Current Phrases You Can't Stand

[timebug]

'Like' instead of 'said'. Two teenagers having a conversation:
So I'm like hello'
and he's like hiya'
and I'm like how are you?
and he's like yeah,good!
ad infinitum.......

[4691mls]

Originally Posted by Karellen

"By the way... my name is John"

Why do Americans always introduce themselves by starting with "by the way".

I've never noticed that in my part of the US - maybe it's a regional thing?

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by GrannyGrump

Lately in my local area, lots of people are suddenly saying "I appreciate you", instead of "thank you." (Perhaps it is more widespread, but I have no immediate knowledge.)

I don't know why I find this incredibly annoying.

That's one I haven't heard before and I agree with your sentiment.

Along those lines, I can't stand hearing "thank you for your service" when people find out I served in the military. To me, being in the military is nothing special. It's just a job and no more important than any other job.

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by Karellen

"By the way... my name is John"

Why do Americans always introduce themselves by starting with "by the way".

I've said that on many an occasion. I'm chatting with a stranger and decide that now would be a good time to introduce myself. So, I'll interrupt what I'm saying and say "by the way, my name is..."

I have no idea where any of my colloquialisms originate because I moved around a lot. I've lived in 9 states (all west of the Mississippi River) and 3 countries (eastern Asia), thanks to my father's Army career and my stint in the Army.

[Maggie May]

Don’t know if this was mentioned before.
Celebrities or commentators on TV or Radio. When they’re asked a question, they respond by saying…….No, yeah, and then continue with their answer. Why not use one or the other, or preferably neither, and just answer the blooming question. ��

[arjaybe]

Originally Posted by Maggie May

Don’t know if this was mentioned before.
Celebrities or commentators on TV or Radio. When they’re asked a question, they respond by saying…….No, yeah, and then continue with their answer. Why not use one or the other, or preferably neither, and just answer the blooming question. ��

I think it's meant to be introductory, to ease into what they want to say and avoid seeming abrupt. Somewhat like the phrase, "Don’t know if this was mentioned before." introducing your comment.-)

[BetterRed]

Originally Posted by Maggie May

Don’t know if this was mentioned before.
Celebrities or commentators on TV or Radio. When they’re asked a question, they respond by saying…….No, yeah, and then continue with their answer. Why not use one or the other, or preferably neither, and just answer the blooming question. ��

I've always thought "Nah, Yeah" and "Yeah, Nah" were peculiar to Australia, most especially male aussie rules and rugby league players.

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And, as if 'impact' in place of 'affect' and 'effect' wasn't bad enough, we now have 'impactful', usually in place of 'effective'.

I recently heard a politician say "A Royal Commission into <blah blah> would be more 'impactful' than a Parliamentary Committee".

I immediately had a mental image of wigged & gowned barristers climbing into the ring with their gloves on, or confronting one another in The Domain** at dawn with their pistols drawn.

** our Boston Common.

BR

[wildhoney66]

one of the current ones that a number of people seem to use these days is the term that's Sick which i think pretty much means awesome or something that is close to that anyways.
i dunno why whenever i hear someone use it online or offline it just bugs me am i alone in this?

[pdurrant]

Originally Posted by wildhoney66

one of the current ones that a number of people seem to use these days is the term that's Sick which i think pretty much means awesome or something that is close to that anyways.
i dunno why whenever i hear someone use it online or offline it just bugs me am i alone in this?

You're just showing our age.

It's young-person slang. It'll go the way of "the eel's ankles" if we're lucky. But probably not soon enough for us.

[Maggie May]

Originally Posted by wildhoney66

one of the current ones that a number of people seem to use these days is the term that's Sick which i think pretty much means awesome or something that is close to that anyways.
i dunno why whenever i hear someone use it online or offline it just bugs me am i alone in this?

I understand what they mean when they say that’s “sick”. However the visual I get when I hear it is of somebody vomiting up their cookies.

[DNSB]

That's sick!

[4691mls]

Originally Posted by Maggie May

I understand what they mean when they say that’s “sick”. However the visual I get when I hear it is of somebody vomiting up their cookies.

The use of "s__t" to mean "stuff" gives me a similarly unpleasant visual. For most of my life "s__t" was typcally used as an expletive and I can't seem to get used to its current usage.

[DNSB]

Originally Posted by 4691mls

The use of "s__t" to mean "stuff" gives me a similarly unpleasant visual. For most of my life "s__t" was typcally used as an expletive and I can't seem to get used to its current usage.

I seem to have memories a few decades back where you often found righteous shit being passed around at parties.

[tubemonkey]

Originally Posted by DNSB

I seem to have memories a few decades back where you often found righteous shit being passed around at parties.

Drugs are bad, m'kay?

[GrannyGrump]

I grumbled earlier on this thread about "invite" used as a noun (I was raised up to believe that "invitation" is the noun, and "invite" is the verb, darn it! And somebody saying "Golly, she gave me a invite to the wedding" just sounds WRONG! I hear it spoken in the voice of Gomer Pyle...)

Now, I am also becoming irrationally irritated about "Save-the-date". What is the world coming to?