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.

Agggh! 110 percent!
Especially if they precede it with 'literally'

''I'm loving......''

''Whatever....''

''It's nothing to worry about....'' when said by door-to-door sales-person.

''I want...''

''Waht's for dinner/lunch...''

''I'm bored...''

''Muuum, can you...''

Oh, and "they're the red headed step child" used to indicate that someone or something is treated badly. I find that really offensive for some reason and I don't normally find things offensive. I just want to shake people and scream that I'm a step child, does that make me second rate? NO!

Rant over, no more posts from me ;)

All these posts hilarious, so reassuring to know that I'm not alone.

'momentarily' really bugs me, I remember my father saying he was most alarmed in a plane when the pilot said, "We will be landing momentarily."

And another vote for misuse of 'literally', if they only knew. Also 'decimate' used to mean complete destruction. Mind you, even the BBC do this now so no hope I think ...

Or should that be 'the BBC does'. Hmm, maybe need to take up residence in pedants' corner.

There is a woman I know who says "Bless you" or just "bless" at the end of almost every sentence which is so very irritating I have to restrain my self from twitching violently when I know it is coming ... maybe it is because I am an Atheist and the notion of being blessed irks me, or maybe it is just bloody annoying. She is a lovely woman in most respects.

Sherida are you a red head tho??

chill ya beans hun and ask yourself what would Jesus do?......

Over use of the word 'like' as in I like, went out last night, and I was like really tired but we like had a really good time.

FGS what is like going out?! Either you are out or you are in. What is like tired? - are you tired or not? What is like a good time? Gah.

Obviously I am no longer like a teenager any more so I don't like, get it.

People who say 'what?' Do you mean 'pardon I didn't hear you' or do you mean 'I don't understand?' or do you mean 'what do you want?' Just saying 'What?' isn't very helpful.

(Don't want to get into etiquette on that one - I know there have been huge debates in the past and I don't care, I hate 'what?')

LOL nick, I have been a redhead on occasion. Currently mousy brown .

Where's the fun in chilling? I LIKE ranting !

Oh, and relating to the game thread the other day, I dislike the use of "I'm just finishing this quest" from my DH when I'm serving dinner and he's playing on the PC. Used so often it's his catchprase.

In retrospect, it may be easier for me to write a list of phrases that don't annoy me. There's less of them.

Misuse of 'literally' is Not Good.

Talking of alternatives as a plural - there is only one alternative.

My DD2's current habit 'I ge' it.' No, you'll get it (and you certainly will if you don't stop dropping your 't's )

"earth-mother"

"salt of the earth"

"calls a spade a spade".... well done that person!

"bog-roll"

"What have you had off the menu?" should be "What have you chosen?" as i've not had it yet.

Getting Apt and Ironic mixed up - they (sort of) mean opposite things. i.e. The play was cancelled today becasue of frozen pipes, ironically the play was called "Frost".

"sh*t a brick"

Oh, and when people are telling you about a conversation they have had and they say '...then I turned round and said...' No, you bloody didn't, otherwise you'd be spinning like a cat in a tumbledrier throughout the conversation.

To love someone to pieces or bits, makes my skin crawl.

Also CAN I GET a white coffee or CAN I GET a cheese sandwich etc. when ordering.

LadyAga, my DH, after we'd been together for a few years, begged me to stop using the expression 'shitting broken glass' as he couldn't stand the mental imagery

When people pronounce Picturesque and Picture-Skew and think they're funny.

I hate that too Poledra, but mainly because I always find it terribly tedious to have a conversation recited back to me. It's never interesting and mostly adapted to put the teler in a chosen light.

'As per usual' annoys me. My Dad says it. What use is the 'per' bit?
Isn't it just 'As usual'?

portblacks; the same with canapes pronounced can-apes

polendra; x-post, omg "shitting broken glass"!

"This bijou cottage is deceivingly spacious" - or really ANY estate agent speak, aaaargh!

My MIL is often heard to say 'it wasn't meant to be'. Meaning it didn't work out. If something goes well she never says 'it was meant to be'. Obviously there is a vengeful spirit floating above her directing her life to be fatally flawed....

My DS1 ends every sentence with 'Man' at the moment. Feel honour-bound to point out that he's not living off Haight-Ashbury in 1967 but don't think he got the message.

DH also fond of 'while you're down there' which makes me want to hit him upside the head with a can of tuna.

Saw recently someone posting on Times website that whenever a call centre worker said 'bear with me' he would always reply 'has it gone yet?'

"calls a spade a spade".... well done that person

as wilde said, any man who calls a spade a spade should be compelled to use one, for it is all he is fit for. (might be paraphrasing as i can't remember the exact quote.)