"If you gained weight, it wouldn't be so cold."

WTF? Who tells someone to gain weight? You don't go up to a fat person and say "well, you wouldn't be sweating so much if you would lose some weight." Or, "You could fit into that booth without moving the table if you'd lose some weight."

After that, I noticed people saying that more to me. "If you would gain some weight......"

GRRRR....

runningneo122

Really? Come on, REALLY?!!

No, I'm lying to you!!

runningneo122

The saything that really irks me though, this is coming from living in the south. "Ohhh bless your heart." Ugh just come out and say "I don't agree with you but I don't want to argue with you as your are stupid in my opinion."

I've been told that "Ohhh, bless your heart" in the South is the way a proper Southern belle says, "F$#% off!"

BuckeyeLuvvvva

Ohhh man, I am guilty of quite a few of these... including "I know, right?" and "it is what it is," only with the latter I don't think of it as a pessimistic statement, I'm just sort of letting whatever roll off my shoulders, having the wisdom to know the difference between the things I can and cannot control if you will, and moving on. Moreso than phrases/sayings that irk me are spelling errors:

If you LOSE weight, your pants will be LOOSE.

And of course, the endless perils of the homophones:

They're/their/there
To/too/two


....just sayin' :laugh:

susioryan

I hate the phrase : I'll reach out to "someone". I have a friend who uses this constantly- why not just talk to them or call them why reach out? Augh!

redruthie

Really? Come on really? really irks me!

A few others:

1.) Are you serious?
2.) It just wasn't meant to be.
3.) Aren't you on a diet?
4.) Are you sure you want to eat that?
5.) That'll make you fat!

I'm sure there's more, but that's all I can think of for now.

lyla29

When somebody says, 'Just so you know," after they tell you what it was. You already told me so yeah I do know.

runningneo122

When somebody says, 'Just so you know," after they tell you what it was. You already told me so yeah I do know.

FOTCROTFLMAO

lizb59

I never announce to my husband that I'm on a diet, because as soon as I do I hear, SHOULD YOU REALLY BE EATING THAT? Or worse, THAT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE DIET FOOD. Ugh! I'm just sayin...lol.

Pattilynne

i hate when my boyfriend says "you're eating again?' yes, i am eating again, because i can, because i am trying to make better choices when i eat, so at the end of the day, i do have room for a snack, or another small meal so i do not wake up hungry in the middle of the night

also, i hate it when people cannot spell, and they so horribly butcher the words, that you can't even tell what they are trying to say

FitJoani

i hate when my boyfriend says "you're eating again?' yes, i am eating again, because i can, because i am trying to make better choices when i eat, so at the end of the day, i do have room for a snack, or another small meal so i do not wake up hungry in the middle of the night

also, i hate it when people cannot spell, and they so horribly butcher the words, that you can't even tell what they are trying to say

i had an ex do that to me...unfortunately it was malicious

frenchfri87

Hey guys I just wanted to say that this is like a weight loss forum. People come here to loose weight, not to like, get criticized, just so you know. Basically, I feel you are all like a little bitter but as most things, this too shall pass.

Remember the next the next time you are eating cookies.. put them down!! YOU DONT NEED THEM! If I can do it, then so can you! My motto is that nothing tastes as good as skinny feels!

Irregaurdless of you're like really mean comments, I like wish you all like the best of luck. Bless you're hearts I hope you loose some like weight. If you don't loose weight then like it is what it is.

Just sayin

elfie9863

When my daughters were teenagers, they used to do the "like" thing constantly...THEN my mom would get really irritated and every time they said it...she would just repeat it back before they even got done talking...TALK ABOUT ANNOYING!! Wanted to bash all their heads together...

CorydonCutie

Hey guys I just wanted to say that this is like a weight loss forum. People come here to loose weight, not to like, get criticized, just so you know. Basically, I feel you are all like a little bitter but as most things, this too shall pass.

Remember the next the next time you are eating cookies.. put them down!! YOU DONT NEED THEM! If I can do it, then so can you! My motto is that nothing tastes as good as skinny feels!

Irregaurdless of you're like really mean comments, I like wish you all like the best of luck. Bless you're hearts I hope you loose some like weight. If you don't loose weight then like it is what it is.

Just sayin

Laughed so hard that I woke up husband up. LOL

frenchfri87

:flowerforyou:

CorydonCutie

The one I hate the most that I heard most all of my life "You would be so much prettier if you would just lose some weight."

Dom82

, "you don't need that."

My other half actually said that to my friend and I one night when we were craving a cheese burger (we'd been drinking) :explode: It made me sooo angry, now its more of a joke between us but at the time it made me really sad.

k2d4p

Hey guys I just wanted to say that this is like a weight loss forum. People come here to loose weight, not to like, get criticized, just so you know. Basically, I feel you are all like a little bitter but as most things, this too shall pass.

Remember the next the next time you are eating cookies.. put them down!! YOU DONT NEED THEM! If I can do it, then so can you! My motto is that nothing tastes as good as skinny feels!

Irregaurdless of you're like really mean comments, I like wish you all like the best of luck. Bless you're hearts I hope you loose some like weight. If you don't loose weight then like it is what it is.

Just sayin

This is the funniest thing I have read in a long time!!!:laugh: :laugh:

TaneeisFitforLife

Hey guys I just wanted to say that this is like a weight loss forum. People come here to loose weight, not to like, get criticized, just so you know. Basically, I feel you are all like a little bitter but as most things, this too shall pass.

Remember the next the next time you are eating cookies.. put them down!! YOU DONT NEED THEM! If I can do it, then so can you! My motto is that nothing tastes as good as skinny feels!

Irregaurdless of you're like really mean comments, I like wish you all like the best of luck. Bless you're hearts I hope you loose some like weight. If you don't loose weight then like it is what it is.

Just sayin

:laugh: I woke up my husband, laughing!

k2d4p

The one I hate the most that I heard most all of my life "You would be so much prettier if you would just lose some weight."

I have heard that too. People can be jerks. If I heard that today, I would say, "you would be so much nicer if you would shut up!"

abyt42

When my grandfather died, it REALLY bothered me that coworkers told me how lucky I was to have known him as an adult... I surely didn't feel lucky at the time. Death makes so many of us say dumb #$*.

The "my bad" anti apology, and "just sayin'" get out of retribution free phrase ANNOY the bleep right out of me.

And the use of "grow" as a a verb describing the spread of industry (or the development of a nonorganic structure... like "grow your business")

Less describes volume; fewer describes number. (So, "I'd like fewer strawberries in my smoothie" suggests it hasn't been blended yet. When I teach this, I use penguins: fewer penguins in a smoothie means they're pulled out pre-blending; less penguins means we can add, say, walrus puree to try to cut the penguiny goodness.... yuck.)

emmaleigh47

The one I hate the most that I heard most all of my life "You would be so much prettier if you would just lose some weight."

Ok that is BY FAR the most offensive phrase I have ever heard ... you poor thing!

anovasjo

People that say 'like' every second or third word.

I call them..... SIMILE GIRLS!

Or guys.

Cytherea

For me, I really get miffed when I hear or read people say, "if I can do it, you can do it." Or any variation of that phrase. Most of the time I feel like I can't do it or it serves as anti-motivation if it is something that I try to do but fail. If it is something that I have done I can't imagine thinking that just because I can do something, everyone else on the planet can do it as well.

I love the idea that some people will get motivation from something that I have accomplished, but I know that not everyone will be able to or want to do it as well.

I think you are misunderstanding the sentiment that most people are trying to get across when they say this. It isn't "anything I can do, you can do." It is specific to their situation. So when I say to someone (as I have said to people on here) "If I can do it, so can you," what I really mean is: "If I, a woman who has struggled with her weight all her life, who has PCOS (which causes severe weight gain and inability to lose weight), who has always lived a sedentary lifestyle and hates moving, who comes from a large, traditional Italian family where the food is incredible, plentiful, the answer to everything, a sin to waste, and an insult to reject, have been able to change my lifestyle and stick to the plan and have actually seen results and have lost weight, then you, too, who may have similar problems (like in the case of others with PCOS), or even moreso, you who have none of these obstacles that makes it so difficult, can definitely do it, because if there is anybody who is a candidate for failure, it was definitely me."

k2d4p

"I think you are misunderstanding the sentiment that most people are trying to get across when they say this. It isn't "anything I can do, you can do." It is specific to their situation. So when I say to someone (as I have said to people on here) "If I can do it, so can you," what I really mean is: "If I, a woman who has struggled with her weight all her life, who has PCOS (which causes severe weight gain and inability to lose weight), who has always lived a sedentary lifestyle and hates moving, who comes from a large, traditional Italian family where the food is incredible, plentiful, the answer to everything, a sin to waste, and an insult to reject, have been able to change my lifestyle and stick to the plan and have actually seen results and have lost weight, then you, too, who may have similar problems (like in the case of others with PCOS), or even moreso, you who have none of these obstacles that makes it so difficult, can definitely do it, because if there is anybody who is a candidate for failure, it was definitely me."


I really do understand everything that you said here. I also understand that most people that use this phrase mean well and are trying to encourage. That doesn't change at all that it bugs me.

People who say, "s/he is in a better place" after someone dies, mean well too. They are trying to comfort you. That doesn't change the fact that the phrase is awful.

This is just my opinion.