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.

Thanks PacificDogwood. I have taken a moment to chillax and am feeling much better now.

oh my god flossie chillax is another hate aaaarrrrggghhhh. and a bloke on facebook says ' iam fully looking forward to....'
y add the 'fully' we get it! div

"Extremely unique". Well either it is, or it isn't.

not as bad as "slightly unique", I think!

'at the end 0of the day...' HATE IT

There are some real corkers on this thread (hopefully no-one objects to the word corkers?!)
It reminds me that I really REALLY hate
people saying that someone "is not a happy bunny".
Why can't they just say that someone isn't too happy or something is troubling them etc...why the bunny reference?
"Mucky pup" and "he's a tinker" are just as bad....

I really detest the term "Can you bear with me?" It always seems to be uttered in a fluffy, air-head kind of way and makes my skin crawl.

I also hate estate agent speak such as "the property benefits from....". How does the property "benefit" from anything? It may be fortuitous for the owner that the building has a particular feature but can't imagine the property being at all bothered one way or the other

Being told to "chill" by anyone.

DH referring to me as "woman" in the middle of an argument . Just thinking about that one makes me bloody annoyed!!

I loathe it when anyone says "end of" when they have finished their dogmatic "I'm so right no one else has a leg to stand on" opinion, written or spoken. Not that it would make it any better, but why the hell can't they say "end of discussion/story", rather than just the truncated form?

My 15:59:26 point exactly, thumbwitch!

• sorry PadDad, must have missed that. At least we agree!

BTW, I hate chillax too - was using it with tongue rammed firmly in cheek (come to think of it, what the hell does that mean???)

One of my friend's Dh who is NOT a Young Man says ''NICE-ley'' as an expression of approval (I suppose as in 'nicely done')

He also says ''yeah-yeah'' instead of ''I concur''

I think it makes him sound like a proper wanker.

Anyone who says something is over a 100% anything.

No, it's not, that's the maximum you twat.

Someone actually said to me at work the other day that they were "behind the eight ball" on this. WTF????

I also detest when asked to have a "side bar" meeting.

Can you tell the company I work at has strong US links???????????

I can't stand newsreaders and presenters saying 'Thank you very much...inDEED" when they hand over to each other. Its the over the top Indeed that bugs me.

babby or babbies.... it's baby or babies

"Every parent's worst nightmare" -- well no, you don't know what is my worst nightmare about what could happen to my kids. And it's usually not the same as whatever admittedly horrid thing has happened to some child or their parents.

LadyAga, I love "f%ck a duck"

My dh has taken to saying "to be brutally honest"

eg: "I don't think we'll have time for that, to be brutally honest"

ARGH!!!!

I detest the use of ''little one'' but not nearly as much as I hate 'bub'.

Oooh yes Thunder - I hate "little 'un", and "bump" (for pregnant tummy)

By Thumbwitch

"plonker - the "have your cake and eat it" is wrong in the phrasing rather than the content - it means you can't eat your cake and still have it in your hand, you either have to eat it or keep it in your hand."

Ah but thumbwitch, if I've had my cake (and eaten it), I no longer want to keep it in my hand ...not unless it was spectacularly tasty

"because life is too short to peel carrots" slogan on the side of an Iceland lorry... say no more

Grand gesture sayings grate me, such as:

"I'd kill anyone who hurt my kids" really? the rest of us would invite said person in for a cup of tea and a scone.

"I'd die for my kids" ... when are you ever going to have to? OK, so any of us would jump in the road to push our child out of the way, and whenever they're sick we wish it was us. But realistically, when would the people saying this be called upon to die for their children?

purpleduck; what does it even mean?

I'm sorry, I loved my bump

I can't stand the use of "gobsmacked" and "kiddies."

LadyAga, loosely translated, I think it means "Holy Cow!!!" or "Damn!"
It is very versatile

For me it's when people say 'I did it off my own back'

Gah. The phrase is 'off my own bat'. Your back has nothing to do with it.

Also the whole 'I'm not being funny', 'I turned round and said' nonsense.