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

A deep state conspiracy if there ever was one

not to any specific post but

this thread is ugly when it ventures into "the language that I prefer to hear out of the mouths of the service industry ppl I have to deal with"

now it's not much better when it's "the way I word police my colleagues despite their meaning being perfectly clear"

but it's a little better

98% of the words/phrases in this thread are absolutely benign

That's implied in the title, isn't it--"annoy"? Annoyances aren't evil; they annoy you.

God forefend that any ilxor is ever in the sort of irritable mood where such an inference might ever arise but, if you open this thread and encounter a word, usage or phrase you employ in real life, isn't one possible inference that you are being called an annoying person?

When you use that phrase, yes. A couple of weeks ago, when my sister got a new dog, she messaged me and framed the news in internet vernacular: "So we did a thing today." I was annoyed.

being constantly annoyed and irritable says more about the annoyed than the thing that annoys them

i agree with dmac in that service employees are just doing their best
have a great day
thanks for coming in
you got it

^^ things i say literally all the time at my service job
if it annoys someone, i know it's them and not me

being constantly annoyed and irritable says more about the annoyed than the thing that annoys them

I don't know--maybe you just roll your eyes at the way a word/phrase gets into circulation and then everyone starts repeating it.

I don't think I've ever posted about anything anyone's ever said to me at the grocery store or coffee shop. I mostly limit myself to things that make their way into reviews, Facebook, and the chatter on TV (or when such things are repeated by Joe Biden or my sister). And mostly things that crawl out of the internet.

you can roll your eyes without posting to this thread -- the outward expression of peevishness by its nature says more about the peeved than the peever

have a great day
thanks for coming in
you got it

These are all unacceptable in the UK, probably fine in the US. "Ya wot?" is more commonly used over here by service operatives.

The thread's here, I post--it's a useful outlet! This is the second time this week I've been chastised for posting about x in threads about x.

I guess I'd say the same thing to you that I said in the other thread, LL; what does it say about someone who's annoyed by x and opens up threads about x to see what people are saying so they can post about how annoying they find that?

i am a glutton for punishment! always have been :)

seeking out bad news to confirm that it's still there is a hard habit to break

I'm not averse to that myself: I've been hate-reading and hate-watching lots of people for years. (I even have a couple of FB friends who qualify.) So at least we agree that's a normal human thing.

Be forewarned: I will continue to post in this thread.

i have almost entirely sworn off hate-anything except when it comes to language -- somehow i remain in in thrall to cataloging what people find annoying

can't really explain it aside from now i am here just to annoy people more which is -- admittedly -- not very mature but also not self-destructive

keep at it clemenza and have a great day! :)

Thanks for coming in!

You got it!

sorry i am actually loling rn

"keep it merry, dingleberry" is a weird greeting I got in public recently

mostly because nobody said it and I was in fact asleep

I remember when Geri Halliwell had a song with the lyric, “Have a nice day, as Americans say” and I felt slightly shamed by it.

It’s good to think about the words we use though, and their implications.

I'm sure Geri meant it affectionately, like when we tease the English for saying, "Gor blimey, 'ows yer father?" all the time.

ftr I'm not chiding anyone in particular, this is something that has come up itt for years and tbh it's imo a surprising blind spot- lads, when it's me raising whether something doesn't pass the eesh test then a lot of ye are ime exhibiting surprising blind spots

I guess I'd say the same thing to you that I said in the other thread, LL; what does it say about someone who's annoyed by x and opens up threads about x to see what people are saying so they can post about how annoying they find that?

― clemenza, Friday, 11 February 2022 20:21 (three hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

I mean, we're all just finding things annoying itt so, it's not a big problem

"mommy milkers" is maybe the most horrendous term I hear regularly on Twitch

wtf

yes exactly

guess I should be thankful I don't go on twitch regularly (or at all)

tbf I run into 'tiddies' (as in 'big titty goth gf') on reddit way more often than I'd prefer. it's a good/creepy word to use on the internet if you'd like to come across as horny and infantile at the same time, and it seems to be popular with weeb/anime guys. pretty sure it's never been used by an actual woman

"All options are on the table"

It seems to mean that all options are options.

Yeah but they're on the table

think we need table is the table to weigh in

Heh, was wondering when someone would say that. Also,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEGj4cfSgP8

aiui, the reason for invoking the table is to indicate that the options which previously have been trampled underfoot have been raised to a more secure spot where they might even be noticed, but probably will not be seriously considered.

WORLD WAR THREEEEEEE

otm

Don't put your options on me.

Oooh, in the name of love

Ending a sentence with a stray "...so..."

I keep waiting for the speaker to provide more detail

"lethal aid". just say "weapons", that's what you mean.

"Local bar."

People in song lyrics are always going into local bars. What other kind of bar would they go into? Aren't most bars local to somewhere?

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_8s0vaj1G4i0/TE7GgN759II/AAAAAAAAAHg/Ty5AU7-Z3Vw/w1200-h630-p-k-no-nu/UniversalBar.jpg

I was going to post "lethal aid" here the other day, but 'annoy the shit out of...' doesn't quite cover my feelings in this instance, to say the least. Horrific.

"lethal aid". just say "weapons", that's what you mean.

― koogs, Tuesday, 1 March 2022 04:52

team meeting just now instead of saying "the elephant in the room" they said "we need to talk about the stinky fish"

Ugh.

seriously ugh ... i regret the time and energy i spent arguing about microwaving fish on ilx, definitely not a hill worth dying on

thirded