Words or phrases that annoy you

Pennywise

So, it annoys me when people start a sentence or reply to a question with "So". Don't know why, but it really grates. So, now you know!

prosaver

PasturesNew wrote: »

It has to be the words: TWIST and STAMP

I HATE these words. Lots of soppy annoying people on the telly, usually seen in cookery programmes or house buying programmes

In cookery: when they want to "put our twist on it"
In houses: when they want to "put our stamp on it"

e exceedingly clever for it.

so in you new house when you cook your first meal you could put a twisted stamp on it:)
''Its got pernitential (spell?)'' they say in Houses under the hammer...also''knock this wall down, put the bathroom upstairs, open plan,'' same old words put in different houses:)

Gloomendoom

Pollycat wrote: »

Yes there is every need.
It clarifies the difference between the place that buses depart from and where trains leave from.

To a six year old maybe. As "station" has been the accepted shorthand for railway or railroad station for the last 150 years or more, an adult should not need the difference clarifying.

pattycake

Location, Location tv show. The couple have loved and lost and are looking for their forever home in their beloved favourite area. Please. Same old same old every single show.

And their expectations always exceed their budgets.

Slinky

Georgiegirl256 wrote: »

Another phrase that bugs me is 'Middle for Diddle'. You hear it all the time on game shows and it's annoyng. I don't know if it's a phrase that has always been about or it's just a more recent thing.

Oh, and 'On it like a car bonnet' is really annoying too.

I have never ever heard either of those phrases.

HappyGamer

Gloomendoom wrote: »

To a six year old maybe. As "station" has been the accepted shorthand for railway or railroad station for the last 150 years or more, an adult should not need the difference clarifying.

If someone asked me where the nearest station is I could send them to a tram station, one of four bus stations or one of four train stations! I wouldn't have a clue which one they'd be expecting if they just said station.

If right near one you'd assume they meant that one and were just a little loss but you could still be wrong. If I were near the bus station and someone said station I'd say "the bus station is just down there" (for example) so if they did mean another station they wouldn't be wasting their time.

Station may be accepted as a shorthand for train/railway station, but that doesn't mean it only means that.

Also, with the whole infantile thing with train station, when you say railway I think of a kid saying it as "whaleway" :rotfl:

HappyGamer

HurdyGurdy wrote: »

The phrase I (currently) hate the most is "Ja nah 'a mean" which translates into "do you know what I mean".

I keep annoying myself by saying ya/you know/get what I mean I do usually pronounce it properly aside from it possibly coming out more as ya rather than you sometimes.

I do not want to keep saying it, it is just that I want acknowledgement for what I have just said and when I do not hear a single word from the other person I end up tagging that phrase onto the end in order to get a reply.

Pollycat

PasturesNew wrote: »

In cookery: when they want to "put our twist on it"
In houses: when they want to "put our stamp on it"

It GRATES. It's twee, it's annoying. You're neither clever or special.

Stupid phrases for gullible people that are sucked up in some "joy of the moment" when they think they've done something special and the viewing audiences will think they're exceedingly clever for it.

Gary Rhodes usued to say 'I'll just add x to 'take it to another level'.
No, you idiot. You've just ruined the dish.

Pennywise wrote: »

So, it annoys me when people start a sentence or reply to a question with "So". Don't know why, but it really grates. So, now you know!

Me too.
Or start a sentence with 'Right'.
Or when they ring you, the first thing they say after you say 'Hello' is 'Listen'. Of course I'm listening, you dimwit - I've got the bloody phone to my ear.

Gloomendoom wrote: »

To a six year old maybe. As "station" has been the accepted shorthand for railway or railroad station for the last 150 years or more, an adult should not need the difference clarifying.

Oh - we've graduated from 'infantile' to '6 year old', have we? :rotfl:

You can post photographs of as many signposts as you wish but it appears that you are the only person (so far) who thinks the word 'train station' is infantile.

One adult may have the train station in mind when they say 'let's meet at the station' but a friend - who is more used to catching the bus than the train could be waiting in vain at the bus station.
That's why an adult may need the difference clarifyting.

pigpen

HurdyGurdy wrote: »

Yes, but it isn't being used as a compliment, is it. Would you call any of your children Cs, because it is, in your opinion, "nice"?

I never said 'nice' I said when you think about the actual meaning of the word it is nice... unless you think the female genitals are repugnant.. I kinda like mine.. they serve a purpose.



It just happens that it has been used towards offsprung, PMSL, 5 of my children are adults and are free to use it too so why not.. and they have said it to me and I to my mother.. it's no different to using other rude words .. how is it any worse than calling someone an 'F' word or a 'b' word? .. i'd just type them but they get !!!!


I have no qualms about using any words.. but it depends on the company, I wouldn't deliberately set out to offend someone without cause.. so while I wouldn't use rude words to OH's mum, mine doesn't care and can give as good as she gets, so we do.. OH's mum pretends she doesn't swear.. but usually when I see her it is her house and therefore I like to keep to her rules.. and then she comes to mine We are not a vile scrotey type 'shameless' family, we wouldnt even fit in on Jeremy Kyle.. shocking I know.. in fact quite the opposite.. but if it is good enough for Prince Phil to use, it's good enough for us

It is about knowing when and where and who it is acceptable with and I am good at judging my audience.. ear-wiggers, I couldn't care less about.. but I wouldn't go to a church and start cussing unless my intention was to cause disruption and offence.

And also being an adult I will do pretty much as I please, within the confines of the law of course


Our bus and train station are the same building so going 'to station' is something regularly asked for when getting on the bus or in a taxi.. where are you going?.. station.. specifying which is irrelevant.. but we are the minority being the end of the line in terms of travel.. once you get here you stay or turn around and go back again! .

BNT

Gloomendoom wrote: »

To a six year old maybe. As "station" has been the accepted shorthand for railway or railroad station for the last 150 years or more, an adult should not need the difference clarifying.

It is also shorthand for Metro station, subway station, underground station and Tube station.

As for Train station vs. Railway/Railroad station, it is not down to infantilism or anything as interesting as that. Train station is simply newer, coming into common use in the 1960s and increasing since then. Railway station and Train station are roughly even in usage these days. However, if you aggregate railroad and railway variants, they outnumber train station by around 50%.