HorrorGeek Posted April 13, 2012 Report Share Posted April 13, 2012 My mum turns everything I do into an "ing" Are you Gymming tonight? Are you Zumba-ing tonight? Are you quizzing tonight? No! I'm going to the gym! I'm going to Zumba! I'm going to the quiz!Okay, I am totally guilty of turning nouns into verbs. I "google" all the time. The two that kill me the most - irregardless and "supposably". It's regardless and supposedly. Not hard.People who actually say O M G instead of "oh my god/goodness" verbally. Okay, people who say any text initials while speaking in general. I was once told "B R B" at the drive thru window. Are we so lazy we can't speak whole words now? [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]The Horror Geek Half Dwarf Adventurer! My Challenge Thread is here. I have zombies to outrun! Failure is not an option! Link to comment
aj_rock Posted April 13, 2012 Report Share Posted April 13, 2012 kthanxbai Why must I put a name on the foods I choose to eat and how I choose to eat them? Rather than tell people that I eat according to someone else's arbitrary rules, I'd rather just tell them, I eat healthy. And no, my diet does not have a name.My daily battle log! Link to comment
HorrorGeek Posted April 13, 2012 Report Share Posted April 13, 2012 Oooh and people who say "literally" all the time and inappropriately every single time. For example, once heard on The Biggest Loser, "He literally killed us" in reference to a particularly difficult workout from Bob. No, I'm pretty sure he didn't, since you're currently being interviewed on television. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]The Horror Geek Half Dwarf Adventurer! My Challenge Thread is here. I have zombies to outrun! Failure is not an option! Link to comment
redxavier Posted April 13, 2012 Report Share Posted April 13, 2012 I always thought the second 'so' in "so far, so good" was more about it flowly nicely rather than grammar. George Carlin once did a sketch on this that I always loved, including stuff like "down the tubes", "piece of cake/easy as pie", "near miss", and many others. Here it is: Link to comment
Maggie May Posted April 13, 2012 Report Share Posted April 13, 2012 I've found that I take anything I used to hate and currently use it just to be annoying.Winning!TOTES!Fo realz??kthanxbaiDEWD.Or anything else spelled atrociously.Also, these aren't sayings but I CANNOT STAND when people use the wrong forms of words. HorrorGeek this is for you: http://theoatmeal.com/comics/literally Link to comment
bigm141414 Posted April 13, 2012 Report Share Posted April 13, 2012 <3 The Oatmealkthxbai! "Pull the bar like you're ripping the head off a god-damned lion" - Donny Shankle Link to comment
HorrorGeek Posted April 13, 2012 Report Share Posted April 13, 2012 Also, these aren't sayings but I CANNOT STAND when people use the wrong forms of words. HorrorGeek this is for you: http://theoatmeal.com/comics/literallyOoooh the wrong forms one drives me nuts too. After a few hours of reading Yelp, I was driven to rant on FB about that very topic. And thank you for that link - that was hilarious! And true...very, very true. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC]The Horror Geek Half Dwarf Adventurer! My Challenge Thread is here. I have zombies to outrun! Failure is not an option! Link to comment
Guest Snake McClain Posted April 13, 2012 Report Share Posted April 13, 2012 i actually sort of like it when people say "totes". it makes me laugh. Link to comment
161803398874989 Posted April 13, 2012 Report Share Posted April 13, 2012 I HATE IT WHEN PEOPLE TYPE IN ALL CAPS Quare? Quod vita mea non tua est. You can call me Phi, Numbers, Sixteen or just plain 161803398874989. Link to comment
maegs Posted April 13, 2012 Report Share Posted April 13, 2012 One that bugs me is "irregardless" - just say regardless! Also when people change sayings so that they don't make any sense. I saw an article in the paper talking about how someone was "spoiled rotting" and I've seen variations on "you have another thing coming" several times, instead of "another think." Current Challenge Goodreads|Instagram|Ravelry Link to comment
spatzcat Posted April 13, 2012 Report Share Posted April 13, 2012 ok, (okay) for real this is what bugs me:"Who wants to champion that?" "Task". - I just all around hate this word. That's really about it. oh except for:I hate it when you have to listen to a lecture, or speech, or a sermon, or anything that involves you to have to be listening to someone talk about boring stuff for an undetermined period of time, and the person says a bunch of crap, and then they say "...but we'll discuss that a little later"-- this statement implys that your "undetermined" period of time just got waaaaaaaaay longer, because now there is a "later", and you have to wait to get to it. Never let your fear decide your fate. Link to comment
DustMite Posted April 13, 2012 Report Share Posted April 13, 2012 I had a friend who, whenever someone said "epic" would say "you mean long and boring?"I hate it when people say "begs the question" when they mean "RAISES the question". Link to comment
aj_rock Posted April 13, 2012 Report Share Posted April 13, 2012 i actually sort of like it when people say "totes". it makes me laugh.Totes Magotes!I had a friend who, whenever someone said "epic" would say "you mean long and boring?"I hate it when people say "begs the question" when they mean "RAISES the question".I always saw the difference as raising the question just following logic (if a, then b, this raises the question of why a first)?, whereas begging the question came more from challenging an extraordinary or dubious claim (gained 30 lbs of muscle in a week you say? This begs the question of exactly which ROIDS you were using)Or I could be totally wrong. Why must I put a name on the foods I choose to eat and how I choose to eat them? Rather than tell people that I eat according to someone else's arbitrary rules, I'd rather just tell them, I eat healthy. And no, my diet does not have a name.My daily battle log! Link to comment
Atalan Posted April 13, 2012 Report Share Posted April 13, 2012 "It is what it is." Never before have so many words been regularly assembled to convey so little meaning. I'm starting to think there is a secret group of tautologists out to take over the world and this phrase was just the beginning."Totes" There were maybe three weeks where 'totes' instead of 'totally' sounded cute if you were a petite blonde posh British chick. It no longer sounds cute from anyone. Link to comment
DustMite Posted April 13, 2012 Report Share Posted April 13, 2012 I always saw the difference as raising the question just following logic (if a, then b, this raises the question of why a first)?, whereas begging the question came more from challenging an extraordinary or dubious claim (gained 30 lbs of muscle in a week you say? This begs the question of exactly which ROIDS you were using)Or I could be totally wrong.I think it COULD be used in that respect: The word beg in this context means to dodge or evade. Begging the question is the same as a circular argument, because it doesn't answer the question (My foot hurts because it is in pain. That doesn't explain WHY your foot hurts). But I think you could make an argument for using it for a dubious claim (claiming to gain 30lbs of muscle in a week dodges the obvious question: What steroids are you on?). That being said... it would probably still bother me. Link to comment
DustMite Posted April 13, 2012 Report Share Posted April 13, 2012 "It is what it is." Never before have so many words been regularly assembled to convey so little meaning. I'm starting to think there is a secret group of tautologists out to take over the world and this phrase was just the beginning.That does beg the question. What is it? Link to comment
nickls Posted April 13, 2012 Report Share Posted April 13, 2012 "It is what it is."Hate this one too, and as a Bostonian I get a steady stream of it from Bill Belichick during football season. Actually, listen to almost any sports interview and you will get a series of cliches and meaningless or completely obvious statements. Link to comment
guest439437484421 Posted April 13, 2012 Report Share Posted April 13, 2012 There used to be a higher up that was obsessed with the word "processes", but instead of saying the last es as "is", he would say it as "ease". So he was really saying "process e's". Drove me nuts until he left. Lvl 5 Penguin Warrior: 10 Str, 3.5 Dex, 6.5 STA, 23.5 CON, 12.25 WIS, 5.75 CHAIntro | Current Challenge Thread | Character sheetMy Personal Blog | My Food Blog There are no failures, only learning pains Link to comment
Havock Posted April 13, 2012 Report Share Posted April 13, 2012 I have to agree with the all caps, that drives me nuts. I get all kinds of things at work "It is what it is" is becoming more popular, I've even caught myself using it from time to time. I get in trouble for saying "Dude", but I blame the 90s. ~Havock N7 Lycan. Scout at heart, training with the Rangers. {Level 1} STR 3 | DEX 2 | STA 1 | CON 2 | WIS 5 | CHA 2 Link to comment
scuddle Posted April 13, 2012 Report Share Posted April 13, 2012 I am a pretty positive and accepting person, until it comes to grammatical mistakes, and stupid sayings, like many of you have mentioned here. I especially hate the overuse of the word 'epic'... I think that this person does a fantastic job of describing why it's horrible to use it so often:http://itstartswith.com/2012/02/rant-words/ Level 1 Wood Elf DruidSTR 3 | DEX 3 | STA 1 | CON 3 | WIS 2 | CHA 3 First Challenge Link to comment
Mama T Posted April 13, 2012 Report Share Posted April 13, 2012 "It is what it is." Never before have so many words been regularly assembled to convey so little meaning. I'm starting to think there is a secret group of tautologists out to take over the world and this phrase was just the beginning.seriously can't stand that phrase. i feel like it's just someone's way of not having to articulate a thought, or an excuse for not trying to make something better. 'oh well, i can't fix that. it is what it is.' blerggggg no it's not. ...we, each of us, are responsible for our own fulfillment. Nobody else can provide it for us, and to believe otherwise is to delude ourselves dangerously and to program for eventual failure every relationship we enter. - Tom Robbins Current Challenge: Life, man. Link to comment
Guest Snake McClain Posted April 13, 2012 Report Share Posted April 13, 2012 "It is what it is." this actually doesn't bother me at all. weird. i see why it would i guess but it seems fine really. Link to comment
morethanjustamom Posted April 13, 2012 Report Share Posted April 13, 2012 Return to a sense of normalcy.So wrong in so many ways! The old believe everything; the middle aged suspect everything: the young know everything. ~Oscar Wilde Link to comment
Hermione Gainser Posted April 13, 2012 Report Share Posted April 13, 2012 "touch base" I hate that phrase so much! UGH. "I'm just going to remember to not eat like an asshole most of the time" - MoC three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: one must squat.- Brobert Frost Half-Elf Warrior | Current Challenge New Battle Log | Old Battle Log Special thanks to AkLulu for drawing my awesome avatar! Link to comment
Warrior Princess Lisa Posted April 13, 2012 Report Share Posted April 13, 2012 I love this thread!!! I'm a civil engineer, so I get to hear annoying things all the time. The phrases/ commonly misused words that irritate me the most have already been given here, but I just want to repeat them:- Here's an FYI for ya (What? Here is "an for your information" for me?!?!?)- Utilize (this is supposed to mean when you use something for something other than it's intended purpose, not just to sound fancier than saying "use" You don't sound fancy, you sound like an idiot!!)-irregardless! It's not even a real word! From the Urban dictonary: irregardless- A word used by uneducated people intending to sound intelligent. -Let's take that offline (If you are on a conference call, fine, but if we are all in the same room, there is no offline, moron!)In general, I just get really irritated when people use lots of big words just to try to sound smart. When something is written in an overly wordy style, my eyes glaze over and I have to read a sentense three times to try to make sense of it. Here is a classic example: However, it appears that reporting at the detailed level would be limited in the current state or significant data could be moved to a higher level in the data hierarchy to facilitate reporting ummm, what? Warrior Princess Lisa Super Hero in training- Ranger Squad C STR-2 DEX-1 STA-4 CON-1 WIS-4 CHA-3 How can a Super Hero Ranger not win? http://nerdfitness.com/community/showthread.php?10910-Super-Hero-in-training-challenge-log!&p=153311#post153311 Link to comment
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