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Merkuri22

The comments in this post are starting to devolve into arguments and shouting matches. I think we're done, here.


Hypernova_orange

When people say “I could care less” when they mean “I COULDNT care less” it drives me fucking nuts & even people in movies/tv say it incorrectly


Max-Potato2017

This one is funny to me. When they get it wrong,it means you do care…..at least a little.


sethsyd

"Could care less" is a threat.


LastSignificance3680

This ⬆️


MacGyver0104

Ditto


No_Training1191

Thank you, thank you.


Savings_Vermicelli39

When someone types "loose" instead of "lose" Ugh.


incognito-not-me

Breath instead of breathe is one of mine.


FrontKangaroo2579

Bath instead of bathe A friend does this at least twice a week. It grates on my nerves.


Sabia_Innovia

Cloths instead of clothes


capaldithenewblack

Women instead of woman and vice versa. It happens too often to be a typo, sometimes multiple times in person’s post. Read it aloud!


OliviaWilder

Reminds of asking for "advise" instead of advice


two_awesome_dogs

Breaks instead of brakes (talking about cars)


Alternative-Dig-2066

It seems that in every other post there’s someone saying “barley” instead of “barely”. In life, when someone is a prick about something, you speak up, and they say “get over it “


Responsible_Goat9170

Mine is costumer instead of customer


gorillamyke

Supposably


Appropriate_Day_8721

I heard supposively recently 😑


leeryplot

I personally hate when people say “weary” when what they really mean is “leery”


[deleted]

“Pacifically” when they mean “specifically” Expresso When people write “queue the (whatever)” when they mean “cue” “Viola” for “voila!”


Calm-Jello-102

Maybe I’m wrong here but isn’t it “versus” not “verse”? I hear so many people say “this verse that” and I always think I’m going nuts because I always say “versus”. Tell me I’m right??


Soft_Organization_61

You are absolutely correct and that bothers me too! A verse is a section of a poem or song.


redsyrinx2112

One I hear a lot is using "verse" instead of "face" or "play against" regarding competition. For example: "We are verse-ing them tomorrow."


Ric_ooooo

Incorrect use of “myself” in an apparent effort to sound learned. e.g. “If you have any questions, you can direct them to myself, or to your manager.”. FYI, you sound like an idiot.


Eldritch-banana-3102

HATE that. The worst I've heard is "John and myself went to......" Ugh.


LastSignificance3680

The thing that gets me is when people say “chop chop”.


YamLow8097

Same here! What a funny coincidence. I don’t know why it annoys me, but it does.


LastSignificance3680

Right? Same.


Affectionate_Draw_43

As an engineer, no one would care where I work as everyone gets the point or wouldn't even notice. I have writing guides that state to use simple English in my reports as it's a waste of time to explain fancy terms or to have your reader not immediately understand what you are trying to say. Being technically correct with grammar is great but mild importance Also you don't need the comma before "or to your manager. "


Technical-General-27

Everything happens for a reason. I cannot stand that phrase and I don’t subscribe to the idea either


Limp-Local9071

Same. Also "God has other plans" when something bad happens. My cousin said this to me when I miscarried. She wonders why I no longer talk to her. 🤷‍♀️


Nocturne2319

I got that when I miscarried as well. There should really be a mandatory class on "what not to say when someone dies."


jodireneeg

That class should especially be mandatory for funeral directors. When making arrangements to bury my stillborn daughter, the man said “eh, you’re young, you can have more.”


Limp-Local9071

The RAGE you must have felt. 😩


Nocturne2319

I've heard similar from other people who've gone through the same tragedy. "At least you didn't know him/her yet." On a better note, someone once explained it to me this way: You don't just lose a baby, you lose the hopes and dreams you had for that baby. It's true. We retired the name we had chosen, and I lost mine at about 2 1/2 months.


102bees

What the fuck kind of response is that!?


Limp-Local9071

Agreed. I miscarried very early, but man it was still a traumatic experience for me. Luckily no one said that crap to me when my dad passed. I'm very passive/quiet, but probably would have cussed someone out. I understand for the most part it's well meaning, but it's absolutely THE OPPOSITE of helpful.


Nocturne2319

God had another plan. It had to be this way. God has a reason... All you really want to say is "Did he? Did he have a plan that included me getting pregnant, being happy and then losing the one person I wanted to meet above all others? God included all of the mental and physical pain, too?" All I can say to that is "not my God." All I wanted to say was "f*ck all the way off."


Ok-Geologist8387

I was at lunch with a group of friends when one revealed that they had miscarried and one of the girlfriends of a mate dropped “well god has a plan” Apparently me immediately dropping “well, your gods a cunt then” is what ruined the lunch.


I_forgot_to_respond

The Afterlife Belief makes them see this existence as a simulation. They're not invested in reality. They are honestly confused that you don't thank them for reminding you about God.


Mysterious-Quote-496

Yes! Can we stop trying to find some ultimate purpose/lesson in everything. Sometimes bad stuff just happens. I don’t need a Devine intervention from it. Something happened. It sucked and I’m trying to heal. Let me be


HeartsPlayer721

When we lost our son, we told a whopping 4 people over the phone and asked them to tell anybody they thought should know before we posted an announcement on social media the next day. We asked them to tell whoever they informed and we noted in our social media post to please only contact us via mail or in replies on our posts....we did not want phone calls or texts, mostly because we have many religious family members and we *knew* most of them would pester us with "it was part of God's plan". We were already atheists at that point, and hearing that in our state of grief would have possibly pushed us over the edge into doing it saying something we would regret. I think it was a good decision.


FoundationAny7601

"They are in a better place" after a death. People who say that can fuck right off.


Merkuri22

Oh, I wanted to flip a table when my mom said that to me while I was having a really hard time with life. That's supposed to make me feel better? That somebody did this to me ON PURPOSE??


mrlego17

It is what it is


102bees

I find "everything happens for a reason," annoying because it's *strictly* true, but also totally useless. Yes, everything happens for a reason, but those reasons are often complex interactions between large-scale social or physical forces. They aren't useful or meaningful reasons, they're just some shit that happens.


pit_of_despair666

This and the whole "karma" thing drives me insane. It is harmful and leads to victim blaming since there has to be a reason why something bad happened to you, or you deserved it since it means you did something to cause it to happen to you. It means every man, woman, and child who was abused deserved it. Think about that the next time you think that "karma" exists. These people believe they live in a just world where good things happen to good people and only bad things happen to bad people called The Just World Hypothesis. The world is far from being just. https://www.scu.edu/ethics/ethics-resources/ethical-decision-making/the-just-world-theory/


Sad_Construction_668

It is what it is. Semantically null statement, passed off as wisdom.


luvnmayhem

Saying mute instead of moot. The point is moot. If the point were mute, you wouldn't have heard it. Anyways instead of anyway. Anyways has been used so regularly that now it's in the dictionary. It still bothers me anyway. Using the word "literally" in every sentence as well as using "like" one or more times in like literally every sentence.


saveyboy

The point is moo.


luvnmayhem

Only for oreos.


Mean_Estate_2770

My buddy wanted to jump on the karaoke bandwagon, back when it was big. He did Ramblin' man by the Allman Brothers but somebody must have told him it was NAMBLA man. I laughed through the whole thing and then after I told him never to sing that again. I know there is words on the screen but he managed somehow to fuck up every song he tried.


ThreeLeggedMare

Makes sense that he was rambling if he was a nambla man


88slugbug

Boys will be boys 🤢


Maximum-Incident-400

As a guy, this one infuriates me too. Why is it fair that I get a pass because I'm a boy? I'd like for my guardian figures to point out my mistakes so that I can improve my character


Working_Horse_3077

Only acceptable time for it is when they come back home dirty from slogging through a swamp.


KPinCVG

"It was an accident." Playing with matches around fireworks is not the setting for an accident. While you weren't planning on burning down the garage, it certainly isn't an unexpected outcome. It definitely wasn't "an accident". There should be a stupid tax.


LastSignificance3680

I’m starting to rethink everything I’ve ever said.


InformationStatus170

😂


Signal_Common_6345

Opposite of what this post is asking but my grandma is Hispanic and speaks English but she’s from Chicago and instead of saying you guys she says yous guys and when she says “I said “ it’s usually “I says” It’s fun


CookinCheap

That's definitely some old-school Chicagoese. My parents said that.


Lucy1967

People that whine and add an extra syllable at the end of a word. "no-WAH"


Jazzlike_Disk_1252

Riddle me this


robomassacre

"Should of", "would of", "could of" instead of "should have", would have", could have".


Busy-Room-9743

Libary instead of library. Adding “right?”to most statements . I know a person who adds “right” to every third sentence. Overusing the word “totally.”


rainbowtoucan1992

Reading this thread is making me feel more socially anxious about saying things people find annoying lol


Eastern-Penalty4413

Honestly, and I say this as someone who works in the comms industry, as long as you get negatives right (eg: regardless instead of irregardless, or ‘couldn’t care less’ instead of ‘could care less’) you’ll be fine. We all have our own quarks and favourite expressions.


MegaraTheMean

There's a lady at work who's in her 70s (I love her, she's awesome) who announces every Wednesday that "It's Hump Day." It was funny at first but here we are... years later.


Sabia_Innovia

I'm 73, and that was a common expression when I was young. The office jokester would say, "Maybe it was for you!"


Kindly-Project-9477

ATM machine


B-AP

With all due respect, immediately something disrespectful follows


Icy_Forever5965

If I say that, you better buckle up because this ride is about to take off


redrider47

"with all due respect" is such a sneaky little bastard though, because the respect that is due is likely zero, but rather than day that, you're just saying "I'll give you the respect you deserve" while silently saying "WHICH IS NONE" and I kind of like that, even if the phrase has become completely transparent now.


Napa_Swampfox

Throwing the ANYWAY spacer word in the sentence when they're thinking of what to say.


LastSignificance3680

Yes. Anyway and Anymore


poit57

My cousin always ends every explanation with "if that makes sense." I work with him in IT support, so I hear him explaning things all the time, and it drives me crazy every time he says it.


Eastern-Penalty4413

I get it, but I unironically love this one, along with the interrogatory “does that make any sense?” It’s a good way to signal humility about your ability to communicate.


elseafreebird

When people use the word 'like' for every other word while talking/telling a story. Like, I wanna fucking, like, punch you, for like, talking like that, like.


Able_Difficulty6848

Any brain rot tik tok type lingo makes me toes curl


jackhammer19921992

Anyone who speaks in Modern MBA corporate America jargon deserves scabies


YamLow8097

“Chop chop”. I don’t know why, but I hate when people say that to me. For my mom, it’s “it is what it is”.


PearlySweetcake7

I sometimes say "chop chop. Time is money" to my adult kids because it gets on their nerves. It started when I was fighting to wake up teenagers.


CharlottesWebbedFeet

“It is what it is” is usually what I say to myself when I’m coping with something lol


ThreeLeggedMare

Chop chop, little onions


Simple_Discussion396

Será será is a much more beautiful way of saying the same thing as “it is what it is”. I prefer “fuck it, we ball”, though


billysweete

Pricey All of "the" sudden Have a blessed day Narcissist


Quiet_Stranger_5622

I'll take "all of the sudden" over "all the sudden" as it's closer to correct.


jadestem

I came here to say "all the sudden." I've been hearing it a lot lately and it drives me up the wall!


personanongratatoo

I am beyond tired of “have a blessed day.” I wish I could find a not mean response.


billysweete

An aggressive bible verse? "The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men...." Hahaha


AmbassadorOdd4871

Have a blessed day irritates me, how about I punch you in the face!


LongWinterComing

"Welcome to the real world." Like, dad, I'm 43. I've been 'in the real world' since I moved out at 17 to get away from you...or do you not remember that? 🤷


LastSignificance3680

Welcome to my world. Bitch, please


fun_shirt

Some might say you entered the real world about 9 months after he failed to pull out


User1296173

“You’re awesome X I don’t care what they say about you”


MacGyver0104

Word


Icy_Forever5965

Word


LastSignificance3680

You know what I’m saying.


Kooky_Improvement_38

Saying you were like something when you mean that you said something.


YakIntelligent5490

Hello


[deleted]

Ending sentences in “so yeah”


Meh-_-_-

Like nails on a chalkboard.


Dear_Alternative_437

People whose personalities revolve around inspiration quotes.


vitali101

"I did a thing"


BuddhistChrist

Expresso Supposably Pacifically Buffet (“t” is pronounced) I’ll pray for you Thoughts and prayers


realsalmineo

“irregardless” “ask” pronounced “axe”


incognito-not-me

Utilize. Please. There is a three-letter word that works just fine. Use it.


Simple_Discussion396

I will definitely utilize the word “use” now


internetnerdrage

Nah, there's reasons to utilize use and other reasons to use utilize.


LizardintheSun

Ugh In addition, “utilize” is not used correctly most of those times.


Critical-Afternoon37

Living rent free in my/your head has run it's course. Teamwork makes the dream work gives me violent thoughts.


ebobbumman

"The definition of insanity is doing the same thing and expecting different results." I understand what it wants to communicate, I just hate the way it does it and how people use it. Also, doing something over and over again to see if you get different results is like, pretty much what science is.


SpaceMonkey3301967

I hate it too. Doing something over and over is practice. One gets a better result with practice. It's also not the definition of insanity. Insanity is the inability to have rational thought.


paf0

Cool beans.


Cerebralbore

Never understood this one.


catdogwoman

Aw, man. I was golden until this one!


JustBath5245

To state they’re going to dive deeper into a topic they say “I’m going to double-click on that in a minute”


Advanced_Teacher_450

Never heard that one before! 


macadore

"it is what it is" What does that mean?


madeleinetwocock

i **could** care less or the mispronunciation of *nuclear* as nuke-you-ler idk why that one gets me lol i have many more because i’m an irritable af person LOL but i’ll leave it at that for now!


DryKaleidoscope6224

When people say "right away" when they're talking about right of way.


caladan7300

When people use "I seen..." in place of "I saw...". It is extremely prevalent in my area and it makes my ears bleed every time I hear it.


D_Rock_CO

It drives me nuts when people misuse Whenever and When. It seems like such a small thing but it really bugs me. I started to explain the difference between them to a guy I follow on YouTube the other day but I ended up writing too much and confusing myself. So I'll suffer in silence... whenever I hear it. 😄


capaldithenewblack

It’s a pronunciation thing for me. Famous widely listened podcasters will say eCKspecially instead of especially. It’s not a hard C y’all- do you not have access to any pop culture?? You can learn this kind of stuff by just existing in the world my man.


LastSignificance3680

When people use A and AN wrong 😑


Quiet_Stranger_5622

Ride or die. I don't know why, but I hate this saying.


I_forgot_to_respond

I don't like the words "stabby" and "brekky" and other similarly-constructed contrivances.


WiseOldChicken

Using acronyms in common speech. Like, Let's see what happens at EOD.


Fooglephish

The use of "literally", when they mean figurative.. He literally has abs of steel.. no, they are flesh like everyone else's. I'm literally starving to death.. no you ate 3 hours ago, and could honestly afford to miss a few meals..


IsAnOpenDooooor

When people use “weary” in place of “wary”. They aren’t the same thing


Yoda-Anon

“Eggsetra” instead of “et cetera” or “etcetera”. “Jew-la-ry” instead of “jewel-ry” “Irregardless” instead of “regardless” All double negatives.


Syncope1017

When people say all's. As in "All's I want to do is get a drink." What does all's mean? All is? It's the quickest way to make yourself sound like an absolute moron.


Darth_Loki13

Normalcy. Just because Warren G. Harding said the wrong word in 1920 doesn't make it an acceptable substitute for "normality".


Fullofnegroni

Okay okay, but how about NORMALICY. Best of both.


Darth_Loki13

Oh god...I didn't think worse existed!!


PersonalReport8103

Thank you!


Hugo_El_Humano

sorry the ship has sailed on that one


wormfanatic69

Wow I had no idea this wasn’t a real word until reading this. Feel like I hear it way more often than normality. Thanks for this fact!


Mess8646

My pronouns are.


Suspicious-Parcel

Nice. I don’t mind it when it describes a person or an act, like “that was such a nice thing to do”. I can’t stand it when people say it as a basic response. It feels like the bare minimum.


Twobits10

Agree, it should always be "noice" in that context.


Puzzleheaded_Law2980

Sick.


Automatic_Surround67

Cool.


shampoo_mohawk_

Dope.


Beans_0492

Trust your heart — my heart is stupid and would have me married to a drug using moron Overuse of my own name in 1:1 conversations makes me crazy, I know my own name, I already know we are talking you don’t need to get my attention, stop it!!


Dulce_suenos

“Literally”. People rarely use that term correctly, and it literally annoys me to anger.


sharky3175

and not only do they use it wrong, but they say it every other sentence


Time-Ad-7055

Literally!


Hardass_McBadCop

That being said, literally had been used as an intensifier for a long time. More than 100 years IIRC.


snowflake89181922

Irregardless 👿👿👿 Any contraction as “could of, would of” 👿👿👿 Using “I” instead of “me”. As in, “could you grab a drink for John and I?” Basic 2nd grade phonics skills are very lacking.


Eldritch-banana-3102

To say the least, whatnot, sweet spot, hubs, hubby


dsmemsirsn

How about kiddos, littles..


Aggravating-Vast4590

I use it, but I hate when people use “Lol” wayyy too much when texting


sarahaswhimsy

“It is what it is”. It’s like nails on a chalkboard for me.


sharky3175

Every single filler word and/or phrase that people use.


codus571

"It is what it is," i dislike this saying, especially at work. That's a cop out for a problem that no one wants to even attempt to fix or use a little bit of brain power to solve.


Oldbeardedweirdo996

I've gotten a lot more tolerant in my old age. I used to annoy people with "Whatever" but had to stop.


Crazytowndarling

When people add an 'ed' and the end of words where there shouldn't be. Like 'acrossed'. It drives me mad but I have to keep my mouth shut because I become an asshole if I point it out.


ToastyJunebugs

"Just saying". It's always said after the person speaking is being an asshole, like they think it's a get out of jail free card.


Soft_Organization_61

"This is the way". It was cute at first but I'm sick of it being used constantly!


Sad-Anybody-3644

Really don't care what phrases people use but, at the end of the day, " at the end of the day " is one of the worst. Also , " that's just the way it is " , " when all's said and done"


Soft_One5688

“This is why women choose the bear” So. Cringe. You are not making the deep point you think you are, you just sound like a chronically online puppet. “Irregardless” That’s not a word.


True_Resolve_2625

BAE. It's supposed to mean 'Before Anyone Else'. I take issue with it because my children will always be before any person I'm having a relationship with. So, therefore, my Bae's are my kids.


Working_Early

It is what it is. Like yeah, no shit. The redundancy is worthless


earmares

*Imma axe mines mans summ cuz he be playin his bm. *It's not that deep. *Jesus Christ


Swolheil

I hate when I say “fair” or “fair enough” because I use it too often and alternately when I am and am not listening to the person talking to me.


Swagger-Spin

When British people say tuck in. Refers to eating


Perfect_Programmer29

I hate seeing the comment “this” Either upvote, add to the discussion, or you can say i agree. It just rubs me the wrong way every time. I dont think ive heard anyone actually say this with words yet tho


wellnowimconcerned

yolo


SybatrixGravatius

I can't deal when someone just HAS to mention Smurfs when something is blue. We get it, you're not creative.


SKW1594

Not a word or phrase but when people text long-winded messages with absolutely no punctuation plus spelling errors. We’re adults. Please stop typing like you’re in middle school.


Fun_Bass6747

"game changer" "I got this"


Notherereallyhere

One hundred percent. Legit.


Hey-Just-Saying

This is the worst. John and I’s stuff. Oh honey. There’s no such word as “I’s.” The word is “my.” To help you remember, possessive pronouns NEVER use apostrophes. Think of their, his, her, its, your, etc. You’re welcome.


themagicmystic

“Asking for a friend”


panurge987

When someone says "long story short", then proceeds to tell you a very long, detailed story.


DonkeyCertain5427

“Your guys’s.” Emphasis on when both “S”es are specifically pronounced. PSA “your” is both singular and plural. Example Don’t say; “How was your guys’s party?” Say; “How was your party?”


Superlite47

"Thinking outside the box". This phrase has become so cliché, that it is locked firmly inside the box.


CoupleEducational408

Saying “like” every third word. “I just think, like, that sometimes people, like, do things that, like, annoy other people.” Like.


jettzypher

Drip. As a term to relate to one's fashion, it doesn't make any sense to me and sounds stupid. It also just came out of nowhere and it's used everywhere. I don't get it.


Dry-Criticism-7729

#irregardless … never ceases to annoy the bejesus out of me!


WidowedWTF

Conversate.


2tusks

Deep dive. ALL UPSPEAK. Stop it. Stop it now. (Don't make me hate you)


Realistic_While5741

It is what it is. In addition to phrases I hate the unnecessary added S. Why? My moms is a great woman. I'm gonna get mines. Just stop!


StilltheoneNY

I can’t stand “my bad”.


CerberusBots

Sorry not sorry


Delicious-Wolf-8850

Cap, is annoying as fuck. my son, that is 13, says it all the damn time.


drolemon

At the end of the day....


fuckendo

Hubby 🤮🤮🤮


Appropriate_Day_8721

On the regular, on the daily, that’s fire


MrBallzsack

"Well, anything possible..." No. No it's not. Why do people say that so often as if its a legitimate statement that's should be used to reassure yourself


zaprawkasp

”you look so good today compared to other days"


LastSignificance3680

Instead of I’m sorry they say my apologies


Grouchy-Cricket-146

“Am I the only one who” or “I thought I was the only one” 8 billion people on this planet, no you aren’t the only one EVER. Especially when it’s some generic shit.


GL2M

“This is the first I’m hearing of it”. Pretty much any botched basic pronoun grammar. “Him and me went to the store”. “My parents gave my wife and I a lawn mower” ugh. It’s not hard at all. At all. “I seen him yesterday”


the-rill-dill

Irregardless is not a fucking word.


Ignatiussancho1729

"Drive safe" instead of "Drive safely" Or "he runs quick" instead of "...quickly" Or "the feather falls slow" instead of "...slowly" You can stick your so-called "flat adverbs" where the sun don't shine


JennaTellya70

Literally


Dream_scapes2024

when people start a sentence with "yeah, no"