Phrases that annoy you...

[TimBone]

This will probably be a dud of a thread, but screw it.

What are some overused phrases that annoy you?

Here's a couple that irk me for no rational reason:

"Across the pond" - I hear a lot of Americans use this phrase when referring to people from England, or just England in general. "Yea, we're headed on a vacation across the pond." Everyone uses this phrase and I hate it. It may have been clever the first time someone said it....but not anymore.

"In the drink" - fisherman use this one. If they're on the boat, and they knock something over and it goes in the water, they'll say it went in the drink. "Damn, my phone fell out of my hand and went in the drink. I'll have to buy a new one."

"Wet our lines/kayaks" - I've heard people use "wet our lines" quite a bit and it never bothered me too much, until I worked on shift with a kayak enthusiast. Any time you asked him what he was doing next weekend, he always said "Oh, I'm gonna go get my kayak wet." Every freaking time. Just got tired of hearing the same phrase.

There's a few more, if I think of them, I'll post them.

[TimBone]

You can add "insult my intelligence" to my list. It always seems like the people that use this one aren't really that intelligent at all.

[GloryDayz]

Originally Posted by ThaVirus

While on the topic of verbal crutches and fillers, it really is a strange thing to converse with someone that doesn't use them at all.

My first boss back when I was 17 was a weird dude. You'd ask him a question and he'd just sort of sit there, face unchanged, while he gathered his thoughts to say what he was going to say. It was odd, though, because sometimes he'd take what seemed like 30 seconds before he'd say anything. I'd be about ready to walk away or start doing something else when he'd finally start to speak.

But I've had times when I wished I had taken 30 seconds to respond, and some times have somebody take 30 seconds before they responded to me. So I guess it's not all bad.

[REDHOTGTO]

"MY BAD"

[Dayze]

"here's the thing...."

[Three7s]

"At the end of the day...."

Wasn't that one a Herm special?

[Jimmya]

"My bad"... Hate that freaking phrase!

[Dragonocho]

Billy Butler really squared up that ball. Yeah and it's a 6-4-3 double play.

[GloryDayz]

"Good morning"... Jesus Christ that's irritating!

[dj56dt58]

everytime someone says "praying for you" on facebook. especially for stupid shit

[Halfcan]

Originally Posted by dj56dt58

everytime someone says "praying for you" on facebook. especially for stupid shit

makes you wonder if they are REALLY praying you get over your bout with constipation-or just saying that to be nice.

And God.... please let Mary have a bowel movement soon... AMEN!!

[Pepe Silvia]

"That's life"