The things people say...that irk you

[TheBuddha]

People saying someone "shook" their head yes, instead of "nod".

[alsoknownasDean]

There is a special place in hell reserved for those who write "should of" instead of "should've", you know, a contraction of "should have".

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[runningthroughFIRE]

People saying someone "shook" their head yes, instead of "nod".

I thought shaking your head means a negative response (side to side), while nodding means an affirmative response (up and down)

[shelivesthedream]

People saying someone "shook" their head yes, instead of "nod".

I thought shaking your head means a negative response (side to side), while nodding means an affirmative response (up and down)

[o2bfree]

"We'll be there between 12 and 4."

Yeah, right. I took the day off and they didn't show up. No call, either.

[Dollar Slice]

"We'll be there between 12 and 4."

Yeah, right. I took the day off and they didn't show up. No call, either.

I had Verizon tell me they would show up to my office between noon and 8PM one time. I started calling around 7:30... "they're on their way" "they're almost there" etc. Kept me stringing along until almost 9. Never showed.

[mbl]

"We're pregnant"

Make no mistake about it, when labor begins, only one of you is going to feel like you're trying to push a watermelon through a garden hose.

[GuitarStv]

"We're pregnant"

Make no mistake about it, when labor begins, only one of you is going to feel like you're trying to push a watermelon through a garden hose.

There's an awful lot more to raising a child than the few hours of pushing at birth.  If you want fathers to treat pregnancy and all baby related chores/experiences as 'something only for women', this is a great mindset to have.

[shelivesthedream]

"We're pregnant"

Make no mistake about it, when labor begins, only one of you is going to feel like you're trying to push a watermelon through a garden hose.

There's an awful lot more to raising a child than the few hours of pushing at birth.  If you want fathers to treat pregnancy and all baby related chores/experiences as 'something only for women', this is a great mindset to have.

Sure, but then you say something like "We're expecting" or "we're going to be parents". Pregnancy has a specific meaning, that of a baby growing in a womb. Ain't got no womb, ain't gonna be pregnant.

ETA: Would it make sense if the father-to-be said "I'm pregnant"? No. So it can't be "we're pregnant" either.

[GuitarStv]

"We're pregnant"

Make no mistake about it, when labor begins, only one of you is going to feel like you're trying to push a watermelon through a garden hose.

There's an awful lot more to raising a child than the few hours of pushing at birth.  If you want fathers to treat pregnancy and all baby related chores/experiences as 'something only for women', this is a great mindset to have.

Sure, but then you say something like "We're expecting" or "we're going to be parents". Pregnancy has a specific meaning, that of a baby growing in a womb. Ain't got no womb, ain't gonna be pregnant.

ETA: Would it make sense if the father-to-be said "I'm pregnant"? No. So it can't be "we're pregnant" either.

Meh?  Seems pedantic to me.  You know what is meant by the statement, and it's an indication that the father is excited and engaged.  Kinda mean spirited to try to take that away.

[NoraLenderbee]

"We're pregnant"

That irks me, too. "We" are expecting, we're having a baby, we're starting a family, we're starting a wonderful journey--but this particular physical situation is happening to only one of the two people involved. I don't think it's dissing the father to notice that he is not actually co-pregnant.

  You know what is meant by the statement, and it's an indication that the father is excited and engaged.  Kinda mean spirited to try to take that away.

Well, this is a thread about things that mildly annoy us. It's not mean-spirited to feel irked. When a couple tells me, "We're pregnant," I don't criticize them for using the wrong pronoun. I congratulate them sincerely, and maybe mentally roll my eyes a little.

[ghsebldr]

"it is what it is"  huh?

[Silverado]

I don't drink coffee but something that I hear often (and even see on cafe signage) is expresso instead of espresso. Could be a New Zealand thing, I am just glad I don't spend much time in cafes, otherwise I am sure I would be irked far more than I am.

Wheel of Fortune allowed the ex pronunciation since it is so common

[goatmom]

Health Care Provider

Can't we have doctors and nurses anymore? 


I have to agree that I don't like the "we're pregnant."  I prefer to have a husband announce proudly that his wife is pregnant.  I guess at this point in the parenthood timeline she deserves more attention.  I don't think that at any point in the nine month journey did my husband ever feel pregnant or experience the discomfort/physical changes/fatigue/mood swings I was experiencing.

[Sojourner]

I don't think that at any point in the nine month journey did my husband ever feel pregnant or experience the discomfort/physical changes/fatigue/mood swings I was experiencing.

Goat gestation...sounds gruffrough.

[Landlord2015]

That some people say you are racist or NAZI if you say that you are against taking refugees to your country.

My political party in Finland is second biggest party and 100% against refugees that come to the country! We are however neither NAZI or racist.

I can prove it. Despite what race my political party says welcome IF a foreigner is for example a well educated doctor that is highly needed as workforce in my country.

[Vic99]

It has chemicals in it.

[Sanne]

"I could care less." (Which means the opposite of what you think it means.)

https://youtu.be/om7O0MFkmpw (David Mitchell about "I could care less")

[Dollar Slice]

It has chemicals in it.

I liked that commercial for some frozen-dinner manufacturer that boasted of their meals being made only with "real ingredients."

WTF does that even mean? It's not imaginary? I mean, technically arsenic or E. coli could be a "real ingredient."

[GreenSheep]

Oh, the chemical thing. Yes! People, WATER is a chemical. And if you drink enough of it in a short enough period of time, it will kill you. :-o


On the other hand, as if I needed any more reasons to make my own food...

Hershey's "Genuine Chocolate Flavor"
Kraft Single "American Pasteurized Prepared Cheese Product"

[Dollar Slice]

Hershey's "Genuine Chocolate Flavor"

As opposed to... counterfeit chocolate flavor?

[shelivesthedream]

"I could care less." (Which means the opposite of what you think it means.)

https://youtu.be/om7O0MFkmpw (David Mitchell about "I could care less")

Very much enjoyed this!

[asauer]

"orientate" instead of orient
"I am in agreeance" instead of I agree

Ugh!!!

[reginna]

"It's all good"

[clarkfan1979]

You need to spend to save.

[lbmustache]

Health Care Provider

Can't we have doctors and nurses anymore? 

I thought health care provider referred to the company providing the services (e.g. Blue Cross). Googling it looks like it's used for both but primarily in the way you are referring to. Never knew that till today...

[stlbrah]

"I'll see what I can do" - just have a spine and say no if the answer is no.

"[Well] there ya go" - I don't even really understand this, haven't heard it as much in the past few years but it was popular for a while.

"This is true" when referring to something that someone else said.

+1 for Wifey. and... DH/DW... lol

[Jessamine]

Blue Cross/Blue Shield of NC's current slogan is "Live Fearless," and every time I see one of their ads, I mentally change it to "fearlessly."

This actually sounds okay to me.  "Fearless" is being used as an adjective to describe the implied subject "you" rather than as an adverb modifying "live", similar to "live free [from tyranny, captivity, etc.] or die."

[Sojourner]

"adverse" v "averse"
as in "risk adverse"

Came across that one a couple times recently.  If you've been using these incorrectly... well, there's an impotent distinction.

[MMMaybe]

For about 6 months after I moved to NYC, every time something bad or annoying happened to me the response was "Welcome to New York!"

My buddy told a story upon return from a China trip.

He and his family group were in line (queue) to board the plane.  As the line was moving and they got near the gate, an Asian guy swoops in out of nowhere and cuts them in the line.  My friend asked him "Dude, did you really just cut in front of us?"  He ignores my friend.  The Chinese airline agent sees this but didn't seem to care and took the guy's ticket and let him board the plane.  The guy turns to my friend and says "Welcome to Asia!".

Hah! I live in Asia and this happens all the time. I keep an eye out for those trying to muscle in. Sometimes it is dealt with by a "accidental" sharp elbow or a timely blocking movement. If they get around that, I will either tell them to wait their turn or I will step up and start my business quite deliberately. No QJ's (queue jumpers) get around me :)

[GreenSheep]

"advanced" notice... unless you mean state-of-the-art, cutting-edge, or precocious notice

[FausseBourgeoise]

Many of these fall into the category of eggcorns http://eggcorns.lascribe.net/

[FLA]

Also, the word wheelhouse has become way too overused lately.  We were watching a cooking competition show and it was said about every two minutes.

using wheelhouse when it makes no sense in the context of the conversation and you realize the person has no idea what wheelhouse means.  Then I stop listening because I am trying to guess what they think it means.

"totes" for totally, especially when totally was already too big of an exclamation for the conversation. 

"me and you, we are imsipatical."  simpatico, how hard is that? and you're Italian for Pete's sake!

[MandalayVA]

I have written elsewhere regarding my hatred of "totes," "deets," "rezzies," "restos," etc.

When someone believes he/she has made some sort of witty observation and ends the sentence with "amirite?" (am I right?) It's all I can do not to reach through the screen and punch them in the face.

Living in a southern city and working in a department that is almost evenly racially divided, I have to deal with cracker talk on one side and Ebonics on the other--and most of these people are ostensibly college educated.  If I had a dollar for every time I've heard "ain't" or various double negatives around here I would have FIREd a long time ago.

And another misunderstood word--I'm sure you've all heard/read the phrase "he/she was a real trooper."  No.  It's trouper.  This is as prevalent as "loose" for "lose."

[gt7152b]

"I could care less." (Which means the opposite of what you think it means.)

https://youtu.be/om7O0MFkmpw (David Mitchell about "I could care less")

Weird Al's take on "I could care less" plus several other irksome "word crimes."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Gv0H-vPoDc

[PhrugalPhan]

It has chemicals in it.

I liked that commercial for some frozen-dinner manufacturer that boasted of their meals being made only with "real ingredients."

WTF does that even mean? It's not imaginary? I mean, technically arsenic or E. coli could be a "real ingredient."

Add to that "Natural Ingredients".    If it was organic they would say so I'm sure, so what's the alternative?   "Unnatural Ingredients"?   Is that something from a Harry Potter movie?

[TheBuddha]

On food packaging: "Natural flavor with other natural flavors."

[Sojourner]

We're in "unchartered territory" here.

[MMMaybe]

"That's so cliche"

I wait for the final d...and it is not forthcoming.

[esq]

I plan to renumerate the invoices tonight.
I will remunerate the invoices tonight.

One and/or the other works. So both work, irregardless.

Oh no you DIT-ent.                   ^^^^^^^^^

Aside from the above, which, I believe, thankfully is fading from young people's crap load of shit they say to each other within earshot of teachers, something I haven't seen mentioned:  Cooks that have to minimize what they're doing by saying JUST.  (Because the thing they're "just" doing might be too much trouble otherwise, amiright?)

"I'm JUST going to throw these lovely peppercorns into this pot of boiled kangaroo." 

"I'm JUST going to add a little of this delicious juicy x to this y."

"I'm JUST going to flip this over while we wait for our other little piddly thing over here."

JUST. JUST. JUST. 

Just poke my eye out, will you please?

At work, the ebonics spoken around me by people with multiple Master's degrees and PhD's is unsettling at best.

[esq]

I knew there was more:

Here in Texas, people put "the" in front of store and place names:  "The Walmart", "The Chuck E. Cheese".

Also, my town's name has a silent "H", and is pronounced "Umble", like the old "Humble Oil Company".   As a result of this, preachers here will say "Umble theyself".

And apropos to nothing, a one time thing I saw written today  in the Help Wanted section:  "Verbal Tutors".  You know, as opposed to those nonverbal tutors who probably aren't very helpful.

My supervisor at work will say, "On tomorrow, we will be starting such and such."

Back in the 90's, "fast track" was a stupid, overused buzzword.

[johnny847]

I knew there was more:

Here in Texas, people put "the" in front of store and place names:  "The Walmart", "The Chuck E. Cheese".

That would be fine by me if that's the only one in town.

[Dollar Slice]

When someone believes he/she has made some sort of witty observation and ends the sentence with "amirite?" (am I right?) It's all I can do not to reach through the screen and punch them in the face.

(Because the thing they're "just" doing might be too much trouble otherwise, amiright?)

Oh dear. Well, I guess we're used to facepunches around here.

[esq]

I knew there was more:

Here in Texas, people put "the" in front of store and place names:  "The Walmart", "The Chuck E. Cheese".

That would be fine by me if that's the only one in town.

In Houston there's 38275639 Walmarts at last count.  :D

[JLee]

I saw this again today, which reminded me I should post it in this thread.

Example- "I'd recommend XYZ over ABC, but I'm bias."

Biased!. Agh.

[LeRainDrop]

"between you and I" - The object of the preposition "between" should be "me."

"should of," "could of," and "would of" instead of "should have," "could have," and "would have"

"then" instead of "than" - e.g., I would rather give up a kidney then lose my mother.

After answering someone's question, they say, "I was just asking."  Then I always think to myself, "I was just answering."

[enki]

"Guesstimate"

When I come close to needing that word I prefer "uneducated guess"

[esq]

When someone believes he/she has made some sort of witty observation and ends the sentence with "amirite?" (am I right?) It's all I can do not to reach through the screen and punch them in the face.

(Because the thing they're "just" doing might be too much trouble otherwise, amiright?)

Oh dear. Well, I guess we're used to facepunches around here.

Guess we need to get more used to irony.

[Mmm_Donuts]

It irks me to no end when people say or write "X doesn't jive with Y"

Eg. "My views don't jive with society's rules."

The word is JIBE. Jive is a type of dance. Jibe means "is similar or compatible with."

When I hear jive used this way I want to say, Well your views don't do the tango with society either...

[MandalayVA]

When someone believes he/she has made some sort of witty observation and ends the sentence with "amirite?" (am I right?) It's all I can do not to reach through the screen and punch them in the face.

(Because the thing they're "just" doing might be too much trouble otherwise, amiright?)

Oh dear. Well, I guess we're used to facepunches around here.

Well, to be fair esq spelled "right" correctly.  :D