Sayings That You Just Don't Get..

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  • coachblt
    coachblt Posts: 1,090
    Give or take

    You either give or you take lol, which one?

    Oh no dear. I give and receive. :wink:
  • PicNic00
    PicNic00 Posts: 269 Member
    My 10 year old's new phrase is "I know..right?" I get it, but it drives me nuts
  • Jessamine
    Jessamine Posts: 226 Member
    I really hate it when people say "literally" and follow with something that is not literal.

    I also hate, "That's so random."

    Or "I did a 360" when they mean a 180.
  • joseph9
    joseph9 Posts: 328 Member
    I'm mildly irritated by people who misuse "beg the question" or "split the baby," but I've mostly given up.

    I'm strongly irritated by using "like" in place of "um" or "says." That was a Valley Girl thing 30 years ago, and the pre-teens are STILL FRICKIN SAYING IT!!! DO YOU SERIOUSLY MEAN "LIKE" IS GOING TO, LIKE, OUTLIVE ME?
  • amsohs85
    amsohs85 Posts: 166
    I hate when people say "funnier" that's not a word... it's "more fun"! :noway:

    But, "funnier" is a word, i.e. "his joke was funnier than mine." Now, if you meant "funner," then, I agree because that's not a word.:flowerforyou:

    Correct!! Funnier is the comparitive form of the adjective funny!!! Sorry OP!!
  • Stefanie7125
    Stefanie7125 Posts: 462 Member

    Or "I did a 360" when they mean a 180.


    Oh my goodness, completely forgot about this one! My kids were taught at a young age if you do a 360, you'll just be right back where you started! That one litterally drives me crazy! But I could care less. (sorry, couldn't help myself, but I really do hate the 360 thing)
  • PrfctGdess
    PrfctGdess Posts: 257
    Irregardless, it is what it is, because you can have your cake and eat it to. Surely you can't be serious? I am serious but I could care less.

    :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

    LOL
  • JediMindfck
    JediMindfck Posts: 73 Member
    “.................... is so ADDICTING!”

    Whether it be ice-cream, chocolate, this video game, whatever. It’s ****ing annoying. Use “addictive” people!


    I also find it irritating when people rather emphatically exclaim “That’s what I’m talking about!” after someone else’s comment.

    Ummmm, no buddy, you weren’t talking at all. If anything that’s what you’re “listening about”.
  • My wife always says " Not tonight, I have a headache"..

    Every freaking night? I just don't get it or get "It".

    You gotta take George Burn's advice. He waited till supper was over, the dishes were done- till the little wifey was ready to sit down and relax- walk over and had her a glass of water and 2 pain relievers (whatever she normally takes)....
    and when she asks, "What's *this* for?"
    You reply, "For your headache."
    When she looks @ you dumbfounded and replies, " But I don't have a headache....."
    Welllllllll, there ya go.......
    BUT it'll only work ONCE.
    The next night she'll be on to you.
  • I get irritated @ the
    "Ya know what I'm sayin'?"

    it is such an arrogant remark
    I gotta bite my tongue, cuz the whole time I'm thinkin'

    Noooooooooooo.....I'm a complete moron...........can you please draw pictures????????
  • beachlover317
    beachlover317 Posts: 2,848 Member
    A friend at work is constantly interjecting the words, "You know what I'm saying?" throughout every conversation we have. I have even tried saying back each time, "Yes. I know what you're saying." But she never blinks. Just keeps on talking and talking and saying that phrase! I start smiling as soon as she starts talking because everybody else in the office gets what I'm doing. :happy: :happy:

    Oh, we must have the same co-worker! I work with a lady that says that and "you know" or "I mean" in EVERY sentence she says. It is so annoying... but another co-worker and I make a game of seeing how many times she says it in any given conversation.

    I find myself counting, too. Sometimes lose the train of her thought. Not a real big loss, usually!
  • jeanzbeanz
    jeanzbeanz Posts: 64
    Don't do anything half-@ssed.


    Where did this come from? Was there someone not giving 100% @ss?
  • pipsqueak12
    pipsqueak12 Posts: 31 Member
    "I could care less". Well yes, You could care less in fact. It should be "I couldn't care less."
    It burns my *kitten* to see it!


    ^^^THIS! It was literally the first thing that popped into my head :)
    Why do people say it ARGHHHH!

    (and it seems to be those in the US that get it wrong most. Im not hating just making an observation)
  • MemphisKitten
    MemphisKitten Posts: 878 Member
    "Go big or go home!" I'm not trying to offend anyone by saying this, but the origin of this phrase comes from the bar scene where at 2am (closing time), all of the hot girls are already taken. So the phrase is meant to mean either you sleep with an overweight girl or go home.

    Oh, and it's spelled "Grammar."
  • obrendao
    obrendao Posts: 318
    Irregardless, it is what it is, because you can have your cake and eat it to. Surely you can't be serious? I am serious but I could care less.

    :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

    Irregardless were loosing are patients with ewe!
  • Flixie00
    Flixie00 Posts: 1,195 Member
    I hate when strangers walk past me and say "cheer up, it may never happen" .. what may never happen?!..
    You don't know my life so why even make any comment. I usually just respond with "it already has"

    This is guaranteed to make me angry :explode:
  • Le_Joy
    Le_Joy Posts: 549 Member
    'You can't have your cake and eat it...'


    WHY NOT?! If you are going to give me cake and tell me I can't eat it then why give it to me in the first place.


    ....I now REALLY want some cake!

    I looked this up one time and the original quote is apparently "you can't eat your cake and have it too" because once you've eaten it it's gone. Or more accurately moved to your butt or thighs...
  • YouAreTheShit
    YouAreTheShit Posts: 510 Member
    I cringe inside when people say irregardless...

    I want to stop them in their tracks and say "NO! That's NOT a WORD!!"

    But I don't because I haven't yet been appointed to the role of grammarnazi... I have applied, however. :drinker:
  • Xstitcher74
    Xstitcher74 Posts: 124 Member
    "SERIOUSLY?!"

    No I'm just kidding! OF COURSE I'M SERIOUS!


    I agree completely!
  • LokiOfAsgard
    LokiOfAsgard Posts: 378 Member
    'You can't have your cake and eat it...'


    WHY NOT?! If you are going to give me cake and tell me I can't eat it then why give it to me in the first place.


    ....I now REALLY want some cake!


    EXACTLY!!! Id like to see someone put a piece of cake in front of me and try and stop me from eating it.. don't they realize im fat for a reason.. that reason is cake.. and i'll be damned if they try and stop my from eating some cheesecake!!

    It's because the cake is a lie.

    Also that ^ is a saying I don't get :I
  • tara_seay
    tara_seay Posts: 171 Member
    Why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free?

    How are you getting the milk for free if you didn't buy the cow?!
  • jpcamden
    jpcamden Posts: 45 Member
    You only live once.

    No ****... I could have sworn I was gonna live twice.
  • How about this one (its supposed to make you all laugh)

    "Dont get your panties in a bunch" my bf says it all the time.. so my new come back is.... "leave my wedgie out of this and stop looking at my butt you freak" ;p hahaha

    Absolutely amazing! LOL!
  • SherryTeach
    SherryTeach Posts: 2,836 Member
    When people past the age of 12 describe everything as AWESOME. Expand your vocabulary!
  • Kanlassak
    Kanlassak Posts: 101 Member
    'You can't have your cake and eat it...'


    WHY NOT?! If you are going to give me cake and tell me I can't eat it then why give it to me in the first place.


    ....I now REALLY want some cake!


    EXACTLY!!! Id like to see someone put a piece of cake in front of me and try and stop me from eating it.. don't they realize im fat for a reason.. that reason is cake.. and i'll be damned if they try and stop my from eating some cheesecake!!

    It's because the cake is a lie.

    Also that ^ is a saying I don't get :I

    It's a quote from the game Portal, that became an internet meme. Give it a few more years and it'll mostly disappear. Unless they make another sequel game.
  • luvs2teachincali
    luvs2teachincali Posts: 207 Member
    My husband is a hillbilly from Missouri and he grew up with some strange sayings:

    1) He/She is as rotten as a fence post. (I guess they have some OLD rotted out fence posts in the sticks? LOL.)

    2) Your *kitten* is the blackest. (If he loses an argument and is found to not be correct. WHAT??)

    So many more I can't think of. He's full of them. LOL.

    Driving through Oklahoma City, OK once and stopped to get gas. An old man tipped his hat at me and said hello. Then he said, "COULDA GOT A BLUE ONE FOR A QUARTER MORE." I just smiled and looked at him like umm, ok? I got back in the car and told my husband and he laughed his *kitten* off. The old man laughed and shook his head at me as he drove off. I still don't get it!?!? My husband says he gets it, but yet is unable to explain it to me? I've asked others about it and they basically said that the old man was calling me spoiled because I had a nice, shiny, red car. I dunno though!? LOL!!!! I will NEVER forget that one.
  • "It is what it is"
    I don't really get it.

    YOLO
    That's not an excuse to do stupid stuff.
  • wewon
    wewon Posts: 838 Member
    'You can't have your cake and eat it...'


    WHY NOT?! If you are going to give me cake and tell me I can't eat it then why give it to me in the first place.


    ....I now REALLY want some cake!

    I've never understood that one either.

    Its probably made sense 400 years ago.
  • AmandaInGA
    AmandaInGA Posts: 122 Member
    Why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free?

    How are you getting the milk for free if you didn't buy the cow?!

    well apparently there is a large 'milk straight from the cow' theft ring going on that we don't know about LOL
  • AmandaInGA
    AmandaInGA Posts: 122 Member
    Why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free?

    How are you getting the milk for free if you didn't buy the cow?!

    well apparently there is a large 'milk straight from the cow' theft ring going on that we don't know about LOL