Top ten most irritating phrases...

[Overread]

*common phrase said to artists as they sit at their easels working*
"did you draw that"

*the photographer edition*
"did you take that"

 

[youbetcha1018]

You betcha!

Ooooopps! Do I have to change my name then?

 

[Synnove]

The made up word 'supposably' bothers me but, luckily, I don't hear it often.

 

[Dmitri]

Ooooopps! Do I have to change my name then?

:lmao: Naah you're ok. Just lately the Palin thing, the "you betcha!" has been eevveerryywwhheerree

 

[Artograph]

"My bad"...........................:gah:.....makes me crazy!!!!

 

[clarinetJWD]

"My bad"...........................:gah:.....makes me crazy!!!!

Sorry...my bad.

 

[skieur]

^^^ The original researchers are in the UK, so it could be that they say it that way "over there"

Which have you heard most often: At this moment in time or At this point in time?

skieur

 

[BoblyBill]

As compiled by Oxford* researchers:

1 - At the end of the day
2 - Fairly unique
3 - I personally
4 - At this moment in time
5 - With all due respect
6 - Absolutely
7 - It's a nightmare
8 - Shouldn't of
9 - 24/7
10 - It's not rocket science


(*possibly tempra, ferny, lostprophet, becky, Alex_B, Sandie, Gela etc during the recent Oxford meetup?)

Well... With all due respect, I personally think it's not rocket science to figure out that tempra, ferny, lostprophet, becky, Alex_B, Sandie, Gela ect shouldn't of made this list at this moment in time. At the end of the day, aren't all of these phases fairly unique? Absolutely!!! It's a nightmare to think people not using these phases 24/7.

 

[Antarctican]

 

[toofpaste]

The one that does it for me is...

You have been warned about your behaviour before, this is you last chance, the next time it will be a permanent ban.

 

[Ls3D]

Irregardless - another made up word that really sets you apart at dinner parties

-Shea

 

[toofpaste]

Over-redundant

 

[dEARlEADER]

The one that does it for me is...

You have been warned about your behaviour before, this is you last chance, the next time it will be a permanent ban.

that's allright.... just start a new user name under "teefpaste".... nobody will know the difference...

 

[kundalini]

It's comical - when they really meant LMAO

huh - when they really meant to say "Pardon me, I did not hear what you said. Do you mind repeating that".

Gone in sixty seconds - when it actually took 1,119 posts.

 

[Synnove]

Irregardless - another made up word that really sets you apart at dinner parties

-Shea

I know someone that uses this all of the time and she thinks she's always the smartest person in the room. She's actually used it AFTER I used a sentence with 'regardless' in it - like she's correcting me.