most annoying modern phrase or saying

IggyB | 00:01 Mon 25th Jun 2012 | Phrases & Sayings

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Which modern phrases annoy you the most. I personally can't stand it when people say "simples" like that meerkat advert a few years back or "end of" when discussing something... I know its petty but what annoys you?

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jomifl

'at the minute' or in old fashioned English 'now' which is a little shorter.

jomifl

'At the top of the hour'

jno

place the hand up to the speaker's face for it to be talked to

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jomifl

'literally' as in 'I was literally driving along the road when....'

DaisyNonna

Talk to the hand. How rude. Presumably the person saying it does not have the courage to say, " Shut up."

Nini74

Chillax.....

Let's touch base

Are you busy and/or Have you got a minute? (because they can see you're not sitting there bored and you know it will take longer)

sincnoel

"have a nice day" makes me scream inwardly. it used to be confined largely to america but the uk has become infected now. aaaarrrrrrggggghhhhh!!!

Answerprancer

"How are yeee?" (the 'e's are like a cross between "oo" and "ee") normally a habit of young women, this always grates with me. It's as if they're self conscious saying "you", maybe because they think it sounds too direct.
Another one is "yourself" as in "Obviously we'll find a phone which is right for YOURSELF", presumably said for similar reasons. I always feel like saying "..my what?"

Jenarry

The phrase 'at the end of the day' used to makes me cringe so much . thankfully it is dying out a bit now but it seemed like at one time i couldn't go 10 minutes without hearing someone say it to stress their point.
my current pet hate is when people say 'do you know what I mean' after every other sentence. in my head i'm shouting 'yes of course i do!'

Answerprancer

Another similar expression to "at the end of the day" that I've heard being used repeatedly by one or two individuals is "not being funny or anything but..."

boxtops

Nobody's mentioned "..and he turned round and said." "so I turned round and said" - who are all the rotating people?

Answerprancer

Similarly, I've noticed that when certain people relate an incident, they tell it in the present tense "..so I'm walking down the road, right, and I've seen this great big juggernaut coming round the corner, and not being funny or nothing but it's shedding its load, right, all over the pavement..."

Chinajan

Similarly, football commentator tense: 'So he's run up the wing, right, and he's gone, woah, can't pass back to the goalie as usual, so he's crossed it to midfield and carried on in this grammatically unfeasible manner until the OED imploded. Class.'