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

wow i am totally unfamiliar with this but it sounds awful

Today I caught myself starting a conversation with “you know how people like chips?”

xp nah it was one of those ones that was funny for a bit and then reached critical mass and will probably be on greeting cards next year

sorry LL I should have clarified that it's used in a satirical / arch manner, i.e. what kind of moron could endorse this view

"as a ....."

The topic on the sports call-in show tonight was "Your hot take on the Leafs"--they were especially encouraging "steaming hot takes on the Leafs."

I've hated "hot take" since the first time I heard it, and the more ubiquitous it gets, the more I hate it. It sounds so creepy. I'm not even sure of its precise meaning: is it supposed to be an instantaneous opinion without any thought, or does any willfully controversial opinion count? Or both? No need to answer--I absolutely don't care.

Just in general: why do people want to say the same things everybody else is saying? If you're suddenly hearing the same phrase over and over, that's like a big red flag: never say or write these words. But so many people just want to grab on and be part of it.

a hot take is a controversial opinion, but its ubiquity has diluted almost all meaning

doesn’t it just mean an instant reaction in the heat of the moment, and not fully thought through? Doesn’t need to be controversial afaik.

“love too” has run its course I feel

yeah there could be a whole subthread within this one about these types. i'd add:

"sure sex is great but have you tried ..."

"optics" -- kill me. hearing this ALL the time now

People failing to pronounce 'Bros.' as brothers, in Super Mario Bros, Super Smash Bros. etc.

It was always pronounced 'brothers'!

http://entertainment.ie//images_content/rectangle/620x372/bros2.jpg

Obviously the band Bros confuses things, but I don't think that has much to do with the shift.

(xpost!)

counterpoint: Moss Bros, always pronounced to rhyme

Even then, its not the 'bro' vowel sound.

opened eyes
turned heads
raised eyebrows

"Prior to"

turned stomachs

opened eyes
turned heads
raised eyebrows

― mookieproof, Tuesday, October 2, 2018 4:37 PM (five minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

can't lose

a colleague never 'goes upstairs to' do something; he insists on 'going upstairs in order to' do something

see also: egregious use of 'within' rather than 'in'

when people say they're "investing in" expensive gadgets that will be out of date in 3 years

3 year investment

checks out

one I've started noticing recently in political reporting: "have a [good] story to tell"

because political reporters, like everyone else, now think they are writers

"deadass"

repeated use of 'proceeded to...'

^^^

“happy wife, happy life”

'the'. So overused, sounds like 'duh' and is just as much a signifier of stupidity imo. Use other articles, sheeple, gawd.

"optics" -- kill me. hearing this ALL the time now

Still less annoying than 'not a good look' or, worse yet, 'nagl'.

First they came for the good looks, and I said nothing, for I was not a good look

not good lookin'

I probably posted this already, but I'm tired of being told to let things "sink in"

"Name a better (whatever variety of thing it is). We'll wait." <---this is a social media account manager's lame attempt at being sassy, and has never been anything else

― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Saturday, September 22, 2018 2:05 PM (two weeks ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

otm

"so stinkin' (cute, adorable, etc)"

what’s especially annoying is that they never wait

xp

social media managers having to gin up verbiage in places that really don't even need verbiage has become the bane of my eyeballs.

see also the sub-headlines under any form of web-quiz (Sporcle is a relentless offender here), which are invariably just restating the title but with the addition of some attempt at being casual, chummy, and sassy, or making an 'insider' reference (which could have been generated by a robot) to the subject matter. like if the quiz is called "Which Gryffindor Student Are You?" it really doesn't need "Break out the Polyjuice Potion and prepare to get lit...erature!"

you sure about that?

getting really tired of the use of "bullied" outside of actual bullying contexts. Heard reference to Elizabeth Warren being "bullied" by Trump. I think it's kind of a stretch to suggest that national politicians can "bully" each other.

perhaps elizabeth warren is not *being* bullied, but 'bullying' is a pretty accurate term for trump's attitude and world view

imo he is global king of DARVO -- it's way beyond bullying
DARVO is my new favorite acronym

me too
I need to moan about DARVOing somewhere but I'm paranoid the offender will find it and keep on DARVOing even more

omg it just dawned on me
donnie darvo

haha

carrots and sticks

Greta Darvo, and Monroe
Dietrich and DiMaggio

iplayer trails keep talking about "box sets". it's digital, there is no box.

(see also those angry letters to papers / bbc complaints email about how they should be called "boxed sets", because "box set" is a set of boxes)

Or even iTunes changing its nomenclature from Disc 1, Disc 2 ... to Disk 1, Disk 2 ... - it’s freakin me out.

a colleague never 'goes upstairs to' do something; he insists on 'going upstairs in order to' do something

lol