Words or phrases that you hate ...

[brand]

[QUOTE 3412630, member: 259"]Spigot and wombat.[/QUOTE]
What have you got against the wombat it was a good antitank weapon?

 

[Profpointy]

What have you got against the wombat it was a good antitank weapon?

and a harmless, somewhat cute burrowing creature, occupying the badgerish niche in the Antipodes.
And their marsupial pouches are upside down to stop dirt going in when they're burrowing - what a great piece of evolution

 

[Cyclopathic]

"Yourself" when "you" is more appropriate. Usually used by officious types in positions of small authority think it makes them sound more professional.

 

[Cyclopathic]

And "myself" when used in the phrase "on behalf of myself".

Or just instead of "me", which I've heard. It makes myself really mad.

 

[Lisa21]

"Welcome to my world"
Do not, ever, use that in the vicinity of my ears as it really gets my hackles up. Hate it, and its only ever said by stupid people.
Oh, and any of the ridiculous yuppie phrases such as "We must touch base sometime" or "Think outside the box"

ARRRRGGHHH.....

 

[S.Giles]

Which?

'Obviously', obviously!

Words I hate:
'gobsmacked'.
'pence' (used as singular).

I don't want to irritate myself unnecessarily by thinking of more.

Steve

 

[discominer]

'Sikth'. As in 'this is the sikth time I've told you'. Sixth.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

'Sikth'. As in 'this is the sikth time I've told you'. Sixth.

I'll need an audio file to figure out the difference. Aks is a fairly standard West Indian pronunciation of ask but that's another matter

 

[brand]

"Think outside the box"
ARRRRGGHHH.....

On every other page of this thread!

 

[brand]

'Sikth'. As in 'this is the sikth time I've told you'. Sixth.

it's not their fault if they have a lisp.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

''Think out of the box'' is useful for the way it signals the user's inability to cogitate out of the cube.

 

[brand]

No Watergate then?

Only when the River Lud floods. Then they are all could be called watergate!

 

[Lisa21]

On every other page of this thread!

Not just me then, 'obvs'............

 

[User6179]

Eddy does not like when someone talks about themselves in third person .

 

[guitarpete247]

We're watching I'm a Celeb on sky+. Just heard Mel say "From the Get Go." I've always hated that Americanism.