# 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:** 59
**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:** [September 25, 2022, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-terms-that-aggravate-the-hell-out-of-you/923894/1167 "2022-09-25T23:01:43Z")
> [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](#): > > > [@Earl\_Snake-Hips\_Tucker](#): > > > > "How come. . . " If ya wanna know ‘why,’ just ask ‘Why. . .’ > > I thought this was a standard Americanism that’s been around for ages, and thus fully baked into the standard as well as all or most dialects. I know it sounds odd to other English speaking countries, to extent that it hasn’t been adopted there. This is nearly two centuries old, I think. It derives from “How comes it that …?” ---
**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 25, 2022, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-terms-that-aggravate-the-hell-out-of-you/923894/1168 "2022-09-25T23:07:50Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > This is nearly two centuries old, I think. It derives from “How comes it that …?” Or, perhaps, “How does it come to pass …”, gradually shortened down. ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2022, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-terms-that-aggravate-the-hell-out-of-you/923894/1169 "2022-09-25T23:32:08Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > I was sure it was the first season, but I didn’t remember it being the very first episode. I did see it first run! Let’s go to the videotape. S1E1, end of first scene before the title sequence. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/i1wwfycW5sg/hqdefault.jpg "THE WEST WING EP 1 OPENING Pilot") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1wwfycW5sg&t=199) ---
**Author:** ![velomont](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/8491ac/32.png) [@velomont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/velomont)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2022, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-terms-that-aggravate-the-hell-out-of-you/923894/1170 "2022-09-26T03:57:38Z")
> [@Acsenray](#): > > > [@Gatopescado](#): > > > > I don’t like POTUS and SCOTUS. > > Totally agree. Hates em Well, if it was the Supreme Court Region of the US (eg SCROTUS), or something like that, that would be awkward. ---
**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 26, 2022, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-terms-that-aggravate-the-hell-out-of-you/923894/1171 "2022-09-26T14:47:25Z")
superior court operating throughout upper Michigan ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2022, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-terms-that-aggravate-the-hell-out-of-you/923894/1172 "2022-09-27T14:22:34Z")
I’m annoyed when a person who has nothing to do with music is called a “rock star”. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2022, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-terms-that-aggravate-the-hell-out-of-you/923894/1173 "2022-09-27T15:02:58Z")
I still say “city pound” and I volunteered there weekly (sometimes more than once in a week) for over a year or so. It’s just too unwieldily to say “animal care and control,” the official name. It’s not really a “dog shelter,” either. It’s the city pound. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2022, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-terms-that-aggravate-the-hell-out-of-you/923894/1174 "2022-09-27T18:03:04Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > I’m annoyed when a person who has nothing to do with music is called a “rock star”. I’m annoyed when some _musicians_ are called rock stars. It has been as devalued as “super model.” > [@pulykamell](#): > > I still say “city pound” and I volunteered there weekly (sometimes more than once in a week) for over a year or so. It’s just too unwieldily to say “animal care and control,” the official name. It’s not really a “dog shelter,” either. It’s the city pound. There’s a car pound in New Orleans. Don’t ask me how I know. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2022, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-terms-that-aggravate-the-hell-out-of-you/923894/1175 "2022-09-27T18:16:05Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > There’s a car pound in New Orleans. Don’t ask me how I know. Ah, yes. “City pound” can also refer to a number of city towing lots as well, depending on context, of course. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2022, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-terms-that-aggravate-the-hell-out-of-you/923894/1176 "2022-09-27T18:27:01Z")
I’ve never heard it called that here in Florida or New York. _Im_pound lot is what I’d be more likely to hear. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [September 27, 2022, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-terms-that-aggravate-the-hell-out-of-you/923894/1177 "2022-09-27T18:48:52Z")
That’s why “car pound” stuck in my memory. It was different therefore memorable. ---
**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:** [September 29, 2022, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-terms-that-aggravate-the-hell-out-of-you/923894/1178 "2022-09-29T11:15:54Z")
“It’s been a minute” to mean “it’s been a long time.” It’s worn out, over used, not clever, and not funny. Please retire this jocular locution. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2022, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-terms-that-aggravate-the-hell-out-of-you/923894/1179 "2022-09-29T13:03:33Z")
“Skin in the game”. It seems to be always used to justify putting burdens on those that qualify for some sort of public assistance. “Sure we should have scholarships for the needy, but make them take out some loans too. They need to have some skin in the game.” Come on, a lot of these people don’t have much if any money. Why insist that they totally impoverish themselves to get a little help from the rest of us? ---
**Author:** ![Mk\_VII](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Mk\_VII](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mk_VII)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2022, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-terms-that-aggravate-the-hell-out-of-you/923894/1180 "2022-09-29T21:28:20Z")
“A package of measures”. What does this package come wrapped in? ---
**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 30, 2022, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-terms-that-aggravate-the-hell-out-of-you/923894/1181 "2022-09-30T21:10:49Z")
Red tape. What else? ---
**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:** [October 2, 2022, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-terms-that-aggravate-the-hell-out-of-you/923894/1182 "2022-10-02T00:36:49Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > “Sure we should have scholarships for the needy, but make them take out some loans too. They need to have some skin in the game.” Come on, a lot of these people don’t have much if any money. Why insist that they totally impoverish themselves to get a little help from the rest of us? I don’t see why we cannot have free education through bachelor’s degree. ---
**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:** [October 2, 2022, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-terms-that-aggravate-the-hell-out-of-you/923894/1183 "2022-10-02T01:01:24Z")
I would be onboard with that if the last six years of free education were contingent upon maintaining at least a C average. ---
**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:** [October 2, 2022, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-terms-that-aggravate-the-hell-out-of-you/923894/1184 "2022-10-02T01:57:30Z")
I don’t have any problem with requiring stricter admissions standards for tertiary education than simply being alive and residing in a certain area. But it seems to me that it would be of great benefit to society to have a more educated society. Of course, we will still have private institutions, but state schools should not be charging more than primary and secondary schools, IMHO. Getting back to the topic of the thread, here’s another contribution: “It’s just a theory” regarding evolution in an attempt to dismiss its validity. Nope. It’s not “just a theory”. It’s a _scientific theory_. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2022, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-terms-that-aggravate-the-hell-out-of-you/923894/1185 "2022-10-02T21:49:52Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > “It’s just a theory” regarding evolution in an attempt to dismiss its validity. Nope. It’s not “just a theory”. It’s a _scientific theory_. It’s not even a theory anymore, but demonstrable fact. ---
**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:** [October 2, 2022, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/phrases-terms-that-aggravate-the-hell-out-of-you/923894/1186 "2022-10-02T22:11:14Z")
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