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since i was reading some VICIOUS anti- rachael ray sentiment last night and i'm still feelin' the love: "E.V.O.O. EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL"

― s/c (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 18 August 2005 07:32 (nineteen years ago)

"YUM-O"

― s/c (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 18 August 2005 07:33 (nineteen years ago)

cf.

― gear (gear), Thursday, 18 August 2005 07:34 (nineteen years ago)

Also: 'fridge,'

Wait, huh? Fridge is the thing you put food in, whats wrong with it?

― Trayce (trayce), Thursday, 18 August 2005 08:01 (nineteen years ago)

Saying "it impacted on me" instead of "it had an impact on me"... well that's annoying enough but, just recently, I've heard people say "it impacted me" - which surely would only make sense if the speaker was a molar?

― Diddyismus (Dada), Thursday, 18 August 2005 09:10 (nineteen years ago)

'fridge,'

I'm picturing him saying things such as "Would you like me to remove another beverage from the refrigerator for you, whilst we watch some association football?"

― Chewshabadoo (Chewshabadoo), Thursday, 18 August 2005 10:29 (nineteen years ago)

bougie, instead of bourgeois. heard it four times last week.

― naus (Robert T), Thursday, 18 August 2005 10:38 (nineteen years ago)

"Chav"

― Diddyismus (Dada), Thursday, 18 August 2005 10:39 (nineteen years ago)

bourgie?

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Thursday, 18 August 2005 10:42 (nineteen years ago)

"Yes, sir, I am bougie, I am bougie... etc."

― Win A Lie-Down, Mrs. Davies (kate), Thursday, 18 August 2005 10:44 (nineteen years ago)

"what the...?"

― jimmy glass (electricsound), Thursday, 18 August 2005 10:46 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=bougie

― naus (Robert T), Thursday, 18 August 2005 10:53 (nineteen years ago)

"He's on fire"

As used to describe a footballer running into a streak of good form

― Diddyismus (Dada), Thursday, 18 August 2005 10:57 (nineteen years ago)

chav, prole, "get one...", but most of all commercials selling relatively expensive goods such as electrcal gubbins, fitted kitchens and the like where people say only "one-nine-nine-nine" instead of "nominally under two thousand quid". do you think not actually saying the proper number is fooling me?!!?!!

― stelf)xxx, Thursday, 18 August 2005 11:01 (nineteen years ago)

"Raft"

When used in phrases like "a raft of policies" or "a raft of new measures" - why?!?!??!!?

― Diddyismus (Dada), Thursday, 18 August 2005 11:03 (nineteen years ago)

which surely would only make sense if the speaker was a molar?

Or a colon.

COINKY-DINK, "guestimate," and any time someone ends an interrogative sentence with "at," as in "Where's my keys at?" or "Where's your head at?"

― pullapartgirl (pullapartgirl), Thursday, 18 August 2005 11:22 (nineteen years ago)

"let's unpack that (concept/policy/statement/generalisation)"

"hating on"

― gem (trisk), Thursday, 18 August 2005 11:23 (nineteen years ago)

Oh! Oh! This one REALLY annoyed me the other day:

"Action" used as a verb. (Especially with regards to some annoying little thing I had already been doing.) "Can you please action this?" Actually, no I can't. Action is a noun. If you would like me to DO it, then just ask. Argh.

Especially when coming from the same irritating marketing bods who last week asked me to "manage the relationship" with one of our suppliers. Fuck. Right. Off.

― Win A Lie-Down, Mrs. Davies (kate), Thursday, 18 August 2005 11:25 (nineteen years ago)

oh i used to have a PA in the cubicle next to me for a while that said 'diarise' as in 'sure, john is free on tuesday morning, i'll diarise it'. aaaaarrrrggghh

― gem (trisk), Thursday, 18 August 2005 11:26 (nineteen years ago)

"Boss"

A term of address directed at Turkish shopkeepers by 13 year old boys and directed by Turkish shopkeepers at everyone else. The most annoying ever.

― Diddyismus (Dada), Thursday, 18 August 2005 11:27 (nineteen years ago)

I'm not your fucking boss!!!!!!!!!!

― Diddyismus (Dada), Thursday, 18 August 2005 11:28 (nineteen years ago)

"Madam" when used by shop assistants. This kept happening to me yesterday.

DON'T MADAM ME, YOU LITTLE...!!! OK, according to Watching The English, this means that they have socio-status assessed me as middle class or higher. But it irritates me because it makes me feel old.

― Win A Lie-Down, Mrs. Davies (kate), Thursday, 18 August 2005 11:30 (nineteen years ago)

i like most of these. i just like variety. i do hate 'action', 'impact on, etc, though.

― N_RQ, Thursday, 18 August 2005 11:30 (nineteen years ago)

dude, i call people 'boss'.

― g-kit (g-kit), Thursday, 18 August 2005 11:35 (nineteen years ago)

I don't want you to think that I obsess over it, but "obsessing over something" as opposed to "being obsessed with/about something"

― Diddyismus (Dada), Thursday, 18 August 2005 11:38 (nineteen years ago)

People saying 'momentarily' when what they mean is 'in a moment'.

'Whilst'

― estela (estela), Thursday, 18 August 2005 11:38 (nineteen years ago)

oh yeah i fkn hate 'whilst' and 'amongst'.

― N_RQ, Thursday, 18 August 2005 11:39 (nineteen years ago)

i like whilst too! it's kinda romantic, like 'betwixt'.

― g-kit (g-kit), Thursday, 18 August 2005 11:45 (nineteen years ago)

'betwexit' is ok, a girl i liked used it instead of between all the time. but whilst can fuck off.

― N_RQ, Thursday, 18 August 2005 11:46 (nineteen years ago)

"The plane will be taking off momentarily"

"AARRGGHHH!!! I certainly hope it will be taking off longer than that - we're flying to London!"

― Win A Lie-Down, Mrs. Davies (kate), Thursday, 18 August 2005 11:47 (nineteen years ago)

'betwexit' = betwizzle, obv

― N_RQ, Thursday, 18 August 2005 11:47 (nineteen years ago)

i bet you all hate 'innit', too. i can't help it! *weeps*

― g-kit (g-kit), Thursday, 18 August 2005 11:48 (nineteen years ago)

u say innit, only to piss people off, though, geez.

― N_RQ, Thursday, 18 August 2005 11:50 (nineteen years ago)

everyone on this thread: get one grip

― Britain's Jauntiest Shepherd (Alan), Thursday, 18 August 2005 11:51 (nineteen years ago)

People who say or write 'cliche' when they mean 'cliched'–it's becoming very common and it really annoys me.

― estela (estela), Thursday, 18 August 2005 11:52 (nineteen years ago)

everyone on this thread: get one grip

"No can do"

― Diddyismus (Dada), Thursday, 18 August 2005 11:53 (nineteen years ago)

I agree with the original poster about 'veggies'.

― estela (estela), Thursday, 18 August 2005 11:53 (nineteen years ago)

Today I'm hating 'power off' and 'power down'. I've heard them said far too many times this morning.

'If I can just ask you to power off your machine'.

What's wrong with switch off?

― Rumpie, Thursday, 18 August 2005 11:54 (nineteen years ago)

"Thanking you" instead of "Thank you". Aaaaaarggggggghhhh!

― Diddyismus (Dada), Thursday, 18 August 2005 11:54 (nineteen years ago)

"Peeps," for some reason, stirs a visceral reaction in my soul. I loathe it so.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 18 August 2005 11:55 (nineteen years ago)

it's funny because andy's at the top of the thread are the exact things that bug me, too.

― Homosexual II (Homosexual II), Thursday, 18 August 2005 12:00 (nineteen years ago)

"Literally" improperly used.

The word "proverbial" when overused or when not referencing a proverb but an idiom or cliche. (Correct: "Let's not count our proverbial chickens just yet." Incorrect: "I'm having a proverbial bad hair day.")

Redundancy in general.

Word inflation (i.e. "efficacious" for "effective" or "efficient").

― elmo (allocryptic), Thursday, 18 August 2005 15:23 (nineteen years ago)

Diarise? Diarise?!?!?!?????

Add that to my list, please.

― pullapartgirl (pullapartgirl), Thursday, 18 August 2005 15:27 (nineteen years ago)

I hate that, too. I usually tend to say "colloquial" instead, if it fits.

― Ian Riese-Moraine: a casualty of social estrangement. (Eastern Mantra), Thursday, 18 August 2005 15:31 (nineteen years ago)

most of all commercials selling relatively expensive goods such as electrcal gubbins, fitted kitchens and the like where people say only "one-nine-nine-nine" instead of "nominally under two thousand quid". do you think not actually saying the proper number is fooling me?!!?!!

What sends me apoplectic is THEY'RE NOT SAYING 1999 WHAT!!?!?!!

"This beautiful sofa, only eight four nine."

― Markelby (Mark C), Thursday, 18 August 2005 15:34 (nineteen years ago)

I can't believe the number of people who I've heard using the word "conversate". It's not a real word!

― Leon C. (Ex Leon), Thursday, 18 August 2005 15:34 (nineteen years ago)

this is hard for me to type out because these words make me ill:

*ragu (as in the spaghetti sauce. I HATE SPAGHETTI!!)

*tabernacle

*salve

*moist

am throwing up in wastebasket now.

― ai lien (kold_krush), Thursday, 18 August 2005 15:34 (nineteen years ago)

I can't believe the number of people who I've heard using the word "conversate". It's not a real word!

AGH! I hate that, too! And The Rapture used it in "Echoes" (the song). It's "converse" you dolts!

― Ian Riese-Moraine: a casualty of social estrangement. (Eastern Mantra), Thursday, 18 August 2005 15:36 (nineteen years ago)

business-english now uses "piece" as a noun that means anything. it's the most annoying thing. "we need our customer service piece to etc..." "we'll get all the pieces in sync and blah blah..." i hate this so so much.

― geoff (gcannon), Thursday, 18 August 2005 15:39 (nineteen years ago)

Here's a couple:

(1) People who append "thing" at the end of every sentence. For example, "Are you going to the party thing tonight?" Why add "thing"? My friend theorizes that it's a camp phenomenon, signifying a cooler-than-thou disinterest in the event. It's still unnecessary. Can't you just say, "Are you going to the party tonight?"

(2) When someone announces that they're 'all about [fill in]." What the fuck does that mean?

(3) "Impact" as a verb. IT'S A NOUN! Use "AFFECT"!!!

― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Thursday, 18 August 2005 15:40 (nineteen years ago)

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"thank you, thank you! finally getting what i deserve. can i take it on the go?"

― five six seven, eight nine ten, begin (map), Thursday, 17 July 2025 17:52 (five days ago)

How can, for example, receiving an award be humbling?

I believe the connection here is that upon receiving the award one becomes uncomfortably aware of not being worthy of it, and begins to review in their mind their many instances of falling short of the ideal the award represents, thus inducing feelings of humility. This process of self-evaluation prompts you to confess your discomfort to your interlocutor.

If this were a real confession of humility, the recipient should start naming all those instances in order to substantiate one's unworthiness to your audience. Needless to say, that rarely happens, so it's pro forma.

― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Thursday, 17 July 2025 18:10 (five days ago)

i guess you would quietly and privately and only those who need to know that you will decline the honor, and all comment ceases there

― bloozmonica noodling inc. (Hunt3r), Thursday, 17 July 2025 18:23 (five days ago)

"can I take it on the go, baby?"

"if that's the way you want it baby, I don't want it around"

― Neanderthal, Thursday, 17 July 2025 18:25 (five days ago)

I think “flex” is a pretty concise description of what it’s describing… like “cringe” … I actually like both of these tbh

― sarahell, Thursday, 17 July 2025 20:55 (five days ago)

i’m so humbled to be the winner of the on the go eating contest. What a flex!

― czech hunter biden's laptop (the table is the table), Friday, 18 July 2025 11:38 (four days ago)

"The Lionesses"

― Alba, Friday, 18 July 2025 12:57 (four days ago)

"the Lioness line"

― conrad, Friday, 18 July 2025 13:06 (four days ago)

Yes, it's extremely annoying.

― Posts That Witness Madness (Tom D.), Friday, 18 July 2025 13:13 (four days ago)

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