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.

"chuffed to f*ck"

And using yourself when it should be you - as in "how can I help yourself today?", beloved of the telesales/ customer services people.

and people who interlard their conversation with feller, bruv, and other such nonsensical terms.

"welcome to my world"

and "not being funny, but..."
yep, got that right!

People being described as "bubbly" or describing themselves as being "mad", as in "I am mad, me". I despise them instantly.

ooh, springfleurs, yes! "bubbly personality" - the death-stroke to any liking I might have had for someone.

thumb... as therapists say - it's all bullsh*t before the 'but'

I hate that "I'm not being funny but...." as well

another tning I don't like (although not a phrase) is when people - children usually, teenagers particularly - push their tongue forward in their lip and say "duh..." or whatever it is the sound is.

Does that make sense? Anyone else know what I mean?

I really hate that

"soul-mates"

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

but no one actually uses that believing it's the proper word do they? surely it's just a take off from ali-g years ago and used ironically?

if not i apologise for my use of it over the years which were not meant to be taken seriously but where firmly with the intention of taking the piss out of moronic people looking for racism where their isn't any.like the woman i once heard describe something as "that's racist against single mums".
i used it in a similar manner to declare a friends preference for white chocolate over dark chocolate as "racialist"

I get wound up by English (British) people using the phrase "he had a right paddy" and then defending it when challenged!!! have had that argument with Edam a couple of times now.

Apart from that, all the usual suspects, at the end of the day, at this moment in time...

at the number one annoying phrase that I hear all the time in Dublin, ah fair play to you!!

tommy i know what you mean - the sound is more of a hnnn-uh-hnnn noise, I think!

ooooh yes "i'm not being funny but......"

Very true. Might as well say, i'm a tactless idiot who knws this is a shit thing to say but i'm going to bulldoze ahead with it anyway

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"bang on trend"

Fashion-forward!!

Like - at the end of every sentence.

My daughters latest one is "Same!" - meaning she feels the same way about something (shudder)

Arks instead of ask...most of my fellow students say this, and they are about to do a degree. Its ASK - A-S-K....not ARKS.

And my personal fav - "Have a nice day" in a sarcastic tone when you have not purchased a Big Issue.

I hate online forum lovey dovey talk, such as....

awwwwww...
oh hunni!
hun
babes
sending you hugs
(((((big hugs)))))
sending you sticky baby fairy dust
love coming your way down your computer screen
mwah mwah big love

I'd rather people just talk matter of fact, for example, "I hope you are feeling OK" or "I'm thinking of you"

Or maybe I'm just a heartless bitch!

"Can I get" (makes me want to say No you can't "get" but you may "have")

Brought for bought and vice versa

well done you (who else would the speaker mean ?)

Women who call all their "girlfriends" - ooops that's another annoying word - "darling" every 5 seconds in conversation

People saying "do you know what" when they are about to say something, usually banal.

"Basically" and "consequently". Is there ever a need to use the word "basically"?Consequently, however, is used to join random thoughts together. "I went to the shop. Consequently I ate pizza". Aargh.

Along with all those already mentioned may I add these into this Room 101 of Verbal irrritation:

My son has started saying ''I'll take the ...'' in cafes etc. It's so American and somehow RUDE.

People who say ''yourselves'' when trying to sound 'professional' eg cold callers/estate agents etc ''When I last spoke to yourselves...''

Menus where it says ''to your liking'' eg ''grilled to your liking''. Makes my teeth itch.

Moist towellette. Actually any word ending in ''ette''

I don't like the miss-use of

With all due respect....

when the person has no intention of being respectful and is about to contradict or insult you!

ooohh I'm on a roll here

middle class kids with cut glass accents attempting ghetto speak (innit, arks, phat etc etc)

whe interviwers say to people who have suffered unspeakable tragedy or loss "how does that make you feel" - HOW DO YOU THINK THEY FEEL YOU MORON