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The things people say...that irk you
« on: October 15, 2015, 08:20:11 PM »
like
"...and whatnot"

or
"supposably"



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Re: The things people say...that irk you
« Reply #1 on: October 15, 2015, 08:26:16 PM »
"Aks" instead of "ask". Aargh.

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Re: The things people say...that irk you
« Reply #2 on: October 15, 2015, 08:27:11 PM »
"I'd just assume" instead of "I'd just as soon".

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Re: The things people say...that irk you
« Reply #3 on: October 15, 2015, 08:43:15 PM »
The "F" word in any form as a verb, noun or whatever.

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Re: The things people say...that irk you
« Reply #4 on: October 15, 2015, 08:58:13 PM »
Well the other day I suggested my brother and his wife check out the local second hand store. It's a town full of retirees and otherwise well-to-do people, so most stuff there is pretty fantastic. Their reply was just: That's not really our scene.

I found that pretty irksome.

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Re: The things people say...that irk you
« Reply #5 on: October 15, 2015, 08:58:47 PM »
That sucks.

and business buzzwords, newest being "let's level set"

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Re: The things people say...that irk you
« Reply #6 on: October 15, 2015, 10:13:11 PM »
"irregardless" (regardless, or irrespective)
"de-thaw" or "un-thaw" (what, you're going to freeze it again?)
"for all intensive purposes" (for all intents and purposes)
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Re: The things people say...that irk you
« Reply #7 on: October 15, 2015, 10:17:38 PM »
Premises pronounced "premiseez."

It's not a greek suffix. Stop trying to make a greek suffix happen.

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Re: The things people say...that irk you
« Reply #8 on: October 15, 2015, 10:59:35 PM »
Supposively (instead of supposedly)

Libary (library)

State of the art

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Re: The things people say...that irk you
« Reply #9 on: October 15, 2015, 11:05:54 PM »
"I know, right????!!!"

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

"lay" instead of "lie," as in "You lay down, and I'll get you a blanket." Lay, in the present tense, is a transitive verb and requires an object. You lay an egg. Or you lay down yesterday. But you lie down today.

Most Americans (I would guess) only speak one language. We should at least try to do a decent job of it.

I could go on indefinitely... but with respect for the forum, here is a financially relevant one:
"Retire early?! But what would you DO???" (Not a grammatical thing, but just something people say that drives me insane. There's no way I'll run out of things to do when I'm retired.)

On the other hand, I was on the receiving end of the Grammar Police not long ago when an octogenarian corrected me when I said "okay" and complained that young people today are too lazy to say two whole words: "all right," which is more correct in her mind. She was a retired English teacher. My argument was that language changes; for example, we don't all speak like Shakespeare anymore, but that doesn't make our English less correct than his. "Okay" seems perfectly acceptable to anyone under 80. Now I don't know how to decide what's grammatical ignorance and what's just me being an old fart before my time in the face of gradual changing of the language.
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Re: The things people say...that irk you
« Reply #10 on: October 15, 2015, 11:07:07 PM »
"reach out"

"circle back"

" 'eck'cetera"

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Re: The things people say...that irk you
« Reply #11 on: October 15, 2015, 11:44:30 PM »
I'm kind of getting tired of the word "awesome".

Not all things can be awesome. Only a few truly awesome things should be described as awesome.

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Re: The things people say...that irk you
« Reply #12 on: October 16, 2015, 01:31:46 AM »
"Try and" instead of "try to".

+1 for "could care less".  Nonsensical!

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Re: The things people say...that irk you
« Reply #13 on: October 16, 2015, 01:33:39 AM »
"Treating myself to a xxx." Especially when preceded by complaints about the lack of money.

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Re: The things people say...that irk you
« Reply #14 on: October 16, 2015, 05:53:48 AM »
"reach out"



+1000000000
I have a friend who says this ALL the time.   He's always "reaching out" to someone for this and for that.  Can't quite figure out why he likes that phrase so much. 
As someone who is bilingual and talks for a living, I am constantly analyzing what people say and how they say it.  People are really fascinating if you take the time to observe.  I just need to stop getting so annoyed at those who "Reach Out"

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Re: The things people say...that irk you
« Reply #15 on: October 16, 2015, 05:56:31 AM »
"Veggie," by anyone over seven years old.


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Re: The things people say...that irk you
« Reply #16 on: October 16, 2015, 06:22:42 AM »
"you know donald trump makes a lot of good points"

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Re: The things people say...that irk you
« Reply #17 on: October 16, 2015, 06:27:01 AM »
"Veggie," by anyone over seven years old.

To that I would add:

Tummy
Yummy/yum
Icky
Yucky
Om nom nom/noms
Brekky
Din-din
"I have to tinkle"/"I have to go to the little girls' room"

Words and phrases I just hate in general:

Hubby/hubs (because I guarantee that if Hubby referred to his wife as "wifey" there would be bloodshed)
Preggo/preggers
"We're pregnant!"  No.  SHE'S pregnant.  Say "we're expecting."
Deets (details)
The overuse of "awesome" and "epic"


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Re: The things people say...that irk you
« Reply #18 on: October 16, 2015, 06:34:36 AM »
Obligatory: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Gv0H-vPoDc

(The video itself doesn't irk me; it's great. The stuff the video is about irks me.)

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Re: The things people say...that irk you
« Reply #19 on: October 16, 2015, 06:43:00 AM »
"Could care less" instead of "couldn't care less." If you could care less, then it's possible for you to care less.

And the total abuse and overuse of the word "literally."

If you "literally drop the kids off at the pool every day," you better have children who are involved in competitive swimming. Otherwise you're "literally taking a poop" every day.

I also hate the mindset of "I hate Mondays" and "hump day" and "Thank God it's Friday" and "I can't wait for the weekend." If your job is so miserable, why don't you redesign your life to do something else so you can enjoy more than 2/7ths of your life?

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Re: The things people say...that irk you
« Reply #20 on: October 16, 2015, 06:43:20 AM »
I'm kind of getting tired of the word "awesome".

Not all things can be awesome. Only a few truly awesome things should be described as awesome.

Ditto 'fascinating.'

"I watched a 6-minute video about [something]. It was fascinating."

Yeah. Sounds like you're super fascinated.

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« Reply #21 on: October 16, 2015, 06:46:31 AM »
I'm kind of getting tired of the word "awesome".

Not all things can be awesome. Only a few truly awesome things should be described as awesome.

Sounds like someone didn't read the instructions.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StTqXEQ2l-Y


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« Reply #22 on: October 16, 2015, 06:49:36 AM »
I hate all corporate speak slang that sneaks into our language. Unless you're pointing a remote control at my TV while I'm watching a sports event, you're not a freakin' "game changer." Thankfully "at the end of the day" seems to be at the end of its decade-long run. But I'm still sick of people who "reach out" and "connect" and have a "brain dump."

I also hate the false pleasantries that have crept into email. "I hope you had a good weekend" or "Enjoy the rest of your Thursday" or "Hope you are well." Good grief. We've never even met in person and even if we're close, get to the point already!

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« Reply #23 on: October 16, 2015, 06:52:04 AM »
I also hate the mindset of "I hate Mondays" and "hump day" and "Thank God it's Friday" and "I can't wait for the weekend." If your job is so miserable, why don't you redesign your life to do something else so you can enjoy more than 2/7ths of your life?

Complaining about the weather.

Not the thing where people talk about the weather to have something to talk about. And not just when people are physically uncomfortable in the moment because of it. But when they seem genuinely upset about the fact that it is hot/cold outside.

Like, there are places with different weather. You can move.

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« Reply #24 on: October 16, 2015, 06:53:58 AM »
The list is too long to type.

Literally.  ;-0

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« Reply #25 on: October 16, 2015, 07:11:51 AM »
Thank you muchly! "Muchly"?

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Re: The things people say...that irk you
« Reply #26 on: October 16, 2015, 07:34:16 AM »
When getting home from working late and greeting my (retired/disabled) neighbors sitting in the courtyard:  "You've only got about 30-40 more years of this to go, hahaha!"

I don't know how to respond other than to smile awkwardly.

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Re: The things people say...that irk you
« Reply #27 on: October 16, 2015, 07:36:48 AM »
I also hate the mindset of "I hate Mondays" and "hump day" and "Thank God it's Friday" and "I can't wait for the weekend." If your job is so miserable, why don't you redesign your life to do something else so you can enjoy more than 2/7ths of your life?
I say all of those things and probably will until the day I retire.

I hate all corporate speak slang that sneaks into our language. Unless you're pointing a remote control at my TV while I'm watching a sports event, you're not a freakin' "game changer." Thankfully "at the end of the day" seems to be at the end of its decade-long run. But I'm still sick of people who "reach out" and "connect" and have a "brain dump."

I also hate the false pleasantries that have crept into email. "I hope you had a good weekend" or "Enjoy the rest of your Thursday" or "Hope you are well." Good grief. We've never even met in person and even if we're close, get to the point already!
I completely agree with this.  Hence the reason I'll continue to say things like "thank God it's Friday" until the day I retire.

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Re: The things people say...that irk you
« Reply #28 on: October 16, 2015, 07:45:12 AM »
And/or

mainly because there is a word for that already, and the word is "or". "Or" means one, the other, or both. If you want to specify you can only have one of the following you say "either a or b". If someone comes into my house, and I say would you like something to eat or drink. It is assumed they could have both. At least, I don't think people who hear me offer hospitality that way think that I am an asshole for limiting them to either one or the other. So clearly, "or" still has the same functional meaning as "and/or".

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Re: The things people say...that irk you
« Reply #29 on: October 16, 2015, 07:46:57 AM »
"My bad."


Also, just yesterday I realized I say "awesome" too much. Gotta curb that.

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Re: The things people say...that irk you
« Reply #30 on: October 16, 2015, 07:49:39 AM »
When getting home from working late and greeting my (retired/disabled) neighbors sitting in the courtyard:  "You've only got about 30-40 more years of this to go, hahaha!"

I don't know how to respond other than to smile awkwardly.
I immediately see two answers to that;
1) Not the way I'm doing it...
2) And how many more years do you have to go??
Ok, 3;
3) at least I'm not wasting away sitting around

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Re: The things people say...that irk you
« Reply #31 on: October 16, 2015, 07:55:53 AM »
"Laxadaisical" instead of Lackadaisical- I am sure they are thinking it is related to relaxed.

"I could care less."-  I'm pretty sure they mean "I couldn't care less".  I even hear this in movies and TV from time to time.

Corporate buzzwords abound, but I try (with much success) to block them out of my mind, lest they enter my vocabulary.  I notice it is much worse at the larger offices.

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Re: The things people say...that irk you
« Reply #32 on: October 16, 2015, 08:06:32 AM »
I'm sure I have many, but my #1 phrase is "...and things of that nature." what things? what nature? Ugh. I want to punch people in the face when they say that. It's turned into a qualifier, akin to "you know?"

Punch people in the face? Yes. It irks me that much. Of course my misophonia might have something to do with it...

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« Reply #33 on: October 16, 2015, 08:15:13 AM »
I second "for all intensive purposes."

"Laxadaisical" instead of Lackadaisical- I am sure they are thinking it is related to relaxed.

I always thought it was a combination of "lax" and "lackadaisical."

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« Reply #34 on: October 16, 2015, 08:20:05 AM »
"I'm just curious about why <insert their critique of your method/idea/product here>"

Don't know why, but anytime someone starts a conversation off with the "I'm curious" line I get instantly annoyed and defensive.

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« Reply #35 on: October 16, 2015, 08:23:02 AM »
I second "for all intensive purposes."

"Laxadaisical" instead of Lackadaisical- I am sure they are thinking it is related to relaxed.

I always thought it was a combination of "lax" and "lackadaisical."

By golly (does that irk anyone?), I think you are right! I just figured "lax" was a lazy pronunciation of relaxed, but apparently (had to look it up) it is an actual word.  You learn something new every day!

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Re: The things people say...that irk you
« Reply #36 on: October 16, 2015, 08:38:40 AM »
"I'm just curious about why <insert their critique of your method/idea/product here>"

Don't know why, but anytime someone starts a conversation off with the "I'm curious" line I get instantly annoyed and defensive.

Most people that start a conversation with "I'm curious" are nosey as hell, and/or (sorry!) trying to nail you with something.

We've got a lady at the office who thinks it is her job to keep tabs on everyone.  She always says, "I didn't see you and I was worried! Just wanted to make sure you were alright!".  Yeah, sure...

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« Reply #37 on: October 16, 2015, 08:56:03 AM »
Nuculer.  Guaranteed to make you sound like a scientific ignoramus.  Also renumeration instead of remuneration.  Guaranteed to make you sound like a financial ignoramus.

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« Reply #38 on: October 16, 2015, 09:27:33 AM »
"I'm just curious about why <insert their critique of your method/idea/product here>"

Don't know why, but anytime someone starts a conversation off with the "I'm curious" line I get instantly annoyed and defensive.

"You're overthinking this."

Translation: I just want to do things my way without justifying a reason why.

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« Reply #39 on: October 16, 2015, 09:27:38 AM »
So many great ones here!

+1 for hubby and preggers. Ugh. Those words make it sound like people are playing house and are not actually adults yet.

Last time I met with my financial advisor (I have since moved on to Vanguard!), I literally (yes, truly literally) counted the number of times he said "at the end of the day" in our one-hour conversation. 14 times. FOURTEEN. (I had nothing better to do than count since it was not at all a conversation; it was just him talking at me.)

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« Reply #40 on: October 16, 2015, 09:29:56 AM »
State of the art

"bleeding edge"

I understand what they're saying, but as a metaphor...the bleeding edge is the wrong edge to be on.

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« Reply #41 on: October 16, 2015, 09:32:01 AM »
People around here say "WaRshington" instead of "Washington" sometimes. I don't understand why. The worst is when the people aren't even from the region, they're just doing it to fit in. I just want to stop them and say: "No. There's no excuse for that."

Lately I've been catching myself say "y'know" a lot. It makes me want to punch myself in the face.

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« Reply #42 on: October 16, 2015, 09:35:54 AM »
The ones that give me fits are:

- "Irregardless" - that's not a word. It's just "regardless."
- "Libery" - there's an "R" in there, people!
- "See what I'm saying?" - No, but I do hear what you're saying.

And the one that nearly sends me into convulsions every time:

- Nuclear - It's spelled n-u-c-L-E-A-R. Why do people think it's pronounced nookular?

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« Reply #43 on: October 16, 2015, 09:39:57 AM »
Tax return - the form you send the government
Tax refund - the money they send you

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« Reply #44 on: October 16, 2015, 09:41:37 AM »
"Veggie," by anyone over seven years old.
I don't mind "veggie" so much but when I see people type "veges" instead of "veggies" it makes me a little twitchy. (And I'm not sure why - there is certainly an argument that it's a more correct abbreviated/diminutive form of "vegetable.")

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« Reply #45 on: October 16, 2015, 09:44:23 AM »
All of the above mentioned along with....

"fer se"  when they mean "per se"

Saying "then" when they mean "than". eg I have more then I used to"

Saying "Would of" when they mean "would have" eg  "I would of quite but I needed the money"

For some reason the last two have  exploded in popularity the past five or so years.

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Re: The things people say...that irk you
« Reply #46 on: October 16, 2015, 09:46:41 AM »
When people use impactful as an adjective. I understand it's a language shift that's here to stay. It bothers me that people use it in place of effect/affect, because they can't figure out the rules. Argh.

The phrase 'take this offline' also makes me roll my eyes.

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« Reply #47 on: October 16, 2015, 09:53:22 AM »
Starting a conversation with "To tell the truth", or "truthfully".  I always assume everything I'm going to hear after this is a lie.

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« Reply #48 on: October 16, 2015, 09:54:25 AM »
And another thing. I realize this is probably a case of language shift as someone mentioned above, because it seems to be in general use by everyone at all education levels. But as an old guy it just makes be want to tell people to get a haircut! To wit:

The word "disrespected." "He disrespected  his co-workers"  This is the most made-up, bohunk use of a word I have ever heard. I consider it worse than "irregardless"

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« Reply #49 on: October 16, 2015, 10:01:03 AM »
The phrase 'take this offline' also makes me roll my eyes.

Yup, that one for sure. Also, "I'll shoot you an email" gets an eyeroll from me every time.

 

Wow, a phone plan for fifteen bucks!