Words or phrases that annoy you

PenguinOfDeath

When people, at any time of the year, see snow and declare 'it's Christmas!'

NO!

No, it is not Christmas!

Christmas is a time of year, snow is weather, one does NOT mean the other!

lizzy85

I hate hearing "whatever" and reading "lol".

supersavershal

I hate the phrase "full time mummy" .
I hear this a lot when enquiring after mothers occupation, I work full time but am also a full time mother. I believe they should rephrase to "stay at home parent"!

Goldiegirl

When I was at work, I hated meetings where people would say things like

'Hit the ground running'
'Blue sky thinking'
'Low hanging fruit'

In_Debt_Bet

Why do some people insist of saying "was like" or "goes" instead of the word said when they are discussing a conversation.

I also can't bear words like ginormous or humungus.

coolcait

In_Debt_Bet wrote: »

Why do some people insist of saying "was like" or "goes" instead of the word said when they are discussing a conversation.

...

Oooh... Raw nerve touched...

I work beside a would-be raconteuse:

"So, ah sez tae him [snippet of conversation], ah sez - so ah done.

An' he goes [snippet of conversation].

An' ah wiz lik' 'at!! :eek:
An' ah went 'NAW!'.

An' he wiz lik' 'at :huh:.

An' then he goes [snippet of conversation] - aye, that's whit he went and said!

An' ah'm lik' 'at..."


I find that it irks me slightly. Partly because I can follow the entire story..

pendragon_arther

Another irritant is 'Y'alright?', used as a greeting.

Pollycat

coolcait wrote: »

Oooh... Raw nerve touched...

I work beside a would-be raconteuse:

"So, ah sez tae him [snippet of conversation], ah sez - so ah done.

An' he goes [snippet of conversation].

An' ah wiz lik' 'at!! :eek:
An' ah went 'NAW!'.

An' he wiz lik' 'at :huh:.

An' then he goes [snippet of conversation] - aye, that's whit he went and said!

An' ah'm lik' 'at..."


I find that it irks me slightly. Partly because I can follow the entire story..

What about people who say:
so I turned round to him and said xxx and he turned round to me and said xxx........

I was listening to someone tell a protracted tale in this way and somebody else said "if you both stopped bloody spinning round, you'd get to the end of the story a lot quicker".

Pollycat

pendragon_arther wrote: »

Another irritant is 'Y'alright?', used as a greeting.

Might that be colloquial?

Very common where I come from.

Georgiegirl256

Pollycat wrote: »

Might that be colloquial?

Very common where I come from.

Same here.