Irritating words or phrases

5rtytry56

"interesting opinion"

Sal Butamol

"I seen it/him/her/them"

trashcan

_Dara_ wrote: »

It’s tongue-in-cheek. I picture people swaggering up to the club.

There’s lot of phrases in this thread that I like and find colourful. Language would be so dull without them.

But people are using it indiscriminately, substituting it for "arrive" in every instance. Until it becomes very annoying.

Samsgirl

I'm not racist, but.......

acai berry

Samsgirl wrote: »

I'm not racist, but.......

Obviously, after that will follow a racist statement!

One More Toy

Touch base


I'd love to take a golf club to the head of anyone who uses that term

vectorvictor

I cannot stand the word "genuinely" . I instantly think that the person is masking that they aren't being genuine.

I have alot more to add but I really need to square the circle before I head to bed to touch base with the girlfriend before thinking beyond her box

My takeaway from this bespoke thread and its boutique offering is, like, you know, obviously, like, basically, like amazeballs.

Purple Mountain

I've posted this one before in a similar thread..
'My thoughts and prayers are with X.'

So you actually sat down for two minutes and said a prayer for this person/after you've posted this cr*p, you'll take up mind space thinking about this person again??
Hmm. I don't think so...

Omackeral

Boffins
Revellers

Have never heard either word ever said aloud. Only ever on sh*tty tabloids.

Sal Butamol

Sal Butamol wrote: »

"I seen it/him/her/them"

Nothing written online makes my heart sink as much as the 'I/you/he/she/we/they seen" or 'I/you/he/she/we/they done". You're taking somebody's view seriously and then they do that. Likewise in discussions and interviews. It's just a sign of laziness that they don't care enough to be correct.

For others:

I etc saw, but I've [I have] seen.
I etc did, but I've [I have] done.

I saw v. I seen

acai berry

Deleted User wrote: »

My takeaway from this bespoke thread and its boutique offering is, like, you know, obviously, like, basically, like amazeballs.

Can't stand "amazeballs"! One of the contestants on My Kitchen Rules Australia, Season 7, my least favourite contestant, used it constantly. I don't know if this is where it originated. That Season 7 is going back two years. I know Nicole Scherzinger used it a lot as an X-Factor judge, which was also annoying.

benjamin d

acai berry wrote: »

Can't stand "amazeballs"! One of the contestants on My Kitchen Rules Australia, Season 7, my least favourite contestant, used it constantly. I don't know if this is where it originated. That Season 7 is going back two years. I know Nicole Scherzinger used it a lot as an X-Factor judge, which was also annoying.

An ex of mine 15 years ago (christ I'm getting old) used to use the word amazeballs ironically because it was old and irritating even then. So it's probably been common in Ireland for at least 20 years.

I know someone who often starts sentences with "not saying that..." for no apparent reason whatsoever. It's generally in the middle of whatever she's talking about but doesn't link the new sentence with the previous one in any way. I can never quite comprehend why she does it.

She's also a fiend for saying "moreso than" when she means "more than", which is becoming very common, especially when people are trying to sound clever.

acai berry

benjamin d wrote: »

An ex of mine 15 years ago (christ I'm getting old) used to use the word amazeballs ironically because it was old and irritating even then. So it's probably been common in Ireland for at least 20 years.

I know someone who often starts sentences with "not saying that..." for no apparent reason whatsoever. It's generally in the middle of whatever she's talking about but doesn't link the new sentence with the previous one in any way. I can never quite comprehend why she does it.

She's also a fiend for saying "moreso than" when she means "more than", which is becoming very common, especially when people are trying to sound clever.

Had no idea "amazeballs" goes back that far. Certainly not Irish in origin - I'd be ashamed if it was.

hatrickpatrick

Personally I find "bollix" conjures a far more upsetting mental image than "bollocks". Probably because of the combination of "bollocks" and "licks" in one word.

acai berry

hatrickpatrick wrote: »

Personally I find "bollix" conjures a far more upsetting mental image than "bollocks". Probably because of the combination of "bollocks" and "licks" in one word.

LOL! Maybe a little more analysis than was needed there, hatrickpatrick.

gormdubhgorm

Happy Out

alaimacerc

"It's not about X, it's about Y."

trans.

"The topic is X, but I'd much rather bang on about Y, as that suits me much better."

alaimacerc

JackieChang wrote: »

More office speak:

Leverage

Action

Lets leverage this and action that.

Office-speak is indeed horrendous. It's worst when it escapes the office, though. I cannot listen to the Gaa segments on RTE because a) Marty Morrissey, and b) bainisteoirí babbling on in managementconsultantese.

acai berry

into

BIG into

At work, re a strange couple, somebody remarked they almost didn't get married because She was not that much into him.

Yesterday, I realised I had commented a particular family are BIG into dogs. LOL! Mea culpa!

5rtytry56

"keyboards with butterfly switches"

Purple Mountain

5rtytry56 wrote: »

"keyboards with butterfly switches"

You what now?

JoeA3

No offence but... <I’m about to say something highly likely to offend/upset you but it’s ok, I said “no offence”>.

Similarly...

I’m not racist but...
I’m not being funny but...

5rtytry56

"I know ye have some............c'mere....gis a few specs of dust.....ah c'mon......C'MONNN WILL YAAaaaaaa.........fukkk saaykks"

alaimacerc

JoeA3 wrote: »

I’m not being funny but...

No, that one's generally right enough, they're not about to be funny. Very often obnoxious, mind.

5rtytry56

I did the best I could do with your car / pc , honest.

vectorvictor

5rtytry56 wrote: »

I did the best I could do with your car / pc , honest.

Followed by "I'll leave it at €...)

storker

"Verticals"

In a previous job I sat with colleagues through an hour-long presentation by our CEO in which the word "verticals" was used a ridiculous number of times. Particularly ridiculous given that nobody knew what he was talking about. I was thinking of Stonehenge, but I suspected that wasn't what he had in mind. The word was used so many times he obviously had a big stiffy for it, but if he'd just said "market segments" people might have known what he was on about, but hey, why communicate effectively when you can impress the audience with your command of jargon and buzzwords?

Shobgite.

5rtytry56

"That was Tony's FIRST convention. So cut out the snark please and give the lad a break"

Treason is an annoying word. The vast majority seem to think it's simply the act a traitor to a country commits.

alaimacerc

Deleted User wrote: »

Treason is an annoying word. The vast majority seem to think it's simply the act a traitor to a country commits.

Lots actually seem to to think it's anything done by a politician one doesn't like. Introducing water charges, being the president of the USA while black, etc.

5rtytry56

STOP talking down ......

gormdubhgorm

alaimacerc wrote: »

Office-speak is indeed horrendous. It's worst when it escapes the office, though. I cannot listen to the Gaa segments on RTE because a) Marty Morrissey, and b) bainisteoirí babbling on in managementconsultantese.

'The Process'
'Transition'

josip

"a bite to eat"

I don't know why it annoys me so much but it does.
Can you even eat a 'bite' ?

5rtytry56

i dId nOtHiNg WrOnG

worded

Samsgirl wrote: »

I'm not racist, but.......

There are only two things I can’t abide. People who don’t respect other people’s cultures and the Dutch

worded

At the end of the day

https://youtu.be/UwbPK2_pJ_s

honeybear

Mind yourself

finla

So

messy tessy

'How are we?!'

Well I'm fine, but I can't speak for whoever else the fcuk you are asking about.

whisky_galore

To 'curate' something... when it's nothing to do with a museum or art gallery is the latest hipsterism.

**Timbuk2**

"In the first instance"

Chinasea

Basically, basically, basicallllllllly

gozunda

honeybear wrote: »

Mind yourself

Depending on the tone - either a threat or genuine concern ...

Roger_007

Most Vulnerable?

Who are the most vulnerable?

worded

Its your round, I so hate hearing this

Rubberlegs

When something is described as happening "organically", it drives me demented
Irish couples calling each other "Babe" just sounds so wrong.

topper75

Accidentally wrote: »

RTE today with 'Ireland's Hidden Heartlands'. Midlands is just fine, let's not pretend there's a big love in.

Ha ha. Notions about or little island, thinking we are Australia or Canada - the 'heartlands'. I mean, nobody would say that they are in the heartland of Lanzarote. You can go by bicycle from Athlone to either the Irish Sea or the Atlantic in 3 hours.

5rtytry56

WE ARE ALL .......

whisky_galore

topper75 wrote: »

Ha ha. Notions about or little island, thinking we are Australia or Canada - the 'heartlands'. I mean, nobody would say that they are in the heartland of Lanzarote. You can go by bicycle from Athlone to either the Irish Sea or the Atlantic in 3 hours.

When people use the term 'heartlands', I'm thinking wall to wall country n' western on the radio, endless fields of wheat/corn.