Phrases That Make You "Cringe"

[DarkRyter]

"Oh God! He's eating a baby! Somebody stop him!"

Ugh, people always trying to interrupt my lunch.

 

[iLazy]

It's not a phrase, but using the words "Bling" or "Ice" to describe jewelry (very tacky jewelry if I might add) irritates me.

STOP USING THEM.

 

[Danny91]

"It's always darkest before the dawn." <----This, mostly because it's factually untrue. Night-time reaches a climax of darkness, and then considerably lightens over a period of time before what we could consider "dawn" is reached. Although, picturing the sun shooting up like an alarm clock each morning is funny.

 

[artanis_neravar]

Could of, would of, should of .... Stayed in school, thats what you should have done.

Just thought I'd point out that unless you are referring to someone typing those they could be saying "could've. would've, should've"

 

[Reaver570]

Being from Essex, anything from this atrocious show called The Only Way Is Essex.

Just, no.

And now they're bringing out another one, "Educating Essex", the same thing but in school, and apparently real...

Back on topic, ever since I saw that episode of extra credits about aesthetics it really annoys me when people confuse it with "Graphics".

Aesthetics = The artistic style and colour scheme

Graphics = The technical capabilities of engine, like polygons, FPS etc.

 

[artanis_neravar]

"It's always darkest before the dawn." <----This, mostly because it's factually untrue. Night-time reaches a climax of darkness, and then considerably lightens over a period of time before what we could consider "dawn" is reached. Although, picturing the sun shooting up like an alarm clock each morning is funny.

well...they never said it's always darkest right before the dawn, so factually it can be true (midnight is before dawn) if you assume that the average person isn't an imbecile

 

[wottabout]

Just putting in my two cents on the whole "could/n't care less" thing: As a literal-minded child, it bothered me when people said that they couldn't care less. Of course you could care less! If you cared the absolute minimum amount, then you wouldn't even be mentioning it, because you didn't care. When people started saying "I could care less," I imagined that these people thought the same thing that I did. "I could care less, since I care just enough to tell you that I don't care." Of course, it is more likely that people are just ignorant, but I have always liked the phrase "I could care less."

 

[catalyst8]

U Mad. I hate this phrase so much. Its just so annoying to hear heck even to say.

Then the phrase is working, 'cause it's only purpose is to annoy you.

1. "My bad." Your bad what?

2. "I'm good." Please define good & evil.

4. "Asshole." A pit for a hoofed mammal of the horse family.

All ignorant & imbecilic statements.

Imo, those are just you being an grammar nazi. Really. Are you pissed off if someone says "im good"? Would you really ask the to define good?

Of course, unless they're making a genuine claim to being particularly virtuous. Fortunately I know only one person who uses the phrase, the rest of my friends are adults & speak accordingly.

good

Spoiler

adjective
1.
morally excellent; virtuous; righteous; pious: a good man.
2.
satisfactory in quality, quantity, or degree: a good teacher; good health.
3.
of high quality; excellent.
4.
right; proper; fit: It is good that you are here. His credentials are good.
5.
well-behaved: a good child.

Asshole

Spoiler

noun Vulgar .
1.
anus.
2.
Slang .
a.
a stupid, mean, or contemptible person.
b.
the worst part of a place or thing.

You are being to narrow in your definitions.

Your definitions are incorrect. The definitive record of English vocabulary, The Oxford English Dictionary 2011, has no entry for 'asshole'. In order to use 'good' correctly when referring to one's health it would have to be used in context e.g. "I'm in good health", or "I feel good."

Without meaning to be pedantic I feel obliged to point out that you used the wrong spelling for 'too' in "You are being to narrow [...]"

 

[Rawne1980]

Could of, would of, should of .... Stayed in school, thats what you should have done.

Just thought I'd point out that unless you are referring to someone typing those they could be saying "could've. would've, should've"

Purely referring to someone typing them.

 

[Dags90]

Oh, you know..."you know", including variations like "you know what I'm saying?"

I know someone who pretty much uses "...you know?" as a verbal period.

 

[artanis_neravar]

U Mad. I hate this phrase so much. Its just so annoying to hear heck even to say.

Then the phrase is working, 'cause it's only purpose is to annoy you.

1. "My bad." Your bad what?

2. "I'm good." Please define good & evil.

4. "Asshole." A pit for a hoofed mammal of the horse family.

All ignorant & imbecilic statements.

Imo, those are just you being an grammar nazi. Really. Are you pissed off if someone says "im good"? Would you really ask the to define good?

Of course, unless they're making a genuine claim to being particularly virtuous. Fortunately I know only one person who uses the phrase, the rest of my friends are adults & speak accordingly.

good

Spoiler

adjective
1.
morally excellent; virtuous; righteous; pious: a good man.
2.
satisfactory in quality, quantity, or degree: a good teacher; good health.
3.
of high quality; excellent.
4.
right; proper; fit: It is good that you are here. His credentials are good.
5.
well-behaved: a good child.

Asshole

Spoiler

noun Vulgar .
1.
anus.
2.
Slang .
a.
a stupid, mean, or contemptible person.
b.
the worst part of a place or thing.

You are being to narrow in your definitions.

Your definitions are incorrect. The definitive record of English vocabulary, The Oxford English Dictionary 2011, has no entry for 'asshole'. In order to use 'good' correctly when referring to one's health it would have to be used in context e.g. "I'm in good health", or "I feel good."

Without meaning to be pedantic I feel obliged to point out that you used the wrong spelling for 'too' in "You are being to narrow [...]"

I do apologize for using the wrong 'too'. However http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/11703?redirectedFrom=asshole#eid37382945 seems to disagree. And we will have to agree to disagree on 'good'

 

[Oliver Pink]

It's not so much a phrase,

But whenever I hear a TF2 player in mid-trade, and they use the term 'sweeteners' - I want to deck them.

 

[artanis_neravar]

Could of, would of, should of .... Stayed in school, thats what you should have done.

Just thought I'd point out that unless you are referring to someone typing those they could be saying "could've. would've, should've"

Purely referring to someone typing them.

Got it, in that case I blame people being, for some reason, unable to tell the difference between could've and could of when they hear it.


I would also like to add Faux News to my list, it only makes some sense visually but not when read, that word is not pronounced fox.

 

[kebab4you]

It's not so much a phrase,

But whenever I hear a TF2 player in mid-trade, and they use the term 'sweeteners' - I want to deck them.

Okey I got to ask, do they really mean sugar substitute when they say that? o_o

 

[catalyst8]

1. "My bad." Your bad what?

2. "I'm good." Please define good & evil.

4. "Asshole." A pit for a hoofed mammal of the horse family.

All ignorant & imbecilic statements.

Imo, those are just you being an grammar nazi. Really. Are you pissed off if someone says "im good"? Would you really ask the to define good?

Of course, unless they're making a genuine claim to being particularly virtuous. Fortunately I know only one person who uses the phrase, the rest of my friends are adults & speak accordingly.[/quote]

good

Spoiler

adjective
1.
morally excellent; virtuous; righteous; pious: a good man.
2.
satisfactory in quality, quantity, or degree: a good teacher; good health.
3.
of high quality; excellent.
4.
right; proper; fit: It is good that you are here. His credentials are good.
5.
well-behaved: a good child.

Asshole

Spoiler

noun Vulgar .
1.
anus.
2.
Slang .
a.
a stupid, mean, or contemptible person.
b.
the worst part of a place or thing.

You are being to narrow in your definitions.

Your definitions are incorrect. The definitive record of English vocabulary, The Oxford English Dictionary 2011, has no entry for 'asshole'. In order to use 'good' correctly when referring to one's health it would have to be used in context e.g. "I'm in good health", or "I feel good."

Without meaning to be pedantic I feel obliged to point out that you used the wrong spelling for 'too' in "You are being to narrow [...]"[/quote]

I do apologize for using the wrong 'too'. However http://www.oed.com/view/Entry/11703?redirectedFrom=asshole#eid37382945 seems to disagree. And we will have to agree to disagree on 'good'

I tried your link but it didn't direct me to an entry, so I logged into the OED on-line & checked. It has no entry for 'asshole' only for 'arsehole', which is odd because I always thought of my arsehole as an exit:
OED on-line, definition for 'arsehole'

noun
British vulgar slang

1 the anus.
2 a stupid, irritating, or contemptible person:
he's a total arsehole
leave me alone, you arseholes

As for 'good', we don't have to agree to disagree since its definition is easily available.

 

[Zantos]

I have 2 that I don't like.

I'm not racist/sexist/homophobic but... [insert racist/sexist/homophobic comment here]

No offence but... [insert offensive comment here]

I use the "I'm not racist but..." far more often than I'm comfortable with. It's weird.

OT: The one that I can't stand is the one that invariably comes after many of these phrases, usually from someone who isn't involved in the conversation anyway.

"That expression doesn't make sense" Really? Yeah, God doesn't earn money, you wouldn't literally take a life for a possession and no one knows what the cake thing even means. It doesn't mean I can't use commonly recognised expressions to make valid points.

 

[Saltyk]

Etc.

How do you feel about the term "bro"? Not just in the "you mad, bro?" troll comment, but just in general? For example, when a friend calls you bro.

It doesn't irritate me in the least, much like 'ma' is abbreviated for mama & 'pa' for papa (though there's a strong etymological argument that they are also abbreviated forms of mater & pater). 'Bro.' is also an accepted written abbreviation for some members of religious orders in the same way that 'Dr.' abbreviates doctor.

Personally, I don't like the term "bro". I always think of drunk ignorant frat boys. Even when friends call me "bro", I always think of drunk ignorant frat boys. I could probably add it to my list of phrases that make me cringe.

How about "Brah"?

EDIT: I should also point out that I only really use bro to piss people off as in "cool story, bro"

Isn't "Brah" and "bro" basically the same thing with differing degrees of intellect being the main difference? Or differing degrees of implied intellect. Because as ignorant as "bro" sounds "brah" sounds like you're not even trying to speak clearly. Or maybe they're referring to woman's underwear. In which case, they are perverts.

I don't know, I just think that anyone that regularly uses that term goes down about 20 points in IQ. I don't really care that much, but it does affect my opinion of the person using it. Generally, I'm pretty mellow, so anyone saying "cool story, bro" to me would just be disregarded.

Top of my list easily would be "Oh, that's true too" or "Same difference." Usually said when you prove something someone said was wrong. The second is an oxymoron, first of all, and both statements are just pathetic excuses to not admit that YOU WERE WRONG!

Also, working in retail there are a few statements that make me want to throw things at people's faces.

"Must be free!" (item doesn't scan)
No, it is not free, but suggest that enough and I won't go through the extra work it takes me so you can have your precious sweater.

"You look bored."
"Waiting for me?"
"Want something to do?" (when a customer comes to my empty line)
No. Actually, I was kind of enjoying the few minutes I have to catch my break and daydream a little. Thanks for asking, though.

And the absolute most terrible thing a customer can say to me
(After a customer had a problem and held up my line) "Guess I got in the wrong line!"
YES!! Yes you did! Let me help you take your worthless shit off my belt and take it to a different register, you rude, ungrateful piece of cow dung.

Then, I apologize. I've said "you look bored" and similar things to people working the check out line a few times. Though, they usually look pretty bored when I did. I just thought I was being funny or cute. Guess not. I'll avoid that in the future.

I'm not too easy to get upset at people working in service, though. I worked at a fast food restaurant when I was younger and know how bad it can be. So, you'd have to be pretty bad to make me say anything along those lines. Like the time our waitress sat down at a table and started talking with her friends. We just wanted our check and sat there for a good 20 minutes until I went to the hostess and asked if they'd care if we walked out. I explained what happened and we got half off our meal. No one left a tip and I was wishing I had gotten some lobster.

As an aside: Awesome name!

 

[artanis_neravar]

double post

 

[I.N.producer]

Not exactly a phrase, but every time people say memory to refer to hard drive space. Then they get confused and think 8GB of memory is terrible.

Part of why this is annoying is that storage makes more sense to say for hard drives anyway. People say something is stored on a drive, not remembered on a drive.

 

[StrixMaxima]

George Carlin's phantom approves this thread.

I never let language bother me, since I work with it, and would be driven insane if I cared.