Words, usages, and phrases that annoy the shit out of you...

'This is the moment...' It's used a lot on news websites, usually where an embedded video, or still image from one, shows a CCTV camera capture of a crime or other incident:

This is the moment a “senseless” yob pushed an 82-year-old lollipop man to the floor and ran off with his stick.

This is the incredible moment a man is mugged for his bag - and gets up to chase after his assailants.

This is the heart-melting moment an adorable little kitten is saved after finding herself stuck under a Land Rover's bonnet.

THIS is the moment a former showjumping horse had to be dramatically winched upside down out of a metre-wide WELL in an unbelievable rescue mission.

file under: I couldn't stop sobbing
and what happened next changed my life
you'll never believe what this toddler/grandma/teacher did

all the same thing

this 'weird trick'

How about "10 Things You Didn't Know About ______ That You Actually Totally Knew About _____" or "5 Obscure Albums You've Never Heard Except For The Fact That You Have"

It's like...you don't know me. How dare you. How dare you.

misuse of whom and whomever

i have been trying to think of a good analogy for this phenomenon of doing something that is sort of an 'advanced level' move, but actually totally unnecessary in the first place, and then completely fucking it up. the ultimate of course is doing this while supposedly correcting someone else.

it is...extremely annoying to me

― Roberto Spiralli, Thursday, January 29, 2015 4:04 PM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypercorrection

nice, ty

James Thurber should always have the last word on who v whom:

http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=3955

"Furever home".

STOP IT.

Nooooooooo really??? No.

No as in youve never heard that one? Ugh they use it all the time at pounds/shelters. "take me to my furever home!". NO.

"Inbox"

'_______ is one of our finest ______'

just say they're good ffs

But Mookie is one of our finest proofs!

'cray-cray'

Confusing/confused use of "percent" or "percentage" in journalism. For example, you sometimes see an article claiming that homeownership rates "fell four percent" when what's actually meant is "fell four percentage points.'

How else would you interpret fell four percent?

Number of homeowners dropped by four percent. E.g., say there are 100 million people in a country, and half of them are homeowners. You have 50 million homeowners, and a 50% homeownership rate. If the homeownership rate falls by 10 percentage points, you now have a 40% homeownership rate, and 40 million homeowners. If homeownership falls by 10 percent, you now have 45 million homeowners.

because the "price point" of homes is too high prob

on the spectrum

would kill to never have to read or hear "meh" again

"______ gets it", in reference to people/things that are obviously not capable of "getting it". this baby gets it, this dog gets it, this penguin knows wassup, this bee colony really has life figured out. please just stop.

^^^gets it

^^ first to jump into pool yelling "CANNONBALL!"

would kill to never have to read or hear "meh" again

― qualx, Wednesday, February 4, 2015 11:43 PM (1 week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

I ilx-mailed you the dossier

^^^gets it

well shit

"crossfit box" obv

"business angel"

getting so sick of "hack"

like "hack and slash" or "that guy is such a hack"

or like hacking computers?

like in the sense of "lifehacks", e.g. "cut your travel time in half with this commuting hack"

"24 fitness hacks that will make exercising easier" (real buzzfeed article)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_hacking

I cannot wait for "disrupt" to pass out of the tech lexicon

i cannot wait for the entire tech lexicon to be thrown in a garbage bucket

"life hack" is discussed at length upthread

"business angel"

― bizarro gazzara, Tuesday, February 24, 2015 4:25 AM (1 week ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

is this similar to "angel investor"? Cuz I hate that one.

xp yes! i knew it was talked about on some thread but i didn't search this one

ironically, most of the people who use "hack" are hacks

"This is how we do"

e.g. "Another snowstorm in Boston? No biggie. This is how we do"

I cannot wait for "disrupt" to pass out of the tech lexicon

― DJP, Tuesday, March 3, 2015 7:27 PM (45 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

as long as it also stays out of the educational sphere i'm ok with that

lol, too late...

gaydar

Use of "tech" to describe 'anything we don't understand' and applied to everything from a Leatherman to a webpage has REALLY started to grip my shit over he past couple of weeks.

τέχνη basically covers any manual skill or craft. technology in its broad sense can refer to cans and can openers just as much as to iPhones and routers. we used to call out specifically "high tech" to make this distinction.

"He is a good man"

"Good person" is fine by me, but "good man" has this vague air of gravity or officialness or I don't know what that's just irritating.

"I could tell you what that stores' name was, but I've slept since then."