Phrases that annoy you the most

Phrases that annoy you the most

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lowdrag

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12,967 posts

216 months

Friday 23rd June 2017
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Today English as it were spoke, so to say, no longer exists. We have throwaway clichés, language I really don't understand, but if there is one expression I always react to it happened again this weekend. People who come to see me once a year, waving goodbye and shouting "see you later". But I won't see them for a year, and strangely they always want to come at Le Mans weekend; so just what is "later"? For me it used to say "be back this evening" as I went off to the pub or the cinema, not next bloody year. It really gets my goat, and I don't hesitate to say so.

So what expressions really get to you? I'll be interested to see.

freddytin

1,184 posts

230 months

Friday 23rd June 2017
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It really gets my goat.......What goat is this exactly ? wink

lowdrag

Original Poster:

12,967 posts

216 months

Friday 23rd June 2017
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Good reply beer

I had to look it up myself:-

http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/get-your-goat.h...

Bristol spark

4,384 posts

186 months

Friday 23rd June 2017
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"Is this your best price"

redface

mr_spock

3,343 posts

218 months

Friday 23rd June 2017
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"to be honest" when they mean "to be frank" or "to be blunt". So you were lying the rest of the time?

droopsnoot

12,207 posts

245 months

Friday 23rd June 2017
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lowdrag said:
People who come to see me once a year, waving goodbye and shouting "see you later".
This one annoys me as well. That phrase to me means "I'll see you later today", and nothing else. If it won't be later today, then the phrase is "see you tomorrow", or just "see you again".

Turn7

23,830 posts

224 months

Friday 23rd June 2017
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So....

jjohnson23

702 posts

116 months

Friday 23rd June 2017
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Thinking outside of the box.I could put the c**ts who say that in a box.
Oh,and blue sky thinking - tts.

Connectors

226 posts

92 months

Friday 23rd June 2017
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'I was doing *** LEPTONS', WTF do you think is going to happen if you say MPH you fking retarded tt?

So

26,789 posts

225 months

Friday 23rd June 2017
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Turn7 said:
So....
So?

wibblebrain

656 posts

143 months

Friday 23rd June 2017
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"like"

I was on a train from London to Banbury recently and the group opposite had some dozy tart who couldn't utter three words without one of them being "like".

I could have happily strangled her by the end of the journey.

av185

18,757 posts

130 months

Friday 23rd June 2017
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'Lets touch base'

'To be honest'

'At the end of the day'

'Basically'

'Chap'


rolleyes

mickk

29,107 posts

245 months

Friday 23rd June 2017
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Can I get?

InductionRoar

2,020 posts

135 months

Friday 23rd June 2017
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wibblebrain said:
"like"

I was on a train from London to Banbury recently and the group opposite had some dozy tart who couldn't utter three words without one of them being "like".

I could have happily strangled her by the end of the journey.
This is the one for me.

AMG Merc

11,954 posts

256 months

Friday 23rd June 2017
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Lessons will be learned/learnt - billox!

oobster

7,140 posts

214 months

Friday 23rd June 2017
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Wax Lyrical.

catman

2,490 posts

178 months

Friday 23rd June 2017
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"Square the circle" and "he/she turned round and said...." are two of my most disliked. Just remembered, "the car owes me." fk off, it's a car, it doesn't owe you anything.

Tim

Edited by catman on Saturday 24th June 21:46

MitchT

16,026 posts

212 months

Friday 23rd June 2017
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Anything that's a combination of two words ... "chillax", guestimate", etc.

pip t

1,365 posts

170 months

Friday 23rd June 2017
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'It's due to....' when refering to the weather - i.e 'it's due to rain at 2.'

The weather doesn't operate to a bloody timetable!

That, and all the 'blue sky thinking' type phrases.

And172940

266 posts

151 months

Friday 23rd June 2017
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mickk said:
Can I get?
+1

Makes me cringe every time in shops, pubs etc. Usually people under thirty.