What phrase really annoys you?
What phrase really annoys you?
Either online or IRL. For me it's "chefs kiss" there's nothing wrong with it but for no reason it grinds my gears
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Pedantic as hell but when someone uses decimated wrong, folks want it to mean annihilated but it doesn't
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Decimate
/dĕs′ə-māt″/- To inflict great destruction upon
What's the issue?
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Not the person you replied to, but I'm guessing that they're a stickler for the original meaning, which is "to reduce by a 10th", hence the "deci" in decimate. It comes from a military discipline practice that could only have been invented by the Romans. The force to be punished is divided into groups of 10, and each group is given a bag containing 9 white pebbles and one black pebble. They each take turns reaching into the bag blindly and grabbing a pebble. The people with the white pebbles are then each given a cudgel and ordered to bludgeon the poor bastard with the black pebble to death, hence reducing their overall numbers by a tenth, or decimating them.
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“Just sayn’!”
what the fuck does that even MEAN.
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Would it surprise you to learn that Fox News had a segment called Just Sayin' a while back? It was basically the usual shithead pundits oversimplifying an issue and having a half-assed "hot take comment" typical of the ones one would find on fox news.
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When people "speak to" a topic. Just say "about".
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"all but" is the single most unnecessary phrase. It is confusing to non English speakers since it means the opposite of what the parts mean ("everything except"), it flows weird, and you can just remove that phrase and get the same meaning from the sentence. I see it all the time in journalism and it feels like it only exists to hit a word count.
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"To be honest..." / "If I'm being honest..."
So, what, you're normally lying?
"It is what it is"
A tautology is a tautology.
"Tell me how you really feel" (said after you share a harsh opinion on someone / something)
Didn't I just do that?
"I'll hold down the fort"
Why? Is it threatening to float away?
I'll admit that last one is a bit David Mitchellian.
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fuck around and find out… people just think they sound so goddamned cool when they say it. it’s the worst.
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I have recently started appreciating this, mostly as a shorter form for the scientific process - f around (perform the experiment) -> find out (record observations) does notexactly cover the 5 steps, but is short enough to conway the gist
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"not gonna lie..." So does that mean you actually lie most of the time unless you notify people??? "you got this!" That is the most low self-esteem encouragement ever. No Bridgett, you don't got this, your going to mess it up like you always do.
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It sounds contrived. That's why it irritates me anyway lol
I feel the same way about the term "dead ass"... It just sounds like someone's trying too hard for some reason
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All of a/the sudden. Means the same thing as 'suddenly' and doesn't flow right
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Based.
Fucking useless word.
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“No notes” “Adulting”
Basically everything that Redditors say.
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No no when talking about taboos or faux pas. Talk like an adult.
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“What I’m saying is… is that the Earth is only roundISH.
Why do so many people insert an extra IS ?
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There's no way they can be called out, they said ish! They didn't say x! They said x-ish!
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“Lost in the sauce” is one I can think of right away. Like are you five?
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"Could care less" really irks me lol. Like, if you just stop and think about it it makes no sense? If you could potentially care less about a topic that means you must care at least somewhat in the first place?
That annoys me too. Couldn't you mean couldn't!!!
obligatory David Mitchell bit