Phrases that make you cringe!

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  • cdubks88
    cdubks88 Posts: 3,573 Member
    "You know so and so has a background in tech....."

    Normally accompanies a new staff introduction. Is intended to bring me some sort of consolation, but really makes me see what other things I can lock down for said user because, yeah, been there, done that....
  • SuzySunshine99
    SuzySunshine99 Posts: 2,989 Member
    Corporate marketing buzzwords....

    Re-imagined: As in "We re-imagined your banking experience". Seems every ad uses this made-up word now.

    Thoughtfully designed. Oh, I'm so glad you thought about it when you designed it.
  • seltzermint555
    seltzermint555 Posts: 10,740 Member
    SuzySunshine99 wrote: »
    Corporate marketing buzzwords....

    Re-imagined: As in "We re-imagined your banking experience". Seems every ad uses this made-up word now.

    Thoughtfully designed. Oh, I'm so glad you thought about it when you designed it.

    Yes to this. Also, product names that are supposed to sound modern and come across as sounding ridiculous. I've made these up but you get the idea...

    detergent with new CentrForce Technologi
    Litebanc cash machine
    GreedMunkii app
    Phunn1PRO game pass
    HappiOnion meal kits
    makeup with the new SkinH2O matching system

    Make it stop!
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  • TravelingNukeGuy
    TravelingNukeGuy Posts: 275 Member
    When people over use and abuse the word . . . 'actually'.
  • melissawill2017
    melissawill2017 Posts: 1,131 Member
    “Actually” I hate cray-cray & vajayjay; both make me cringe equally!’
  • TravelingNukeGuy
    TravelingNukeGuy Posts: 275 Member
    melissawill2017 wrote: »
    “Actually” I hate cray-cray & vajayjay; both make me cringe equally!’

    I see what you did there.
  • gatorgirlgot8
    gatorgirlgot8 Posts: 55 Member
    It is what it is.
  • lorri71
    lorri71 Posts: 95 Member
    'It's not you, it's me' Just tell the truth and stop making excuses!
  • cbstewart88
    cbstewart88 Posts: 453 Member
    "Does this look infected??" :#
  • slimgirljo15
    slimgirljo15 Posts: 269,456 Member
    TravelingNukeGuy wrote: »
    Does this smell funny to you?!

    I am not going to take a big sniff to find out :D
  • Tinydancer106
    Tinydancer106 Posts: 3,678 Member
    Ok...actually, I'm literally ...a big time offender of most of these....😒

    Easy peasy is my jammie jam😎🤘
  • TravelingNukeGuy
    TravelingNukeGuy Posts: 275 Member
    "Can you help me move?'
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  • nighthawk584
    nighthawk584 Posts: 2,024 Member
    "Six of one, half a dozen of the other" , "The cat's meow"
  • seltzermint555
    seltzermint555 Posts: 10,740 Member
    "sweating for the wedding" (as in, bridal fitness)

  • huntersvonnegut
    huntersvonnegut Posts: 1,177 Member
    edited October 2019
    “How the hell did you get in here?!” That one really frosts my cupcakes.
  • mscanadianbakin
    mscanadianbakin Posts: 138 Member
    Furbaby
    Fair enough
  • Diatonic12
    Diatonic12 Posts: 32,344 Member
    Proactive
    Basically
    By the same token
  • huntersvonnegut
    huntersvonnegut Posts: 1,177 Member
    “Can I ask you a question?”

    FFS, you just did, Oedipus!
  • SuzySunshine99
    SuzySunshine99 Posts: 2,989 Member
    "Do you have a sec?"

    I'm guessing even if I say "no", you're still not going to go away.
  • Hypnogogic
    Hypnogogic Posts: 282 Member
    "Please stop punching me!" really makes me angry.
    Also, I have anger management issues.

    For real, though. When people use "literally", when it's clearly not literal.
    And when people screw up existing words, like "supposubly" instead of "supposedly".
    That grinds my gears.
  • cbstewart88
    cbstewart88 Posts: 453 Member
    edited October 2019
    Oh - you got a haircut. Then crickets.
    Gee - you look tired. If I am tired, then this comment doesn't help me. If I'm not tired, then I just feel bad.
  • MoKaaz
    MoKaaz Posts: 162 Member
    "would you _____ with/to the person above you!!!!??!!"

    I think you can imagine why, threads like them are everywhere. Like the damn plague.
  • melissawill2017
    melissawill2017 Posts: 1,131 Member
    “So I did a thing..” (Big eye roll) 🙄

    “Sorry not sorry”... 🤨
  • Hypnogogic
    Hypnogogic Posts: 282 Member
    melissawill2017 wrote: »
    “So I did a thing..” (Big eye roll) 🙄

    “Sorry not sorry”... 🤨

    Ugh. "Sorry not sorry kills me", too.

    Same with finishing a thought with "I'm just saying".
    Or when somebody uses the word "like", 7 or 8 times in every sentence.
  • CaliValleyGirl
    CaliValleyGirl Posts: 744 Member
    Boggles the mind
  • Hypnogogic
    Hypnogogic Posts: 282 Member
    On a related note, when people start their sentence with "Listen,".
    It can be ok if it's used sparingly, and only occasionally.
    But most of the time, it sounds super condescending to me.
  • your_future_ex_wife
    your_future_ex_wife Posts: 4,278 Member
    Hypnogogic wrote: »
    On a related note, when people start their sentence with "Listen,".
    It can be ok if it's used sparingly, and only occasionally.
    But most of the time, it sounds super condescending to me.

    If you’re getting a lot of that maybe it’s because you give the impression of not listening
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