I have a vendetta against certai phrases that tick the hell out of me. "No offense" is one, or "Not to sound harsh", because it only reinforces the acerbity of the incoming coming. Or the word "Seriously" being tossed around like Caesar salad until the person just sounds flippant, silly and like an airhead.
I hate it when people say "literally" when they are exaggerating. I do not like it when people say "more or less" when they could just say "about". I hate it when people say "like" all the time, it makes me want to ring their neck. Something more off topic is when people do not look me in the eyes. That is probably the worst for me. I do not think it is a sign of respect so much as it is a sign that you are actually listening and engaging. Sometimes I just stop talking and if they are still not paying attention I walk off.
i hate it when i say something and the person says "what" then as I almost start to explain it again then they answer its completely stupid and irrelevant!
One of the things that annoys me the most is "are you okay?" Example: "Are you ok?" "Yes, I'm perfectly fine, My foot just happens to be pointing the wrong way (expletive x10 follows)
I hate when people start saying "stuff" to everything. I mean...you have lots of words to describe all around you, why would you then describe everything as "stuff"? For example, "just take your stuff from there", "I have to buy some stuff", "What stuff are you about to do?". ****, I'm not an English native speaker, but please, use your vocabulary, that's not harmful at all... And something I can't hear anymore: "I promise". Promises are always broken, if you have to promise something, then it seems like you are either not capable to keep it or that you already failed. It may sound stupid to you all, but that's my own opinion.
actually that phrase is correct, the whole nine yards is talking about how much ammo is on a belt of a machine gun that was mounted on a (certain type of, i believe) world war II airplane. the belt on the gun was nine yards long, thus goes the phrase, he went the full nine yards, because he gave it all he got, nine yards of ammo so to speak.
Oh. Well it's not a common fact, so I stick to my argument.
needless to say. if it's needless to say then why say it?
I think by that they mean the point they're going to make is so obvious or self-explanatory that it doesn't need to be said, but it's said anyway to ensure everyone's on the same page.
what i hate is when my friend somehow references Doctor who into every other sentence by going "AND INSIDE OF THE fill-in-the-blank THERE WAS A TARDIS!" now don't get me wrong, i like Doctor Who, but i don't need a tardis inside of every noun i hear.
