# 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:** 57
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2022, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-terms-that-aggravate-the-hell-out-of-you/923894/1127 "2022-09-01T18:06:30Z")
> [@BippityBoppityBoo](#): > > > [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > > > where they acknowledge that the whole operation of suing over accidents is a money grab, mostly for the lawyers > > Some people have to use lawyers to sue those responsible for accidents to get medical bills paid. I’ll never see a penny but hope to avoid medical bankruptcy. Of course lawyers are often necessary to sue insurance companies that don’t want to live up to their coverage, or to sue the uninsured. My objection isn’t to lawyers per se, it is to those lawyers who want clients whose first concern is how much money they can get. ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2022, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-terms-that-aggravate-the-hell-out-of-you/923894/1128 "2022-09-01T18:25:01Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > My objection isn’t to lawyers per se, it is to those lawyers who want clients whose first concern is how much money they can get. On first read I found this off-putting. Reminiscent of job interviews where the interviewer gets all offended if the person being interviewed asks about money. ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2022, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-terms-that-aggravate-the-hell-out-of-you/923894/1129 "2022-09-01T18:26:29Z")
And on second reading? ---
**Author:** ![EllisDee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellisdee/32/4531_2.png) [@EllisDee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EllisDee)\ **Post date:** [September 1, 2022, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-terms-that-aggravate-the-hell-out-of-you/923894/1130 "2022-09-01T18:31:05Z")
Yeah, exactly. I kind of think I agree in the context of ambulance-chasing lawyers. Just weird how off-putting it struck me. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 2, 2022, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-terms-that-aggravate-the-hell-out-of-you/923894/1131 "2022-09-02T00:35:12Z")
There is the practice of law as the pursuit of justice, the practice of law as the pursuit of your clients’ desires for enrichment regardless of legal merit, and the practice of law as the pursuit of the lawyer’s personal desires for enrichment regardless of legal merit or their clients’ interests. Unsurprisingly, Door #3 are the lawyers we all love to hate. Most businessmen want to hire a Door #2 operator and cannot comprehend the thinking of Door #1 lawyers. A lot of law students start out trying to be Door #1 and lose their way over the course of a 40 year career. Others stay door #1 to the end, but they rarely get rich doing so. ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2022, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-terms-that-aggravate-the-hell-out-of-you/923894/1132 "2022-09-03T14:27:25Z")
I gots no prob with most phrases fabricated out of whole cloth. Every generation has its own vocab and that’s groovy, dude. Adding color to our otherwise drab lexicon is vocabulous. This is most important with the young ankle-biter generations who need their own brocabulary. It’s a wordrobe they luvs to rock. It forges camaraderie, so it’s all good, y’all. What gets me cheesed is when phrases are used pretentiously in order to demonstrate intellexual superiority. That’s simply egotude gone wild. That ain’t cool, yo. I also get verklept when one generation [mis]appropriates the g-bonics of another generation in order to appear chill and with it. Yeah, no…thanks, but no thanks. The geezer gens are most guilty of this and it’s a Debbie Downer for me, padre. It makes me go all Lewis Black. If, on the other mitten, the pretentious or hipster phrases are used ironically or sarcastically and they are well played—hey, no problemo, homie. It’s past my nappy time and I gotta see a man about a horse, so adios amigos. It’s been real. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2022, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-terms-that-aggravate-the-hell-out-of-you/923894/1133 "2022-09-03T15:40:14Z")
Well stroked. 👏 ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2022, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-terms-that-aggravate-the-hell-out-of-you/923894/1134 "2022-09-03T20:04:19Z")
A true _tour de farce_ of the genre. I am in awe. Bravo @Tibby! ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2022, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-terms-that-aggravate-the-hell-out-of-you/923894/1135 "2022-09-03T20:14:19Z")
Huh??? Tickety-boo, that’s just the way I speak IRL. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2022, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-terms-that-aggravate-the-hell-out-of-you/923894/1136 "2022-09-04T00:09:13Z")
[Aye](https://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/2022/08/30). ---
**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:** [September 4, 2022, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-terms-that-aggravate-the-hell-out-of-you/923894/1137 "2022-09-04T14:59:29Z")
> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#): > > I strongly resist this, because then we don’t have a word that means “literally.” If someone actually, literally died, how do you say so? Good point. The best I’ve been able to come up with is: “(statement), AND I DON’T MEAN THAT FIGURATIVELY.” ---
**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:** [September 4, 2022, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-terms-that-aggravate-the-hell-out-of-you/923894/1138 "2022-09-04T15:04:40Z")
Similar to the LITERAL/FIGURATIVELY discussions are the discussions about “Begging the question.” Of course there’s the original meaning - and the way that many people use it now. We need to put this phrase on the shelf, and invent two new phrases where the meaning can’t be mistaken. ---
**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2022, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-terms-that-aggravate-the-hell-out-of-you/923894/1139 "2022-09-04T15:39:17Z")
> [@Bonum\_Legatum](#): > > We need to put this phrase on the shelf, and invent two new phrases where the meaning can’t be mistaken. 4realz and lol? ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2022, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-terms-that-aggravate-the-hell-out-of-you/923894/1140 "2022-09-04T15:47:22Z")
That’s a bit wordy. I propose these alternate terms for the purpose of brevity: Figuratively New term: _“Not really.”_ Can be contracted simply to _“NOT!”_ Example: _“You blew my mind…not really”_ or _“You blew my mind…NOT!”_ Literally New term: _“For real.”_ Can be contracted simply to _“f’real_.” Example: _“Toby’s head for real exploded”_ or _“Toby’s head f’real exploded.”_ ---
**Author:** ![california\_jobcase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@california\_jobcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/california_jobcase)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2022, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-terms-that-aggravate-the-hell-out-of-you/923894/1141 "2022-09-07T03:41:23Z")
> [@I\_Love\_Me\_Vol.I](#): > > This, I guess, is supposed to mean something like: _“As a doctor, I’m of the opinion people should still be wearing facemasks.”_ If at any time during a faculty meeting, the speaker utters _“As a this, that or other…”_ be prepared to endure bragging or chiding. I’m so glad I’m retired! ---
**Author:** ![cococ173](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3ab097/32.png) [@cococ173](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cococ173)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2022, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-terms-that-aggravate-the-hell-out-of-you/923894/1142 "2022-09-07T23:47:15Z")
This thread is “so fun”. ---
**Author:** ![Nunyadambizznezz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Nunyadambizznezz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nunyadambizznezz)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2022, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-terms-that-aggravate-the-hell-out-of-you/923894/1143 "2022-09-07T23:48:26Z")
And for years it hasn’t been an appropriate thank you unless followed by “so much”. ---
**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:** [September 8, 2022, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-terms-that-aggravate-the-hell-out-of-you/923894/1144 "2022-09-08T18:28:31Z")
> [@Tibby](#): > > Figuratively > New term: _“Not really.”_ Can be contracted simply to _“NOT!”_ > Example: _“You blew my mind…not really”_ or _“You blew my mind…NOT!”_ That’s another bete noire. The “NOT” at the end of a sentence comes across as an impolite way - luring the listener down the garden path only to turn the sentence around at the end. ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2022, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-terms-that-aggravate-the-hell-out-of-you/923894/1145 "2022-09-08T18:46:36Z")
But, an impolite and unexpected turn-around [Martha Stewart] _is a good thing._ [/Martha Stewart] ---
**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:** [September 9, 2022, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-terms-that-aggravate-the-hell-out-of-you/923894/1146 "2022-09-09T07:02:57Z")
All I know is I really _do **not** _ want any of those [redacted]ers reaching out to _me_ for comment. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-terms-that-aggravate-the-hell-out-of-you/923894.md?page=56) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-terms-that-aggravate-the-hell-out-of-you/923894.md?page=58)