# Phrases/terms that aggravate the hell out of you **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 26, 2020, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-terms-that-aggravate-the-hell-out-of-you/923894 "2020-10-26T02:04:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 39
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2021, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-terms-that-aggravate-the-hell-out-of-you/923894/762 "2021-01-22T20:38:53Z")
It aggravates my irritation when “aggravate” is used to mean “irritate.” ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2021, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-terms-that-aggravate-the-hell-out-of-you/923894/763 "2021-01-23T19:27:01Z")
I think it’s already been brought up 3 or 4 times so far in the thread… ---
**Author:** ![Bonum\_Legatum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bonum_legatum/32/6183_2.png) [@Bonum\_Legatum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bonum_Legatum)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2021, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-terms-that-aggravate-the-hell-out-of-you/923894/764 "2021-01-26T15:07:06Z")
I hardly ever see the word “offer” used anymore, it appears to have been replaced by “proffer”. The extra “p” strikes me as ppretentious. ---
**Author:** ![Bonum\_Legatum](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bonum_legatum/32/6183_2.png) [@Bonum\_Legatum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bonum_Legatum)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2021, 3:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-terms-that-aggravate-the-hell-out-of-you/923894/765 "2021-01-26T15:09:45Z")
The British use of whinge for whine. Do the British pronounce the g? ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2021, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-terms-that-aggravate-the-hell-out-of-you/923894/766 "2021-01-26T16:57:45Z")
Yes, this! It bugs me much more than seeing U’s in colour, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Saintly\_Loser](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saintly_loser/32/4045_2.png) [@Saintly\_Loser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saintly_Loser)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2021, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-terms-that-aggravate-the-hell-out-of-you/923894/767 "2021-01-26T18:34:23Z")
> [@Bonum\_Legatum](#): > > I hardly ever see the word “offer” used anymore, it appears to have been replaced by “proffer”. > > The extra “p” strikes me as ppretentious. I haven’t seen this, except in a legal context, where it has a specific meaning. But not in everyday speech, our outside of a negotiation between lawyers representing opposing parties. If I did see it in the wild, so to speak, it would definitely be annoying, though. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2021, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-terms-that-aggravate-the-hell-out-of-you/923894/768 "2021-01-26T20:43:52Z")
> [@Rebo](#): > > Yes, this! It bugs me much more than seeing U’s in colour, etc. You view that affectation with disfavour? Go to England and shout it out in the centre of towne. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2021, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-terms-that-aggravate-the-hell-out-of-you/923894/769 "2021-01-26T20:51:12Z")
> [@Rebo](#): > > It bugs me much more than seeing U’s in colour, etc. This is how I say “colour”: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/qtJRJVdUFx4/maxresdefault.jpg "New Paint - SNL") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtJRJVdUFx4) ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2021, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-terms-that-aggravate-the-hell-out-of-you/923894/770 "2021-01-27T13:25:03Z")
😃 ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2021, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-terms-that-aggravate-the-hell-out-of-you/923894/771 "2021-01-27T16:42:44Z")
> [@Rebo](#): > > Yes, this! It bugs me much more than seeing U’s in colour, etc. Oh this Canuck will _grandly_ brandish that “U’” every time. 🕶 > [@Bonum\_Legatum](#): > > The British use of whinge for whine. Do the British pronounce the g? Funny - even though we hew to Brit. instead of US spellings, I don’t have any clue of this “whinge” thing, and am also curious if it’s pronounced with a hard (or soft?) “g”. ---
**Author:** ![eburacum\_45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eburacum_45/32/3385_2.png) [@eburacum\_45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eburacum_45)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2021, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-terms-that-aggravate-the-hell-out-of-you/923894/772 "2021-01-27T17:13:49Z")
Whinge is pronounced _Whinj_, with a soft g. > **[whinge](https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/whinge)** > > 1. to complain, especially about something that does not seem important: 2… It means something different, too; a whinge is a vocal and wheedling complaint, whereas a whine is the noise a moped makes. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2021, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-terms-that-aggravate-the-hell-out-of-you/923894/773 "2021-01-27T17:25:59Z")
Ah, thanks. And I’m guessing a short (instead of long) “i” to go with that. Splunge 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2021, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-terms-that-aggravate-the-hell-out-of-you/923894/774 "2021-01-27T18:32:18Z")
> [@Guest-starring\_Id](#): > > And I’m guessing a short (instead of long) “i” to go with that. You would be correct (I have seen enough Britcoms to have heard it more than once, though the most common way I hear it is “whinging”). ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2021, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-terms-that-aggravate-the-hell-out-of-you/923894/775 "2021-01-28T02:24:21Z")
So whinge rhymes with hinge? ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2021, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-terms-that-aggravate-the-hell-out-of-you/923894/776 "2021-01-28T02:57:57Z")
That’s how I pronounce it. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2021, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-terms-that-aggravate-the-hell-out-of-you/923894/777 "2021-01-28T03:07:04Z")
More importantly, it’s how the Brits pronounce it. Those I’ve heard use it give it an inflection that says “You are so annoying, complaining about such minor things that I bet you _whinge_ like that about absolutely everything.” ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2021, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-terms-that-aggravate-the-hell-out-of-you/923894/778 "2021-01-29T21:25:30Z")
It never stops! I just saw a new one in my desired spam inbox (it’s the account I use to sign up for mailing lists or order stuff, so I expect coupons, receipts and offers there): Subject line: Blah Blah. “Deets inside” What the fuck are “deets”? The only DEET I know is mosquito repellent. From context I eventually determined “deets” is some shitty attempt at cuteness meaning “details”. You saved 2 FUCKING characters!!! Just burn in hell. Just for that I unsubscribed. Too bad I didn’t get the nag box asking why on that email. ---
**Author:** ![Sherrerd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sherrerd/32/8_2.png) [@Sherrerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sherrerd)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2021, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-terms-that-aggravate-the-hell-out-of-you/923894/779 "2021-01-30T01:08:52Z")
> [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](#): > > Subject line: Blah Blah. “Deets inside” > > What the fuck are “deets”? The only DEET I know is mosquito repellent. From context I eventually determined “deets” is some shitty attempt at cuteness meaning “details”. You saved 2 FUCKING characters!!! My theory is that this type of thing is similar to the original Liberty Mutual commercials, in which an actor would directly address the camera with ‘you named your car Brad’ and then complain about how mean insurance companies are to you when you have a teensie weensie accident, how dare they! In other words, “deets” (and the ‘why should I be penalized for crashing my car?’ commercials) are a filtering device: they collect stupid customers and repel smart customers. If your business venture is more profitable when your customers are dim-witted–say, for example, that you are selling $1 items for $999 apiece–then you will desire to attract dimbulbs. And “deets” is just the way to grab those people who think ‘_wow, this is cool and up-to-date, and others will admire me for liking this cool and up-to-date thing, so sign me up!_’ ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2021, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-terms-that-aggravate-the-hell-out-of-you/923894/780 "2021-01-30T02:28:50Z")
I can’t recall whether I already posted this— “Invite” as a noun instead of “invitation”. Please just say the whole word. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2021, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-terms-that-aggravate-the-hell-out-of-you/923894/781 "2021-01-30T02:30:07Z")
> [@Sherrerd](#): > > …the original Liberty Mutual commercials… collect stupid customers and repel smart customers. This seems to be the purpose of **ALL** Liberty Mutual commercials. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-terms-that-aggravate-the-hell-out-of-you/923894.md?page=38) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-terms-that-aggravate-the-hell-out-of-you/923894.md?page=40)