What English expression do you hate the most?

[wiggydiggy]

"Im not [something] but....."

Then proceeds to say something extremely sexist, racist, etc. I'll immediately turn my ears off if someone says that to me.

 

[matticus]

I bet you respond to most of my posts with a snide comment, but I can't tell if you're joking or not

Here are some non-joke words, especially for you:

Do you REALLY not know what a seagull is? e.g. would these sentences confuse you:
- "Are there are any seagulls near our food?"
- "Don't park your car there - the seagulls will sh leave their mark all over it!"
- "Don't bring Susan - she's really scared of seagulls. Totally freaks out."

And for extra marks:
Did you know that scientific language and common spoken language sometimes differ?

 

[PK99]

100%

 

[mistyoptic]

100%

110%

 

[All uphill]

100%

I'll give it 120%

 

[roubaixtuesday]

I'll give it 120%

Literally.

You literally gave 120% effort.

 

[Time Waster]

It is not necessarily limited to the English language but anyone who describes any alcoholic drink as having undertones of.... It tastes of wine, rum, whiskey. It is alcohol with a variety of other chemicals in it to fool your taste buds that you are tasting chocolate or cherries or whatever.

To clarify, I once saw a documentary in which a ridiculous number of artificial chemicals are allowed to be added to wine under EU regulations and still be called organic, appellation controlle or whatever. Each chemical that from one supplier can be chosen from a shopping list adds a certain so called undertone or flavour to wine. So basically you are buying the taste of chemicals in wine which means I hate those wine buffs on tv or who label the wines themselves or write the supermarket tags who call out this flavour. I would much prefer them to be honest and give the chemical name or reference number.

Sorry, I am only ranting because I can not taste a single one of those undertones. I like it or I don't. That is my level of subtlety so I am possibly only jealous. Or simply dislike pretension in such things.

 

[Time Waster]

oh, who cares!

 

[HarryTheDog]

We are excited blah blah blah.
This mostly refers to the HR or sales department of my company. They seem to be constantly excited , be it about new employees, sales figures, going to conferences , opportunities etc etc . They never seem to be interested, enthralled or anything else, just constantly excited.

 

[Tribansman]

Literally.

You literally gave 120% effort.

Like, totally dude

 

[Electric_Andy]

Here are some non-joke words, especially for you:

Do you REALLY not know what a seagull is? e.g. would these sentences confuse you:
- "Are there are any seagulls near our food?"
- "Don't park your car there - the seagulls will sh leave their mark all over it!"
- "Don't bring Susan - she's really scared of seagulls. Totally freaks out."

And for extra marks:
Did you know that scientific language and common spoken language sometimes differ?

I call them seagulls as well, I just included the Gull fact before/in case anyone corrected me.

 

[Electric_Andy]

We are excited blah blah blah.
This mostly refers to the HR or sales department of my company. They seem to be constantly excited , be it about new employees, sales figures, going to conferences , opportunities etc etc . They never seem to be interested, enthralled or anything else, just constantly excited.

I can't imagine anyone in an office getting excited about work!

 

[Tribansman]

We are excited blah blah blah.
This mostly refers to the HR or sales department of my company. They seem to be constantly excited

You must work for Viagra? (or, for the pedants out there, Pfizer)

 

[Jameshow]

Happy days...

Really annoying phrase and means he person isn't really interested in how your feeling!

 

[Tribansman]

Happy days...

Really annoying phrase and means he person isn't really interested in how your feeling!

Likewise sad times, equally glib