Phrases you hate

[CanBeGrumpy]

Well, just about everything irks me these days, but I'll try to pick out just a few for the sake of brevity.

1) "opens up" If I see one more magazine cover where some celebrity "opens up" about something that happened to them, I might actually scream!

2) I hate the word "activist". Hate it.

3) "All the sudden" or "all of the sudden". To say "the sudden" implies it is one specific sudden. The phrase is "All of a sudden"!

4) "I seen".

I better stop here. I could go on all day.

 

[jdb in AZ]

Expressions that are over-used:

Mother Nature's wrath

24-7

 

[bohemian21]

"At the end of the day, ..... "

Am I the only one that started singing the song from "Les Mis" when I saw this?

 

[kwelch10377]

Wow, just wow

"red flags"

Preggers/Prego - most people think it sounds cute, it really doesn't

Prolly - take a few minutes a learn how to spell probably

 

[kmb584]

"Too bad, so sad".

 

[topolino]

"Based off of..."

It was always, "Based on...". When and why did it change?

 

[low-key]

I like hip and unhip phrases , some say its bad grammar others say its personality, we should all talk like we wanna

 

[StephMK]

"My bad." and "I just threw up a little bit in my mouth."

Wow, just wow

"red flags"

Preggers/Prego - most people think it sounds cute, it really doesn't

Prolly - take a few minutes a learn how to spell probably

ITA with these! Others include -

I'm loving ...

Just sayin'

 

[RunningGirl]

"You've gotta be kidding me"

"I could care less" (instead of couldn't)

 

[NewmanFamily6]

Irregardless=without regard without

The word is regardless

 

[AmazingGrace]

When someone posts looking for advice or info.....
"I need an isolated field in the middle of nowhere, to hide a dead body. There needs to be a road for my getaway car.....AND GO!"
I hate that. It's like people think that others are waiting with baited breath for their reply. It just gets on my nerves. AND GO! Really? Nope. I don't think so.

 

[robndani]

not sure if this counts, but a picture with 400 hashtags drives me crazy. #Especially #when #they #separate #a #sentence #with #them!

 

[MouseClubMama]

Bring it.
Think outside the box.
Selfie. I am annoyed by the word, and the photos.

 

[dizzwizz]

Umm... Umm...
Quite frankly...
Would you like to make a donation?
Hey! How are you? (Fine. How are you?) Fine.

 

[lacrosse_lady72]

Using 'finna' instead of 'gonna'.
"Dat ______ doe" instead of "That ______ though"

And the most annoying to me hands down is when someone says something like "don't let it get to you" or "let it go" or something similar in which they're telling you to not let something affect you. Okay, if I could just shake it off, I would. Thanks for reducing my feelings to something simple.

 

[dizzwizz]

Let me ax you a question.

 

[Ladygoldenhair]

These ones...

 

[quakechicago]

At the end of the day

With a heavy heart

I'm just sayin

Whatever!

Ya know?

 

[kimblebee]

Throwing someone/something under the bus.

AAAARGH

 

[Disney Doll]

In the business world, I hate "reaching out". How about if we just call or email them instead?

I also can't stand calling a problem a "challenge" or an "opportunity", as in "our challenge is that the roof of the building just caved in". In reality you should be saying "Holy crap! We've got a HUGE problem! The roof just caved in!!!" Instead of saying "Someone made an error so we have an opportunity for improvement" in reality we should be saying "Holy crap! We almost just killed this guy because of this bad policy. We've got a problem!" We're all adults at work. None of us are going to collapse if we realize we have a problem.

Business doublespeak. Aligning goals, strategic initiatives and maximizing resources. How about "This is what we need to do, this is how we are going to do it and we can't spend a lot of money".

I also hate "my bad".