Words or phrases that annoy you

teffers

Going forward.

Back in the day.

Hate those ^^^

SuzieSue

teffers wrote: »

Going forward.

Back in the day.

Hate those ^^^

I don't mind "going forward" and I use it in work emails, but I find "back in the day" very irritating and I switch off when someone uses it.

missbiggles1

moneyistooshorttomention wrote: »

Probably for the same reason every baby is automatically "adorable":rotfl:. Well - some are and some are obviously going to be plug-ugly when they grow up.

We've had our share of dead celebrities being "bigged-up" recently though and I must admit that, as soon as I read of David Bowie having gone bankrupt once - I compared that to how much money he had left in his Will and wondered if he ever paid the people/firms back once he had made "loadsa money" and had my cynical suspicions he probably hadn't done so (despite clearly having the opportunity to do so from all that money).

All the reports I've read said "close to bankruptcy" or "facing bankruptcy" rather than actually going bankrupt.

pollypenny

I hate 'I don't do ........', as in 'I don't do zoos/ bath bombs/ McDonald's ' for anything the person dislikes. Bit of a superior tone.

Not a fan of 'not a fan of' either.

missbiggles1

pollypenny wrote: »

I hate 'I don't do ........', as in 'I don't do zoos/ bath bombs/ McDonald's ' for anything the person dislikes. Bit of a superior tone.

Not a fan of 'not a fan of' either.

I use "not a fan of" quite a bit, otherwise I sound even more dogmatic than I do already.:o

tea_lover

pollypenny wrote: »

I hate 'I don't do ........', as in 'I don't do zoos/ bath bombs/ McDonald's ' for anything the person dislikes. Bit of a superior tone.

I hate 'my' used for something someone likes, rather than something that is actually theirs. As in "my programme's on at 8pm" or similar.

Gloomendoom

SuzieSue wrote: »

I don't mind "going forward" and I use it in work emails, but I find "back in the day" very irritating and I switch off when someone uses it.

Where has it come from? The only time I hear it used is on those American TV programmes that I watch when I'm brain dead and can't be bothered to look for anything better. The Las Vegas pawn broker one is one example.

RuthnJasper

"At the end of the day, it..." used in any situation not relating to the evening hours.


And conversations or sentences that begin with "So..."


Grrrr!

SuzieSue

Gloomendoom wrote: »

Where has it come from? The only time I hear it used is on those American TV programmes that I watch when I'm brain dead and can't be bothered to look for anything better. The Las Vegas pawn broker one is one example.

I have no idea, but it seems to be teenagers (who are too young to remember anyway) and radio djs who use it and it drives me mad.

LutonGirl

Basically, which has now become an over used filler word. (Nigel Barden, the chef on the Radio2 drive time show on a Thursday evening, is a great example of this. I grit my teeth all the way home listening to him). I consciously try to never say basically.

Prolly for probably
Revert back
Pre-prepare
Hollibobs for holidays
Chrimbo for Christmas
Celebrity for anyone in the public eye, however remotely famous or infamous

And defiantly which crops up in place of definitely in text/type rather than the spoken phrase.

Arrrrrgh!