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I'm a 43 year old and use the words "dude, man... to start a sentence around my friends (never in a professional setting) and cringe every time I do. I don't know why I do because it sounds ridiculous. Haha!
 
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Inappropriate use of "are you kidding". Example:"My mom got run over by a bus and died." "Are you kidding?" "Hell no! That wouldn't be funny."

I could care less, when they mean they could NOT care less.

I heard about a man that would tell people, as they were leaving, to be wreckless. When his wife would fuss his reply was "I figured if being sleepless means you have had no sleep, being wreckless would mean you would have no wrecks."
 

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One that bugs me is when people use an acronym and then say the last word of the acronym after it. Prime examples of this are ATM machine and VIN number. In effect what they're really saying is automated teller machine machine and vehicle identification number number.

Another one that gets to me is when people don't use "to be" when speaking and writing. An example would be something like "the grass needs mowed". Needs mowed? Really? No, the grass needs TO BE mowed.
 
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One that bugs me is when people use an acronym and then say the last word of the acronym after it. Prime examples of this are ATM machine and VIN number. In effect what they're really saying is automated teller machine machine and vehicle identification number number.

Another one that gets to me is when people don't use "to be" when speaking and writing. An example would be something like "the grass needs mowed". Needs mowed? Really? No, the grass needs TO BE mowed.
YES TO THE ACRONYMS. I was on the "MOT" out here in Egypt. That stands for Mobile Observation Team. And I've got people emailing me about MOTT Team, and MOT Team and every time someone spoke to me it was MOT Team. I flipped out on a lieutenant about it hahaha that shit is annoying.



Also hate when people quote movies wrong and then cannot admit that they are wrong. Or when they quote the same line 40x a day.
 
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i hate the following: dis, mines, homes, BAE, MCM, WCW, YOLO, totes my goats, TBH, pretty much anything the 18 and under crowd is saying these days LOL. i have a lot of nieces and nephews on FB and i always get in trouble for correcting grammar, spelling, etc. ha ha
When referring to oneself in the first person, "i" is capitalized. Also, you used an Oxford comma where you should have thrown in an "and" to complete the list.

Yeah, I'm correcting your grammar correcting post. Take that, Matt.
 
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When referring to oneself in the first person, "i" is capitalized. Also, you used an Oxford comma where you should have thrown in an "and" to complete the list.

Yeah, I'm correcting your grammar correcting post. Take that, Matt.
I! was, on. the/ phone[ outside] it@ was$ cold* you< are, a; dick: we+ aren't= all& in( CA). is that enough punctuation for you dickball LOL. Miss ya jason
 
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When referring to oneself in the first person, "i" is capitalized. Also, you used an Oxford comma where you should have thrown in an "and" to complete the list.

Yeah, I'm correcting your grammar correcting post. Take that, Matt.
Step back, they're going to have a "grammar off." lol
 
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I! was, on. the/ phone[ outside] it@ was$ cold* you< are, a; dick: we+ aren't= all& in( CA). is that enough punctuation for you dickball LOL. Miss ya jason
Yeah, I'm a dick, but that's why people love me. It's equal opportunity, bro.

You know it's all out of love.
 
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I googled one for minemen, but Google returned no results. Turns out they haven't been acknowledged by the Navy at large since the whole world realized mines aren't real warfare...
 
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I googled one for minemen, but Google returned no results. Turns out they haven't been acknowledged by the Navy at large since the whole world realized mines aren't real warfare...
Besides, everyone knows it isn't gay if you're underway...
yea i got nothing for that other than I'm glad I'm not one anymore LOL, and those two are clearly on the pier.
 
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One that bugs me is when people use an acronym and then say the last word of the acronym after it. Prime examples of this are ATM machine and VIN number. In effect what they're really saying is automated teller machine machine and vehicle identification number number.

Another one that gets to me is when people don't use "to be" when speaking and writing. An example would be something like "the grass needs mowed". Needs mowed? Really? No, the grass needs TO BE mowed.
Maybe they meant Ass To Mouth machine? I got nothing for VIN.... Haha
 
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