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Post by cowboyz on Jan 31, 2022 13:52:34 GMT -5
What is a commonly used expression that you think is EXTREMELY annoying? I know we've done this before but there are so many new ones!!  98 Rock has this on their FB page right now and some of the responses are hysterical. What say you? I have a few : I did a thing Irregardless (this is my all time most annoying) Cray cray |
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Post by palealeman on Jan 31, 2022 14:20:46 GMT -5
My biggest pet peeve in this area isn't a phrase, it's the overuse of the word "like." Like, you know, when you, like, insert the word, like, almost all the time.
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Post by ishmael on Jan 31, 2022 14:28:33 GMT -5
...literally...
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Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2022 17:13:48 GMT -5
Conversate.
Beginning a sentence with "so". Although I have been know to do it. lol
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Post by Jimmy Jazz on Jan 31, 2022 17:53:04 GMT -5
“I love her/him to death but…”
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Post by Evil Yoda on Jan 31, 2022 21:22:03 GMT -5
fam, when you mean "family". Are you really in such a hurry that you can't spare two syllables?  There are others of similar nature. With all due respect - that could be "none", couldn't it? |
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Post by cowboyz on Feb 1, 2022 7:01:06 GMT -5
Conversate. Beginning a sentence with "so". Although I have been know to do it. lol Lol... I do that too!! My apologies.
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Post by cowboyz on Feb 1, 2022 7:03:48 GMT -5
Yes, this one is over used but I do tend to use it sometimes.
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Post by cowboyz on Feb 1, 2022 7:05:33 GMT -5
fam, when you mean "family". Are you really in such a hurry that you can't spare two syllables?  There are others of similar nature. With all due respect - that could be "none", couldn't it? Ugghhh.... my youngest does this. He'll send a group text starting with Hey Fam!!! It's tough typing those 3 additional letters!
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Post by cowboyz on Feb 1, 2022 7:09:22 GMT -5
“I love her/him to death but…” When you use the word BUT, the words that follow are the words that are remembered. ~ Dr. Phil McGraw Forget what I said, this is what I actually me.
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Post by cowboyz on Feb 1, 2022 7:11:49 GMT -5
My biggest pet peeve in this area isn't a phrase, it's the overuse of the word "like." Like, you know, when you, like, insert the word, like, almost all the time. LOL... this made me think of an old SNL skit with Phil Hartman overusing the word like. I'll have to try and find it.
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Post by alienrace on Feb 1, 2022 8:39:12 GMT -5
"on accident" instead of "by accident".
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Post by ishmael on Feb 1, 2022 8:54:30 GMT -5
Yes, this one is over used but I do tend to use it sometimes.  liteally?
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Post by up2 on Feb 1, 2022 9:04:45 GMT -5
"To be honest... " which seems to imply that you weren't being honest otherwise.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 1, 2022 9:35:34 GMT -5
So, to be honest, I like, literally, conversate with strangers, but on accident, I forget that some of them are people I love to death. |
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Post by cowboyz on Feb 1, 2022 11:02:39 GMT -5
So, to be honest, I like, literally, conversate with strangers, but on accident, I forget that some of them are people I love to death.  With all due respect, you just upset a lot of people on accident... it's kinda of cray cray. Are these people that you love to death considered fam? Irregardless, they are upset!!
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Post by cowboyz on Feb 1, 2022 11:04:38 GMT -5
"To be honest... " which seems to imply that you weren't being honest otherwise. I usually say that if I am concerned about hurting their feelings. Do you think this dress looks good on me? To be honest, you may want to reconsider the other one.
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Post by guido2 on Feb 1, 2022 11:26:18 GMT -5
My biggest pet peeve in this area isn't a phrase, it's the overuse of the word "like." Like, you know, when you, like, insert the word, like, almost all the time. Oh God yes. I was listening to WYPR's Science Friday last week. And they had a truly gifted young scientist on talking about her research. What I mean by smart she had like (😉😁) two PhDs in BioChemistry and Physics. And she was like (😉😁) all of 24. Here she is, explaining her research and after 3 or 4 research words came LIKE..... 4 more.... LIKE. This went on for the entire segment. Drove me crazy. I think LIKE is recent generations replacement for 'ahhh'. To me both are sort of a placeholder for the speaker so they don't give someone else to inject themselves into the conversation .... breaking the speakers line of thought. IOWs a way 'not to yield the floor' so to speak.
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Post by guido2 on Feb 1, 2022 11:28:30 GMT -5
"To be honest... " which seems to imply that you weren't being honest otherwise. I usually say that if I am concerned about hurting their feelings. Do you think this dress looks good on me? To be honest, you may want to reconsider the other one. Yeah. "To be honest" seems to be a way of cushioning the blow. Lot better than just saying "Betty, that dress makes you look like a fat cow"
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Post by guido2 on Feb 1, 2022 11:33:07 GMT -5
fam, when you mean "family". Are you really in such a hurry that you can't spare two syllables? There are others of similar nature. With all due respect - that could be "none", couldn't it? I would suggest (ooops there is another one) that a lot of the abbreviations such as fam are carryovers from early texting where the character count allowed was a lot lower. At that time it was practicality now it has morphed into shorthand with the advent of larger texting windows and word suggestions.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 1, 2022 11:37:03 GMT -5
So, to be honest, I like, literally, conversate with strangers, but on accident, I forget that some of them are people I love to death. With all due respect, you just upset a lot of people on accident... it's kinda of cray cray. Are these people that you love to death considered fam? Irregardless, they are upset!!
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Post by WKDWZD on Feb 1, 2022 13:58:08 GMT -5
I usually say that if I am concerned about hurting their feelings. Do you think this dress looks good on me? To be honest, you may want to reconsider the other one. Yeah. "To be honest" seems to be a way of cushioning the blow. Lot better than just saying "Betty, that dress makes you look like a fat cow" To be honest, the dress doesn't make your arse look big ... its your arse that makes your arse look big.
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Post by up2 on Feb 1, 2022 14:10:45 GMT -5
Yeah. "To be honest" seems to be a way of cushioning the blow. Lot better than just saying "Betty, that dress makes you look like a fat cow" To be honest, the dress doesn't make your arse look big ... its your arse that makes your arse look big. Going out on a limb here, but I'm guessing whomever you say that too will be extremely annoyed, and not at the "to be honest" expression. I hope you identified all available escape exits before making such a remark.
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Post by WKDWZD on Feb 1, 2022 14:18:18 GMT -5
To be honest, the dress doesn't make your arse look big ... its your arse that makes your arse look big. Going out on a limb here, but I'm guessing whomever you say that too will be extremely annoyed, and not at the "to be honest" expression. I hope you identified all available escape exits before making such a remark. And I cover my head , as well.
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Post by guido2 on Feb 1, 2022 15:07:15 GMT -5
Yeah. "To be honest" seems to be a way of cushioning the blow. Lot better than just saying "Betty, that dress makes you look like a fat cow" To be honest, the dress doesn't make your arse look big ... its your arse that makes your arse look big.
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Post by alienrace on Feb 2, 2022 8:49:44 GMT -5
To be honest, the dress doesn't make your arse look big ... its your arse that makes your arse look big. Isn't a big arse en vogue these days? My wife her sisters always keep telling me they wish they had big ones, lol. |
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Post by WKDWZD on Feb 2, 2022 9:14:45 GMT -5
To be honest, the dress doesn't make your arse look big ... its your arse that makes your arse look big. Isn't a big arse en vogue these days? My wife her sisters always keep telling me they wish they had big ones, lol. There ya go ... I was being complimentary, after all. 
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Post by Hoot on Feb 2, 2022 9:33:53 GMT -5
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Post by guido2 on Feb 2, 2022 11:27:06 GMT -5
To be honest, the dress doesn't make your arse look big ... its your arse that makes your arse look big. Isn't a big arse en vogue these days? My wife her sisters always keep telling me they wish they had big ones, lol. Amazing how things change with times. I still remember negative terms like 'secretary spread'. And Playtex advertising girdles (remember girdles?) guranteed to flatten ones butt. Hell. My Mom all 5'2'' 98 pounds of her went through a period when she was doing excercises to flatten her butt. Which was amusing since ..... she was so tiny she could easily slip through the toilet seat. NOT KIDDING.
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Post by WKDWZD on Feb 2, 2022 11:33:33 GMT -5
Isn't a big arse en vogue these days? My wife her sisters always keep telling me they wish they had big ones, lol. Amazing how things change with times. I still remember negative terms like 'secretary spread'. And Playtex advertising girdles (remember girdles?) guranteed to flatten ones butt. Hell. My Mom all 5'2'' 98 pounds of her went through a period when she was doing excercises to flatten her butt. Which was amusing since ..... she was so tiny she could easily slip through the toilet seat. NOT KIDDING. TMI. Lol.
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There are others of similar nature.
