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

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oh oops, missed the "emails" part ... n/m

sarahell, Thursday, 3 August 2023 14:43 (one year ago)

two weeks pass...

"lovely jubbly"

Tracer Hand, Monday, 21 August 2023 14:48 (one year ago)

in correspondence from my mobile phone provider no less

Tracer Hand, Monday, 21 August 2023 14:49 (one year ago)

"The blob"

I mean "the deep state" is a stupid expression but it least it sounds dramatic. "The blob" is the kind of Eton-level schoolboy joke phrase you could imagine a bunch of Tory tossers chortling about because they mistakenly think it's funny. In fact you don't have to imagine it, it's what they publicly do.

there's no such thing as a winnable volume war (Matt #2), Monday, 21 August 2023 14:59 (one year ago)

one month passes...

"Brits"

Fair enough if an American uses it but I've just heard a Sky reporter use it. It would be a bit like if a US reporter referred to Americans as Yanks in a serious news report.

The First Time Ever I Saw Gervais (Tom D.), Tuesday, 3 October 2023 17:34 (one year ago)

I think that battle is lost. There's a new generation that doesn't think it makes us sound like cunts.

Alba, Tuesday, 3 October 2023 19:56 (one year ago)

Rather that than Britishers

fucking beanie hat music (Matt #2), Tuesday, 3 October 2023 20:21 (one year ago)

It would be funny if a Sky reporter said "Britishers" though. And "Englanders".

The First Time Ever I Saw Gervais (Tom D.), Tuesday, 3 October 2023 20:27 (one year ago)

Whereas if they say Britishes, we know they lurk here.

steely flan (suzy), Tuesday, 3 October 2023 20:29 (one year ago)

I'd like to not read or hear "The British People" ever again.

nashwan, Tuesday, 3 October 2023 20:31 (one year ago)

What's wrong with Britons? No, don't answer that.

The First Time Ever I Saw Gervais (Tom D.), Tuesday, 3 October 2023 20:33 (one year ago)

"I'm keeping a list of who is silent"

real warm grandpa (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 11 October 2023 13:40 (one year ago)

'that's my happy place'

Andy the Grasshopper, Thursday, 19 October 2023 19:42 (one year ago)

Surely it’s been mentioned in this thread before, but I crawl within myself and die when I see “so I did a thing” on social media.

Poms is the correct way to refer to the brits fwiw

Peach’s burner account (H.P), Thursday, 19 October 2023 22:25 (one year ago)

+1 on 'so I did a thing', major barf

Andy the Grasshopper, Thursday, 19 October 2023 22:35 (one year ago)

I am fine with it depending on the thing… if it is related to the Carpenter movie I will generally lol

sarahell, Wednesday, 25 October 2023 06:31 (one year ago)

"the conversation around (x)"

donald wears yer troosers (doo rag), Wednesday, 25 October 2023 06:40 (one year ago)

"Do better"

Alba, Wednesday, 25 October 2023 07:14 (one year ago)

English, ersatz English, Anglos, exbrits.
Disolvers of the holy bond that United the kingdom.

As the nation dissolves into smaller city states one will be known by the area one comes from. Bound to happen.
Or become more evolved and become Europeans again innit

Stevo, Wednesday, 25 October 2023 07:42 (one year ago)

"my guy"

real warm grandpa (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 25 October 2023 17:06 (one year ago)

social media posts that start "i don't know who needs to hear this but"

or sometimes "i don't know how many of y'all need to hear this", these type of people always call you "y'all" even if they come from fucking dunedin or somewhere

donald wears yer troosers (doo rag), Wednesday, 25 October 2023 17:29 (one year ago)

"Louder for the people in the back"

Breakfast at Tiffani Amber Thiessen's (Ye Mad Puffin), Wednesday, 25 October 2023 17:30 (one year ago)

doo rag!!!!!

amazing to see you here

i agree completely btw

Tracer Hand, Wednesday, 25 October 2023 22:57 (one year ago)

All of these are terrible but "do better" might be the worst. If someone says that you can be guaranteed they're a self-righteous asshole.

Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Thursday, 26 October 2023 09:22 (one year ago)

"y'all" seems to be everywhere.

The First Time Ever I Saw Gervais (Tom D.), Thursday, 26 October 2023 09:56 (one year ago)

It’s fucking abysmal, that, but I guess not everyone speaks a prestige dialect that has a native second person plural. 😎

I’m going to get fined for being right, again (gyac), Thursday, 26 October 2023 10:11 (one year ago)

Tell me about it

The First Time Ever I Saw Gervais (Tom D.), Thursday, 26 October 2023 10:14 (one year ago)

I keep seeing “having a moment”, eg:

”Belfast is having quite a moment, it really is,” says hotelier Melanie Harrison with an infectious laugh”

Dr Drudge (Bob Six), Thursday, 26 October 2023 10:55 (one year ago)

Is there an Irish equivalent? Best I can guess is "ye"??

Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Thursday, 26 October 2023 11:08 (one year ago)

"(x) is...... different"

maybe acceptable if you literally came up with it yourself as an offhand comment, but as a meme comment to repeat after any instance of remarkable ability or behaviour, welll..... DO BETTER

Tracer Hand, Thursday, 26 October 2023 11:10 (one year ago)

I think ‘x is….different’ is similar to the studied inarticulateness of “ Is x a thing now?”

Dr Drudge (Bob Six), Thursday, 26 October 2023 12:05 (one year ago)

"Because … thing"

Alba, Thursday, 26 October 2023 12:15 (one year ago)

^i don’t know the origin of this but it always seemed sub-Whedon to me, and that’s not a compliment to Joss Whedon at all

I’m going to get fined for being right, again (gyac), Thursday, 26 October 2023 12:17 (one year ago)

internet speak was basically sub-whedon for a couple of decades there

Left, Thursday, 26 October 2023 12:19 (one year ago)

Yeah, the rot has been in place for a while

I’m going to get fined for being right, again (gyac), Thursday, 26 October 2023 12:21 (one year ago)

"studied inarticulateness" no doubt, but interestingly the terms for long-form journalistic writing already in use pre-thing are generally examples of a similar affect

i: an article (from 1700s; means "a thing")
ii: a piece (from 1500s; means "a bit of a thing")
iii: a feature (from 1850s; short for featured article, means "a thing we are publicly excited about")
iv: an essay (from 1500s; means "i tried to write a thing")

mark s, Thursday, 26 October 2023 12:27 (one year ago)

v: wedding announcement/new job: some personal news 😏

I’m going to get fined for being right, again (gyac), Thursday, 26 October 2023 12:37 (one year ago)

It's this thing

Alba, Thursday, 26 October 2023 12:37 (one year ago)

that's not a thing. this is a thing:
https://i.pinimg.com/736x/03/5d/92/035d925f690d6cc0dc620421b88b86d3.jpg

Left, Thursday, 26 October 2023 12:57 (one year ago)

Left is right (heh), this is a thing

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Althing

Breakfast at Tiffani Amber Thiessen's (Ye Mad Puffin), Thursday, 26 October 2023 13:22 (one year ago)

‘Some personal news’ has the same intonation as ‘a very special episode’.

steely flan (suzy), Thursday, 26 October 2023 13:36 (one year ago)

"y'all" seems to be everywhere.

― The First Time Ever I Saw Gervais (Tom D.), Thursday, October 26, 2023 5:56 AM bookmarkflaglink

well, I'm actually from the south, so it's part of our vernacular here

real warm grandpa (Neanderthal), Thursday, 26 October 2023 13:55 (one year ago)

about to drop a lengthy rant? best to preface it with a

*deep inhale*

Muad'Doob (Moodles), Thursday, 26 October 2023 14:26 (one year ago)

Preaching to the choir requires a lot of hot air

Evan, Thursday, 26 October 2023 14:32 (one year ago)

It’s fucking abysmal, that

your fragile ears would probably melt the first time you heard someone point to a bunch of half-full glasses on a bar table and ask "are these y'all'ses?"

the absence of bikes (f. hazel), Thursday, 26 October 2023 15:48 (one year ago)

Yourns

immodesty blaise (jimbeaux), Thursday, 26 October 2023 15:50 (one year ago)

xp not if it was in the American south where it makes sense! Tom D I believe is speaking of people here(in the UK) who use it, in which case it’s kind of like

https://i.postimg.cc/bwFHhxRY/IMG-1265.jpg

I’m going to get fined for being right, again (gyac), Thursday, 26 October 2023 15:56 (one year ago)

Y'all should be used everywhere by everyone, it's versatile and sonorous

the absence of bikes (f. hazel), Thursday, 26 October 2023 15:57 (one year ago)

that "look" thing on cable news. every talking head has to start their rant with "LOOK, here's the thing about trump..." and sometimes they have 4 talking heads and they ALL do it. i mean, we are looking. we are watching you speak. make your point. no need to preface. it must be in some How To Get Your Point Across On Cable News For Dummies book. but like i sad on another thread, it would make a sick drinking game. they do it 20 times an hour.

scott seward, Thursday, 26 October 2023 15:58 (one year ago)

not in every accent and certainly not mine

mojo dojo casas house (gyac), Thursday, 26 October 2023 15:59 (one year ago)


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