What is a saying that annoys you?
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Made me lol.....
Aw jeeze guys, I was just poking fun is all.
Similar, when I'm at work and one of the 3 schedulers calls me and asks "do you have time to go do...."
You're the scheduler. You tell me?
Another one I hate from work, "six of one, half dozen of the other". I know this has been mentioned beforeThis makes my eyebrow twitch.
Back before the war, I had family members and acquaintances who used that phrase regularly. I think it roughly translates into "It don't make me no nevermind".
I thought it was quaint at the time; but I worked with an entire family crew who would say "everwho"...as in, "Everwho picks up lunch, don't forget the chips".
Did anyone mention giving "110%" to something? As in, "I am 110% committed to this project". No can do, Kimosabe.
As long as we are having fun, growing up in central South Carolina, I was pretty sure the water faucet on the side of the house was called a "spicket" instead of a spigot. Seems spicket got tossed around so often, it was added to the dictionary.
Family members can really mess you up!!! My older sister used to talk about her "pet peeve" (of the day or week...seems it changed frequently). For years, she was the only person I heard say that phrase and I was sure then she was saying "pet pea". I never did ask her about that
And don't forget "chesterdrawers", known elsewhere as a high boy or low boy. I just figured it was a furniture maker who had a small dresser named after him...was deep into elementary school before I found out it was "chest of drawers". 
Of course, there are regional colloquial sayings, some of which seemed pretty foreign. Folks from the northeast would sometimes say, "Do you want to go with?" when asking to be accompanied on an errand or trip. All that sentence diagramming in elementary and junior high would NOT let me leave something dangling like that!
Another from a mid-west family was "look it" to mean 'look at this" or "see that". Occasionally became "Look it here" translated into 'look at this'.
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Of course, there are regional colloquial sayings, some of which seemed pretty foreign. Folks from the northeast would sometimes say, "Do you want to go with?" when asking to be accompanied on an errand or trip. All that sentence diagramming in elementary and junior high would NOT let me leave something dangling like that!
This one probably stems from people who don't want to say ME at the end of sentences. I know several people who go out of their way to avoid using 'me'...some even use 'I' instead, incorrectly. What's wrong with me???
Peeps!
Yes, if you use that silly ass word, you've confirmed you're a dork.
Performance Artist:
This is the term for people with no talent, as in, "I gargled with warm water and salt while others watched", therefore I'm a performance artist.
I'm very happy to see more people pitching in to this thread.
Let's keep it going.
One more.
"It's on you"
If it's the stuff that hit the fan, then saying that makes sense, if not, it's jargon for the slow.
As you can see, I really enjoy bringing up annoying sayings, PLUS throwing in a free insult.
Fun!!
O.K. another, though it's kinda moldy and has for the most part fallen out of verbal fashion: "It's da bomb"
Whenever, I heard or read that particular fecal bon mot, I wanted to run screaming, STOP IT, STOP IT, STOP IT!
Yes, if you use that silly ass word, you've confirmed you're a dork.
Performance Artist:
This is the term for people with no talent, as in, "I gargled with warm water and salt while others watched", therefore I'm a performance artist.
I'm very happy to see more people pitching in to this thread.
Let's keep it going.
One more.
"It's on you"
If it's the stuff that hit the fan, then saying that makes sense, if not, it's jargon for the slow.
As you can see, I really enjoy bringing up annoying sayings, PLUS throwing in a free insult.
Fun!!
O.K. another, though it's kinda moldy and has for the most part fallen out of verbal fashion: "It's da bomb"
Whenever, I heard or read that particular fecal bon mot, I wanted to run screaming, STOP IT, STOP IT, STOP IT!
"Income Inequality"
This particular annoyance is high on my list.
The definition of the above is: I wasn't willing to make the sacrifices necessary to "EARN" a good living, like going to technical school, or college, or being an apprentice for a number of years to learn a trade.
And/or constantly acting querulous with bosses and either getting constantly fired or quitting, because "Hey man, I don't have to put up with that kind of shit. "I'm ME and my pride is more important than providing for my family or myself".
Right, none of the rest of us ever had to tolerate a dislikable/cantankerous boss.
That's not a sacrificeable option for those significants who're very important.
Thus, these income inequal people are often unemployed or have a low ranking/paying job and YOU, you need to subsidise their low income with your income. Fool.
This particular annoyance is high on my list.
The definition of the above is: I wasn't willing to make the sacrifices necessary to "EARN" a good living, like going to technical school, or college, or being an apprentice for a number of years to learn a trade.
And/or constantly acting querulous with bosses and either getting constantly fired or quitting, because "Hey man, I don't have to put up with that kind of shit. "I'm ME and my pride is more important than providing for my family or myself".
Right, none of the rest of us ever had to tolerate a dislikable/cantankerous boss.
That's not a sacrificeable option for those significants who're very important.
Thus, these income inequal people are often unemployed or have a low ranking/paying job and YOU, you need to subsidise their low income with your income. Fool.
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"RIP" which always seems to me to be vaguely disrespectful, kinda like X-mas. Is it too much to ask to actually spell out all the words for either or are you in too much hurry?
Plus: Can you rest if your dead?
Don't you have to continue to be alive?
Yeah, I know it's a euphemism, like "Grandpa passed", but no, he died. He's now, gulp, dead. However, if he was gassy, he could've passed...
C'mon, don't leave me out here all by me lonesome.
Cough up some annoying sayings or it'll just be me shouldering the load.
Look, I just left you some ammo.
Plus: Can you rest if your dead?
Don't you have to continue to be alive?
Yeah, I know it's a euphemism, like "Grandpa passed", but no, he died. He's now, gulp, dead. However, if he was gassy, he could've passed...
C'mon, don't leave me out here all by me lonesome.
Cough up some annoying sayings or it'll just be me shouldering the load.
Look, I just left you some ammo.
Gotta disagree with this one. The most common form of "performance artist" extant nowadays is also called a "camgirl". The top tier in that profession pulls down $200K+ per year, with a few making much more than that.
I'm not saying that money == legitimacy, exactly, but I am saying that the misuse of the instant noun phrase is not universal. There are legitimate performance artists. Some of them even remain clothed, though they are much more rare and make far less money.
Prostitutes often insist they're "artists" I.e., 'Some of them even remain clothed', though they are much more rare and make far less money."
Yes, I see your point, but no, I don't agree they're "artists".
They are to be christened something, but "artist" isn't it.
Many so-called "Hipsters" call themselves artists or gawd forbid, "curators".
They're neither.
"Zines", "Nabes", "In Da Hood" (freaking annoying) often employed by white guys wanting to appear hip, when in fact they're just shallow.
These are frequently the same lame ass so-called hipsters who assert they're "artists", when in fact, they're just pasty, flab ridden white guys trying to get laid - which, if it works, I guess, more power to em.
Yes, I see your point, but no, I don't agree they're "artists".
They are to be christened something, but "artist" isn't it.
Many so-called "Hipsters" call themselves artists or gawd forbid, "curators".
They're neither.
"Zines", "Nabes", "In Da Hood" (freaking annoying) often employed by white guys wanting to appear hip, when in fact they're just shallow.
These are frequently the same lame ass so-called hipsters who assert they're "artists", when in fact, they're just pasty, flab ridden white guys trying to get laid - which, if it works, I guess, more power to em.
Well, then, what do we call them? Most camgirls appear without partners (so "prostitute" or "whore" really don't work) and spend their time doing more talking than anything else. Many do so for no money at all, just for the attention (which, to be crass, is the true goal of many artists in more traditional mediums who are generally acknowledged as legitimate).
I must admit that most of what they do is garbage; "performance artist" is an overstatement and inappropriate. But "art" is an overstatement in 98% of the entire art world; it's all a big scam where value is derived from salesmanship rather than insight and the skill to bring revelation to the consumer. I've always said that the primary qualification to be an artist while you're still alive is simply to have the testicular fortitude to publicly declare "I am an artist."
Where the very top tier of camgirls is concerned, though, some really creative set pieces are done that may or may not ultimately be sexual in nature. So while they're not everybody's cup of tea, if those few want to call themselves "performance artists", I can't really argue with that.
Yeah, I'm 100% with you on that one. I want to scream at them "show me your Master's degree in Art History or your formal certs in arts management or museum studies or shut the bloody hell up!"
To me, "zines" are a scene dating to the 1960s and before, a tradition of self-published, small-scale magazines. In that context, the word doesn't bother me at all. Do you have something different in mind?
Never heard of "Nabes". What's that?
benenglish,
People (could be guys too, ugh...) who use their bodies salaciously for profit and/or attention with or without a partner, are still prostitutes.
Cam girls (another of many annoying terms) is a euphemism for prostitute. Cam girl certainly sounds nicer, eh?
You affirmed, "I've always said that the primary qualification to be an artist while you're still alive is simply to have the testicular fortitude to publicly declare "I am an artist."
Again, we disagree.
Harkening back to my earlier example of faux artists, "I gargled with warm water and salt while others watched", therefore I'm a performance artist" points out, I think, just because you declare yourself an artist doesn't support you are, it simply means you're delusional.
I fully appreciate an enormous percentage of the talentless "wish" to be artistically talented, but insistence doesn't make it so. Hell, I "could" claim to be a brain surgeon, but I'm not going to as I'm not (at least at this point) delusional.
"Nabe" = Hipsterspeak for neighborhood as so-called hipsters eschew the ebonic "Hood".
Apparently, pasty, flabby white guys adopted this bit of candy ass non-word in opposition to "Hood".
Isn't it darling and oh so cutesy?
Now, for a new annoying term.
"Senseless Murder" which of course begs the question: Is there a "Thoughtful Murder" or even a "Considerate Murder?
People (could be guys too, ugh...) who use their bodies salaciously for profit and/or attention with or without a partner, are still prostitutes.
Cam girls (another of many annoying terms) is a euphemism for prostitute. Cam girl certainly sounds nicer, eh?
You affirmed, "I've always said that the primary qualification to be an artist while you're still alive is simply to have the testicular fortitude to publicly declare "I am an artist."
Again, we disagree.
Harkening back to my earlier example of faux artists, "I gargled with warm water and salt while others watched", therefore I'm a performance artist" points out, I think, just because you declare yourself an artist doesn't support you are, it simply means you're delusional.
I fully appreciate an enormous percentage of the talentless "wish" to be artistically talented, but insistence doesn't make it so. Hell, I "could" claim to be a brain surgeon, but I'm not going to as I'm not (at least at this point) delusional.
"Nabe" = Hipsterspeak for neighborhood as so-called hipsters eschew the ebonic "Hood".
Apparently, pasty, flabby white guys adopted this bit of candy ass non-word in opposition to "Hood".
Isn't it darling and oh so cutesy?
Now, for a new annoying term.
"Senseless Murder" which of course begs the question: Is there a "Thoughtful Murder" or even a "Considerate Murder?
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