# Expressions that annoy the hell out of you? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 11, 2004, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expressions-that-annoy-the-hell-out-of-you/259454 "2004-08-11T23:33:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![eman77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f04885/32.png) [@eman77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eman77)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2004, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expressions-that-annoy-the-hell-out-of-you/259454/41 "2004-08-12T21:40:17Z")
I’m so glad someone started this thread, Here’s my list. “That’s just wrong” (It was a joke dipshit, get over it, I’m just kidding.) “Good times, good times” (That’s what you think, maybe I’m having an awful time.) “Biatch” (Would’ve been fine if it was used once and forgotten, not the case.) That’s all I can think of right now though i have hundreds more, I’ll be back though. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2004, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expressions-that-annoy-the-hell-out-of-you/259454/42 "2004-08-12T21:53:44Z")
**"Whatever"** This is the most gratingly obnoxious response to a cogent argument I’ve ever encountered. It nearly makes me homicidal. It’s patronizing and dismissive and all users of same should be executed immediately. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2004, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expressions-that-annoy-the-hell-out-of-you/259454/43 "2004-08-12T22:06:55Z")
**Disrespect** \*Don’t you disrespect me. \* is wrong, wrong, wrong on every level. While I am not a grammar nazi and do not have the scholarly thesis to back up why this is wrong, it will not stop me from telling anyone out there why _I feel it is just awful._ The correct way to speak is \* You will show me some respect.\* or \* I deserve to be treated better than that.\* or \* Have you no self respect.\* I want to punch people who use this awful verbage. ---
**Author:** ![fortytwo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f9ae1b/32.png) [@fortytwo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fortytwo)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2004, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expressions-that-annoy-the-hell-out-of-you/259454/44 "2004-08-12T22:33:15Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > **"Whatever"** > > This is the most gratingly obnoxious response to a cogent argument I’ve ever encountered. It nearly makes me homicidal. It’s patronizing and dismissive and all users of same should be executed immediately. You’ve beaten me to it! It really is dismissive and patronising. Fortunately my wife has taken the hint. 🙂 One other that has almost the same effect on me is “Go figure”. I’ve only ever seen it here so I assume it’s American in origin. ---
**Author:** ![Dag\_Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@Dag\_Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dag_Otto)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2004, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expressions-that-annoy-the-hell-out-of-you/259454/45 "2004-08-12T22:45:09Z")
**Ultimate** “Dude, Exile on Main Street is the ultimate Rolling Stones album” “Really? What do you call the last one they recorded.?” One time I used the word ‘penultimate’ (correctly, of course) and someone overheard me. I later heard him use the word incorrectly. When I asked him what he meant, he said “better than ultimate”. ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2004, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expressions-that-annoy-the-hell-out-of-you/259454/46 "2004-08-12T22:46:04Z")
> [@RandMcnally](#): > > “Not for nothing” > > Ever since my sister moved to New Jersey, she has started to say it all the time (is that phrase common over there). > [@monstro](#): > > In New Jersey, people use “Whahappened?” when they really mean “I didn’t catch that” or “Beg your pardon?” Huh…and I _very_ rarely run into either of these. Must be a North Jersey thing. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2004, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expressions-that-annoy-the-hell-out-of-you/259454/47 "2004-08-12T22:46:15Z")
**"Be that as it may…"** and **"In and of itself…"** Neither of them make any sense. I “get it” when people use them (in context), but they both just sound nonsensical to me. ---
**Author:** ![overlyverbose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9dc877/32.png) [@overlyverbose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/overlyverbose)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2004, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expressions-that-annoy-the-hell-out-of-you/259454/48 "2004-08-12T23:10:53Z")
“on the same page” “irregardless” I think the second is my biggest pet peeve because it’s so damned redundant. I’ve also got a friend who uses the word “actually” way too often. He’ll say something like, “Actually, I’ve actually been working in this attorney’s office. It’s been actually pretty fun.” Grrrr… ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2004, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expressions-that-annoy-the-hell-out-of-you/259454/49 "2004-08-13T01:02:25Z")
I can’t stand cutesy girl expressions, like if a girl agrees by saying “Okie dokie, artichokie!” or goes home in the evening with a cheerful “Nite nite, termite!” I also hate “Aight!” as a substitute for “All right!”, and it pisses me off when radio DJ talk about playing those hot new “joints” or “tracks” instead of “songs.” Actually, any slang currently in use by MTV personnel is pretty terrible. ---
**Author:** ![PussyCow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/22d042/32.png) [@PussyCow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PussyCow)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2004, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expressions-that-annoy-the-hell-out-of-you/259454/50 "2004-08-13T01:20:13Z")
I’m with **interface2x** , it’s “my bad” that drives me directly up a wall. ---
**Author:** ![Bangiadore](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b5a626/32.png) [@Bangiadore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bangiadore)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2004, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expressions-that-annoy-the-hell-out-of-you/259454/51 "2004-08-13T02:43:04Z")
**"That’s different"** This seems to be a term of admiration for something, umm, unusual and therefore admirable, or depending on the circumstances, a form of damning with faint praise. Either way, it drives me berserk on multi-levels. Say it’s used referring to a cheesy knick-knack novelty, like, a few years ago, Big Mouth Billy Bass. I heard that called “different” a lot. But “different” from what? And what does it _mean_ that it’s “different”? Around here, “different” seems to be used to imply a refreshing change from the ordinary, something that was never represented by Big Mouth Billy Bass. It also seems to imply, to me at least, that all the other million and one junky novelty items in the world _aren’t_ different from each other. Usually, I’ve heard it used to express a pathetically, horribly misplaced delight in something with no redeeming value other than its being “different”, like a dollar-store dishtowel with pictures of teddy bears washing dishes. But at other times, it can be applied to, say, an especially crappy piece of jewelry or some such worthless gewgaw, and then it seems to be a way of getting out of expressing any opinion at all. Every time I hear it it makes me want to cuss. ---
**Author:** ![Trillionaire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/aeb1de/32.png) [@Trillionaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trillionaire)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2004, 10:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expressions-that-annoy-the-hell-out-of-you/259454/52 "2004-08-13T10:38:36Z")
> [@Genghis Bob](#): > > “I could care less.” Well, actually, hypothetical speaker, you \*couldn’t \* care less, but you can’t be bothered to say it right. Incorrect: it’s being used sarcastically. Approximate translation: “As if there is anything I could care less about.” ---
**Author:** ![Sami41](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c57346/32.png) [@Sami41](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sami41)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2004, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expressions-that-annoy-the-hell-out-of-you/259454/53 "2004-08-13T11:00:12Z")
**Leaving out of town** Tuesday night, a friend of mine was telling me that she wouldn’t be able to make a party next weekend because she is “leaving out of town.” I spent a good 30 minutes trying to explain to her that she was either “going out of town” or “leaving town.” As I had just gotten back into town that afternoon, I even pointed out that earlier in the day I had left “out of town,” and ended up “in town.” I never got it through her head, probably never will. BTW, I’m pretty sure this is a regional thing. I’ve never heard the phrase anywhere but New Mexico. Only semi related, I can’t stand purposely misspelled words. Miller Lite, for example. One of the bartenders who worked for me once put the following on the marquee: “Ladeez Nite! Happy Hour 4 Ladeez.” It’d been up there for 6 hours before I saw it, and she was on her way out. I still made her climb back up the ladder and change it. ~S ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2004, 11:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expressions-that-annoy-the-hell-out-of-you/259454/54 "2004-08-13T11:12:29Z")
> [@Sami41](#): > > **Leaving out of town** > > Tuesday night, a friend of mine was telling me that she wouldn’t be able to make a party next weekend because she is “leaving out of town.” > > I spent a good 30 minutes trying to explain to her that she was either “going out of town” or “leaving town.” As I had just gotten back into town that afternoon, I even pointed out that earlier in the day I had left “out of town,” and ended up “in town.” I’ve heard it, and it drives me crazy. It’s just _so_ wrong! I’ve also heard people say they’re gettting ready to “leave out the house,” meaning getting ready to go out. ---
**Author:** ![Sami41](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c57346/32.png) [@Sami41](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sami41)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2004, 11:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expressions-that-annoy-the-hell-out-of-you/259454/55 "2004-08-13T11:16:28Z")
> [@BiblioCat](#): > > I’ve heard it, and it drives me crazy. It’s just _so_ wrong! > I’ve also heard people say they’re gettting ready to “leave out the house,” meaning getting ready to go out. Wow. I haven’t heard that, but I think it might be worse. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2004, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expressions-that-annoy-the-hell-out-of-you/259454/56 "2004-08-13T11:34:17Z")
I’d say “leaving out the house” is more a poor grammar skill than an actual expression, though. ---
**Author:** ![Sami41](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c57346/32.png) [@Sami41](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sami41)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2004, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expressions-that-annoy-the-hell-out-of-you/259454/57 "2004-08-13T11:41:53Z")
> [@BiblioCat](#): > > I’d say “leaving out the house” is more a poor grammar skill than an actual expression, though. You never know. Maybe the entire household is getting ready to go out for a night on the town: The Folks, The Kids, The Cats, The Dog, The Car, The Yard, The Garage…but they’re leaving out The House. Not so nice of them. ---
**Author:** ![Roberta\_Plant](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c89c15/32.png) [@Roberta\_Plant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roberta_Plant)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2004, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expressions-that-annoy-the-hell-out-of-you/259454/58 "2004-08-13T11:59:40Z")
“You do the math” “Bring it on” “No worries” “Well, suh” (regional, to express mild surprise) ---
**Author:** ![Algernon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a183cd/32.png) [@Algernon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Algernon)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2004, 12:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expressions-that-annoy-the-hell-out-of-you/259454/59 "2004-08-13T12:46:16Z")
> [@overlyverbose](#): > > I think [irregardless] is my biggest pet peeve because it’s so damned redundant. We must stamp out and eliminate redundancy! ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2004, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expressions-that-annoy-the-hell-out-of-you/259454/60 "2004-08-13T12:50:28Z")
> [@](#): > > In New Jersey, people use “Whahappened?” when they really mean “I didn’t catch that” or “Beg your pardon?” Never heard that. I guess 37 years in NJ isn’t long enough to have heard everything. Maybe its a Newark thing. I have noticed “bottom line” being over used a lot lately. It usually comes after 20 minutes of wasted conversation. If thats the bottom line then try putting on top so I can get on with my life. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expressions-that-annoy-the-hell-out-of-you/259454.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expressions-that-annoy-the-hell-out-of-you/259454.md?page=4)