Turn of phrases you hate

[reinhold]

The phrase "I've got a bone to pick with you" has always disturbed me, and not just because Dr. Phil uses it.

 

[GoDrex]

one of my biggest pet peeves is the word "peeve." I also hate the phrase itself.

seriously I hate hate HATE "my bad."  it sounds retarded and I've noticed that people use it as a kind of fake admission of responsibility. Like someone just says my bad and then they move on as if that takes care of it.

 

[Super Turbo Deluxe Custom]

I'm guilty of misusing the word irony when I mean coincidence.  Irony is when the literal meaning and actual meaning are the exact oppossite. 

I'm not a fan of the adjective "sick."

"Irregardless" is often used when "regardless" will do fine.

Simular?  Similar.

Pacifically?  Specifically.

 

[bigguspickus]

I too am annoyed by all the incorrect/overused phrases mentioned above, plus others, like "thrown under the bus" ... WTF?

What upsets me more than cliche is bad grammar. "Turn of phrases you hate" should be "Turns of phrase you hate"

When pluralizing, the "s" isn't always added to the end. For example: you have one attorney general and a group of attorneys general.

I also hate people who correct grammar more than bad grammar.

 

[erogenousjones17]

If you have any respect for the English language, don't read anything "published" by Yahoo.

Things people say that annoy me:

"a whole 'nother"
"ironic" in situations that are not at all ironic
"irregardless" (it's not a word)

Actually, there are a lot of them. I'm a translator by day (mild-mannered reporter by night...oh wait, I think I got that backwards), so there are a lot of niggly grammatical things that frost my calvinator. Stuff like the use of hyphens or semicolons, or the way people don't use adverbs when the speak. It's best I don't get into them. I'm also great at parties.  :laughing7:

Come to think of it, my ex used to come up with some great stuff. She tended to use words she didn't understand in an effort to come off as intelligent. Bugged the hell out of me. But I digress. She also pronounced things strangely, and that really bugged me.

"See that guy over there, acrossed the room?"
"This is so fustrating."
"She's particularily annoying."

Stuff like that.

 

[Super Turbo Deluxe Custom]

It may be texting that's causing the decay of any language, but there's typos and there's ignorance.  On a lot of FB friends' posts, I see a lot of misuse or just plain misunderstanding or the differences between:

there
they're
their

owe
oh

our
are

by
bye
buy

two
to
too

your
you're

 

[jimh]

One of my favourite ( <--- I'm English, this isn't a spelling mistake  :icon_tongue hates is people's misuse of the word 'myriad'.

As in ...... "Warmoth offer a myriad of replacement guitar parts"
The correct use is ...... "Warmoth offer myriad replacement guitar parts"

:tard:

 

[erogenousjones17]

Let's not forget about apostrophes. Or, as many people would say, "apostrophe's".  :doh:

 

[AprioriMark]

the two I hate the most are juxtaposition and paradigm...if yo use these there is a reason for you getting shot..

Brian

I kinda get juxtaposition, but what other word should I be using instead of paradigm?  It's a pretty specific word.

-Mark

 

[erogenousjones17]

I think the problem with "paradigm" is the context in which it gets used. Sure, it has a specific meaning, but it's often just one of those buzzwords dumb people use to make themselves seem smart; in that case, it tends to become almost meaningless.

 

[ptirman]

It may be texting that's causing the decay of any language, but there's typos and there's ignorance.  On a lot of FB friends' posts, I see a lot of misuse or just plain misunderstanding or the differences between:

there
they're
their

owe
oh

our
are

by
bye
buy

two
to
too

your
you're

Absolutely see this all of the time. I once drove past a restaurant where they were advertising  "Try are Chili dogs". I went in and said "Try are not Chili dogs, chili dogs are chili dogs". The owner looked at me like I was from Mars.

 

[taez555]

I think the problem with "paradigm" is the context in which it gets used. Sure, it has a specific meaning, but it's often just one of those buzzwords dumb people use to make themselves seem smart; in that case, it tends to become almost meaningless.

Kind of like Proactive or Poochie.

 

[TexxasJam]

Here's a relatively new one in our culture: "My Bad!"  Can't we just say "My mistake", instead?

 

[Super Turbo Deluxe Custom]

Absolutely see this all of the time. I once drove past a restaurant where they were advertising  "Try are Chili dogs". I went in and said "Try are not Chili dogs, chili dogs are chili dogs". The owner looked at me like I was from Mars.

The owner probably thought your stupid.

 

[ptirman]

Absolutely see this all of the time. I once drove past a restaurant where they were advertising  "Try are Chili dogs". I went in and said "Try are not Chili dogs, chili dogs are chili dogs". The owner looked at me like I was from Mars.

The owner probably thought your stupid.

Exactly - he wasn't an English wonk (the most overused term of the 2008 election besides the phrase thrown under the bus)

 

[Super Turbo Deluxe Custom]

"Outside the box" is right there with "thrown under the bus."

 

[erogenousjones17]

"You get back to the farm, shift some paradigms, revolutionize outside the box."

 

[bigguspickus]

Dun dun DUN dun dun dun DUN dun dun.

 

[erogenousjones17]

Dun dun DUN dun dun dun DUN dun dun.

You know that dance wasn't as safe as they said it was.

 

[AprioriMark]

I think the problem with "paradigm" is the context in which it gets used. Sure, it has a specific meaning, but it's often just one of those buzzwords dumb people use to make themselves seem smart; in that case, it tends to become almost meaningless.

I suppose so.  I just don't run into people who use it a lot aside from philosophical discussion.  I asked my brother, and he said it's used annoyingly in middle management buzz word hype meetings, so maybe that's the annoying popular culture reference point.

-Mark