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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.

OP posts:
Tinymrscollings · 26/01/2014 23:13

"Thank you for your email. I am currently out of the office between Monday 1st and Friday 5th"

No, no, no. Either you are out currently and will return on the 5th or you're out of the office between Monday and Friday. Not both.

Rowlers · 26/01/2014 23:15

D'ya know what I mean?
"Sweet" (kids at school saying it now when impressed; it used to be "ledge" as in legend)

NigellasDealer · 26/01/2014 23:17

'minidealer has failed to complete her homework, she was given a detention but failed to arrive and failed to inform us'
Angry - is that teacher trying to tell me something?

drbonnieblossman · 26/01/2014 23:18

if yous ia being used collectively then surely no need to specify the number of people to which it refers. it's common slang.

Gullygirl · 26/01/2014 23:20

The reason why - the reason IS why ffs.
Baby Mamma.
Anyhoo.
A little bit of sick just came in my mouth.
I was like,she was like,I was like...
Reality show contestants talking about their "journeys".
Wine o' clock.
Facebook friends who are constantly feeling blessed.

ilovesooty · 26/01/2014 23:23

I text him
Littleman / little lady
Gawjus
Lil
Prolly
Quite unique - unique is an absolute term
Discrete instead of discreet
My bad
Perfect (said by a colleague when she's not listening)
This is it
Not being funny but
So I turned round and
Diarise
He done it
I'm going Asda

Just to start with...

GW297 · 26/01/2014 23:24

When push comes to shove

nirishma · 26/01/2014 23:25

'LOL' at 'feeling blessed'.

I'll add that one to my list.

ilovesooty · 26/01/2014 23:27

Oh, and questions ending in "no"

ilovesooty · 26/01/2014 23:27

Phased instead of fazed.

Littleen · 26/01/2014 23:34

moist

at the end of the day (jeremy kyle show anyone?)

reem (what does it mean?)

asdonians (as in someone who shops in asda. What is wrong with Asda!)

"...is more bigger than yours" / "is more better than yours" and so on

Littleen · 26/01/2014 23:34

oh and "by the skin of my teeth"

drbonnieblossman · 26/01/2014 23:36

diarise is the correct term.

letsgotothebeach · 26/01/2014 23:36

Me thinks.....

NigellasDealer · 26/01/2014 23:37

"off my own back"

NigellasDealer · 26/01/2014 23:37

who says 'diarise' is correct?? it's a horrible term!

PixelAteMyFace · 26/01/2014 23:47

Pretty please - really loathe that

Back in the day

Hun, bubs etc

Having a little blub

At this moment in time

Bootylicious

Shouldn't of

Didn't ought to

InWithTheITCrowd · 26/01/2014 23:47

"Rant over" usually written after a moan that wasn't really a rant.
And you can tell it's over, because it's over. You don't write "sentence over" when you've finished a non-rant!
Gah

CouthyMow · 26/01/2014 23:49

"Oh my days". Seems to be a very 'Essex' one. I live in Essex. I hear it multiple times a day, and it makes me very stabby!

PixelAteMyFace · 26/01/2014 23:52

Trust me

I don't mean to be rude but....(invariably followed by some rude or tactless remark)

Horses for courses

Gets on my tits

"The wife" "the missus"

My better half

CouthyMow · 26/01/2014 23:55

Ibrufen. It's fucking ibuPROfen.

Busyoldfool · 26/01/2014 23:58

I think we all agree that..... No we don't!

CouthyMow · 26/01/2014 23:59

Pacific for specific makes me want yo put my fingers in my ears and run away. At the end of the day yes, Ex, at the end of the day I'm glad you are my ex so I don't have to hear this for the hundredth time today.

Blud. And other teenager speak in general. Have you ever tried to follow the conversation of teenage girls? Only every third word is recognisable as English.

Busyoldfool · 27/01/2014 00:01

"Can we help you with/ to...?" when they want you to do something or "How can we help you to improve...". Hate it.

NigellasDealer · 27/01/2014 00:01

everything has gone "tits up"
ffs

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