Phrases That Make You "Cringe"

[Fiz_The_Toaster]

"I love you."

Don't get me wrong, it's perfectly fine when people say this in real life. But when I'm reading a book, watching a movie, etc. and the love interest finally expresses his/her feelings with a sincere "I love you" it just makes me slap my forehead for some reason. Even if the acting is great or the time is right, I just can't stand it. It just seems so... corny.

Yeah, I have to agree with you on that. I don't know what it is about that phrase, but it sounds so stupid when some character in fictionland says it.

OT: "It goes without saying..." Then why are you saying it if it's so obvious. Be a rebel, don't.

"Well, that's just your opinion" Yes it is, and you asked me for it, so don't be an ass about it.

"I could care less" I know people have already said it, but it's COULDN'T.

 

[Gauntes]

"To each his own"
I get the urge to cut off their testicles (or ovaries) and toss them out for the ants

...
I still haven't figured out why..

 

[Sunrider]

OMG. <--- Every time I hear someone say it out loud, every time I read it, every time I even THINK about it.... It makes me wanna choke a *****.

That, and the "could of" thing. Makes my blood boil.

 

[MordinSolus]

1. "My bad." Your bad what?

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

3. "I could care less." Then you care.

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

All ignorant & imbecilic statements.

Hm...Time to change my voacbulary...

Because I said so.
This takes the price. This sentence makes me want to take something hard and introduce it to the speakers head.

No, not because you said so. I require a reason for why you are saying what you are saying or wanting me to do something you want me to do.

Someone else besides me understands? Awesome!

 

[zehydra]

Seek and ye shall find

If i'm looking for something and i ask someone if they know where it is and they say that, it really bugs me. if they don't know, they could just so 'no'. When I do find it and they get all smug going 'see, i told you you'd find it if you looked' it just annoys me more.

That's a quote from the New Testament (from the Bible)

doesn't make it less annoying

lol true. If anything the quote's misuse only adds to it.

 

[spartandude]

"I could care less"

It's couldn't you spastic!

this and also "as soft as a baby's bottom" its just so perverse

 

[evilneko]

"It's just a theory!" Gee, can you guess the context for that one?

Also these, very much these:

-"could/would/should OF" It's HAVE you goddamn moron!

-"Could care less" Couldn't. It's COULDN'T care less. Saying that you could makes no sense because you'd be saying that you do care at least a little bit whereas what you're trying to say is that you don't care at all.

And anything pony-related.

 

[AbstractStream]

"You jelly?" or "you mad bro?"

Come closer, you'll see if I'm mad or not.

 

[Brightzide]

Any white man who uses the 'N' word in any way, shape or form...I just want to strangle them. And any twat who dare start a conversation with me by yelling ''Yahhh yo!'' will not be answered with an intelligent response, just a flurry of fists aimed directly at his FACE!

 

[catalyst8]

[...]Nobody calls donkeys asses anymore unless they're trying to be funny.

And calling them ignorant and imbecilic kinds of implies you are superior to them.

On the contrary, 'ass' only refers to an arse in the American dialect of English, not in others like India, Australia, & so on. I remember that some Canadians say 'arse' & not 'ass', but then of course Canada is also in America so perhaps it should be a surprise that anyone there ever uses 'arse'.

I said that they're ignorant & imbecilic abuses of English using the literal meanings, which you'll find are perfectly appropriate.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idiom
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_bad

just clarifying something. though i understand why you would not like the phrase's.

Ot: i throw my thoughts in with the rest of them who are saying the "could of" argument. i hate that online

I agree that they're idiomatic but that doesn't validate them. If I address someone "A'ight, bitches!" that's actually a better, more fluent use of language than 'My bad' because the structure at least makes sense.

Just watch this. Stephen Fry will teach you.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7E-aoXLZGY

The esteemed Mr. Fry is only expressing his opinion. Incidentally I despise Wilde almost as much as I detest Restoration Comedy, but to address Fry's point:
I take no issue with inventions which enrich the language, but I most certainly challenge those which denude its potency. Language is the greatest invention of our species, & to strive for its inferiority is an absolute crime - an unbearable shame of such utter stupidity it genuinely saddens me.

 

[Demonicdan]

Either "Animals are people too" or "God moves in mysterious ways."

 

[Aura Guardian]

Does "Fail, Win, Epic Fail/Win, Made of Fail/Win, You sir are a Fail" count?

But, of course they do. As long as they count to you, they count in this thread.

Sorry, I'm commenting a lot in my own thread. I just got back from the store, and I'm happy to see it is doing so well.

Good. Because I fucking hate them. So much. They are on the same level as emoticons.

 

[DEATHROAD]

1. "My bad." Your bad what?

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

3. "I could care less." Then you care.

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

All ignorant & imbecilic statements.

First two i fail to see the issue in the right situation, "How are you?" "Im Good" - Fine, "Would you like a drink?" "Nah, Im good" is also fine, as your basicly saying "nah, Im good as i am" but you dont need the end as its implied, My bad i can sort of see your issue with but its a saying that does make sense in the right context, but i suppose this thread is about personal opinion so i cant really complain, totally agree with you on the 3rd one though, god that annoys the hell out of me

OT: Whenever someone asks me "Whats wrong" when ive not said anything for the past minute or two, or more to the point, People who ask whats wrong when they damn well know exactly whats wrong.

 

[TheDoctor455]

"That's what she said."

Were these jokes EVER funny?
I'm having a hard time believing it. (shut up)

And also... well... technically just one word, but still... "Duuude."

I hate how people think they can use that one stupid word to replace an entire sentence for a variety of contexts.

 

[omega 616]

"My man" it just sounds awful and I bet a woman would throw a fucking fit if you said "shes my woman". It's very possessive.

It is always said in sitcoms and films just before a black woman has a fight, about the same time she is taking her ear rings off. It's a little racist if you ask me!

"I could care less", so you care a bit then?

Anything about constitutions or amendments, these usually come from Americans (I have honestly never heard any other nationality say these words). They always seem to be talking about them, especially in arguments. Like they have to fill a monthly quota or something.

 

[Charles McGuffin]

I hate it, when someone says, something is "overrated".

Because often people only say it, because many people like, what this one person dislikes.

The other times, that "something" is actually bad. But you should simply point out, what's so bad about it and not just use "overrated".

 

[there is no spoon]

I'll agree with Haplon. "It is just a Theory" has got to be the stupidest thing someone can say when talking about a scientific theory. And only proves the ignorance of the person saying it.

In My opinion people use said phase when someone gets up on their high horse about things like macro evolution. They pass it off as fact. Theory and fact are not the same thing.

 

[Amplify]

Absolutely any time that a news headline tries to use the word "blasted" in it, with the possible exception of "miners blasted a rock face with dynamite earlier today" or thereabouts.

If it is to me in person though, the number #1 guaranteed way to make me angry is to say to me "calm down", which regardless of my composure state will roughly translate to "RAGE BAR TO THE MAX". I'm a pretty relaxed guy, it's one of only two berserk buttons [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BerserkButton] that I have.