Phrases and words that just have to go.

[Cpt_Oblivious]

BRB

Can we say "Berb"? Because that actually shortens the phrase, as slang usually does. As opposed to being the initials which take as much time to say as the phrase.

As for me: The word "Gay" used as anything derogatory (ie. not used to mean homosexual) for example "Oh, that's pretty gay". It seems to lower the tone of an entire conversation, making emf eel like I'm 5 again.

 

[Milney]

"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".

OT: Things like that really annoy me. People who have only heard a common phrase in passing and copy it (usually in text) and mispell it ('phonetically' in most cases) and totally bastardising the meaning in the process. It just shows a gross misunderstanding about where the root meaning of the phrase comes from. Annoyingly I can't pin point one I've heard recently, but I'm sure this forum has its fair share.

Also people saying "Mute" when they mean "Moot"; completely different pronunciation and meaning but again, they don't know the proper usage of the word so they end up just saying "Mute".

 

[Cpt_Oblivious]

"for all intensive purposes"

It's all intents and purposes! Ugh!

Also: "I need a bit of rest bite"

It's respite!

Wow...
I find anyone using those then I'm just going to smack them.

 

[alexdulcianu]

Your instead of You're. Like "Your an asshole" instead of "You're an asshole". Especially when it comes from NATIVE English speakers, like Americans or British people. IT'S YOUR OWN GODDAMN LANGUAGE!

 

[HaloHappy]

I have a long list of irritating phrases, but here's a few. "OMG", "n00b", 4nd 4ny0n3 wh0 741ks 1ik3 7his.

 

[purplegothchick]

I hate the way that celebrity names are changed into abbreviations, like Li-Lo, SuBo, and R-Patz. For fucks sake, is it really that hard to call them by their proper names?! It's like adding '-gate' at the end of any scandal. It's a really stupid habit that the media has and it really gets on my tits!

 

[Kikosemmek]

"Needless to say"

 

[King of the Sandbox]

Your instead of You're. Like "Your an asshole" instead of "You're an asshole". Especially when it comes from NATIVE English speakers, like Americans or British people. IT'S YOUR OWN GODDAMN LANGUAGE!

Don't worry, I hate that, too. And I'm American.

I mean, it's our native language, yes, AND we study it nearly every single year we're in school! Makes me shake my head solemnly and sigh nowadays, instead of the usual anger.

 

[T-Bone24]

Any word typed by a certain kind of stupid person, where random consonants are left mangled and wheezing on the cutting room floor, that my brain is trying desparately to claw it back into the wretched, malnourished shell that was once a word. I speak, of course, of "u" and "r" used as words. Abbreviations do not work that way!

 

[SaunaKalja]

The phrase "put a bullet in [someones] brain". It's just... Bah, sounds stupid.

 

[Dexiro]

I'm guilty of a few on here but not a massive offender.

One that really annoys me is people that call everyone "brother".
I was watching some Jamie Oliver program the other day and apparently everyone in America is his brother.
Jamie, you are not related to them - SHUT UP.

 

[ultimateownage]

In terms of single words--if you can call them words--what bothers me the most is when people actually say internet acronyms out loud, such as "BRB" or "OMG". I mean, really? I was at a baseball game the other night and a guy actually said "OMG" about something. I almost turned around and threw my iced tea in his face. Then, I heard it on the Slice Network. I promptly changed the channel. I just can't do it.

This, so, so this. You should meet my friend, he SAYS IT EVERY OTHER WORD! My teacher hates it just has much, that is the best bit about the show icarly, they may be posing has hip, but AT LEAST THEY LAUGH, AND WHEN THEY SAY AN ACRONYM THEY SAY IT L-O-L! Not lol, and they only say it because they are reading it off their website. My aforementioned friend also says ty instead of thank you, I want to kill myself thinking I introduced him to all this crap.

*edit*

The phrase "put a bullet in [someones] brain". It's just... Bah, sounds stupid.

Yea, I totally prefer the phrase "I'm gonna put a cap in yo ass."

I also hate how americans spell everything wrong and change words for no apparent reason.
arse=ass
jelly=jello
jam=jelly
crisps=chips
chips=fries
french fries=freedom fries
colour= color
sofa=couch
the list goes on.

 

[Cheesebob]

Jelly and Jam are different things.

Jelly = Jam without pips

Jam = Jelly with pips

 

[revjay]

Another one just occurred to me. Kids that talk about 'back in the day'.. like 2 years ago is ancient history or something. Sorry junior but 'back in the day' I used to turn the television with a knob on the front (3 channels, 4 if we were lucky), had these big black disks that music came on and every phone had a chord and a rotary dialer. THAT'S THE WAY IT WAS AND WE LIKED IT!

Damn kids, get off my lawn.. I have a shotgun!!

 

[teutonicman]

Monday

 

[tombman888]

when someone does something wrong, or when someone gets hurt in an accident, and then someone just yells out the word "fail" or "epic fail"

 

[Frybird]

Chillax. No, just no! You can tell me to chill or to relax, but tell me to chillax and we'll have some problems. Actually the combination of any two words when not used in a comedic sense pisse me off.

Good lord yes, that pisses me off too

Recently i read around here "Chillax Brah"...because apparently poor literacy just isn't "kewl" enough yet.

 

[danielsharpe1634]

Like.

It should not be used like a comma.

Thank you sir, the world of correct grammar salutes you

OT: "same difference"

Though it can be actually used properly, people continue to use it in the place of "same thing" and it DRIVES ME CRAZY!!

 

[AtticusSP]

Most 4chan memes.

 

[AndyVale]

I almost turned around and threw my iced tea in his face.

Haha, you had Iced Tea.

But seriously, here's a couple of things that have to stop.

FAIL
WIN
CAKE! (and the ambiguous truth surrounding it)

So bored with all the above.