# 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:** 4
**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, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expressions-that-annoy-the-hell-out-of-you/259454/61 "2004-08-13T12:52:02Z")
> [@](#): > > We must stamp out and eliminate redundancy! If you have any further problems contact the Department of Redundancy Department. ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2004, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expressions-that-annoy-the-hell-out-of-you/259454/62 "2004-08-13T13:09:37Z")
> [@TwoTrouts](#): > > “At this point in time…” > > That is redundant! It is either “At this point…” OR “At this time…”! I’d always thought the expression was “At this point and time…” Still redundant, but a little less so. I think. The phrase that gets my shorts in a twist is “like.” If one cannot string three words together without using like as some kind of verbal glue - **SHUT UP!!!** :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Balle\_M](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/13edae/32.png) [@Balle\_M](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balle_M)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2004, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expressions-that-annoy-the-hell-out-of-you/259454/63 "2004-08-13T15:57:47Z")
> [@OtakuLoki](#): > > The phrase that gets my shorts in a twist is “like.” If one cannot string three words together without using like as some kind of verbal glue - > > **SHUT UP!!!** :mad: Ah yes…“like” and “ya know” - the 2 staples of the post-game interview. “Ya know, the defense wouldn’t let them like run the ball and ya know we could like score whenever we wanted ya know…” Just once I’d like to see the interviewer pull a .45 Colt and go all _Pulp Fiction_ on the moron. “Say ya know again, MoFo - say it again!” ---
**Author:** ![kelly5078](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6f9a4e/32.png) [@kelly5078](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kelly5078)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2004, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expressions-that-annoy-the-hell-out-of-you/259454/64 "2004-08-13T16:28:58Z")
Another one: “With all due respect.” Invariably used by people who are showing no respect at all. Thanks to **FordPrefect** for “at the end of the day.” I knew when I was posting about “on the ground” that there was another, equally stupid expression that usually shows up in the same news reports, but I couldn’t remember what it was. I agree with **Shirley Ujest** about “disrespect.” Unfortunately, Webster’s Online disagrees with both of us. Well, screw Webster’s. Obviously they’re shills for Jerry Springer’s, er, guests. ---
**Author:** ![ponderer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/2bfe46/32.png) [@ponderer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ponderer)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2004, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expressions-that-annoy-the-hell-out-of-you/259454/65 "2004-08-13T16:51:34Z")
“Doesn’t hold a candle to it” Where the hell did that come from? ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2004, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expressions-that-annoy-the-hell-out-of-you/259454/66 "2004-08-13T17:18:44Z")
I hate the ones that creep in, almost like pop-culture expressions, but wtih unknown origins, “more than I needed to know” “too much information” * * * In contrast, I think “whatever” is AWESOME. It’s so dismissive. It just means “i don’t give a shit anymore”. I love “whatever”. It will be with us for a long time. it is multifaceted. say it like a valley girl, “what (pause) EVER” with an eye roll to indicate someone is being a blowhard. say it quick to indicate a real lack of care. . . “you want mcdonalds or burger king?” “whatever” say it when you really mean it, “what are you doing tonight?” “we were going to go to a club, a bar, a movie. . .I don’t know. . .whatever” ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2004, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expressions-that-annoy-the-hell-out-of-you/259454/67 "2004-08-13T17:24:19Z")
> [@Trunk](#): > > “whatever” is AWESOME. It’s so dismissive. It just means “i don’t give a shit anymore”. I love “whatever”. “I have a Volkswagen Beetle, and my girlfriend has a fancy schmancy Lexus, which gets to stay in the garage… …what_ever_…” ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2004, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expressions-that-annoy-the-hell-out-of-you/259454/68 "2004-08-13T17:24:33Z")
> [@Trunk](#): > > “whatever” is AWESOME. It’s so dismissive. It just means “i don’t give a shit anymore”. I love “whatever”. “I have a Volkswagen Beetle, and my girlfriend has a fancy schmancy Lexus, which gets to stay in the garage… …what_ever_…” - Suzanne Westenhoefer ---
**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2004, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expressions-that-annoy-the-hell-out-of-you/259454/69 "2004-08-13T17:47:42Z")
> [@kelly5078](#): > > Another one: “With all due respect.” Invariably used by people who are showing no respect at all. But I _enjoyed_ using that phrase. Often. To officers. To their faces. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![angelicate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@angelicate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/angelicate)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2004, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expressions-that-annoy-the-hell-out-of-you/259454/70 "2004-08-13T21:08:03Z")
I haven’t heard these too much recently, but I hated them when I used to hear them: “Let’s not, and say we did.” or "Been there, done that. ---
**Author:** ![eman77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f04885/32.png) [@eman77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eman77)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2004, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expressions-that-annoy-the-hell-out-of-you/259454/71 "2004-08-13T22:53:03Z")
> [@Shirley Ujest](#): > > **Disrespect** > > - is wrong, wrong, wrong on every level. Exactly what I was talking about, saying “That’s just wrong” is even worse when you add “on so many levels”. Or in this case “on every level”. Shame on you Shirley 😉 ---
**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 14, 2004, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expressions-that-annoy-the-hell-out-of-you/259454/72 "2004-08-14T02:11:22Z")
Hey. You disrespecting me? 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![thirdwarning](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecccb3/32.png) [@thirdwarning](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdwarning)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2004, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expressions-that-annoy-the-hell-out-of-you/259454/73 "2004-08-14T05:24:57Z")
> [@Trillionaire](#): > > Incorrect: it’s being used sarcastically. Approximate translation: “As if there is anything I could care less about.” I have occasionally heard it used that way, and that’s okay, but usually it’s obvious the person saying it doesn’t have any idea that there even is another way to say it. The one that bothers me is: so fun This one just grates and I’m not sure whether it’s even wrong, grammatically. It just started popping up everywhere in the last few years, when up to that point it had been “so much fun.” I really think there’s a grammar problem there, but I can’t put my finger on it. Still drives me crazy, though. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2004, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expressions-that-annoy-the-hell-out-of-you/259454/74 "2004-08-14T06:02:34Z")
> [@Alias](#): > > “LITERALLY!” > It’s fine when it’s used properly, but when people use it to enhance something, it sounds ridiculous. > > “I drove a million miles. Literally.” > > My boss says this, LITERALLY, a million times a day. My favorite was when two people quit on the same day. She was a wreck, and told me she had been LITERALLY raped. > :eek: I recall reading a news story about a train whistle “literally loud enough to wake the dead”. I hope that train doesn’t run past any cemetaries… :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![jastu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/43a26b/32.png) [@jastu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jastu)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2004, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expressions-that-annoy-the-hell-out-of-you/259454/75 "2004-08-14T11:24:43Z")
I have mentioned this before but I absolutely detest **awesome** , especially when it’s said as awwwwsooome! For crying out loud people, when are we going to put this one to rest. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2004, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expressions-that-annoy-the-hell-out-of-you/259454/76 "2004-08-14T13:13:01Z")
It is pretty funny that “literally” now means ‘figuratively’ even though figuratively has the exact opposite definition. Funny in a “I’m going to strangle you” kind of way. “For all intensive purposes” and “smoking mirrors” are both auditory abortions. ---
**Author:** ![wevets](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9a140/32.png) [@wevets](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wevets)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2004, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expressions-that-annoy-the-hell-out-of-you/259454/77 "2004-08-14T23:08:27Z")
> [@Dung Beetle](#): > > It’s all good! I’m with you: if it really were all good, public restrooms wouldn’t need nearly the amount of cleaning that they do. ---
**Author:** ![sangfroid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e0b2c6/32.png) [@sangfroid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sangfroid)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2004, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expressions-that-annoy-the-hell-out-of-you/259454/78 "2004-08-15T00:09:18Z")
Geez, I know this is irritating phrases, but no one yet has mentioned the annoying two finger “quotation” move, as in: " I know I’m not [finger quote] The Best [end finger quote] guy for the job, but I’m in the running." Yeeaarrggghhh! nuff’ said, beeyatches… oh, and ellipses… and more… ---
**Author:** ![Oy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bc8723/32.png) [@Oy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oy)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2004, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expressions-that-annoy-the-hell-out-of-you/259454/79 "2004-08-15T01:21:29Z")
A rather subtle one that annoys me is when I hear people say something like: “The plane is scheduled to arrive in four hours from now.” Look, it’s either “in four hours” or “four hours from now.” Not both. A ---
**Author:** ![dry\_gear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@dry\_gear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dry_gear)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2004, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expressions-that-annoy-the-hell-out-of-you/259454/80 "2004-08-15T05:12:07Z")
I always thought of “pan out” as similar to “turn out”. Like: “Let’s see how it pans out” or “the plans didn’t pan out” Which is like a camera panning out to reveal more of the picture. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expressions-that-annoy-the-hell-out-of-you/259454.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/expressions-that-annoy-the-hell-out-of-you/259454.md?page=5)