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

I'd be surprised if it hasn't been talked about on another thread but I can't stand it when it looks like someone's trying to load their thinkpiece with every classic/cliche social justice word. Nothing wrong with most of the words, often I even agree with the viewpoint of a piece that still manages to sound idiotic for using so many of those words. And it's only taken a couple of years for some of these word usages to be cliches and a lot of the time they're really inappropriate for what's being talked about.

There seems something really insistent about using those words as if making them as commonplace as possible is more important than writing persuasively.

Also when "cis het white male" is used and not all those categories are relevant to what's being discussed. "It'd be a shame not to include all four privileges".

Election anxiety

The way every single British review of an album by someone from Australia or NZ feels the need to use the word 'Antipodean'

and "the land down under"

way shape or form

― difficult listening hour, Sunday, November 30, 2014 10:26 AM (one year ago)

whey, shake or pharm

"(Sending out a signal that) we are (officially) open for business"

The uploader has not made this video available in your country.

Relevant - http://www.newsbiscuit.com/2016/10/28/everyone-now-officially-an-artisan/

Oppo

"Play stupid games, win stupid prizes"

"Shit ton"

"From the ten-thousand foot view"

"Karma" as a retort when something bad happens to someone you don't like

Don't @ me

"Frit" ... for frightened. The only context I've ever heard this in is UK politics, in fact, I'm posting this because I just heard Polly Toynbee say it. Why would you want to sound like an Edwardian 5-year old?

I blame Thatcher

Mic drop

Clap back

These babby cant frit back

"Pinky finger". How fucking old are you?

old or scottish

if it's not called a pinkie, what is it called?

do you say some weird alien shit like 5th metacarpal?

well "pinky finger" is annoying as shit because it's redundant

otherwise a-ok w me

he says "widdle fingah"

sorry from now on i'll only call it my 5th digit just to make you happy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoECwq67Dis

pinky finger? why can't it be purpley finger?

well "pinky finger" is annoying as shit because it's redundant

What if one is describing an action that involves both pinky finger and pinky toe? Then it's important to specify.

Pinky toe? Who says that?

what are the other toes called? big and middle i know -- but index toe? ring toe?

http://imgur.com/0bd6XoE

http://imgur.com/0bd6XoE

ok wikipedia says it IS called the ring toe

the index toe is called the long or pointer toe

Big toe, wee toe, rest o' yer toes. That works for me.

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

doctor: "so which toe is the pain, in mr s?"
mark s: "the one that had roast beef"

The second toe, "long toe" or "pointer toe"

I can't even move this toe individually, let alone point at stuff.

doctor: "so which toe is the pain, in mr s?"
mark s: "the one that had roast beef"

doctor: "ah yes. the beef toe."

love trumps hate

"love trump's hate, gotta love it"

redouble our efforts

read an article today where someone said they were going to "double down on their efforts" which sounded a little risky tbh

"flip flop" used when someone changes their position once. that's just a flip.

It's sad flop was a flop

marcos otm re "love trumps hate," I barf evrytiem

love trumps hate

― marcos, Thursday, 17 November 2016 04:22 (six hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

"love trump's hate, gotta love it"

― marcos, Thursday, 17 November 2016 04:22 (six hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

in the same category as when star wars fans say "hey, it's star wars day!! <expectant grin> ... may the 4th!! <expectant grin> ... get it? <expectant grin> ... may the 4th!! <expectant grin> ..."

going forward

^ does a job the rest of the sentence has already handled, e.g. "going forward, we will..."; "these are our plans going forward...". honestly it's more like a phonic tic than language.

Yep. If the sentences uses the future tense, why add 'going forward'? Five years ago it didn't exist.

*sentence. Apparently I gotta work on my subject-verb agreement.

middle managers in the it behemoth i worked for in the '90s used 'going forward' so many times it became a running joke.

on the topic of redundant bullshit in speech (and this might be uniquely australian idk): people in retail/hospitality whacking 'today' at the end of questions/statements like it's god damned punctuation. "are you just browsing today?", "that comes to $36 today", "would you like a bag today?" etc etc.