What phrase or high jacked word bugs you ?
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Mitch86
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"Some die too young while others live too long."
Sunkist
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There's a local politician who always does that 'me and..' thing..
Sunkist
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One I think is kind of new, probably another fad like Valspeak, Vocalfry, etc., is leaving out some of the letters in words.. for example, there's some ad/commercial on t.v. where the young woman should have said 'student,' but instead says 'stu-ent.'
If it's just another fad, I hope it goes away soon!
I must be among the very few who aren't annoyed by any of this - I find language interesting but can't share the same "I can't stand" feeling about any catch phrases.
PeppermintPatty
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Another one for ‘My bad.’
Those central consonants seem to give lots of people trouble and it drives me crazy. When I lived in the south I got very tired of hearing people change the "t" to a "d, saying impordant for important. All the time. Nancy Grace is a criminal lawyer who can't pronounce sentence. She always says sennance.One I think is kind of new, probably another fad like Valspeak, Vocalfry, etc., is leaving out some of the letters in words.. for example, there's some ad/commercial on t.v. where the young woman should have said 'student,' but instead says 'stu-ent.'
If it's just another fad, I hope it goes away soon!
Prepare yourselves for "insane." I seem to hear it constantly these days. I think it's going to replace amazing. Everything from his shirt to your sandwich is insane now.
Brookswood
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Karen. It’s a perfectly good name for a female. Why is it used to describe jerks?
Adoption. Why do we use it for pets? That is insulting to human children who have been adopted and to the parent who adopted them.
Adoption. Why do we use it for pets? That is insulting to human children who have been adopted and to the parent who adopted them.
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BeefStu
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As much as I hate this I have to admit that there have been times when I couldn't think of anything else to say that remotely covered the situation any better!!!
OneEyedDiva
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It irks me to hear people say the "changed out" this or that. There's redundancy built in that expression. To change something means you took it out or off or down, whatever and replaced it. And it's poor grammar (IMO). I remember the days when it was "I changed the light bulb", not I "changed out" the lightbulb. I think I've just heard it too much when watching the home buying shows.
I'm also not fond of hearing people refer to their child(ren) as "my kid" or "the kids". My son posted this perfect meme about that years ago.
I'm also not fond of hearing people refer to their child(ren) as "my kid" or "the kids". My son posted this perfect meme about that years ago.
Wombat
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I get bugged by hijacked being High Jacked
Dr.Colosso
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I do that too cause it's so much work to type it all or it's funny. Boyfriend bf, mother in law mil (I spent too much time on reddit), aita am I the asshole, fr for real, w8 wait, you wot m8.
Oh lol on a forum a very serious man said QFT and I was shocked cause I thought he said WTF, but QFT was Quoted for truth.
I like LOL or better lol cause lol in Dutch is fun, so laughing out loud is LOL and just funny is lol.
ROTFLMAO Rolling on the floor laughing my ass off. We have these funny commercials in which a serious 60 plus man uses street talk for teens. That's funny.
Jules
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That’s ok. I was talking about verbal exchanges.
Sunkist
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Re: the second part- I do that! and also clarify by using the word 'my' before 'kid/kids.'
I wouldn't refer to my middle-aged kids as 'children,' or even 'my children.'
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Which reminds me: 'fam' instead of 'family'
BJintheUK
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That photo was taken when I was 23 back in 1973. I'm considerably older than that now, but I don't want to put up a photo of the wreck that is me now, as you may find it rather depressing.
BJintheUK
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Another one I find annoying is the phrase "blew my mind", or "mind blown", etc. How can blowing one's mind happen exactly? I know it's a shortcut for the word 'confused', but I find it annoying anyway.
Regarding the children/kids thing. I never talk about my kids, I always refer to them as either my children, or my offspring, as the youngest is now just about to have his 33rd birthday on Thursday.
Regarding the children/kids thing. I never talk about my kids, I always refer to them as either my children, or my offspring, as the youngest is now just about to have his 33rd birthday on Thursday.