Cringe Worthy Sayings

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  • zcb94
    zcb94 Posts: 3,678 Member
    dnm1207 wrote: »
    juliemouse83 wrote: »
    "Chester drawers" (????) You mean, "chest of drawers"?

    "I could care less." No, no, no!

    ANYTHING with the word "Bae" in it.

    OMG, how did I forget about "I could care less"?!

    For those that don't understand why this is cringe-worthy (I'm SURE there must be some of you out there who are wondering "what's wrong with that?")

    When people say this they almost always mean the exact opposite! This phrase is used to imply "I don't care at all"
    When I talk to other grammar nerds I like to say "I could care more... a LOT more"

    @juliemouse83 - I love that post and I could care less about reading more of your cringe worthy sayings.
    Exactly! If you could care less, whatever it is matters to you at least a tiny bit. If you couldn’t care less, then the subject doesn’t matter at all to you.
  • WhisperingNighthawk
    WhisperingNighthawk Posts: 138 Member
    When someone says, "I didn't hear a word you said!"

    Really? How do you know I said something then?
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  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    WhisperingNighthawk wrote: »
    When someone says, "I didn't hear a word you said!"

    Really? How do you know I said something then?

    It's possible to hear sound without making sense of it.

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  • WhisperingNighthawk
    WhisperingNighthawk Posts: 138 Member
    MeeseeksAndDestroy wrote: »
    TeacupsAndToning wrote: »
    WhisperingNighthawk wrote: »
    When someone says, "I didn't hear a word you said!"

    Really? How do you know I said something then?

    Sometimes I can hear that someone is speaking but I am absolutely not paying attention to them so I have no idea what they've just said

    There have been times where I suddenly realize my office mate has been talking to me the whole time when I thought he was on the phone or something so I tuned him out.

    I understand both of these situations and that is acceptable, but what really makes me angry is when they say that and then just walk off, because evidently they really didn't care what I was saying. My husband does all that the time and I just want to slap him!
  • zcb94
    zcb94 Posts: 3,678 Member
    edited February 2018
    WhisperingNighthawk wrote: »
    When someone says, "I didn't hear a word you said!"

    Really? How do you know I said something then?
    I get that all the time, and I understand. I am extremely soft-spoken, so, especially if I was in a hurry to get my point across, I sound like one of the adults in Charlie Brown’s life (wa-wa, wa-wa-wa-waa, etc). It’s clear that my lips were moving, but the other person isn’t sure what came out.
  • Motorsheen
    Motorsheen Posts: 20,508 Member
    empresssue wrote: »
    SabotageinStilettos wrote: »
    My bad

    Agreed-I hate this. Bad is an adjective, not a noun. I look at my kid & say, "My bad what?"

    Language evolves, so it might be only a matter of time before it's recognized as a noun.

    Your kids could very well be linguistic pioneers.
  • empresssue
    empresssue Posts: 2,978 Member
    cee134 wrote: »
    WhisperingNighthawk wrote: »
    When someone says, "I didn't hear a word you said!"

    Really? How do you know I said something then?

    It's possible to hear sound without making sense of it.

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    Precisely what my child does to me.
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  • Motorsheen
    Motorsheen Posts: 20,508 Member
    dnm1207 wrote: »
    when anyone says "I love Big Bang Theory"

    my GF said she liked that show. We almost broke up. We're working through it, but it's not easy.

    This would be a complete deal breaker.

    She needs intensive film therapy.
  • huntersvonnegut
    huntersvonnegut Posts: 1,177 Member
    zeitgeist
  • huntersvonnegut
    huntersvonnegut Posts: 1,177 Member
    When someone has to micturate they say they have to go wee wee or pee pee. And they're around 37, not 7.
  • lutzsher
    lutzsher Posts: 1,153 Member
    "you know what I would do if I were you" ........well just thank god you are not!!!
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  • princess7955
    princess7955 Posts: 1,277 Member
    dnm1207 wrote: »
    use of the word "literally" when what is meant is "figuratively"

    https://www.npr.org/2018/01/26/581142495/why-this-east-village-bar-has-a-ban-on-the-word-literally

    I find it entertaining how different people pronounce the word 'literally'
  • THeADHDTurnip
    THeADHDTurnip Posts: 413 Member
    edited February 2018
    "It is what it is."

    I use it all the time though, because, it is what it is, man.
  • 81Katz
    81Katz Posts: 7,074 Member
    THeADHDTurnip wrote: »
    "It is what it is."

    I use it all the time though, because, it is what it it, man.

    I use that one too. More like an agree to just disagree or what's left to say on the matter? So, it is what it is.
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  • THeADHDTurnip
    THeADHDTurnip Posts: 413 Member
    81Katz wrote: »

    I use that one too. More like an agree to just disagree or what's left to say on the matter? So, it is what it is.

    Absolutely, it's the icing on the cake, the cherry on the top, the last round in the chamber It is what is.
  • pudgy1977
    pudgy1977 Posts: 13,499 Member
    When spoken from my kids "What's for dinner"
  • BigBadBobbyG
    BigBadBobbyG Posts: 2 Member
    Motorsheen wrote: »
    Paradigm Shift
    Think outside the box
    True North

    True North? Do people say that outside of a navigation context?
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  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    edited February 2018
    dnm1207 wrote: »
    SabotageinStilettos wrote: »
    dnm1207 wrote: »
    SabotageinStilettos wrote: »
    dnm1207 wrote: »
    use of the word "literally" when what is meant is "figuratively"

    https://www.npr.org/2018/01/26/581142495/why-this-east-village-bar-has-a-ban-on-the-word-literally

    I literally use the word literally at least a hundred times a day and can’t force myself to care about who doesn’t like it. Literally.

    I figuratively thought you might be "the one" until you wrote that. Damn.

    I’m literally sorry to disappoint.

    That might literally be the funniest thing I've read from you =)

    Than you haven't read much by her.
  • huntersvonnegut
    huntersvonnegut Posts: 1,177 Member
    TeacupsAndToning wrote: »
    WhisperingNighthawk wrote: »
    When someone says, "I didn't hear a word you said!"

    Really? How do you know I said something then?

    Sometimes I can hear that someone is speaking but I am absolutely not paying attention to them so I have no idea what they've just said

    Perfectly describes most of the conversations my wife and I have.
  • caco_ethes
    caco_ethes Posts: 11,962 Member
    SabotageinStilettos wrote: »
    dnm1207 wrote: »
    use of the word "literally" when what is meant is "figuratively"

    https://www.npr.org/2018/01/26/581142495/why-this-east-village-bar-has-a-ban-on-the-word-literally

    I literally use the word literally at least a hundred times a day and can’t force myself to care about who doesn’t like it. Literally.

    Solidarity, sister
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