Words or phrases that annoy you

jackieblack

Petra_70 wrote: »

A kid is a baby goat, but is also a small child.

From the Oxford dictionary:

http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/kid

kid 1

Pronunciation: /kɪd/
NOUN

1. informal A child or young person:
she collected the kids from school
More example sentences Synonyms
1.1 Used as an informal form of address:
we’ll be seeing ya, kid!
More example sentences

2. A young goat.

I don't care, it still annoys me


The Oxford Dictionary also now includes awesomesauce, hangry, bants and wine o'clock
The Oxford Dictionary is not what it used to be

ItsJordannn

I used to work in a retail store and if we didn't have a product in stock, we had to tell the customer to order it off our website.

The amount of times the customer said "yeah thanks, I'll go and order it offline then" was incredible.

I know you may get mixed up between "ordering something online" and "ordering something off the website" but this happened atleast 2-3 times a day.

Potternerd

jackieblack wrote: »

I don't care, it still annoys me


The Oxford Dictionary also now includes awesomesauce, hangry, bants and wine o'clock
The Oxford Dictionary is not what it used to be

The Oxford Dictionary is a record of language change and always has been; so by its very nature it is not what it used to be because language is constantly evolving.

Barny1979

Literally!!!

Gloomendoom

jackieblack wrote: »

I don't care, it still annoys me

Exactly. This thread is about words or phrases that annoy you.

The fact that said word or phrase exists in the OED is irrelevant.

Clutterfree

Haven't read through the entire thread so these are probably repeats....

Would of instead of would have.
Anyhoo - it's anyhow.
Two times - twice - adverts even use it now - this is two times longer - no it's twice as long! :mad:
One time - it's once!
Also I've heard this a lot on programmes like TOWIE - "you upset me as a person" - erm as opposed to what? Upsetting you as a tree?!

Gloomendoom

"End of"

I've never heard it used in real life, only in posts on MSE, so it may be some kind of forum shorthand.

Armchair23

Been reading the thread which means I'm off for a lie down with a cold flannel to just cope with the angst. I have a world of words and phrases I hate !
Narrowing it down is the problem...

barbiedoll

I (reluctantly) had to speak to one of our I.T. bods at work the other day.

Of course, he trotted out one of my most hated sentences ever...

"Have you tried turning the computer off and then on again?"

Aaarrggghh!!! (And no, it didn't work. It never does)

Torry_Quine

barbiedoll wrote: »

I (reluctantly) had to speak to one of our I.T. bods at work the other day.

Of course, he trotted out one of my most hated sentences ever...

"Have you tried turning the computer off and then on again?"

Aaarrggghh!!! (And no, it didn't work. It never does)

It sometimes does though, not just computers either.