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Post by Johnny_Hellzapoppin on Oct 17, 2017 15:07:43 GMT
The worst offender for me has to be 'hook, line, and sinker', which for me is like nails on a chalk board. I have no idea why, but it has always irritated the hell out of me.
Also, not a phrase, but it has always annoyed me when people use the work 'rank' when they mean smelly.
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Post by pacinoyes on Oct 17, 2017 15:15:32 GMT
"Can I be honest with you"
Nah, just lie to me instead.
Also people who think they're British and sign emails "Cheers" or randomly say "Brilliant" - if you're British ok, if you're from Jersey, knock it off.
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Post by mikediastavrone96 on Oct 17, 2017 16:00:24 GMT
Whenever I hear someone say "same difference," I want to strangle them.
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Post by Sharbs on Oct 17, 2017 16:07:41 GMT
Whenever I hear someone say "same difference," I want to strangle them. you'd hate me, I even take it a step further and use "same diff".
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Post by Sharbs on Oct 17, 2017 16:16:39 GMT
"give 110%"
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Post by stephen on Oct 17, 2017 17:17:35 GMT
If someone uses the word "fave," I have the sudden urge to hit them in the larynx.
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Post by theycallmemrfish on Oct 17, 2017 17:21:00 GMT
Almost everything you ever hear in the gym is absolutely grating to me...
"All you bro, all you!" -- No, it is obviously not all him when you're fucking rowing 100 pounds of his 200 pound bench. "I know, I look fat, but that's because I'm bulking." -- Bulking is a very real thing, but when you look that way year round... then no, it's not bulking, it's your normal size.
There are a ton more, but I'm just gonna sound petty.
Yesterday, though, I saw a first. Two guys were deadlifting on the platform next to me and one of the guys was bragging to his girlfriend about how he's gonna pull up 3 plates like it's nothing (usually that means 315 pounds, which is respectable). HOWEVER, he didn't realize that he was using 25 pound bumper plates instead of the 45 pound ones... so his 315 was actually a mere 195.
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Post by stephen on Oct 17, 2017 17:38:25 GMT
Almost everything you ever hear in the gym is absolutely grating to me... "All you bro, all you!" -- No, it is obviously not all him when you're fucking rowing 100 pounds of his 200 pound bench. "I know, I look fat, but that's because I'm bulking." -- Bulking is a very real thing, but when you look that way year round... then no, it's not bulking, it's your normal size. There are a ton more, but I'm just gonna sound petty. Yesterday, though, I saw a first. Two guys were deadlifting on the platform next to me and one of the guys was bragging to his girlfriend about how he's gonna pull up 3 plates like it's nothing (usually that means 315 pounds, which is respectable). HOWEVER, he didn't realize that he was using 25 pound bumper plates instead of the 45 pound ones... so his 315 was actually a mere 195. I'M CULTIVATING MASS!
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Post by countjohn on Oct 17, 2017 18:16:18 GMT
People saying "this is true" after someone says something instead of "that is true". It's a failed attempt to sound folksy.
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Post by Johnny_Hellzapoppin on Oct 17, 2017 18:32:40 GMT
People saying "this is true" after someone says something instead of "that is true". It's a failed attempt to sound folksy. I have to hold my hands up on that one, although it isn't to sound folksy...I actually just like how it sounds.
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Post by Martin Stett on Oct 17, 2017 18:39:08 GMT
"What's up?" is the most grating greeting I've encountered. What does that even mean? How do I respond to this nonsensical phrase? Just ask me how I'm doing so I can grunt noncommitally, or even better, just use a standard greeting like "hello" so I can nod in your general direction and proceed to go about my day without you in it.
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Post by Joaquim on Oct 17, 2017 19:00:53 GMT
"What's up?" is the most grating greeting I've encountered. What does that even mean? How do I respond to this nonsensical phrase? Just ask me how I'm doing so I can grunt noncommitally, or even better, just use a standard greeting like "hello" so I can nod in your general direction and proceed to go about my day without you in it. Oh dude, you'd probably murder me irl
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Post by ibbi on Oct 17, 2017 19:14:04 GMT
For as long as I can remember, must be at least 20 years now, I have hated the term 'my bad' with a fucking passion. Oh my god, I hate it so much. Sarah Michelle Gellar was the love of my life when I was a teenager, then there was an episode of Buffy where she said "My bad", and it was one of the most traumatic experiences of my life. I have never been able to forget it, or forgive the show for making her say it.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 17, 2017 19:21:33 GMT
"It is what it is". Who are you, Gertrude Stein?
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Post by Deleted on Oct 17, 2017 20:13:10 GMT
When people use "literally" incorrectly. Also, "ight".
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Post by Kings_Requiem on Oct 17, 2017 21:04:44 GMT
When anybody uses any of the following to indicate that something is good:
boss dope sick
Also when people mispronounce the word frustrate and its variations... some people leave out the first "r" and pronounce it "fustrate." Same goes for any other commonly mispronounced word like supposedly which becomes "supposebly."
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Post by stephen on Oct 17, 2017 21:07:47 GMT
When anybody uses any of the following to indicate that something is good: boss dope sickAlso when people mispronounce the word frustrate and its variations... some people leave out the first "r" and pronounce it " fustrate." Same goes for any other commonly mispronounced word like supposedly which becomes " supposebly." Pedantic comment of the day: supposably is actually a word. But yeah, it's misused.
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Post by mhynson27 on Oct 17, 2017 21:38:27 GMT
When Americans say 'I could care less' instead of 'I could not care less'. It makes it sound like there is a level of caring below what you are feeling right now which defeats the whole purpose of the saying.
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Post by theycallmemrfish on Oct 17, 2017 21:50:44 GMT
When Americans say 'I could care less' instead of 'I could not care less'. It makes it sound like there is a level of caring below what you are feeling right now which defeats the whole purpose of the saying. At least our toilets flush in the correct direction!
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Post by mhynson27 on Oct 17, 2017 23:08:30 GMT
When Americans say 'I could care less' instead of 'I could not care less'. It makes it sound like there is a level of caring below what you are feeling right now which defeats the whole purpose of the saying. At least our toilets flush in the correct direction! Haha... Wait what? Our toilets flush in different directions? How does that even work??? P.S. I still maintain 'I could care less' is a stupid phrase
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Post by Ryan_MYeah on Oct 17, 2017 23:13:43 GMT
When Americans say 'I could care less' instead of 'I could not care less'. It makes it sound like there is a level of caring below what you are feeling right now which defeats the whole purpose of the saying. I think there’s more to it. Sure, there’s the implication that you could care more if you wanted to. But what I get out of it is, “Does it really matter?” With “Couldn’t”, you at least have a definitive “no” response. “Could” rings to me like the response saying “Maybe, but who really cares?” Apathy beyond apathy or rejection.
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Post by mikediastavrone96 on Oct 17, 2017 23:16:00 GMT
At least our toilets flush in the correct direction! Haha... Wait what? Our toilets flush in different directions? How does that even work??? P.S. I still maintain 'I could care less' is a stupid phrase They actually don't, it's a myth regarding the Coriolis force, but it's a strangely fun myth.
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Post by pendragon on Oct 17, 2017 23:22:43 GMT
It doesn't. It's an oft repeated myth that toilets and drains go in different directions in the northern and southern hemispheres.
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Post by Ryan_MYeah on Oct 17, 2017 23:25:54 GMT
Hyperbolic false equivalencies to real life tragedies to highlight how bad something is. Words like “Holocaust”, “Genocide”, “War Zone”, shut your priveliged mouth!
It’s also been my personal experience that anyone who uses “Social Justice Warrior” or “SJW” with any semblance of sincerity is an easy indication that that person is a horrible human being not worth the time to chew them out.
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Post by mhynson27 on Oct 17, 2017 23:33:04 GMT
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