Phrases/Cliches that annoy you.

[Volsdeep4]

Top 15 schools coming soon

 

[Quaint88]

"The future is now."

 

[give_him 6]

"Basically" and "Take it offline"

 

[Jackcrevol]

on a dime.

 

[give_him 6]

30,000-foot view

 

[Go aeiou]

Yeah, yeah, yeah

It was great in a Beatles song. Some people use it to agree with everything.

 

[TN-POSSUM]

"Jarrett gives us our best shot to win" Pruitt.

 

[feathersax]

Were all in this together!

Agreed! Replaced "unbelievable" on my list.

 

[orangebloodgmc]

"We can't ever beat Bama; so unfair that we have to play them every year."

 

[n_huffhines]

We have a really good group of friends and all the wives in the group say "all the things" (except my wife) and for whatever reason it makes me want to scream. It's just a filler phrase but they say it all the time when they get together.

Example: "her house was decorated in a vintage style with a grandfather clock, an old piano, all the things, and when I walked in...."

 

[Go aeiou]

We have a really good group of friends and all the wives in the group say "all the things" (except my wife) and for whatever reason it makes me want to scream. It's just a filler phrase but they say it all the time when they get together.

Example: "her house was decorated in a vintage style with a grandfather clock, an old piano, all the things, and when I walked in...."

It's all good.

 

[tsvol06]

Roll tide

 

[05_never_again]

They also say "lovely" and "proper" often. It doesn't annoy me though. I enjoy hearing them talk.

I've also noticed they say "fantastic" a lot, way more than Americans do.

 

[sona]

When twitter stalkers refer to their targets as "Young Man". When anyone refers to a player as "a product of..".

Those are just football related. The business lexicon gets dumber every day, but a couple of examples would be "pivoting", "going forward", "optics", "disruptive", etc.

 

[JoAllan]

Ending a statement with “right?”

What if someone asks “do I go left or right”.....and they need to go right?

 

[508mikey]

We’re living in uncertain times

 

[508mikey]

contactless delivery

 

[CagleMtnVol]

Must Unite the Country!

 

[oz615]

"In times of uncertainty,one thing is certain.........."
"Every vote must be counted"
"Mail-in Ballots"
"Vote By Mail"

 

[oz615]

"Rules for thee but not for me"

 

[Notorious B.E.N]

What if someone asks “do I go left or right”.....and they need to go right?

"not left"

 

[JoAllan]

"not left"

But that still leaves going straight, or even turning around.

 

[Notorious B.E.N]

But that still leaves going straight, or even turning around.

But you only asked about left or right....

 

[JoAllan]

But you only asked about left or right....

True.....However I think “staying on current path” would be assumed......as in were moving.

Turning either way wouldn’t matter if you weren’t moving.....say forward or backward.

 

[JoAllan]

You could say....turn left, turn left, turn left.....if the “asker” is literal and will do exactly what you say.