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.

"taking things back to grass roots level"

"to be honest" - it means you are being offensive or lying
"with resect"- you're gonna say something mean
"its always in the last place you look" - because you stop f'ing looking!!!

We also say about going to Bedfordshire, but seeing as we live here anyway, it does lose something

"yourself".

as in

"I have a meeting with yourself at 3".

NO. It's YOU. I have a meeting with YOU.

Gotten is a perfectly acceptable word, although not in commo usage. It is used in the USA.

yep, definitely hate the "I'm not being funny but...." (I'm am going to say something out of order).

I also detest the decription of conversations as "He turned round to me and said....." "then I turned round to him and said" Why would you talk to someone back to back? I just visualise two spinning people having a conversation.

of course that should have been I am not I'm am,

Forgive me, I can't type properly on this phone.

'The baby needs fed' or 'The floor needs hoovered'

No, dimwit, the baby needs to be fed, and the floor needs to be hoovered.

"I'm good" instead of "I'm fine/well"

"It's all good"

Unncecessary use of 'myself' and 'yourself'

People who start every sentence with 'bascially.'

Confusing the use of 'lend' and 'borrow'

Hate and detest LOL but have come to live with it - but can't abide ROFL and LMAO at things that are only ever vaguely amusing.

Nice - What does that word really mean? There are far better words to describe something in a positive way!

Also (I think this might be a Welsh thing), Now in a minute! Is it going to be now, or in a minute???

Being addressed as "Guys" in restaurants. Particularly Pizza Hut for some reason. And while we're on junk food outlets, what about "Does that complete your order?" It's lunchtime, there are four of us, and so far I've ordered one meal. What do YOU think?

I really need to stop going to these places....

"incentivize". This word didn't exist a few years ago. We used the word "motivate" instead, didn't we?

'Rustic,' in cooking terms or any terms for that matter, fucking rustic, does that mean it's all shoved together at random, wtf does it mean. Things weren't rustic 50 years ago

'To die for,' 'oooh that pudding was to die for.'

stepping up to the mark
stepping up to the plate

All make me want to gauge my eyes out with rusty forks

just thought of another one:

"It's not rocket science."

"Does that make sense?" my dh say's it, it drives me INSANE.

It is like he is speaking to a child in class. I want to lamp him everytime.

A common one here is "everyfink like that" put in every sentence. Arrrggghhhh!

AND

Eton Mess. It's not Eton Mess it's a fucking Pavlova for lazy bastards that can't put it together properly.

my boss always says 'There is no I in team'

and 'Don't bring me problems, bring me solutions'

Aw bluejeans, what's wrong with 'my hubby's just having a luvvurley cuppa'?

My personal bugbear - 'That'll learn yer!!!!' (Usually accompanied by massive wallop to bare leg of small child not really doing anything wrong )

Oooh ooh and 'it eats well with'

Eh????? Gary Rhodes, there is a seventh level of hell reserved just for you.

Yappy I say that. (theres no I in team )

Nancy66, a group of us where I worked decided that rocket science isn't actually that hard, and have now changed to 'It's not string theory' as we think that's a damn sight harder to understand

Yes, we are all scientists.

I like this thread.

I can't stand menu language,
oven-roasted breast of chicken, with fondant potato and a panache of vegetables served with a caramalised onion jus.
should be
Roast chicken breast with mashed potatoes, vegetables and onion gravy.

I don't like it when people say "Can you borrow me a..." or "Can I lend a ..."

The over use of words like legend, epic and random.
"Here's the legend that is Mark Ronson"
or "Glastonbury was epic last year"
"You'l never guess what, I saw ... in Boots how random is that?"

Cloth bummed

Texts written like this,Hun RU coming on Sat LOL...I've got a new dress...wot RU wearing babe LOL... let me know X...CU LOL
AARGH I could carry on

Oh, yes, menu speak. What the hell is 'pan-fried'? How in God's name does one fry something without the aid of a pan? Grrr.

Shineyshoes - Eton mess is SO much more than a messed up pavlova

"Must be a team player" in job ads.