to get wound up by a completely harmless phrase?and what phrases/sayings get your goat

[mayorquimby]

i know on the spectrum of tragedies this falls solidly on the unimportant end, but still what is life without trivial annoyances?

the phrase? it'e when people say "i personally..."
i mean why put in the personally? obviously if you preface your statement or belief with "I" it is clear to me that you are about to express your views or personal beliefs.

so what things that people say wind you up?

cheap at half the price is another.
and also the americanisation of "i couldn't care less" to "i could care less" because to me it no longer makes sense.

i'm beginning to think i am doomed to spend a jack dee like existence getting pissed off about tribvial things people do and say which have no bearing on the state of the world and which i could easily ignore and live a happier life.

personally/really/basically/fundamentally, all eqully infuriating.

Use of 'literally', 'at the end of the day' and 'you know what I mean' all make me want to throw heavy objects.

And caveats such as 'you won't believe this', 'I'm not being mean but', 'no offence but...'

I probably, on reflection, shouldn't talk to other people.

"gotten"

Eugh - don't even like typing it.

"at this moment in time"

Bloody hell, what does that mean? Why not just say "NOW".

Me "What can I do for you?"
Them "Well, let me tell you what it is..."

Me (in my head, so far, may one day actually come out of my big gob mouth) "Yes, please, you stupid twat, it would help"

if "its meant to be it will be" or "it wasn't meant to be"

aaargh, or you could just be a bit more practive and make something happen

Some of these annoy me to especially when used comlpetely in wrong context.

If someone is asking me for an opinion or advice and I want to make it clear that this is what I think rather then what is correct or generally done though, I would use it!

(You won't beleive this but..I literally could have whacked a few of those phrases above to be honest you know)

They annoy me too. Sorry.

of course i meant proactive

I truly detest the word poncey. I find that people tend to drop in into conversation as a way of saying ''Look at how middle class I am''
I cringe every time I see it used on here.

The use of the word random for things that aren't random.

When you have made all your purchases and then the till operator says "Is there anything else I can help you with today?"

I hate "hun", "babes", "darlin" or anything else in this line.

the use of "obviously" as a habitual conversation filler

'at the end of the day...' (usually on an awful daytime reality show "yeh he beats me us and steals all my money... but at the end of the day, I love him to bits"

'at this moment in time'

'myself' when they mean to say 'me' or 'I'
people referring to themselves in the 3rd person (very odd)

"gotten"

Eugh - don't even like typing it. "

jesus reading it was equally bad. could you use it in a sentence?i've never seen or heard that one.

"literally" is another nug bear of mine used out of context. for any football fans just watch any jamie redknapp analysis, his gem from last week "the ball literally exploded of frank lamards foot".a physicist he is not.

also i'm going to throw in "random/rondomly" when talking about coincidences. "i randomly met them in a bar" grrrrr

i can't believe my own thread is winding me up even more

Oh and "brought" is really annoying especially when it should be "bought".

"It'll sort itself out" when used about some situation where I'm actually having to put a lot of effort in to sort it, and if I left it to itself it would damn well not "sort itself out" but would go to rack and ruin very quickly.

Oh and "cheer up it may never happen" from complete strangers if I'm not smiling at that specific moment. For all they know it has already happened and I'm struggling to get through the day.

"you get me"

"Actually" annoys me. Such a nothing word.

Also people saying "you know" half way through sentences. No, i don't know that's why you are telling me!

(although I 'actually' do this too )

most of what Castiel said.

Now, I have a theory about using "I personally": when you are talking to someone and you say "I would do so and so" it often comes across as you telling them to do it. If you say instead, "I personally would do so and so", then it sounds far more like you saying that you would actually do it yourself, rather than you telling them to do it. Iyswim. So I do use it sometimes. In that context.

One thing that bugs me amazingly, especially because it is culturally correct for them but not for us, is the American use of "momentarily" meaning "in a moment", rather than the English meaning of "for a moment".

Tautology annoys me too - "I'll be there at 10a.m. in the morning." ARRGH!

any phrase that has been hijacked from a comedy show/comedian

"I'm not being funny but..." said at the beginning of a sentence when it's obvious that what you are implying isn't "funny" anyway.

My cousin says it a lot.

As in - "I'm not being funny but you work hard all year so enjoy your week off..."

Does that make sense to you? Me neither.

"If someone is asking me for an opinion or advice and I want to make it clear that this is what I think rather then what is correct or generally done though, I would use it!"

that's the thing though i'm sure i've probably used it by accident when you want to be unequivocal that they shouldn't take it as gospel. but it seems to be a it of a caveat that either implies you are talking to someone stupider than you who might take anything they hear as universal truth no matter what the source. or you are about to say something that you don't want the person to take offence to, which outs it up there with "no offence but", and you just want a get out clause so you say "i personally don't like that dress" instead of just saying "i don't like that dress", they both mean exactly the same thing but one is used to give the speaker the benefit of some wiggle room.

A friend of mine uses the word 'phusically' a lot.....'i cant physically cook a pizza' wtf????

another friend uses 'in theory' a lot...

whatever used in a ignorant tone

like I say repeated 30 times

Do u know what I mean?

but the word that really grates on me is ..........racialist its farkin racist fgs grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

"no wa me?" at the end of every phrase / sentence (usually uttered by semi literate teenagers on Jeremy Kyle type shows / radio 5 interviews)

"with respect" ie I am about to disrespect you

people who mis speak words - I heard an interview with a football referee last night who obviously didn't know the difference between gesticulate and gesture and repeatedly said "gesculating"

AAAAARRRRGGGHHHHHH