Most annoying words & phrases

[pete]

My current pet hates are:

Exclusive as used in "exclusive interview". Any one to one interview is exclusive so means nothing.

Always on Broadband: Aside from the fact it should be high(er) speed would not defeat the purpose if it was not on all the time?

History of the State as used in "biggest/largest/longest since history of the state". No idea what it is suppose to mean.

[Macy]

"At the end of the day"
"mate" - Just wrong when said (or posted) in an Irish accent, mate.

[Angus]

At the end of the day

Credit crunch

Sub prime crisis

[Kingdom]

Fool.
I fly into a temper if someone says it to my face. No kidding. I get the compulsion to loaf anyone that calls me it. Not that it happens often. :D

[noby]

Any one to one interview is exclusive so means nothing.


Er, no it's not. Actors can do fifty one-to-one interviews a day. Doesn't make them exclusive. Yes, some people wrongly claim an interview to be exclusive.


My one:

"with special guests". You're the support band; now get over it.

[Rocky77]

"gave the keeper no chance" -- rubbish, of course he had a chance.

"his shot hit the back of the net" -- no, it didn't.

"there was only going to be one winner" -- naturally.

"perfect start" -- so there was no way that start could have been any better?

[see's it]

'' i preferred your brother '' hate when she says that......:):):)

[noby]

"his shot hit the back of the net" -- no, it didn't.



People getting annoyed with that annoys me. No amount of attempted explanation will sway me either. A goal net has a back, a roof and two sides. Don't give me that front and back nonsense.

[Rocky77]

But then who will I give it to? :D

[osarusan]

General

Misuse of the word 'literally'

'A person who needs no introduction' (This expression is invariably followed by an introduction)

'a window of opportunity'

'Think outside the box'

'post 9-11'


Sport

'a young 20 year-old'

'winningest'


lots more I can't think of now.

[Rocky77]

Actually, the misuse of apostrophes irritates me beyond belief.

[tetsujin1979]

"carbon footprint" is ****ing me off at the moment.

[SkStu]

"his shot hit the back of the net" -- no, it didn't.


interesting one Rocky... my biggest gripe wouldnt be whether the net has no back but rather his shot didnt hit the back of the net, the ball did. They should really say "his shot caused the football to hit the back of the net"... ;)

[gustavo]

General

Misuse of the word 'literally'

'A person who needs no introduction' (This expression is invariably followed by an introduction)

'a window of opportunity'

'Think outside the box'

'post 9-11'


Sport

'a young 20 year-old'

'winningest'


lots more I can't think of now.

In football , calling of a fully grown man a boy , I.E Alex Ferguson saying about 33 year old Paul Scholes "the boy's been a great servant"

Recently managers in the game say "at the football club" "this football club" whereas before it would have been just the club , I don't know why we need to clarify that it's a football club


Misuse of the word "random"


In work , people using stupid sayings like "going forward" or "the issue has been resolved"

People are ****ing idiots

[Rocky77]

interesting one Rocky... my biggest gripe wouldnt be whether the net has no back but rather his shot didnt hit the back of the net, the ball did. They should really say "his shot caused the football to hit the back of the net"... ;)

You're quite right. In my anger, I completely missed that. Perhaps I've become too emotionally attached to the fight against cliched inaccuracy and bad grammar ;)

[Rocky77]

People are ****ing idiots

That's a long-held opinion of mine. Glad someone agrees

[FarBeag]

Thank you so much" What in the world does "so much" mean?

Basically, any conversation that begins with basically

"Loose cannon", usually meaning a cannon that shoots uncontrollably, when in the original meaning a loose cannon could not shoot at all.

I hate "excuse me" - so often it is uttered in such a tone of voice that it clearly says "f** off and get out of my way".

"It was a burglary/Shooting that went wrong." Maybe one day the police will define a burglary/Shooting etc that went right.

[John83]

"Loose cannon", usually meaning a cannon that shoots uncontrollably, when in the original meaning a loose cannon could not shoot at all.
A loose cannon was one not lashed securely during a storm. It could break free, rolling around the deck, smashing stuff and breaking limbs. The modern usage is entirely appropriate.

[FarBeag]

A loose cannon was one not lashed securely during a storm. It could break free, rolling around the deck, smashing stuff and breaking limbs. The modern usage is entirely appropriate.

Yep.Good point.Did not look at it that way before. Anyway you won't catch me out on this one:)

The, seemingly endless media and 'Presenter' references to "kids". Goats have kids, human beings have children.

[EAFC_rdfl]

hate the way the word random is used, esp that one that bes on 2fm in the evening, some one will text her in to say they are on top of a mountain or at the bottom of a hole or cutting turf and without fail she will say - 'that's so random'. shut the f*ck up!! teenagers are also using it far too much and should be forced to stop :p
I also don't like the way people start sentences with a prolonged emmmm or ummmm, if you have to think about it before you say something, do it in silence ffs

[OwlsFan]

(a) "The post saves....." A specialty of George Hamilton. The post hasn't saved anything. It has stood exactly where it's always been.

(b) "Defeat to..." It's defeat by and loss to.

(c) So and so admitted he lives in Dublin ....the number of times admitted is used instead of "said" irritates me.

[TonyD]

((c) So and so admitted he lives in Dublin ....the number of times admitted is used instead of "said" irritates me.

Seconded. It's also used when, for instance "claimed" is the appropriate word. E.g "We've been the best team in the league this season" X admitted.

There's so many of these, I could go on a right rant.

"Heads up" still bugs the crap out of me.
"Going forward"
People who begin a point with "Look"
The pronunciation of "Tremendous" as "Tremenjus" (There's no fukking "J" in it:mad:)

Footie ones:

"His favourite left foot" (How many left feet does he have ?)

"Sat in front of the back four" (Won't do anybody much good doing that, I'd recommend getting up and running around a bit)

"In the hole"

"Full backs bombing on"

[micls]

'Mate'
'Kid'

Alan Mathews interviews:
'Going forward' x 15
'We're makin' progress' regardless of the result.

We could tape and replay old interviews and no one would notice. Its times like this you miss Rico :(

[TonyD]

Mark Lawrenson. 'I tell you what'

Pizses me off no end.

Pat Dolan is a serial offender on that score too.

[gustavo]

Pat Dolan is a serial offender on that score too.

There would be an excellent drinking game to be had at the regularity with which Ray Houghton uses the phrase "I tell you what George" when co-commentating

Also Gerry Hamiltion when doing the Spanish football

"for me" and "it was untrue"

[beautifulrock]

"Stagflation" the new word of the last few weeks, I can just imagine the smug look on the person who thought that up :(

[Rocky77]

"Early doors"

"To be fair..."

"Truely miraculous" -- come on!

"A bit of stick"

[osarusan]

"His favourite left foot" (How many left feet does he have ?)

I think the expression is actually "his favoured left foot", as in, favoured ahead of his right foot.

As an aside, there is an annoying tendancy among posters on this site to use the word "son" perjoratively when trying to ridicule / discredit somebody's argument. For example - "You just don't have a clue son", or posts along those lines.

[gilberto_eire]

"At the end of the day"
"mate" - Just wrong when said (or posted) in an Irish accent, mate.

Ya Mate is Englsih to the core, i'd give an Irishman ''Buddy'' though:D, i'd use ''Man'' myself, never fails :D

[Da Real Rover]

I despise the word 'civilised', hate it.
This word is never accpetable in any conversation.
'Civilised' has no meaning.

I also hate someone reffering to someone as 'evil', like what is evil?
Another word that holds no meaning.

And as for the greeting words,
mine is Chief :)

[forza rovers]

dude:i hate it your not in Australia

[ollie]

People who use the word uber i.e. uber cool

what also annoys me is the wrong use of the apostrophe and
people who get there/their/they're wrong - that's covered in 1st class like!!

[OwlsFan]

A particular favourite of the likes of Aidan Cooney "and that's YOUR sports news".

It's not mine, it's his, especially since it often doesn't cover the topics I am interested in.

[Blue Man]

"Stone wall penalty/cast iron penalty" for me. Ridiculous. Makes no sense whatsoever.

Also hate when somebody calles another a "freak" or "weirdo". Disgusting words

[Rovers fan]

hate the way the word random is used, esp that one that bes on 2fm in the evening,

You should have heard the eejit on I 102-104 thwe other night,he must have said random or randomness(even worse) evry minute. So annoying!

[deecay]

Watching rugby (I know I shouldnt be degradeing myself like that)

''In the pocket'' When whoever goig for a drop goal steps back a few yards

''Gigs'' I HATE it and the people that attend them

[pineapple stu]

'Civilised' has no meaning.
Course it does. (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/civilised)



what is evil?
Another word that holds no meaning.
Think you're on the wacky stuff today. (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/evil):confused:

One I hate is "The eircom League is unsustainable in its current format". Now that has no meaning.

[Pauro 76]

'That's what Im talking about!' as used by Lee in the Apprentice. I like it now but i can see it getting annoying

[Da Real Rover]

Course it does. (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/civilised)



Think you're on the wacky stuff today. (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/evil):confused:

One I hate is "The eircom League is unsustainable in its current format". Now that has no meaning.

How do you measure cultural advancement? Who is to say that one culture is 'further ahead' than an other? Ridiculous word and pivotal in the formation of Jingoism.

Nope 'evil' is all relative, what one person defines as evil another will have as acceptable. It holds no weight, especially they way it is thrown around in this day and age.

[superfrank]

Volte face = I've come across it in a few academic books and once it's been established as an acceptable term, it's regurgitated over and over. Just say "change of mind". Of course, it's the type of pretentious word I'm bound to use later in life.

Oh my God = Cringe-worthy.

FACT = As if saying it in an arguement is a stamp of Government approval.

[thischarmingman]

FACT = As if saying it in an arguement is a stamp of Government approval.

http://www.apigeoncalledfrank.com/Full-Articles/10-Words-in-British-Comedy_files/david_brent.jpg

[tetsujin1979]

WAGs - Wives And Girlfriends of a team.

Anytime I see it on a headline, tv show, blog, etc, it sets me off

[gustavo]

The word "muppet" as an insult
Irish people saying mate and bloke

[oldyouth]

'With all due respect' gets me the most. You know the person saying it thinks you are a tosser.

[Kildare Lad]

People who use Random instead of cool or funny.

Gigs. Gaff. Scarlet. When people say im bullin for a ****.

[thischarmingman]

Gaff.
Totally with you on this one. I have no idea where it came from but it's horrendous.


'With all due respect' gets me the most. You know the person saying it thinks you are a tosser.
By the same token, "No offence, but..." is a particular pet hate of mine.

[stojkovic]

People who mix their metaphors.

Kevin Keegan has an Honours Degree in this.

[pineapple stu]

How do you measure cultural advancement? Who is to say that one culture is 'further ahead' than an other? Ridiculous word and pivotal in the formation of Jingoism.

Nope 'evil' is all relative, what one person defines as evil another will have as acceptable. It holds no weight, especially they way it is thrown around in this day and age.
Cultural norms, of course. Or are you saying they don't exist either?

[Da Real Rover]

Cultural norms, of course. Or are you saying they don't exist either?

Cultural norms?
Define a cultural norm?

[pete]

One I hate is "The eircom League is unsustainable in its current format". Now that has no meaning.

I agree. It is clearly not sustainable in any format.