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

wrong thread as it doesn't annoy me, but after listening to a number of podcasts I feel vaguely unsettled by the way Americans use the world "several"

May the Lord make his face to shine upon you.

no wokkas mate

the only time i get called "boss" is when they're trying to convince me i need a new air filter when i'm getting an oil change.

Then they start getting defensive when you refuse it and you can remind them

Hey

Who's the boss

I generally hate "boss" and "bad boy"

can't imagine disliking bad boy. mundane activities are better when everything is a bad boy. when i see an egg i gotta crack that bad boy into the pan, when i see my shoe i gotta put that bad boy on my foot, my teeth are bad boys i gotta brush real good, etc

the world is a cheeky and mildly devious place

if someone called me bad boy i'd just have tell them i object and do not wish to kink shame them. who the hell is saying bad boy? to a stranger? to anyone? nb i am old

i call a friend and also former boss (principal and founder) and also spanish fluent "jefe" not infrequently. it is in jest and respect all at the same time. no beatdowns on me yet.

nooo Hunt3r not “bad boy” as a person bad boy as a noun in the way karl says

the worst

but in terms of what you might call someone “big man” is what i find really objectionable, except if you’re scottish or irish for some reason, then it’s okay

'dirty birdie'

I like “boss”. Realllllly hate “chief” tho

Anyone object to saying “don’t forget to shake that bad boy off” to the fellow at the urinal next to you?

lmao

I blame Jamie Oliver for ‘bad boy’.

I'd bet Tim Allen on "Home Improvement" is as much to blame for "bad boy" as anyone.

guy at my local butchers still uses guvnor, squire etc.

I said no worries so many times last night at work and felt no remorse

“No remorse”

surely you meant "sorry not sorry"

Could be worse, could be "no sweat".

"no static at all"

"No Reply At All"

#onethread

Thread has got to almost 10k replies without mention of "tickety-boo", well done all

"Bad boy" needs to be part of a chain, "Annoying person + annoying phrase". Just the phrase or the person on their own doesn't have the same effect.

I am training as a counsellor, and I dislike many counsellor stock phrases like "What I'm hearing is..." at the start of a sentence, ugh

have you tried telling them no worries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UhS8kkcTnM

"what it is, is" is bad

in my call centre days i couldnt believe how common an intro into a spiel this was, whether the tale of woe or hope related to delayed bicycle deliveries or purchasing granny a commemorative ken barlow death china set

I like "no sweat."

Somebody I work with cannot go two minutes without saying "well, it is what it is," and he's never wrong, it always is what it always is

"what it is, is" is bad

in my call centre days i couldnt believe how common an intro into a spiel this was, whether the tale of woe or hope related to delayed bicycle deliveries or purchasing granny a commemorative ken barlow death china set

"Nobody asked for this"

“please understand that…”

y’all just hate bad news

lookit bossmate what it is what it is is

now we're cookin

lookit is the full stop at the beginning of a sentence

"I said no worries so many times last night at work and felt no remorse"
you could always change it up for the Oz classic "no wuckin' furries" or "no wuckers" for short
(n.b. "furries" pronounced like "furrow")

lookit is the full stop at the beginning of a sentence

My wife says when I start a sentence with "Listen," she knows bad news is coming.

i'm also a "no sweat" guy idc who knows it

This is a pretty random reference but “Lookit” reminds me of Jennilee Harrison on Dallas cuz she often said it and it sounded cute coming out of her mouth… I think the implication in that case was that her character was from a humble background (though technically heir to part of the Ewing estate) and was a straight shooter.

i prefer "no worries" to "no sweat" because i prefer people not to be thinking about my sweat at work and these stock phrases come up at work, both jobs in fact

I said that I prefer “no worry “to “no worries“ because I can only address one phobia at a moment, nor should I have to worry about all of the dimensions of your neurotic ass. I got my own neurotic ass to worry about.

you could always change it up for the Oz classic "no wuckin' furries" or "no wuckers" for short

or as I sometimes like to say it, "no wux"

"Talk to me about..." When did interviewers start using this construction? I don't mind it as such but it's absolutely rife now.

Q: "Talk to me about..."
A: "So..."

"No stress" is my go to. It pretty directly refers to my current state rather than the vague "no worries". Who isn't meant to worry, you, me, both of us?

let’s all just go back to no problem. we don’t have to bring our feelings into this. the problem, there is none

Personally I don't have a problem with "no problem."

There are, however, people who really don't like hearing it in service-sector situations. They're like, "why would it be a problem to bring me some coffee, it's your fucking JOB" or whatever.

My go-to phrases tend to be more obsequious things like "happy to help" and "glad to be of service," "glad to help," which have the advantage of being true. I actually do like being useful. Which I guess could be interpreted as me being a tool of capitalism and/or the patriarchy. But I am too old to be reformed. Probably I should have been canceled long ago.

The only time 'no worries' annoys me is when the shop assistant is trying to upsell me something. 'Do you want to pay a monthly charge for this other thing you didn't ask for?' 'No...' 'No worries!'

There are, however, people who really don't like hearing it in service-sector situations. They're like, "why would it be a problem to bring me some coffee, it's your fucking JOB" or whatever.

but fuck these people?