Words or phrases that annoy you (even if you can't explain why) . . .

[rm5]

You know what I hate (although I find it funny if it's not overused) is "knock it off." My piano teacher will occasionally throw that in at the end of the lesson. He'll say something like, "It's 5:30, so I think we need to knock it off."

Like I said, I don't mind it if it's used like once in a while, but if it was every week, I'd be annoyed.

 

[sam_dean]

Well, I wasn't going to go there, but, yes, that's part of the reason I hate that phrase. Sounds like you're asking someone to give you a stool sample 🤢

IKR?

 

[usagora]

You know what I hate (although I find it funny if it's not overused) is "knock it off." My piano teacher will occasionally throw that in at the end of the lesson. He'll say something like, "It's 5:30, so I think we need to knock it off."

Like I said, I don't mind it if it's used like once in a while, but if it was every week, I'd be annoyed.

I think he's going for "knock off," which means to quit work for the day, etc. "Knock it off" is what you tell someone who's doing something bad or annoying to stop doing that. I think he's confusing the two.

 

[sam_dean]

You know what I hate (although I find it funny if it's not overused) is "knock it off." My piano teacher will occasionally throw that in at the end of the lesson. He'll say something like, "It's 5:30, so I think we need to knock it off."

Like I said, I don't mind it if it's used like once in a while, but if it was every week, I'd be annoyed.

I don't mind it as much but it may be because of my age.

 

[rm5]

I think he's going for "knock off," which means to quit work for the day, etc. "Knock it off" is what you tell someone who's doing something bad or annoying to stop doing that. I think he's confusing the two.

Maybe I just misheard it, but very true! I heard "knock it off" too many times in elementary school 🤣

 

[usmaak]

A guy I worked with before would always ask me or others, "Could you do me a solid?" instead of, "Could you do me a favor?" I just wanted to scream every time he said that (which was often)!

Guy sounds like a complete solid.

 

[Mousse]

I was referring to using emojis effectively to communicate what tone and body language would normally communicate in person. I certainly hope you're not ignoring written communication from people simply because they might include a few emojis that are being used in the way I describe.

Indeed. "I'm going to take the Missus out"🥂🍽️means one thing. And "I'm going to take the Missus out"💥☠️ means something else.

 

[Gregg2]

How about "head over heels"?
Think about it. That's the norm. (sorry)
Heels over head would be the sublime thing the idiom is reaching for.

 

[usagora]

Indeed. "I'm going to take the Missus out"🥂🍽️means one thing. And "I'm going to take the Missus out"💥☠️ means something else.

Or even if the meanings were the same, "I'm going to take the Missus out 🥂🍽️" expresses a whole different mood than "I'm going to take the Missus out 🙄 🥱"

 

[koelsh]

To each his own, I guess. I have zero tolerance for it. I know I've seen Dave Chappelle before, but needed a refresher. Literally the first stand-up video I opened on YouTube just now, within 10 seconds he's talking about jerking off. That's exactly what I mean. That's a huge turn-off to me and ruins the act. It's simply unnecessary, grade-school level humor that takes no talent to do.

It's stuff like that that turned me off of comedy specials in general some time ago. Nevermind Chappell there's other comedians who start off without any vulgarity then after a few years it's their only topic.

There's been a decent series on YouTube called Dry Bar Comedy that does a pretty good job with comedians who are just funny without vulgarity. I haven't watched any of them in a while so maybe it's different now... Josh Sneed has one of the best sets I've ever seen.

 

[Allyance]

It's stuff like that that turned me off of comedy specials in general some time ago. Nevermind Chappell there's other comedians who start off without any vulgarity then after a few years it's their only topic.

There's been a decent series on YouTube called Dry Bar Comedy that does a pretty good job with comedians who are just funny without vulgarity. I haven't watched any of them in a while so maybe it's different now... Josh Sneed has one of the best sets I've ever seen.

I live in a park of manufactured homes where the homes are very close together. No playground for the kids to play, so they ride their bikes and skateboard all the time. I refer to them as the street urchins. There are the boys that ride their bikes up and down the main street doing wheelies and joking around. Then there are the 9 to 13 year old girls that hang around in gangs. Screaming at the top of the lungs for no reason and swearing like drunken sailors. The 'F' word is the most common expression for all of them!

At least I sit in the privacy of my own home and constantly yell F--off at the stupid commercials on the TV. The mute button is my favorite defense and I use the cable guide to block the really gross Shingles and other skin ailments, along with diarrhea ads at dinner time. I could go on, but I need to keep my blood pressure down!

 

[usagora]

Can't believe I forgot this one: "underrated." It seems many people don't understand what the word means, because I frequently see that word used to describe singers, actors, shows, songs, movies, etc. that clearly have a huge fan base, which obviously means they're not underrated 🤷🏼‍♂️

 

[Nermal]

Can't believe I forgot this one: "underrated." It seems many people don't understand what the word means, because I frequently see that word used to describe singers, actors, shows, songs, movies, etc. that clearly have a huge fan base, which obviously means they're not underrated 🤷🏼‍♂️

Unrelated, yet it reminded me of this: A 90s song on YouTube. One of the comments says "I wish they'd remaster this album". Someone replies with "Why?! It was mastered by [person] at [studio] and is generally regarded as being one of the top 10 best sounding albums ever made. Why in the world do you think it needs a remaster?"

It seems that the original commenter doesn't have a clue that "remaster" and "rerelease" are different things.

 

[KaliYoni]

A 90s song on YouTube. One of the comments says "I wish they'd remaster this album".

Music originally mastered in the 90s didn’t take current playback setups, including streaming, wireless earbuds, mono smart speakers, headphones tuned to emulate bass bins, and small tablet/laptop/computer monitor speakers, into account, obviously, so if the commentator isn’t listening on a Walkman or a CD player or a boombox, the music might be more to the commentator’s taste if it was remastered.

For anybody interested, I have some earlier comments about opinions on ”great sound” here:

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/need-a-good-bluetooth-wireless-speaker.2309720/?post=30241529#post-30241529

 

[usagora]

Another thing that has always irked me is that in almost every single documentary about a disaster, there's always at least one person that just has to utter some form of that cliche phrase "It started out just like any other day." Well, duh, why wouldn't it? It is just another day. Did you expect to wake up and see a foreboding red mist in the air or handwriting on the walls with an ominous warning that something was going to happen? LOL!

 

[SalisburySam]

Using "fam" rather than simply saying or typing out the proper word "family."

And lots of others obvi, but whatev!

 

[SalisburySam]

…the apathetic indifferent young...

Some redundancy there. Just sayin’.

 

[Scepticalscribe]

And lots of others obvi, but whatev!

Some redundancy there. Just sayin’.

Perhaps I am a pedant (well, yes, I am), but is there a reason for abbreviating the written word?

While I admit that I tend wince when I hear it, in speech, it tends to be natural, as part of an accent.

However, when written, (aside from fiction where this is how character expresses themsleves in the interests of authenticity) is to view it as either affected, or some attempt at fake informality, most often wriiten by a man. Even in the US, women rarely seem to write in this way.

Anyway, on topic, - and yes, while this form of speech (and writing, good grief) - may be more prevalent in the United States (from where much of the forum membership derives), it is something that annoys me.

 

[AVBeatMan]

People starting a sentence with "so".

 

[DaveFromCampbelltown]

People starting a sentence with "so".

So, what's wrong with that? Next you'll be going after the people who start with "Yeah, nah" or "And but"...

 

[usmaak]

Perhaps I am a pedant (well, yes, I am), but is there a reason for abbreviating the written word?

While I admit that I tend wince when I hear it, in speech, it tends to be natural, as part of an accent.

However, when written, (aside from fiction where this is how character expresses themsleves in the interests of authenticity) is to view it as either affected, or some attempt at fake informality, most often wriiten by a man. Even in the US, women rarely seem to write in this way.

Anyway, on topic, - and yes, while this form of speech (and writing, good grief) - may be more prevalent in the United States (from where much of the forum membership derives), it is something that annoys me.

Maybe this really started to get going with 140 word Twitter messages and texting. I mean people make fun of me for texting fully punctuated sentences, instead of word salad.

 

[Madhatter32]

People starting a sentence with "so".

You are SO correct! Worse yet, I have noticed that this word pablum is most often employed by pseudo intellectuals who are desperate to appear smart. "So, let me tell you why you are wrong ...."

 

[AVBeatMan]

So, what's wrong with that? Next you'll be going after the people who start with "Yeah, nah" or "And but"...

So, what I hate about it is, like, err, you know, yeah, like that, like. Nuff said (like)

 

[AVBeatMan]

You are SO correct! Worse yet, I have noticed that this word pablum is most often employed by pseudo intellectuals who are desperate to appear smart. "So, let me tell you why you are wrong ...."

It’s when someone is asked a question like “can you explain your plans for the economy?” And they begin their answer with, “so”….

 

[adrianlondon]

People starting a sentence with "so".

Word!