The "Annoying Phrase" Thread

[SamMarlowPI]

i use 'ese' all the time...

only in joking though...never serious...

 

[Fedord Spaniard]

These are the same people who say "you're going... Into The City? On the...on the subway?" in hushed, frightened tones.

Because if you go Into The City, you will, of course, be eaten by werewolves.

lol hahaha yea. Every once in a while you do see a few creatures on the subway but they havent shown me any non human traits....besides behavior. Its like some people think NYC is just full of mutants and savages...like this city is a post apocalyptic wasteland from something out of Mad Max or Hokuto No Ken.
It was more like that in the 70s and 80s but its mostly all glam and yuppie now.

 

[Diamondback]

These are the same people who say "you're going... Into The City? On the...on the subway?" in hushed, frightened tones.

Because if you go Into The City, you will, of course, be eaten by werewolves.

That's what a spare mag full of Silvertips is for...lol

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[Feraud]

lol hahaha yea. Every once in a while you do see a few creatures on the subway but they havent shown me any non human traits....besides behavior. Its like some people think NYC is just full of mutants and savages...like this city is a post apocalyptic wastland from something out of Mad Max or Hokuto No Ken.
It was more like that in the 70s and 80s but its mostly all glam and yuppie now.

I think I prefer the mutants and savages to the out of towners and hipsters.

 

[St.Ignatz]

How about the misuse of the Latin phrase- per se. And the over use of the word- literally.
Two gems from the knucklehead I carpool with:
"I'm gonna fix it, per se. I just don't now how long it's going to last"[huh] shakeshead
"It was so hot in that boiler room... My head was literally on fire":eusa_doh:

Maybe I should go back to riding a motorcycle to save gas?

Oh! One more; supposeBly is bad enough,,, I get to hear supposeVly,,, every once in a while. or is it "once and a while".

Let's not over look "flustrated"

 

[AtomicEraTom]

How about 'guesstimate?'

 

[Fedord Spaniard]

I think I prefer the mutants and savages to the out of towners and hipsters.

lol

 

[LordBest]

"I could care less" instead of "I couldn't care less". This one is more amusing than annoying.

"Changing tact" instead of "Changing tack", I hear this one a lot on the news.

 

[Diamondback]

How about 'guesstimate?'

Actually, in engineering this one's legit--a little more thought than a pure guess, not as precise as a laboriously-prepared estimate, somewhere in the middle.

 

[Delthayre]

A linguist ought to know better... ekwoz!

Many young people seem unable to have any opinion that it not banally qualified with ungainly use of, "somewhat," and, "decent," or, mercy preserve us, "somewhat decent." Adverbial forms of the foregoing are likewise abundant. I blame the internet and excessively granular rating systems! (Oh, yes, the film that scored 8.9 out of 10 is so much better than the one that scored 8.8 that the distinction needed to be made)

 

[rumblefish]

,,, and as if saying a million or a trillion isn't hyperbole enough, some are drawn to use a bazilion or a gazillion.

Let's not over look "flustrated"

How about 'guesstimate?'

Since some one mentioned the media- Over the last year I've been hearing a lot of news reporters describing the cuts companies and governments have to make as DRACONIAN. Funny, I don't remember reading anything about Draco and his laws that say he did any such cutting...
... So either they're reporting that those that don't follow such cuts will be put to death or they like to hear themselves say Draconian.

 

[randooch]

Very Unique!

It is or it isn't. Unique has no gradations.

 

[Harp]

These are the same people who say "you're going... Into The City? On the...on the subway?" in hushed, frightened tones.

Because if you go Into The City, you will, of course, be eaten by werewolves.

lol lol lol

 

[LizzieMaine]

It is or it isn't. Unique has no gradations.

That one comes out of the same dictionary as "Added Bonus."

 

[Widebrim]

"Could you be more pacific?"

 

[Widebrim]

i use 'ese' all the time...

only in joking though...never serious...

You mean like, "Orale, ese," or am I way off?:eusa_doh:

 

[SamMarlowPI]

more like,

"what's happnin', ese?"

"ey, ese" *fist bump or whatever*

etc...kinda lame to explain it lol have to see it but it's funny...

and all in fun...

"orale, ese" would work too...i'll have to keep it in memory...

 

[TheDutchess]

i use 'ese' all the time...

only in joking though...never serious...

You too?

 

[MrNewportCustom]

A coworker was telling me about his recent drive from Colorado to California, and mentioned crossing the Nevada/California border. Before he got the "r" out, I was telling him that borders are between countries.

When he bought his house, he talked with a "real-a-tor." Real-a-ly?

Back in school, a friend and I would laugh everytime we heard some kid declare to his opponent, "I'm gonna win you!" Russ or I would ask, "Are you going to put him on your mantle?"

"Irregardless" is irresponsible.

For one reason, and one reason only, I will never buy a Boost mobile phone or use their service. "Where you at?" "Redundant" is just the beginning.


Lee

 

[SamMarlowPI]

You too?

yah, ese...