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certain phrases which give me the irrational rage. Anyone else?

425 replies

NolansEpicDressSense · 26/01/2014 19:06

'is your husband babysitting?' actually that's not an irrational one. It annoys the fuck out of me.

'I am eating my meal'. No you're not, you're eating your breakfast/dinner/tea/lunch/supper/whatever you want to call it, not your meal.

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CouthyMow · 27/01/2014 00:02

Another gem from my Ex - escape goat instead of scapegoat. I've gently and not so gently in the end tried to explain the concept, but he still persists in saying that he's the escape goat at work. It makes me very irrational, and I have to leave the room before I embed a fork in his tongue!

BumPotato · 27/01/2014 00:03

Going forward

NigellasDealer · 27/01/2014 00:05

"escape goat instead of scapegoat"
haha couthy, my brother's business partner used to say that - bro always had an image of him riding a goat off into the sunset.....
another classic from the same person was (on the phone to a customer) - 'do not worry madam, everything is underhand'
poor bro would be sitting there going 'nooooooooo'

deakymom · 27/01/2014 00:08

its not so much what people say (although people saying you need to learn her something is WRONG!) its type talking (like facebook etc) when people have the most amazing spelling you have things like fanks somink wut finking i fought dat two (apparently fought is thought) and one person (who has been removed) going into a total illiterate rage about ten lines of misspelt uncorrected blather that defied even my ability to read it in places apparently someone could fud roight of ? "DELETE AND BLOCK!!!!" i just cant tolerate it

deakymom · 27/01/2014 00:12

meggins just because you put M in front of it doesn't make it manly

and i'm still singing the go compare advert every-time they are mentioned

alicetrefusis · 27/01/2014 01:56

'Can I get' rather than 'may I please'
ree search rather than research
Ee ther rather than either
And
Ugh
Uni
It's generic, Innit
Personal belongings
Train station etc
Etc

CaoNiMa · 27/01/2014 03:51

Something that annoys me is when people start sentences with "Look..."

I'm a journalist, and it happens a lot when I interview people, e.g.

"What do you think of the latest developments in XYZ?"

"Look - I think that they're..."

So oddly aggressive!

scantilymad · 27/01/2014 04:47

I think this might be specific to the South West but someone asking "where's that to?" instead of "where is that?" makes me want to tell them to stop speaking like such a yokel.

NurseRoscoe · 27/01/2014 05:01

Not really a phrase but 'tum' instead of tummy. Hate any other word for it rather than stomach or abdomen actually but 'tum' is the worst

'Can I have 5 minutes of your time'

Oh there are loads!

EmmaBemma · 27/01/2014 05:29

"Something that annoys me is when people start sentences with "Look...""

That annoys me too. Also, I'm noticing that more interviewees on telly and radio are starting their answers with "So...". It's annoying in a more subtle way, but now I've started noticing it I hear it all the time.

EmmaBemma · 27/01/2014 05:30

On the other hand, regional syntax variations of the kind described here do not bother me at all - I like them.

MistressDeeCee · 27/01/2014 05:31

"basically" & "literally" inserted into almost every sentence. I caught the tail end of a tv interview recently and the interviewee said "basically I was literally, literally, really really scared". It was about a mate who'd made her jump. & she said it more than once. It gave me the absolute and utter rage. When people say "and I was like" mid-sentence it also gives me the rage.

As does "Im not being funny but...". Because then, I know you ARE going to be funny. As in funny peculiar, not funny haha. & people who write "goodnite" or "tonite" in text messages. WHY? where's the sense in replacing "gh", & then adding on a random "e"?

I feel better now Ive ventedGrin

GhettoPrincess001 · 27/01/2014 05:58

Aaargh ! What the hell is the problem with the word, 'meal' ? I don't get it. Yet another, 'only on MN' example.

Thank you mrspremis, I agree wholeheartly.

However here's mine:

sangwich = sandwich
ungion = onion
hospikal = hospital

gimcrack · 27/01/2014 06:30

'Learnings' - used regularly at work and makes me very cross.
'Listen' - used by twatty broadcasters, such as Dermot and Richard Madeley.

CherryLips1980 · 27/01/2014 07:04

Going forward. It makes me want to poke their eyes out.

WitchWay · 27/01/2014 07:22

Pixel "Didn't ought to" is Midlands dialect - awful but not thought wrong there

Hate any corporate speak - Out of the envelope / push the envelope etc

Also HATE any version of "all singing from the same hymn-sheet" grrr

threebats · 27/01/2014 07:24

'So be it...' I am in a rage just typing it... My ex used to say this all the time when he could not get his own way. I hear it now and boil. Literally, I boil...
And when somebody says a thousand pound instead of a thousand pounds - I realise this is a specific thing to an area or accent though and would never correct a person but I dislike it.
I absolute hate 'so be it'...
Arghhhhh....!

NigellasDealer · 27/01/2014 07:24

Aaargh ! What the hell is the problem with the word, 'meal' ? I don't get it. Yet another, 'only on MN' example
actually no, my bro once dumped a woman he was dating cos she suggested they 'go for a meal'

threebats · 27/01/2014 07:27

Keep me in the loop....
Lol
What the actual feck?
You mean keep you informed?

NigellasDealer · 27/01/2014 07:27

oooh telephone sales people who use the reflexive pronoun -
'mrs dealer - is that yourself? myself and my colleagues are just phoning everyone to ask.....'

and
'thanking you'

threebats · 27/01/2014 07:28

You know when people say, 'This is a great space for entertaining...'
I have visions of a circus act turning up and a great ho-ha of an evening ensuing.
I realise they mean having people over for 'a meal' (apologies to the above poster for that!)
But really....

I am going now else I will spend all day here going through phrases I either hate or find funny.

bragmatic · 27/01/2014 07:33

Also, I'm noticing that more interviewees on telly and radio are starting their answers with "So...". It's annoying in a more subtle way, but now I've started noticing it I hear it all the time.

I'll see your "So" or "Look" and raise you the piss boilingly infuriating "Well, let me just say this…"

Well, of course I'll let you, you dolt. I just asked you a question didn't I?

rollonthesummer · 27/01/2014 08:15

'How will you evidence that?'

(I won't 'evidence' it, you smeg head, but will be showing you my evidence.

'I'm loving this/enjoying this/hating this/noticing this'. Surely it should be, I love this, enjoy this, hate this or have noticed this..?!'

OutNumberedByBlue2 · 27/01/2014 08:30

Bab or baba or me bab in reference to a baby or as a term of endearment.

That was so organic / you're so organic - very pretentious & bloody annoying.

Batch (regional thing I know) but it's a bread roll that has been cooked in a batch. Aaaahhhh!

Babylonmood · 27/01/2014 08:36

Don't get the meal thing.

Surprised that "bless you" / "ohhhhhhh, bless" has not been mentioned. Sickening sweet banal nothing response.

Hate "change their bum" instead of change their nappy.

I need to loose 3 stones.

Lose and stone!

Monies. Usually comes hand in hand with incorrect use of myself/yourself. Monies is a valid useful word but is rarely used correctly.

This too shall pass. Only on MN but it depresses me as it reminds me of the more serious "lest we forget". Since it is usually referring to some unwanted sleep/behaviour issue, it feels overly dramatic and sinister.

I'm sure there are more. I'll be back.