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

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I blame the Welsh, in that case.

Orpheus Knutt (Tom D.), Monday, 1 July 2019 18:40 (five years ago) link

would endorse xp

Uptown VONC (Le Bateau Ivre), Monday, 1 July 2019 18:42 (five years ago) link

Likewise!

pomenitul, Monday, 1 July 2019 18:46 (five years ago) link

Is it that you have a pet? mainly Fr.

Alba, Monday, 1 July 2019 18:48 (five years ago) link

i blame the picts

mark s, Monday, 1 July 2019 18:50 (five years ago) link

does one pict

mark s, Monday, 1 July 2019 18:50 (five years ago) link

the rolling linguistic thread tends to sink and vanish so I go where the action is

the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Monday, 1 July 2019 18:54 (five years ago) link

its where you d'be

damarraghcas.jpg (darraghmac), Monday, 1 July 2019 19:04 (five years ago) link

Have you the time

To listen to me whine

I think if "do" is "meaningless" then so are formulations like the French "est-ce que..." they are readying words that signal "hey I am about to ask you a question, listen up."

Is it the case that you have a pet?

Velcromancer (Ye Mad Puffin), Monday, 1 July 2019 22:00 (five years ago) link

ah stop stop or ill have to go and read some flann o brian

damarraghcas.jpg (darraghmac), Monday, 1 July 2019 22:21 (five years ago) link

Ok everyone stop saying “timeline”
― omar little, Wednesday, 23 May 2018 7:31 AM (one year ago)

would like to heartily re-endorse this one - we get it, it's more bearable if you pretend things are not so shit in a parallel dimension, the joke is utterly done.

an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Monday, 1 July 2019 22:29 (five years ago) link

Don't read too much into that use of "meaningless", it is just a way of saying they are syntactically necessary but semantically empty.

the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Monday, 1 July 2019 22:43 (five years ago) link

please start a thread!

damarraghcas.jpg (darraghmac), Monday, 1 July 2019 23:01 (five years ago) link

xxxp do you even lift

an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Monday, 1 July 2019 23:06 (five years ago) link

F Hazel isn’t the type for that, too humble 💕

weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Monday, 1 July 2019 23:08 (five years ago) link

"published thought leader"

how does anyone put that in their bio (or allow someone to put it in their bio) without wanting to die, honestly

(...this is the point in the post where I realise that not finishing a rhetorical question with a "?" is a usage that will annoy the shit out of many, but using one is perhaps now also in that category)

a passing spacecadet, Tuesday, 2 July 2019 09:20 (five years ago) link

i think we are well on the way to eliminating the question mark?

damarraghcas.jpg (darraghmac), Tuesday, 2 July 2019 09:21 (five years ago) link

then that "do" marker mentioned upthread will be even more useful!

(that was an interesting discussion, thank you and sorry that I barged in here for some random bristling at the "entrepreneur" "disruptor" "curious! I am very intelligent" crowd instead)

a passing spacecadet, Tuesday, 2 July 2019 09:30 (five years ago) link

'Besties'

frame casual (dog latin), Tuesday, 2 July 2019 10:08 (five years ago) link

'janky'

pomenitul, Thursday, 4 July 2019 07:43 (five years ago) link

Besties OTM, never heard of janky until imago used it to describe Black Midi the other day on ILM.

Orpheus Knutt (Tom D.), Thursday, 4 July 2019 08:19 (five years ago) link

It's ubiquitous in the video game community. Every non-AAA game is described as 'janky'.

pomenitul, Thursday, 4 July 2019 08:21 (five years ago) link

That explains why I've never heard it before tbh.

Orpheus Knutt (Tom D.), Thursday, 4 July 2019 08:24 (five years ago) link

It may also be more prevalent in North America.

pomenitul, Thursday, 4 July 2019 08:38 (five years ago) link

Cancelled is one that ppl profess to hate but I legit never came across it until the scornful usage became ubiquitous; I’ve heard it a billion times in the last year or so but if I never heard a sarcastic “I guess x is cancelled now” that would be more like zero. So, thanks for keeping that one alive guys I guess

shhh / let peaceful like things (wins), Friday, 5 July 2019 18:36 (five years ago) link

janky been around since at least the 90s

A True White Kid that can Jump (Granny Dainger), Friday, 5 July 2019 18:38 (five years ago) link

late 80's, but left before the release of the stone roses iirc

phil neville jacket (darraghmac), Friday, 5 July 2019 22:36 (five years ago) link

I love on that leaked Tom Cruise Scientology video where’s he all “I’ve cancelled that in my area”

brimstead, Friday, 5 July 2019 22:41 (five years ago) link

'Entrée' for 'main course'. It's audibly and visibly related to the English word 'entry', which should give you a tip as to which part of the meal it refers to.

pomenitul, Sunday, 14 July 2019 20:52 (five years ago) link

yes but it's the entry to the pudding, the only good and actual course

mark s, Sunday, 14 July 2019 20:56 (five years ago) link

'if i'm being honest'

mookieproof, Sunday, 14 July 2019 21:28 (five years ago) link

'Entrée' for 'main course'. It's audibly and visibly related to the English word 'entry', which should give you a tip as to which part of the meal it refers to.

Consider that the term might derive from the manner in which that course is served and not only the point during the meal when it is served.

the girl from spirea x (f. hazel), Sunday, 14 July 2019 22:17 (five years ago) link

like...on a tray?

Number None, Sunday, 14 July 2019 22:33 (five years ago) link

But the term doesn't derive from the service à la russe: in the sense of 'first course', it is attested in French (Littré) as early as the 16th century and by the mid 18th century, it had been imported into English (OED).

pomenitul, Monday, 15 July 2019 07:51 (five years ago) link

“Cancelled” and “keep his/her name out of your mouth”

El Tomboto, Tuesday, 16 July 2019 17:47 (five years ago) link

“I’ve cancelled that in my area” - Tom Cruise

brimstead, Tuesday, 16 July 2019 18:14 (five years ago) link

I need more examples of "canceled" to fully understand this usage.

Sassy Boutonnière (ledriver), Tuesday, 16 July 2019 19:24 (five years ago) link

"Mondays are cancelled."

There's more Italy than necessary. (in orbit), Tuesday, 16 July 2019 19:45 (five years ago) link

"woof" and "oof"

flappy bird, Friday, 26 July 2019 22:06 (five years ago) link

I would think by now this thread would have covered every conversational phrase ever uttered in the history of the English language

Paul Ponzi, Friday, 26 July 2019 23:29 (five years ago) link

"and so it begins" fucking hell people find some other way to caption your photos.

akm, Friday, 26 July 2019 23:50 (five years ago) link

"yeah so" is there some kind of audio filter I can apply to NPR that will remove these two words which is apparently how everyone now starts their sentences?

akm, Friday, 26 July 2019 23:51 (five years ago) link

all american podcast words, incorporating every word spoken by an american in any podcast

sorry yanks

phil neville jacket (darraghmac), Friday, 26 July 2019 23:53 (five years ago) link

I would think by now this thread would have covered every conversational phrase ever uttered in the history of the English language

― Paul Ponzi, Friday, July 26, 2019 4:29 PM (twenty-four minutes ago)

as I've repeatedly suggested in this thread, it's grating to ever hear any phrase for a second time. It causes feelings of dread and alienation.

president of deluded fruitcakes anonymous (silby), Friday, 26 July 2019 23:55 (five years ago) link

Another sports one, although I'll give this one a pass: referring to players as assets: "Ronald Acuna is one of the top three assets in the game."

It annoys me simply because it's ubiquitous at the moment. But you can't say "Ronald Acuna is one of the top three players in the game," because he's not--his value is heavily tied in with projections of where he'll be in five years. And "Ronald Acuna is one of the top three properties in the game" has ugly connotations.

So "assets" it is.

clemenza, Saturday, 27 July 2019 01:40 (five years ago) link

Makes an ass of you and et.

A is for (Aimless), Saturday, 27 July 2019 02:01 (five years ago) link

Is it too late now to get everyone to stop using "super" as an adverb?

punning display, Saturday, 27 July 2019 17:48 (five years ago) link

be patient. they'll tire of it on their own after a time.

A is for (Aimless), Saturday, 27 July 2019 17:52 (five years ago) link

its quite fluous

phil neville jacket (darraghmac), Saturday, 27 July 2019 18:03 (five years ago) link


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