Words that make you want to go AAARRRRGGGH!

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Anyone else got any words/sentances that make you mad? Mine's - Well of course he/she is so forward for their age..........

"It must be the hormones"

that p**s me off when you are trying to make a point to dp and male family.

What about waiting for a delivery and all they can tell you is it will be between the hours of 8am to 6pm.

hate it when kids are taught to say silly words such as geegee(horse), bow wow(dog), din dins(dinner)etc. what's the point of learning it twice? not to mention brum brums and papaps yuk!

Mine is 'property'. A friend of mine is house-hunting, and she no longer lives in a house - it's her 'property'. The word 'house' has temporarily been wiped from her vocabulary. She once began a story, 'I was cutting the grass outside our property when....'. Yuk!

absolutely HATED it when i was very pregnant and people would say to me "havn't you had that baby yet?" are you blind?

When cold-callers use your name at the end of every sentence.

And in shops when they pick up your name from your credit card and do the same thing. It's part of the bluddy training! I hate it!!!

The word space, meaning room, as in "oh this is a lovely space"on all those TV home shows

And you no longer be able to buy a flat, they all seem to be apartments or worse still 'luxury apartments'

soory, there should be 'seem to' between longer and be. - Obviously I'm getting too carried away!

Says she who can't even spell sorry!

babster and jasper, yes, property and space are truly horrible. Personally I hate 'celebrities'. (the word, not necessarily the people, as long as they dont refer to themselves as celebs)I suppose its the associations, but why cant they be referred to by whatever they do, or even as 'famous people', if thats appropriate. I suppose lots of them dont actually do a lot and thats the problem.

'He'll grow out of it'
'It's only a phase'
'show's what a lively spirit he has'

and similar when your toddler has had the upteenth tantram of the day.... grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

jessi - you've reminded me of another one - people who say "I don't mean to be funny, but..." [always followed by something which shows them to be funny]. Drives me mad.

I use "to be honest" all the time though!

Another work phrase of I've put together a strawman. Well I don't see it, where the bloody hell have you got it. It certainly isn't in the car park.

My boss has loads most of which I don't understand because they refer to football phrases and as I am a foreigner and don't understand football I just continue to look at him blankly. Obviously the blank look is not just due to phrases but also his hair brained ideas and lack of understanding when it comes to the job we actually do.

Mind you one of the words I love in this country is "twat". It may be offensive to some but there is nothing better than uttering this under my breath after I have just had a meeting with my boss. It sums up all of my feelings in one simple word.

Lush is another I just love. I have a girlfriend who uses this and I find it so English I can't help but love it.

LOL grommit at 'how you diddling?' Hate hate hate 'space' and 'property' too. In the Post Ofice yesterday there was a sign for a Retail Centre - what's wrong with 'shop'?

Hate non Americans saying '9/11'

Apologies to any Estate Agents, or partners of Estate Agents, but I HATE the way they seem to talk in a language all there own, and always with a huge insincere smile on their face.

The other day dh and I were sent to the wrong branch for a meeting with our Mortgage Advisor, and all the bloke could say was 'Someone's obviously dropped a brick' WHAT?!!!!!! Sounds like he shat himself!!

I HATE stroppy 10 year olds saying " WHAT does it look like I'm doing?? DERRRRR" dripping with sarcasm!!!

"Minging" just gets up my nose !!

People who cold call and claim their NOT trying to sell you anything - yeah right!!! You were calling to enquire about my health then??

Grommit I'm with you on 'how you diddling', an old boss used to say it all the time. I can't bear to watch David Beckham in interviews because he says 'you know' at least 50 times. I also hate kiddies, hubby and basically.

God the more I think about it the more there are.

People not pronouncing the letters th and using f instead. The number of horses over there is not free but three. However, if you are telling me that those three horses are free I will take them.

People saying but at the end of a sentence with no intention of adding anything else on.

Obviously I'm just perfect and never p**s anyone off with anything I say.

Telephone calls that ask you 'If you could have any window replaced free of charge which one would it be?' - meaning you must need your house double glazed, I'll send someone round for a quote or 'If you could choose any holiday destination where would you go?' - meaning you have to attend some timeshare talk, pay a huge admin fee and still have to buy your flights.

If I should ever moan at my DH about something he has done or not done he says "it doesn't make me a bad person".

mckenzie - that would drive me mad. I have a similar one - when i comment on some band my brother likes ("Oasis are rubbish" and he says "but that's just your opinion though"... what else would it be?

sobernow, I like your reply - I might try that next time.

Meanmum, love your strawman - in the car park or anywhere else - what? WHAT? Is this from The Office or something? Ugh!

The estate agents on The House Doctor always start, "the property is entered through the front door into the hall". WOW! That is SO unusual!

Also agree re twat (where are you from then, meanmum???)

Has anybody mentioned "at this moment in time" yet?