Phrases and words that just have to go.

[-Samurai-]

"That's what she said". Wasn't funny in the 90's, isn't funny now. A friend of mine said it so much that I stopped talking to him for a month. Then, when we started hanging out again(he was still saying it), I'd punch him in the arm every time he said it. Eventually, he stopped over fear of being punched.

People that say "Epic" or "Fail" or put them together as "Epic Fail". Nothing is epic anymore because everything is epic. Fail is the dumbest thing since "pwnt". Anyone that actually uses either of those regularly deserves to be tossed off a cliff onto a bed broken bottles, razor blades, barbed wire, and Oprah Winfrey.

 

[CrazyGirl17]

Valley girl speak, and, for that matter, gangasta speak, especially when white people use it to sound cool. Just watch this and you'll see what I mean:

http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/bt/spoonyone/reviews/19237-tse-riff-theater-01

(Oh, and feel free to laugh at that one woman's ineptitude at being cool.)

 

[Klarinette]

When you say someone said "OMG" do you mean the actual letters, same to "BRB" or do you mean people actually saying oh my god, cos I say oh my god quite a lot, which I attribute to my watching of friends, not the internet.

As for that was so random, I dont say that, but I do say random in situations when someones says or does a very random thing.

Some that drive me nuts though, and dont call me racist here but a lot of black slang drives me up the wall. When people say things like blood, chris, sick, and that fucking finger snap they do. (and it actually makes me sick to my stomach that I used to do it too)

The finger snap for those not in the know is when you kinda flick your wrist with your thumb and middle finger tip touching and you whip your index finger into them. Best I can describe it, and yes I can still do it *cries*

People actually say the letters "OMG" or "BRB". It can't be just laziness because it's the same amount of syllables to just say the words; I don't understand.

Ew, and don't remind me about that finger snappy thing... oh god... I never made a habit of it, but I'm aware that I once could do it.... *checks* and still can >_<

 

[Klarinette]

"Supposively," which isn't even a word, or "intensive" when they mean to say that something was intense. OOH! "For all intensive purposes." GRRRR. WRONG!!

Psst. "All intents and purposes" has nothing to do with intense, which leads me to believe that you're mishearing "intents" as "intensive".

I know that, that's why I said it was wrong. And people type that one. Whenever someone has said it, which isn't very often fortunately, you can see it in their lips. Intents and looks much different than intensive.

 

[carelesshx]

fantabulous. Its the first word in the paragraph and it doesnt deserve a capitol letter.
why so serious. Theres a reason im serious.
same difference. Makes no fucking sense.

Thats all i can think of.

You just reminded me of a thing that I hate far too much for it to be healthy... mis-spelling the word capital. It has an A in it, not an O.

Sorry.

Not quite - Its a variation of spelling between countries; Like mom and mum...
I prefer Capital as well, but the spell check on my phone wouldnt let me

No it's not. Capitol refers to a building which houses the administration of a government, or, more specifically, the building in Washington which houses the US federal government. Capital cities, capital letters, capital punishment and capital to refer to money all use an a.

I even checked an American dictionary to make sure I was right

http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/definition/capitol
http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/definition/capital

 

[CuddlyCombine]

Isn't that just a case of someone mistaking "should've" as "should of" ?

Yes. I can excuse the pronunciation confusion, but when somebody actually types it out, I cry. Deeply, I cry.

 

[Anggul]

"Bro"

jesus christ "bro" is fucking annoying.

Heh... I just watched The Weatherman the other day... one of the first scenes is him waiting in line and some dude starts bothering him. "You're on TV, bro..."

Irregardless..

ITS NOT A WORD PEOPLE

...wait, what? Irregardless... I can't seem to wrap my head around it. What the hell is it supposed to mean?

it's not a word. yet people actually use it as if it is.

mostly to make themselves seem smart

Yeah, adding 'Ir' onto the front of a word often means a lack of it, like 'irresponsible', but 'regardless' already has 'less' on the end, it's like they're trying to double-up the fact that it is missing or something.

 

[Pariah87]

Safe, Blud, Bredrin. As in "Nah blud, he's safe, he's one of ma bredrin"

Sound, when used the same way as safe.

Bezzie/Bestie mates.

Infact, it's been put into song format, enjoy


It's even worse when middle class white guys use it, sigh.

Found the thing I originally wanted to put up here. Press play on the page, oh dear gods, people talk like this in everyday life.

http://www.flubu.com/blog/2010/03/29/cinderella-a-la-ndubz/

 

[Slaanax]

Cool beans. Unless somebody can tell me some adorable story about how this abortion of a phrase came to be, just stop it. Stop it right now.

im farely certain a film called hot rod started it. prepare to laugh:

I used cool beans well before that movie was released, it may have been resurrected by the movie. I relatively sure that it is from the 80's actually.

 

[Valkyira]

The only ones that piss me off are 'epic' and 'fail'. Not necessarily put together, but that does piss me off as well.

 

[Valkyira]

Safe, Blud, Bredrin. As in "Nah blud, he's safe, he's one of ma bredrin"

Sound, when used the same way as safe.

Bezzie/Bestie mates.

Infact, it's been put into song format, enjoy


It's even worse when middle class white guys use it, sigh.

That video made me die inside. I hate chavs...

 

[Xeros]

"Leet". It just... *RAGE*

 

[MR.Spartacus]

"who the hell cares?"

I mean that's the phrase that should go or anything like it and just as arrogant. It's pretty obvious that someone cares quit bit sarcastic is what I say.

Also "fuck off" or any of it's variations. Definitely not clever.

 

[Abengoshis]

"Stacked it"

It means "to have fallen over" as far as I can tell. I heard it so many times from people in my school that I had to ask what it meant. When I asked they just looked at each other and asked me how I didn't know what it meant. I explained how it would mean "to put 'it' on top of something else" and they told me what it meant...after, they still didn't understand how I didn't know beforehand.

There's also "like" and "then he goes/then I go" - NO YOU DIDN'T "GO", YOU "SAID"!!!

 

[ffs-dontcare]

When people say "epic".

When people of a certain ethnicity in my area say "au" (pronounced "ow"). As in, "How's it goin' au?" and "Sup au?" and "Gonna go have a feed au!", etc.

I can't remember any more right now, and I'm glad I can't.

 

[Primate]

"Bro"

HEAR HEAR! I cant stand the words "bro" and "dude"..

 

[Abengoshis]

The word "ain't" drives me crazy too. Also, not so much now as when I was younger, the letter "H" pronounced "haitch" used to bug me. People used to try to justify it by saying that "H" can be pronounced "hh/huh" too, so it should be "hh-aitch", which doesn't make sense - "M" isn't "m-emm", "E" isn't "Uh-ee"/"Eh-ee"...

"Ite" is also annoying, especially when written...

 

[Bosola]

"Thinking outside the box"

Oh, and

"That's just your opinion"

Well, no shit, Sherlock. Who else's would it be?

 

[baiaishan]

Perhaps this is just a New England thing, but the overuse of the word "wicked" as an adjective meaning "very"- ex: "She's wicked smaht!" meaning "She is extremely intelligent." Some people just use this word every time they want to emphasize something. Just....stop.