Really obnoxious sayings and phrases!

[atila the gooner]

Gastro pub. (6)

[Brendan]

?Try and? when one should really say ?Try to?

I know it has entered the language and is now considered grammatically correct but it still bugs me.

[cdonline]

One that makes me shudder is 'I don't wish to be rude but...' which is rarely followed by anything but vitriol.

Oh and 'yawn' as used on internet forums.

[atila the gooner]

Politicians saying "I want to make this perfectly clear" and then proceed to avoid giving a direct answer to a diect question

[KalamityKel]

Basically... :|

[spadetownboy]

chelsea/arsenal,premier/champions league winners 2007-08.

[atila the gooner]

spadetownboy Wrote:

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> chelsea/arsenal,premier/champions league winners

> 2007-08.

Oh dear you've started something now

Manchester United

Alex Fergusmoan

Man u Fans (That don't and never have lived in Manchester)

Terry Christian

Manchester United Player

Forgetful Man U players (Rio especially)

[Alan Dale]

I might of.

'Revert' when used in emails to mean respond.

[Keef]

People answering the phone by saying "Go".

People (usually teens on the bus) saying bare this and bare that, meaning lots of this and lots of that.

Example "Man he was giving me bare jokes", which I think means he was making me laugh a lot.

One more little gripe, which isn't about a phrase, but rather an accent. The other day, there were a group of local 18-20 year olds in the pub, all white, and most looking like they're from comfortable backgrounds. Most of them nice guys, but they all spoke with this stupid kind of lazy "you knw dat broooo" sort of lingo/accent. Very very annoying.

[carter39]

atila the gooner Wrote:

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> Politicians saying "I want to make this perfectly

> clear" and then proceed to avoid giving a direct

> answer to a diect question

Not forgetting, "But the important point is..." when they want to steer the conversation to whatever bit of spin will help them avoid answering the question.

The one that really irritates me is when, following some catastrophe or monumental cock-up, they trot out the old "Lessons must be learned" line. Especially as they never are.

[mockney piers]

"People answering the phone by saying "Go". "

I've not heard that, but that's horrible!!! Spaniards answer the phone by going "speak!" which I've always thought rather brusque, but it's very normal and not rude there.

As for the last point, totally with you on that.

[Keef]

mockney piers Wrote:

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> "People answering the phone by saying "Go". "

>

> I've not heard that, but that's horrible!!!

I put the following on another thread (about Foxtons surprise surprise). It was when Dems, Dani and I got the old Barry Road flat.

I remember when myself and 2 friends were in one of the LL estate agents to get the keys to a flat we were renting. The helpful and nice girl we'd been dealing with was off that day, so we had to deal with Miles (says it all). We were talking to Miles when his mobile rang. He put his hand up to us to stop us talking, took the mobile out of his pocket, threw a foot up on to his desk, and answered his mobile with "Go".

All 3 of us had to turn away and look out the window so as not to blatantly laugh in his face! Gold.

They are out there mate!

[KalamityKel]

ooooo noisy ppl on their fones... not everyone wishes to know wot laura did to get herself a slap or that ur gonna go "bust" someone up for giving you a dirty look ESPECIALLY at 2am when you decide to argue this point to who ever you r talking to AND standing outside my house!

[mockney piers]

I have seen a chap walk over to a girl on the train, pluck the phone out of her hand and throw it out of the window. She was rightly shocked and yes, it was wrong, but when looking around for support all she saw were approving glances, including mine.

[Brendan]

There are countless annoying and obnoxious sayings and phrases out there. There is one that pertains specifically to the sayees that is particularly annoying; ?thou shalt not kill.?

[mockney piers]

errr...is that often said to you? :-/

[Brendan]

By the voices in my head.

[LizzygotDizzy]

Lol! Speaking of phones and slightly coming off the subject (as usual) was on a train when a young guy was speaking very loudly into his phone about company projections, profit marjins, well, the usual self important twaddle, when his phone actually started ringing, it was a classic and I have never seen anyone go so red so quickly! made the whole coach laugh at him! idiot!

[atila the gooner]

MOTHERF**KER. Absolutely disgusting, I hate it. (6)

[Keef]

I don't know if this story is true, but I remember hearing years ago when mobile phones were still quite new, a story of a man chatting away on his mobile whilst on the train. The story goes that someone was taken ill, and when their friend approached this man asking him to call for help, and eventually grabbed his phone off him, it was a toy.

Can't even remember who told me that, and it may be total bo!!ocks, but to be honest, I can believe it, and Lizzy's story just reminded me of it.

Aaaaanyway, back to annoying phrases. Just asked Mrs Keef, and she said it really gets her when people interrupt with "I'll stop you there", which I have to agree, is rather obnoxious.

[rifleman harris]

Here's a few:

Touch base

Drop me an email

Ballpark figure

Oh Cool! (this is more annoying when said by person who is in their 30s and older)

Hi Guy's!

Anything Arsene Wenger says

Im in a grumpy old man mood at the moment so expect some more.

[mockney piers]

Back in the proto-mobile phone dark ages (1994?), when I was an editorial assistant on Connexion magazine, the editor was late as he'd witnessed an accident. A small crowd had gathered and someone pulled out a chunky cell phone and started talking about this terrible accident he'd seen. When people obviously clicked and said "why the hell aren't you phoning an ambulance?" his face fell and he was forced to come clean that it was a fake.

What a tw@t!!!

We couldn't stop laughing when Ken got back and told us the tale though!

[atila the gooner]

rifleman harris Wrote:

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> Here's a few:

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> > Anything Arsene Wenger says

>

> Im in a grumpy old man mood at the moment so

> expect some more.

So am I - Tottering Hotspuds and everything about them

[atila the gooner]

Tottering Hotspuds are a top 4 side - oh sorry........ that's laughable not obnoxious:))

[LizzygotDizzy]

Mockney and Keef! ha ha!