Words or phrases people say that drive you insane?

sitasati

sitasati

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Originally Posted by jillianjiggs
didn't read the whole thread so sorry if these were mentioned:

1) "could care less" - no. that implies that you actually care a little bit. the expression is "couldn't care less" GET IT RIGHT.
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2) "____ is love." i just hate it. "lolz GREYS ANATOMY IS LOVE!"

3) "i seen" - i have been trying to teach my friend not to say this for YEARS. it is the most hick thing ever. "i seen this guy today" UGHUGHUGH. i tried to teach her when to say seen and when to say saw. now she has 2 different things to screw up. "i havent saw that movie yet"

oh. my. god. it's REALLY not that hard!!!!!!!

and i have to agree re: piggies and lippies, preggers, HUBBY (UGH!!)

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I so agree with you're post.
 
PinkShell21

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Oh my goodness, you guys are all too funny!
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Every single one of the above pet peeves are also "MINES" haha.

I will add that it bothers me when people say/ask, "where is she at?" or "where is it at?" and "where are you going to go?" Ughh!

Plus, I can not stand when people use the word literally incorrectly! Shite dudes it bothers me so much! I usually hear this from the younger crowd who try to sound all cool by using such a "big word!"

Examples:

"I literally walked 10 steps to the MAC counter today" What the hell?

"I literally only had 10 seconds to put on my makeup" You either did or didn't!

"Oh my god I feel so ugly today...literally!" Oh hell no!

Just stop it! Shut-up!!! If someone was to say, on a very rainy/stormy day, "it's literally raining cats and dogs" I would probably blast them because it would be most appropriate to say that only if it really WAS raining cats and dogs thus making such a "catchphrase" I guess you could say, make sense/have meaning...."know what I mean?"

Some people!
 
jillianjiggs

jillianjiggs

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Originally Posted by ChelsRae85

Two, no, there is no big strong man that can help you load your furniture. There is only me. Yes, I am a young woman, but that doesn't mean I'm made of porcelain. I've loaded dressers with greater brain capacity than you.

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sorry this reminds me of something that happened to me... i was a cashier at a grocery store and this old-ish woman was buying a jar of pickles. she asked if i would open it for her so that it would break the seal so it would be easier for her to open later.

i gave it a go, but it was tight. i was about to try again (i've opened enough pickle jars in my day!) but as soon as she saw me struggle the first time she said "hm. maybe you should get a man to do it."

yes, my scrawny male manager will have an even easier time than me!
 
LuckyGirl3513

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Originally Posted by alexisdeadly
I hate hate when people say "holla". For me, it's like scratching nails along a blackboard.

SO DO I!! One of my friends is in investment banking and she says all the guys she works with says "Holla" constantly and use the phrase "banking hard"....very annoying
 
*Stargazer*

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"Fumble!" (on our part) during a Dallas game. *sigh*

I would like to make pretty babies with Jason Witten.
 
*Stargazer*

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I hate bad grammar and spelling all around, but I really, REALLY hate it when I see it in print or on television. Don't people get PAID to prevent that?
 
wolfsong

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Originally Posted by *Stargazer*
I hate bad grammar and spelling all around, but I really, REALLY hate it when I see it in print or on television. Don't people get PAID to prevent that?

I saw the word 'definately' in a national magazine a few days ago. Don't they have spell check?
 
Shimmer

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I would like to make pretty babies with Jason Witten.

Pretty beautiful wonderful babies who save football games after making heartbreaking fumbles.
 
thestarsfall

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Misspellings and mispronunciations get me the worst. I can deal with minor grammatical mistakes, but the bigger ones are rather annoying.

My best friend says some words completely wrong (but, at the same time not) just to annoy me. They are words that don't come up often in conversation though... Ex: Drosophila, and guanine. Yes, I am a bio-nerd.

My mother also pronounces things completely wrong. She once said "shyringe" instead of syringe. She also mispronounces pedestrian.

I hate it when people cannot spell psychiatrist either. I get this on forums a lot and they think that its 'ph' at the beginning so it becomes phsyciatrist or some other horrible mutation of the word.

However, I am completely opposite on the coupon issue. And I would think I am totally right. It is pronounced Koo-pon, not kyew-pon. I would speculate that it is termed off the French coupé, meaning cut. That is another peeve of mine, mainly because I live near Quebec; when people cannot pronounce French terms. The word (mall) St. Laurent, does NOT have a 't' sound at the end.

Gah.
 
Divinity

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"You know what I mean?" - Yes! You don't have to ask me every other sentence!!

and

"Like" before EVERY other frickin word! - Let's step it up a bit as we aren't in high school anymore.
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PinkShell21

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Originally Posted by *Stargazer*
I hate bad grammar and spelling all around, but I really, REALLY hate it when I see it in print or on television. Don't people get PAID to prevent that?

Yes! I have actually emailed a museum website before telling them about their errors and whatnot, they emailed me back with a "thank you." I felt bad because they were so nice but hey...it was bothering me
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Oh and I thought of a few more:

When people say, "I love me some mac porn!" Perhaps, they say it for laughs but it's not cute! I just saw this on a page! :p

Just when people ask, "Do you speak Mexican?" That is when I "bust out" my bazooka!

Make-up related:

When people ask me if I do my own makeup. No...I don't...I hire an artist to do my makeup everyday! What the bleep man?!

If I don't know the answer to a beauty question or I am asking a customer questions and they say, "I dont know, you tell me, you're the expert!" Pulls out bazooka again.

When people ask for constructive criticism, I give it, and they get all butt-hurt about it. Or I made some skincare recs the other day on LJ and some chick got catty about it. I of course ignored it but still...calm down...just because I'm right and she is wrong! :p

There are so many other things that bother me...I know some things are just insane but we are only human.
 
dollbabybex

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Originally Posted by Dizzy
We say 'color' because to us, it is "col-Er", if we had the "u" in it it would be closer to "co-loUr" with the emphasis being on the u rather than on the second "o". At least that's how it is when I say it- but I also have a very stereotypical NY accent (ie: I tawk, say 'tree' instead of three, and say "er" on words that end in "a").

but i'm sure the english way is right...with the language being ENGLISH!!

i dont mean to ruffle any feathers but i cringe at the way americans say certain words such as

Aluminium...
americans say alooominum
brits say ali-min-yum

and i hate how americans have changed the spelling of certain english words.
 
PinkShell21

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Originally Posted by dollbabybex
but i'm sure the english way is right...with the language being ENGLISH!!

i dont mean to ruffle any feathers but i cringe at the way americans say certain words such as

Aluminium...
americans say alooominum
brits say ali-min-yum

and i hate how americans have changed the spelling of certain english words.

LOL. I live in Australia now and I am constantly made fun of for this! I don't know...I do not let the Australian/English ways of saying/spelling things bother me because after all, we are from different countries and I am not the one who changed the "English" language. I guess I just hate being judged for saying "zee" instead of "zed" and spelling "realise" with a "z." I was also made fun of for saying "computER" and not "computAH" Oh and we do spell it as ALUMINUM, it is the way it is spelled in our dictionaries so why would we say AluminIUM?
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Haha, by the way I wasn't getting iffy mad at what you said as I just thought it was funny that you brought this up because I still hear this everywhere I go!
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To add again to the post...

I cringe everytime people say "Tar-jay" instead of "Tar-get!" Oh man!
 
jenee.sum

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YoU kNow WHeN pEOpLE tyPe LiKe tHiS, IT fUCkInG TakEs foRevER, ANd iT dOEsn'T MaKE tHEm aNy CoOleR. iN FAcT It MAkeS ThEm LoOK DuMB?

i know it's not a word of phrase, but FuCK SToP TypINg LiKE ThIs bEcaUSe it'S FuCkInG anNoYiNg!!!!

it also annoys the hell out of me when people say presentation like "PRE-sen-tation." I've been taught all my life that it's pronounced PRES-en-tation, so I think pronouncing it the other way sounds stupid. lol

and it's "organiZation" and "organiZe"...NOT "organiSation" and "organiSe"!!!!! and i've noticed that in published books too!!! urgh!
 
PinkShell21

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Originally Posted by jenee.sum
and it's "organiZation" and "organiZe"...NOT "organiSation" and "organiSe"!!!!! and i've noticed that in published books too!!! urgh!

But...it IS spelled this way in some parts of the world, it does not mean it's wrong
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Read my post above
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