Expressions you hate

lemd

smilerf wrote:

I hate Sick As A Small Hospital. Would it not make more sense to say Sick As A Big Hospital cos obviously that has more sick people in it

Ah, you don't want to exaggerate though. It's a fine line.

PeterParker957

Silence breakers.

whisky_galore

21Savage wrote: »

How can people who use the word lexicon not get their head around the whole language and its use evolving.

Or devolving, depending on your viewpoint.

A friend of mine posted that in a certain situation 'everyone was sick'....I honestly couldn't tell whether 'everyone was ill' or 'everyone was crazy/cool' or whatever.

whisky_galore

MysticMonk wrote: »

"Troubled teen"...instead of "out of control little scumbag blue-mouldy for want of a hiding".

'Anti-social behaviour' - euphemism for acting like a scumbag.

filbert the fox

whisky_galore wrote: »

'Anti-social behaviour' - euphemism for acting like a scumbag.

"mitigating circumstances"

"297 previous convictions.."

make one's blood boil.

Cortina_MK_IV

"Fell in with the wrong crowd." Another way to excuse a scumbag... He was on his way to 9 mass and confession but got sidetracked by this "wrong crowd" so stole a car then went on a crime spree.

Stacksofwacks

Knee high to a grasshopper, stupid statement

DaeryssaOne

'Squeaky bum time'

I absolutely loathe that expression, it's just so stupid! A reporter on RTE news used it ahead of the Ireland Denmark match a few weeks ago and the fact that it was used on the Six One news annoyed me more than the shirtless gombeen jumping around behind him while he did his piece to camera.

donegal_man

"My client is a young man from a good family who is very involved in his local <insert sport of choice> club."
"My client is a young man who unfortunately comes from a troubled family and lacks positive role models."
Both are little scrotes looking for a way not to face the consequences of their actions.

Realt Dearg Sec

Scrotes.

by8auj6csd3ioq

"works like a charm"

by8auj6csd3ioq

"Fell in with the wrong crowd."

How did the very first person fall in with the wrong crowd? It is used to excuse their thug who of course is not like the "wrong crown" thug. Ditto for "bad company"

joe40

Lookit. At the end of the day, some of these phrase make me literally go mad.
There is no stopping them like.

by8auj6csd3ioq

lookit i agree. gombeen councillors seem to specialise in lookit. another is "i suppose" when answering a question. Either too thick to know they are not saying anything by supposing or trying to be clever and not saying anything lest they be contradicted

Sue Pa Key Pa

With all due respect

Means I think you are a gob****e

Flippyfloppy

Store ; ‘bring it back to store’ ‘maybe if you go into store’ it’s a shop!! Where has this store malarkey come from? Wrecks my head!

Martina1991

Sue Pa Key Pa wrote:

With all due respect

Someone I work with always says "I'm not being funny but..."

It's just like "No offense, but..."

Los Lobos

Reading the Biker Forum, a lot of them seem to call a helmet a 'lid '

A ****in lid? You're not a jar of jam you dopey ****

dxhound2005

Flippyfloppy wrote: »

Store ; ‘bring it back to store’ ‘maybe if you go into store’ it’s a shop!! Where has this store malarkey come from? Wrecks my head!

Store comes from American English. As does Malarkey.

Wrecks my head is just awful.

Flippyfloppy

dxhound2005 wrote: »

Store comes from American English. As does Malarkey.

Wrecks my head is just awful.

It's ok. I 100% expected my post to be picked apart, and yes I know where store comes from!

Also, when people use words or terms like As does & awful (which comes from British English) I find my head gets really wrecked

pawdee

My bad.

Thoughts?

dxhound2005

pawdee wrote: »

My bad.

Thoughts?

Go to confession.

IamtheWalrus

jobr wrote: »

'Squeaky bum time'

I absolutely loathe that expression, it's just so stupid! A reporter on RTE news used it ahead of the Ireland Denmark match a few weeks ago and the fact that it was used on the Six One news annoyed me more than the shirtless gombeen jumping around behind him while he did his piece to camera.

This phrase is ok. It was coined by Alex Ferguson during his Utd reign and it was seen as a silly phrase, something that an old uncle might say. It took off as a term of endearment.

Professor Moriarty

Martina1991 wrote: »

Someone I work with always says "I'm not being funny but..."

It's just like "No offense, but..."

There's a maxim that everything before the word 'but' is horsesh1t. It's true, it applies every time I hear the word.

DaeryssaOne

IamtheWalrus wrote: »

This phrase is ok. It was coined by Alex Ferguson during his Utd reign and it was seen as a silly phrase, something that an old uncle might say. It took off as a term of endearment.

Oh I get that it's supposed to be endearing but for some unknown reason it just really really annoys me!

whisky_galore

donegal_man wrote: »

"My client is a young man from a good family who is very involved in his local <insert sport of choice> club."
.

"Comes from a respected family" is another one.

PeterParker957

whisky_galore wrote: »

"Comes from a respected family" is another one.

Good GAA man.

Usually after a mass murder or sexual abuse scandal it seems.

Purple Mountain

In sexual terms..
I absolutely loathe 'knock one out' and 'rub one out'.
They both sound so trashy and vulgar and I actually shudder when I hear them.

filbert the fox

Will fly through the test (NCT) :mad:

Minor repairs only required....well fix them then

dinneenp

filbert the fox wrote: »

Will fly through the test (NCT) :mad:

Minor repairs only required....well fix them then

But it's not their job to fix them.....so why does the phrase annoy you?

cantdecide

Los Lobos wrote: »

Reading the Biker Forum, a lot of them seem to call a helmet a 'lid '

A ****in lid? You're not a jar of jam you dopey ****

Lol!! I've always hated that too. Lids pop open to let the squishy stuff inside out. I like the squishy stuff in my head to stay inside.

whisky_galore

dinneenp wrote: »

But it's not their job to fix them.....so why does the phrase annoy you?

Just suggest the laziness of the ad-placer, errra whoever buys it can repair that.
Couldn't be ars*d attitude.

cantdecide

filbert the fox wrote: »

Will fly through the test (NCT) :mad:

Minor repairs only required....well fix them then

1. So NCT it and then I'll buy it if you're that sure.

2. It'll probably fly straight through because the brakes are f****d

21Savage

I hate 'in terms of', sounds a bit too stifled for everyday speech. Also hate when people talk like they are reading out a college essay.

IamtheWalrus

Los Lobos wrote: »

Reading the Biker Forum, a lot of them seem to call a helmet a 'lid '

A ****in lid? You're not a jar of jam you dopey ****

During the British queen's Jubilee, Stephen Fry referred to Fergie's daughter Beatrice's hat as a lid. It still bothers me to this day.

EmmetWhitey

when people say "over exaggerate" drives me nuts

Don Kiddick

Somewhere else in AH somebody is going on about how sweet ''I love the bones of you " is... I despise it...it sounds like it's just missing "boss" at the end to make it complete

mikhail

Cray cray. There is no context other than direct (and scornful) quotation in which you can use this and I will not assume you are a moron.

donegal_man

A vehicle is slowed by application of the brakes NOT breaks!