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

Skin in the game

and a she-basement after the war

Skin in the game

otm

“Build back better”

xps there's a barber's in the shopping area of town which advertises itself as a "men's creche" and every time i walk past it i have to check i'm not in fact dreaming

That's saying the quiet part of the infantilisation of men a bit loud.

"Saying the quiet part loud"

it’s okay but yes

perhaps english specific gripes: i get unnerved over 'dock/docked' when referring to wages, and 'taking on' when enquiring if medical surgeries are accepting new patients in their registry...

'are you taking on any new NHS patients?' why not use 'accepting'? nobody seems to the phrase 'taking on' any other time...?!

these little usages are so strange to me and seem to stick out - i dunno why... is there a term for words that are only used in conjunction with specific activities like that...?

"Take On Me" is about trying to book a physical iirc

lmao, fuck's sake.

A slogan rather than a commonly-used phrase, but
See it
Say it
Sorted
is beginning to fill me with uncontrollable rage.

oh yikes

deems are you responsible for this

'taking on' sort of implies 'taking passengers on board' kind of thing imo. I don't mind it. "Taking on new staff" is another usage.

pretty common in the US - "taking on a new project"

Yeah, I think it’s common in other contexts in the UK too. “I’m not taking on any more work at the moment” a freelancer might say.

Might be nice to expand it usage though. “I’m sorry - I’m not taking on any more sexual partners at this time”.

"I'm not taking on any more accusations of sexual assault, sorry"

Irrationally angry when i hear our provincial health minister, a Brit, say "at the weekend". No one here knows what the hell you are saying.

'On the weekend' has the same effect on me.

divided by a common language.

can't relate to joy, huh

i mean it's usually talk of covid cases "at the weekend" so uh...

well my mind first goes to a nonexistant nightclub called "the weekend", that brings a little joy to it.

is "over the weekend" us only

No.

"out on the weekend" is the only acceptable way to say this

Not here it isn't.

I actually remember when I first heard the Neil Young song, "Out on the Weekend", thinking it was an odd title!

"the weekend" is correct imo

if Uncle Neil says it's right, we all must obey

i get unnerved over 'dock/docked' when referring to wages

how about when referring to the tails or ears of domesticated animals?

“Cinematic universe”

Lol first used on ilx in 2011 in reference to... David Lynch.

how do you feel about "docking"

keep it out of my universe

lol

Docking/sounding combo, now that’s living.

I can't begin to say

"Up with this I will not put."

Once upon a century ago this was a funny riposte by Churchill to criticism that he occasionally ended sentences with a preposition. 5000 years later, British politicians and journalists are still wont to trot out this phrase, apparently unaware of the original context, for no reason other than Colin Hunt-like jocularity... or so it seems. Just stop.

You know what annoys me?

Asking someone about a meeting and the following happens:

"Let's meet at [location] on Tuesday."

"When?"

"On Tuesday."

When you’re making plans via WhatsApp and reply quickly, only for the person to leave you hanging over the final FINAL confirmation. I am very much a ‘make plan, stick to plan’ person who does not require reconfirming an hour before the agreed time of activity. Or person presents you with a bunch of options, you choose one, and then *tumbleweeds*.

(x post)

There's room for ambiguity about 'Tuesday, which I've never fully mastered:

This Tuesday?

No - next Tuesday

Tuesday 23rd?

No - not this Tuesday, next Tuesday - Tuesday coming

???

Tuesday 30th obv - dummy!

no way is "Next Tuesday" 13 days away, you are having a laugh

suzy otm. Get out of here with same day confirmations on our very important cup of tea summit

Possibly - I do find there's room for surpising ambiguity with this and next.

Has this thread had people answering a question with 'So... (pause) (answer)' ? That's quite annoying, with its inference of 'you don't quite grok the full meta-level implications of this issue as clearly as I do. Let me enlighten you a little'

Oh god

A hardy stablemate of “Um, ”

I thought Alfred was complaining about them not saying what time on Tuesday.

^^ yes