One phrase that people say that make you CRAZY!
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:explode: anything with the word "retarded" or "that's so gay"...really!?!? From the gay perspective it makes me want to smack the living **** out of you and using the word "retarded" is classless and insulting to those who actually are mentally challenged. They both are downing...
I agree with that. I have a son with Autism and Verbal Dyspraxia and I had one person say something was retarded (or something with the word retard or retarded, cant remember now lol). I basically told them I had a son with Autism and Verbal Dyspraxia and I do not appreciate that word being used.
I wrote a blog about this a few days ago. Our daughter was brain injured at birth. The connotation of the word 'retarded' in today's language refers to stupid or idiot. She is neither one, but very smart, caring and a social butterfly. There are many of us advocating for our loved ones and ending the use of this word in its present slang.0 -
They all stole it from me! So I had no effort left for any thing but eating, thats how I got fat heheWhen someone gives their 110% -- where does that extra 10% come from?
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"My baby father/fatta" when it should be "The father of my baby."
"Losing weight isn't hard. Just eat less and move more!"
"You're a woman, why aren't you in the kitchen?" Or some variant of that.
I'll think of more later.0 -
"...If I were you" You're not, so let me do it.
"...I can't lose weight" Yes you can, work.
"...Working out is too hard" Or "...I don't like being outside" --I feel sorry for those people.0 -
You don't know what you don't know!0
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When couples say WE'RE pregnant...really?! you're both gonna swell up, gain 20-30 lbs, deliver a 7-8lb baby and get stitches??!! NO! only the woman is pregnant!0
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Winning!Irregardless, at the end of the day, haters gonna hate. Just sayin.. it is what it is. LOL
PS Thats another one I'm tired of hearing. :-P0 -
"Just deal with it" My husband says this to me all the TIME. Drives me crazy. I realize I have to deal with it, but you are showing me the complete disregard you have for my situation. UGHH.0
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When sentences are started with "I don't know if you..." such as, "I don't know if you have any appointments today but I would like to get a massage." Of course you don't know if I have any appointments today, why would you know? And I don't expect you to know unless you are my receptionist.
Irregardless- It technically is in the dictionary as "substandard use of the word regardless" , so if anyone wants to be substandard, please use this word.
The nauseating over use of the word "like".
When I got divorced- "well at least you didn't have kids". Yep, and pretty much now I never will, thanks for the reminder.0 -
SWAG...0
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"Like I said..."
I deal with this phrase every day. Any time my husband is talking business with someone, he will use the phrase "like I said" while trying to end a conversation. He knows how much it bothers me but I assume it to be a habit at this point.
"Well, LIKE I SAID, just give me a call when you are ready to sell your car."
Makes me want to strangle him. However, all I can really do is laugh while repeating his phrase back to him.0 -
"It's always the last place you look!"
Of course it is. Why would you keep looking after you find what you were looking for?0 -
"My baby father/fatta" when it should be "The father of my baby."
"Losing weight isn't hard. Just eat less and move more!"
"You're a woman, why aren't you in the kitchen?" Or some variant of that.
I'll think of more later.
Or the other variant, "my baby daddy". Just like that. I have a woman on FB who will either refer to the fathers (yes fathers) of her children as "baby daddy" or "sperm donor". Seriously even if you hate their guts, at least refer to them as something more intelligent and proper. Such disrespect can influence the kids and often against the one who's doing the name calling.0 -
"I could care less" IT'S COULDN'T!! COULDN'T!! IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO SAY COULD!
Expert on subject -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=om7O0MFkmpw
Ignore him after the could care bit though, even I think he takes it a bit far with the hold the fort things xD
THIS TIMES ONE MILLION!! Goodness.0 -
I cringe when I hear "My/your/his/her BAD",
"Y'all",
and when people are referred to as "folks", in order of which makes me cringe the most to the least.
As well, any kind of bad grammer...the worst offender being, "I seen..." when it should be "I saw..." Ugh!
And I also hate the "You should have..." My mother uses that all the time and it drives me CRAZY!!
I use y'all all the time! lol... But that goes along with being in the South.
I also use ya'll. I live in Kentucky, give me a break. But I HATE the word "folks."
I know it's from the South...and it's very common there...but the question was, what makes you crazy... and this is irritating to me. No offense meant though!0 -
A second peeve: less is about volume; fewer, number. Try this: if you want fewer penguins in your smoothy, remove them prior to blending. If you want less penguins, blend first.... (this the level to which 17 years of teaching high school English has reduced me.)
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"These ones." Plural singulars? Unless there's a pile of ones (perhaps in bill form?), this seems super goofy/wrong/inaccurate/WRONG/annoying/WRONG....and, the funniest part of this bothering me is that, when I was a teen in the bronze age, it bothered my father that I said "these ones," and I wasn't aware of the error of my ways.
The less/fewer one: Never thought about it!! You have just educated me!!!
These ones? I totally get what you are saying, but I can't figure out what I should be saying instead? Help a girl out. If I were to ask "do you like these ones or those ones?" That would be wrong?
These threads can be very educating!! A friend once told me "I hate it when people say 'I should have went', it should be 'should have gone'!" I have always remembered to say gone instead of went since then!
Also, I know someone who says "amblience". ::head desk::0 -
"I'm starving"
Just because you haven't eaten in several hours does not qualify you as starving..
"You have to eat that because there's starving children in Africa"
Oh really? So my gorging on more food than I need will somehow lessen their hunger??
"I'm going anorexic today"
ANOREXIA IS A MENTAL ILLNESS YOU STUPID *kitten*! Not a goddamn diet.0 -
Ratchet... "That girl is so Ratchet"... Those clothes are Ratchet....WTH I hate that word0
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Well actually saying you "could care less" says you actually care as you could actually care less than you are already.
However
If you "couldn't care less" then you well and truly could not give two s**** about it... you honestly don't care...
Quite different the two phrases, and is annoying when people mix them up...0 -
these are two words i have hated ever since i first started using the internet 12 years ago..
I noticed people calling me 'BABE' or 'HUN'.. I am not their babe or their hun, and the latter of the two i absolutely cant abide. Even going into a shop now and they will say, 'yes hun, can i help you.. Arrrrrgggghhhhhh..0 -
These ones? I totally get what you are saying, but I can't figure out what I should be saying instead? Help a girl out. If I were to ask "do you like these ones or those ones?" That would be wrong?
Would you like these? Or those?
(Or, if the choice is between two different packs of paper: would you prefer the yellow or the green? I'm still at work: it's all office supplies right now.)0 -
I cringe when I hear "My/your/his/her BAD",
"Y'all",
and when people are referred to as "folks", in order of which makes me cringe the most to the least.
As well, any kind of bad grammer...the worst offender being, "I seen..." when it should be "I saw..." Ugh!
And I also hate the "You should have..." My mother uses that all the time and it drives me CRAZY!!
Y'all, did you know that grammar is spelled with an 'a'?
My bad.0 -
Reading forums, I'm getting sick of "^^this" and "+1". It's pretty lazy. How hard is it to type "I agree"?0
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"Dr. Oz said ... "0
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When couples say WE'RE pregnant...really?! you're both gonna swell up, gain 20-30 lbs, deliver a 7-8lb baby and get stitches??!! NO! only the woman is pregnant!
It bothered me when my boyfriend referred to the recent pregnany as my pregnany. She is OUR baby; therefore, it was OUR pregnancy. Yes I am the one who carried her, gave up my body, gained 40lbs, got major stretch marks, had a preterm labor scare and 4 day hospitalization, ended up going overdue after 11 weeks on bedrest, went through labor and a vacuum-assisted delivery, and had 16 stitches after an episiotomy and 4th degree tear, all without any pain medication- but she is still ours; our baby, our pregnancy. Our family.
In other words, when men say "it's your pregnancy" to their woman. 0 -
Head and finger shaking
"nuh uh girlfriend"0 -
My husband annoys me insanely when he says "the fact of the matter is..." I feel like he's saying whomever he is talking to is not intelligent to pick up on the facts he presented before he said that phrase! And he says it all the time!
I agree wholeheartedly with "irregardless" and "I could care less"
And how about when people say "pacific" instead of "specific"? You didn't Pacifically (ocean) ask for no pickles on your burger, you specifically asked for no pickles!!! GRRRRRR! (And yes I really growl out loud when annoyed :laugh: )0 -
FAIL and EPIC. ...even worse when used together.
^^THIS^^
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1. "EPIC" is a noun (a long poem, usu. narrating the saga of a hero or legendary figure)
2. "FAIL" is a verb, "FAILURE" is a noun
So, the slang- EPIC FAIL- technically means "To be poetically unsuccessful"
[like anybody cares :laugh:]
Actually, 'epic' is also an adjective. For instance, "The Odyssey is an epic poem". The annoyance factor comes from its overuse and the fact that it is almost always an exaggeration.0 -
Head and finger shaking
"nuh uh girlfriend"
oh no you did-n't!!
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I do use 'ugh' at times when I'm talking and that's when I use it in certain types of writing to better represent what I would say if I were speaking.This isn't a phrase, just a word, but I hate it when people use the word "Ugh" on FB or MFP or any kind of email. None of those people actually say that word when they are talking.0
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