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

Overuse of 'aesthetic' as synonymous with 'style'

No that’s good

the british expression "all sorts"

i don't know why, but i hate it so much, hate it hate it hate it hate it

dolly mixture is better

I like it when it describes a bad of licorice

*bag

well sure that’s a different pack of sweets altogether

"we can take that one away and have a look at it"

"quick wins"

How dyou feel abt "one and done"

hmm what's the context

i think i've only heard it referring to e.g. a basketball playoff. 'oh the sixers? they're going to be one and done'

"guys theres fifteen tickets there i want someone to review and identify the quick wins and any oneandones we can bat away"

Have heard "one and done" a lot this year re the Johnson & Johnson vaccine

Yeah broadly speaking it captures the concept

ok in this context i definitely hate it

Yes thats right

I got the J&J and used that phrase a few times, I am guilty of this

Almost started an ILM thread about this, but then wasn’t sure how many examples there were:

Names of bands shortened by fans, or at least the ones where an s is added. The Chemicals, The Foos

Somehow I hear them all in a Steve Lamacq voice. I guess The Manics is the classic one, though not as annoying as the previous two.

The rollings

I hate Macca for Paul McCartney too.

It's probably fine in a Scouse accent though tbf.

Curiously, it doesn’t seem to follow that the longer band names are the most subjected to this. No one called the Incredible String Band “the Incredibles” or Clap Your Hands Say Yeah “the Claps”, afaik

The Replacements became The Mats (from placemats)

What about when big corps start calling themselves the abbreviated usage? FedEx being the big one, KFC another

“Yeah Yeah Yeahs” more catchy anyway

xps

Yeah

we called them Crap Your Pants for short

No one called the Incredible String Band “the Incredibles”

I think they did, you know.

I mean the Incredible String Band

What about when big corps start calling themselves the abbreviated usage? FedEx being the big one, KFC another

nicknames: should they be banned y/n

One of my dad's preferred boozers that, The Hole In The Wa'.

... just googled it and it's gone now :(

It’s acceptable for a pub, but not an ATM.

I think BevMo possibly started as a organic abbreviation of Beverages & More.

However, Washington Mutual tried to jump on this wagon by christening themselves as WaMu, and I guarantee nobody had ever uttered that dysphonic phrase before.

One of my dad's preferred boozers that, The Hole In The Wa'.

― Wouldn't disgrace a Michael Jackson (Tom D.), Tuesday, 13 July 2021 20:26 (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink

... just googled it and it's gone now :(

― Wouldn't disgrace a Michael Jackson (Tom D.), Tuesday, 13 July 2021 20:27 (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink

One of the best pubs in dublin still, so theres some comfort for ya

However, Washington Mutual tried to jump on this wagon by christening themselves as WaMu, and I guarantee nobody had ever uttered that dysphonic phrase before.

Which makes me think of UPS's unappetizing slogan "What Can Brown Do For You?"

let’s see if we can put some meat on the bones

Any variation on "no lies detected"/"where is the lie."

no cap!

'Verticals' to describe selling categories on online marketplaces.

"good stuff"

Thread is now just a wall of sheer hatred tbh and tracer hand chief amongst the frenzied

It must say something about ILX that this is the most repeated topic of all time:

Four Words: Use Other Words Please
"Use other words please."
Commonly used phrases that inexplicably bug you
Most irritating cliche/phrase/expression
"Taking Things to a Whole `Nother Level!"
words that annoy
Words that should earn the author a slap
PROVERBIAL and other tip offs to poor writing

― N. (nickdastoor), Tuesday, December 23, 2003 6:48 PM (seventeen years ago)

not excluding myself or anything, but this thread makes me wonder how many people go through life like this

I had one for this thread the other day but I forgot what it was. There aren't that many phrases that bother me that much unless they're concocted to obscure unjust things tbh.

i mostly just hate shitty sayings like...

"Today is a gift, that's why they call it the present"

other than that, or crap meme-y stuff, say what ya need to say #mayer

what I do love is at work, there's a digital bulletin board and there's a group of like 5-10 people who like to come up with their own inspiration sayings but half the time they don't make sense or they're hilariously bad.

"Tomorrow's all about you - that's why they call it the f-YOU-ture"

That sounded better in my head than it looks written down tbh