Phrases you hate...

I've got a rolling list of awful phrases.

Lol at 1st response there

circle back

I'm happy that I only am guilty of using two of the phrases/words on Alfred's list, and only sparingly. I'm going to try to do better.

circle back

― sexy dander (Stevie D(eux)

Pleonasms don't offend me besides "refer back" or "reply back"

ok, we've got to stop firing off emails.

Forever home

Furever home is even worse.

"I'm sorry, but--"

Why are you sorry? Are you seriously remorseful here? If you are, why did you say what you said? If you're not, why did you say "I'm sorry"? Just say what you fucking mean and don't apologize for it, jesus

Sometimes that's like, a verbal tic that comes from being afraid people are going to get mad at you. I used to say that a lot - I've transitioned to "idk but" - but my goal is to purge all that stuff from my vocabulary.

Other ppl use "sorry but" more passive aggressively though.

it's called hedging, everyone does it

like "I'm sorry, but do you have a tissue?" is fine -- the apology serves a purpose (I'm sorry for interrupting you and/or asking for something of yours). I meant more the angered variety, like "I'm sorry, but he is an ASSHOLE" ugh don't be sorry abt calling him an asshole! he IS an asshole! just call him an asshole!

that is hedging :) it's a softening of a statement that could be perceived as harsh https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedge_(linguistics)

"social justice warrior"
Though it tells me a lot about the person using it.

i don't really *hate* hate it but there's a very english way of asking for something that starts with the phrase 'would it be posibble for me to...'

would it be possible for me to book an appointment?
would it be possible for me to have a glass of water?
would it be possible for me to have a look at that book?

i don't really *hate* hate it but it is fucking ridiculous

and i use it all the time

Those people search google using the term 'how would one go about...'

"Let's get GRANULAR to find a ROBUST solution." Both come from coffee culture, I think.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioSEjNAJLQg

Just heard this on BBC 24,

"... she (Hilary Clinton) is looking forward to debating Donald Trump later this year."

Debating with surely, BBC?

It's US English that's creeping in a bit here, much like "appeal" and "protest" without the following "against".

From the Guardian,

"Donald Trump has said he will not debate Bernie Sanders after several days of changing his mind on the issue."

And yet, the Mirror,

"The Republican front-runner announced on Friday that he didn't want to debate with the "second place finisher" in the Democratic contest..."

Yes, the former was produced in the Guardian's US offices.

I don't care that much about Americanisms but that is horrible.

Britishes finally learning the language

lol, "debate with" sounds horrid to me

would it be possible for me to book an appointment?

i use this construction all the time. also, "would you mind if i were to..."

I always use 'i was wondering if I could' which feels like the same level of passiveness

hot take. i loathe and wish to ban the phrase "hot take".

May I have

Or less formal "GIMME A BEER"

Not sure if this is a similar thing but "I began to believe the voices in my head
were wrong"

Surely "I began to believe THAT the voices in my head were wrong" would remove that ambiguity

"tell us how you really feel" after someone tells how they feel about something

hot take. i loathe and wish to ban the phrase "hot take".

― like $500 billion in stuffed fart sales and I have an idea (contenderizer), Saturday, May 28, 2016 11:59 AM (1 week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Is it ever used non-ironically?

"I'm sorry, but--"

I wonder if this is what spawned "sorry not sorry", which gives me hives.

I strongly dislike the word 'funky' when used to describe things other than music.

tbh I get more annoyed when that word is applied to music

I ate a 100 year old duck egg this evening and there was definitely a prominent flavor there that could be appropriately called funky

When I've tossed a variety of dirty clothes into the hamper to await washing, then after a number of days, the contents of the hamper start to smell funky.

hot take. i loathe and wish to ban the phrase "hot take".

― like $500 billion in stuffed fart sales and I have an idea (contenderizer), Saturday, May 28, 2016 12:59 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Ways to avoid thinking for $1000. See also 'challops'.

lol

"____________ is when..."

"If I could just ask you to"

usually used passive aggressively by people in service jobs

don't hate this but also don't understand why i say "buh-bye" when ending a phone call and hear it all the time - where did this come from?

Contraction of bye-bye surely

"This."

^ this

THIS

eso

"This is so Important."

"womp womp" as onomatopoeia for the sad trombone sound. I see this all over twitter and facebook lately. I don't hear a "p" sound in there at all!

https://wompwompwomp.com/

Womp would be a better word for some kind of bass sound or something.