Top 10 most irritating phrases

[IEC]

Originally posted by: TridenTBoy3555
Oh and I hate it when people use the *OFFICIAL* tag on their thread title when the thread is not official... I don't think that is a phrase though... Oh and I dislike it when people on this forum always post fuck as fvck. I really don't understand what the hell they are thinking.

Pipe down, young grasshopper.

Just wait for the Skoorb endorsement.

 

[bunnyfubbles]

"is it in yet?"

 

[KingGheedora]

Originally posted by: Eli

Originally posted by: TridenTBoy3555
Oh and I hate it when people use the *OFFICIAL* tag on their thread title when the thread is not official... I don't think that is a phrase though... Oh and I dislike it when people on this forum always post fuck as fvck. I really don't understand what the hell they are thinking.

It's a holdover from when things were censored.

I never said fvck though, I said fsck.

lol

Wait, when did things become uncensored? Was there an announcement? I noticed that people were cursing here now but wasn't sure what was up with that.

 

[Atheus]

Originally posted by: TridenTBoy3555

Originally posted by: Atheus

Originally posted by: Eli
What's wrong with "absolutely"? And "I personally"?



I also say "fairly unique" ... lol

This is the OED remember - language purists. People say 'absolutely' to mean 'yes', which it doesn't, 'I personally' is redundant, and 'fairly unique' is a conrtadiction.

Irony here is that you have a typo. >_<

How else would you express fairly unique?

I'm not a language purist myself, the OED are - I don't give a shit if I have a typo...

And WTF do you mean how would I express fairly unique? Fairly unique doesn't mean anything, it's like fastly slow or mostly dead.

 

[ruu]

The word "literally" used poorly makes my eyelids twitch.

"She was so mad! She literally exploded!"

...oh really. -_-

I would imagine that people who take umbrage with the use of the phrase "fairly unique" would in such contexts prefer the term "rare" or "uncommon." From a purely technical standpoint, "fairly unique" is contradictory.

 

[TridenT]

Originally posted by: ruu
The word "literally" used poorly makes my eyelids twitch.

"She was so mad! She literally exploded!"

...oh really. -_-

I would imagine that people who take umbrage with the use of the phrase "fairly unique" would in such contexts prefer the term "rare" or "uncommon." From a purely technical standpoint, "fairly unique" is contradictory.

Sometimes rare or uncommon doesn't really give off the same idea. :-/ If something is rare, it's rare... It's not like, "Well, one out of five hundred million people get this disease...." That's not rare.. that's like almost unique when you consider it a disease with people. (So there would be like 13 cases of it in the world... "Fairly unique")

 

[Elstupido]

"is it in yet?"

that's what she said

that's what he said

 

[Freshgeardude]

Originally posted by: Baked
That's what she said.

tho when its something obvious and the person who said it doesnt notice like "man that hurt like a bitch" then its funny

 

[Xylitol]

Basically...x999999
ugh

 

[cKGunslinger]

Originally posted by: gar3555
Top 10 irritating phrases

The top ten most irritating phrases:
1 - At the end of the day
2 - Fairly unique
3 - I personally
4 - At this moment in time
5 - With all due respect
6 - Absolutely
7 - It's a nightmare
8 - Shouldn't of
9 - 24/7
10 - It's not rocket science

With all due respect, I personally think some these items shouldn't of made this list. Absolutely there are some phrases that, while fairly unique, are extremely irritating. It's a nightmare to listen to them being uttered 24/7. There's probably someone saying at least one of these phrases at this exact moment in time! I mean, it's not rocket science, people! But I guess, at the end of the day, we all are guilty of saying stupid things found in the English language . It is what it is..

 

[ruu]

Originally posted by: cKGunslinger

Originally posted by: gar3555
Top 10 irritating phrases

The top ten most irritating phrases:
1 - At the end of the day
2 - Fairly unique
3 - I personally
4 - At this moment in time
5 - With all due respect
6 - Absolutely
7 - It's a nightmare
8 - Shouldn't of
9 - 24/7
10 - It's not rocket science

With all due respect, I personally think some these items shouldn't of made this list. Absolutely there are some phrases that, while fairly unique, are extremely irritating. It's a nightmare to listen to them being uttered 24/7. There's probably someone saying at least one of these phrases at this exact moment in time! I mean, it's not rocket science, people! But I guess, at the end of the day, we all are guilty of saying stupid things found in the English language . It is what it is..

::standing ovation::

Very good! Lol.

 

[rocadelpunk]

i'm not a fan of the

"i know, right"

 

[ruu]

Originally posted by: TridenTBoy3555

Originally posted by: ruu
...

I would imagine that people who take umbrage with the use of the phrase "fairly unique" would in such contexts prefer the term "rare" or "uncommon." From a purely technical standpoint, "fairly unique" is contradictory.

Sometimes rare or uncommon doesn't really give off the same idea....

I think your use of the phrase "give off the same idea" is exactly where linguistic purists and the general populace diverge opinions.

A linguistic purist will insist that people use terms accurately, based on the word's technical definition.

The general populace prefers to use terms that convey the idea or the feeling or the intent with the most accuracy, regardless of the technical definition.

In terms of connotation, I do agree that "fairly unique" conveys something more specific than the terms "rare" or "uncommon." I would imagine that a linguistic purist would argue that one could simply modify "rare" to say "extremely rare" or "statistically rare" or "so statistically rare as to be remarkable." "Fairly unique" is still contradictory, based on terms.

I, for one, don't care which phrase is used, one way or the other.

 

[Mucho]

I hate when people say "you are an idiot, fuck off."

 

[ConstipatedVigilante]

Calling a trunk a boot. Or an apartment a flat. Wtf?

 

[nineball9]

I find the now common pause "you know" irritating. This is especially true when said by news reporters; if a news reporter in the field says "you know", why is he or she reporting it as news? We already know it!
"You know" may be used as an interjection, but it seems to have replaced "um", "er", "eh" etc as a trite pause.

Another irritating phrase is the misuse of "unique" as one example in the list demonstrates. Something is unique or it is not unique.

 

[IronWing]

Not tonight.

 

[Kyle]

Originally posted by: Atheus

Originally posted by: TridenTBoy3555

Originally posted by: Atheus

Originally posted by: Eli
What's wrong with "absolutely"? And "I personally"?



I also say "fairly unique" ... lol

This is the OED remember - language purists. People say 'absolutely' to mean 'yes', which it doesn't, 'I personally' is redundant, and 'fairly unique' is a conrtadiction.

Irony here is that you have a typo. >_<

How else would you express fairly unique?

I'm not a language purist myself, the OED are - I don't give a shit if I have a typo...

And WTF do you mean how would I express fairly unique? Fairly unique doesn't mean anything, it's like fastly slow or mostly dead.

Why wouldn't it just be like saying fairly slow? Are there not varying levels of uniqueness? does it have to be all or nothing? ...Somewhat unique, or fairly unique make sense to me...

and let me add my own phrase that I hear way too much..."As well" when it's not needed
"I also like that place as well"

 

[SKORPI0]

"Is it in yet?".

 

[IronWing]

Originally posted by: Kyle


Why wouldn't it just be like saying fairly slow? Are there not varying levels of uniqueness? does it have to be all or nothing? ...Somewhat unique, or fairly unique make sense to me...

Unique is an all or nothing state of being. Either something is unique or it ain't.

 

[Babbles]

I hate the phrase "It is what it is" and "You know what they say about assumptions"

 

[IronWing]

Wrong hole, wrong hole!

 

[Kyle]

Originally posted by: ironwing

Originally posted by: Kyle


Why wouldn't it just be like saying fairly slow? Are there not varying levels of uniqueness? does it have to be all or nothing? ...Somewhat unique, or fairly unique make sense to me...

Unique is an all or nothing state of being. Either something is unique or it ain't.

See number 3 and usage paragraph

there are some "extended senses" and I still stand by my statement that fairly unique makes sense in conversation etc.
But I do see where you're coming from and now that phrase will probably bug me from now on =)

 

[ivan2]

I guess they don't say:

Duh!

 

[91TTZ]

Originally posted by: Howard
Is 8 on the list because the wording is wrong? Or did they make a mistake there?

Yeah, the grammar is incorrect. It's "shouldn't have"