Subject: Top ten irritating phrases
Posted by: lesley153
Date: Nov 07 08
A top 10 of irritating expressions has been compiled by researchers at Oxford University.
1 - At the end of the day
2 - Fairly unique
3 - I personally
4 - At this moment in time
5 - With all due respect
6 - Absolutely
7 - It's a nightmare
8 - Shouldn't of
9 - 24/7
10 - It's not rocket science
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/debates/3394545/Oxford-compiles-list-of-top-ten-irritating-phrases.html
Do we find any other phrases even more irritating than this lot?
Posted by: lesley153
Date: Nov 07 08
A top 10 of irritating expressions has been compiled by researchers at Oxford University.
1 - At the end of the day
2 - Fairly unique
3 - I personally
4 - At this moment in time
5 - With all due respect
6 - Absolutely
7 - It's a nightmare
8 - Shouldn't of
9 - 24/7
10 - It's not rocket science
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/debates/3394545/Oxford-compiles-list-of-top-ten-irritating-phrases.htmlDo we find any other phrases even more irritating than this lot?
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mikew41 
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"Not being nasty, but...." Reply #1. Nov 07 08, 5:28 PM |
talentedone
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With all due respect, I refuse to give up "with all due respect". What is next? "In my humble opinion", perhaps. My pet irritating phrase is "if only I knew..." "Ok, if you only knew what?" is how I would like to respond. This phrase just leaves you hanging, waiting for the rest of the sentence. Reply #2. Nov 07 08, 5:50 PM |
Catamount
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"At this POINT in time"; "Light years ahead of (insert whatever)"; "In these times of restraint"; "Try and" instead of "Try to"; "Work smarter not harder" - this is fun! Reply #3. Nov 07 08, 7:31 PM |
dfc4385
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How about "whatever" and "my bad"! Both are irritating. Reply #4. Nov 07 08, 8:14 PM |
lesley153
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"Listen carefully to the following nine options before choosing..." Reply #5. Nov 07 08, 8:15 PM |
houston1127
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"Think outside the box". Egads! Reply #6. Nov 07 08, 8:56 PM |
red_stone
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My aunt is fond of saying 'but you don't understand', I personally hate that because it is generally implying that I'm to dense to get the concept. Reply #7. Nov 07 08, 10:25 PM |
| Catamount
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"Drill down..." - that's another one of those cheery manager phrases that make my teeth hurt. "Cross pollination" when mixing up teams - makes me wonder what kind of a job I'm supposed to be doing. Reply #8. Nov 07 08, 10:50 PM |
Cymruambyth
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My list of phrases/expressions that make me want to throw things at people who use them: 1: Back in the day... 2: Whatever (accompanied by a bored facial expression and a shrug) 3: Ya know what I mean? 4: Irregardless 5: I could care less 6: Any phrase which contains 'of' in place of 'have' - (e.g. "I could of had a V8", "He should of left well enough alone", and so on.) 7: Like (when it is every third or fourth word in a badly-constructed sentence!) 8: Basically 9: Pushing the envelope 10: Eh? (the Canadian equivalent of the American 'huh?', the Welsh 'is it?'. I'm sure there are equally annoying, meaningless words used in every culture and language.) I also find myself wanting to hurl dictionaries at people who say "flaunting the law" instead of "flouting the law", those who constantly confuse 'affect' and 'effect', use reflexive pronouns incorrectly, or substitute 'me' for 'I' or 'I' for 'me'. People who write "tow the line" instead of "toe the line" and "alot" instead of "a lot" are also in danger of having things thrown at them. Reply #9. Nov 07 08, 11:17 PM |
| lesley153
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Between you and I... at least you're (they're, I'm) honest. Reply #10. Nov 08 08, 8:02 AM |
| lilyalli
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My list would be: 1. Let’s touch base 2. Lighten up 3. Life is for living 4. Have a good one 5. Know what I mean 6. Singing from the same hymn sheet 7. Get a life 8. It is what it is 9. Some say 10.I gave it 110% Aaaagh! Also, what is it with such a simple word as 'ask'? Let me 'axe' you a question? Why, oh why? Reply #11. Nov 08 08, 11:19 AM |
macabrescribe
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"Due to the fact that..." It's so unnecessary. Reply #12. Nov 08 08, 11:23 AM |
supersal1
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"I'm going to give you the heads up on this" - still haven't worked out what that one means. "To be perfectly honest" - you're either going to be really rude or tell me a whopping great lie. "I don't mean this in a nasty way" - yes you do, don't be shy about it! Reply #13. Nov 08 08, 11:35 AM |
Rowena8482
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Something I find really really annoying is when people I don't know, salespeople or whoever, use my name every third word as they try to persuade me to do/buy their "thing" - I don't know why it is but I HATE it...it just grates on me. I did once make a point sort of with a uni lecturer I really loathed, he asked my name so I said my surname, then he rolled his eyes and said as if to an idiot "nooo your FIRSTTT name" so I looked him straight in the eye and said Mrs. Reply #14. Nov 08 08, 1:35 PM |
RL2
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when every other statement is "No Problem" Reply #15. Nov 08 08, 2:14 PM |
| Mouldy-Carpets
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Ah, so that's what happened to Shergar. Reply #16. Nov 08 08, 3:08 PM |
| Pagiedamon
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When someone uses the word "literally" in a wholly inappropriate way. For example: "I literally died laughing". Ugh! Reply #17. Nov 08 08, 4:53 PM |
| lesley153
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I got one of them, Rowena, when I made a phone call to a mail order company. I told the little snot my full name, and he immediately started saying "Lesley" three times in every sentence. Yes, it grated horribly, so I asked him if he addressed everyone like that. He told me that I needed to move with the times. I didn't argue. I just moved my order to a different company. Reminds me of a woman who had a call from a kitchen salesman. When he arrived, he said he didn't have time to waste, because he was a very busy man. She didn't want to waste his time, she took him straight back to the front door, and told him to leave. Reply #18. Nov 08 08, 7:26 PM |
satguru
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I literally wet my pants after reading the last two entries. Now you'll have to work out if I was double bluffing... Reply #19. Nov 08 08, 7:31 PM |
| RL2
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good one MC LOL ! Reply #20. Nov 08 08, 8:26 PM |
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