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Name a more annoying way to finish a sentence..... I'll wait.

229 replies

HurryUpAndWait23 · 08/08/2021 17:57

Just when you think ending a statement or sentence with "discuss", along comes "I'll wait."

It's so fucking obnoxious.

OP posts:
Sandles12 · 08/08/2021 23:23

'Moving forward'. Either at beginning or end of sentences. Seems to be the new buzz words in meetings.

JustLoveYourselfALittle · 08/08/2021 23:24

Innit

lilmishap · 08/08/2021 23:25

As you do.

BrozTito · 08/08/2021 23:27

In the 90s when people finished them with..........'notttttttt'

AttaGirrrrl · 08/08/2021 23:34

Oh god @BrozTito. I can vividly remember the first time my brother ended a sentence with “notttt”. I was thinking “that can’t be a thing. It will never take off”. How wrong I was. How irritating that was.

SwedishEdith · 08/08/2021 23:41

Just realised, I don't end sentences in "no?", I end them (on here, not in real life) with "non?" Blush Grin

And I don't care another one.

'Not" was Wayne's World, non?

RubyFowler · 08/08/2021 23:44

@BrozTito

In the 90s when people finished them with..........'notttttttt'
Oh my god! I'd forgotten about that! How annoying 😂
DeRigueurMortis · 09/08/2021 00:39

The best ones have all been expressed so I'm going in the opposite direction...

Starting a sentence with...

  • I'm sure we are all in agreement but
  • I'm sure this doesn't need asking
  • Just for the record
  • I just need to confirm we are all on the same page by asking
  • Its obvious there's only one answer to this question

Etc etc

All designed to coerce you into agreeing the loaded question that inevitably follows

AlwaysLatte · 09/08/2021 00:44

Glad someone cleared up what HTH meant, I thought it meant Hit the Hills as I saw it on here a couple of times!

AlwaysLatte · 09/08/2021 00:46

Said rather than written, but I hate it when people say they're 'speechless' when in reality they didn't stop talking either side of that statement.

AlwaysLatte · 09/08/2021 00:50

'It is what it is' riles me!

DanceForeverUnderTheLights · 09/08/2021 00:56

'Just to clarify/ To be clear,' Followed by long, drawn out ramble. Partner users both to let me know he absolutely has no intention of doing x thing I've asked, rather than just saying no.

DanceForeverUnderTheLights · 09/08/2021 00:59

I also hate the new trend of dropping words completely, e.g. 'Those potatoes need cooked. That baby needs changed.'

PatricksRum · 09/08/2021 03:17

Discuss...

HurryUpAndWait23 · 09/08/2021 06:22

Some of these are brilliant, and I couldn't agree more, they are bloody awful.

(But I also unbothered by Boom!).

My 10 year old says "wait, what?"
Which has now slipped into "way, whaaaa?"

Give me strength.

OP posts:
Freezingtoocold · 09/08/2021 06:39

Those if you that hate no? Are you ok with “Yes”? It drives me potty. Radio DJs use it too. “You’ve got a husband and 5 kids, yes?”
Or on here,
“You’re going to LTB, yes?” Angry

sanityisamyth · 09/08/2021 06:51

TIA. What's wrong with just writing thanks? Even more annoying when it isn't in capitals. Makes me think their name is Tia, and I can't understand why they they need to add a signature!

ShitPoetryClub · 09/08/2021 06:54

MessyLifeCleanHouse
Absolutely agree with you. Anyone who says "me thinks" should be shot at dawn (with the itchy teeth brigade).

UnsuitableHat · 09/08/2021 07:04

Ha, so many teeth-grinders here!
I’m not a fan of hashtags where they’re only being used to provide extra info not actually to link us to anything wider e.g.
Going on holiday tomorrow! #packingmycase #bringonthesun #staycation

HumbugWhale · 09/08/2021 07:12

I used to go out with a guy who said "back of the net" like Alan Partridge whenever he said something witty/answered a question in a quiz/achieved something. It was funny the first time.

BeetleyCarapace · 09/08/2021 07:15

@DanceForeverUnderTheLights

I also hate the new trend of dropping words completely, e.g. 'Those potatoes need cooked. That baby needs changed.'
Perfectly legitimate and long-standing usage in Scotland, that. It’s not new (here).
ShinyGreenElephant · 09/08/2021 07:44

My 12yo says "wait, whatttt" as well and its SO bloody annoying but I did the 90s "....NOT!" When I was 12 so sure I was just as bad.

I hate hashtags used like that too, one of my friends puts #gay on all his photos and I find it so strange. He's been married for about 8 years, we know he's gay!

Witchcraftandhokum · 09/08/2021 07:48

Like

Nicolastuffedone · 09/08/2021 07:53

…and breathe

MontysMinions · 09/08/2021 08:03

The one work sentence 'Update?'

Especially if it's only been a matter of hours since OP posted. Or even worse, they haven't filtered by OP and missed that there was, in fact, an update just above their demand.