Words that annoy me for no particular reason.

[Rockster57]

"I didn't know that was actually a thing"

 

[Tribansman]

It was meant to be

 

[newfhouse]

It was meant to be

This. Close the thread, we have a winner.








Actually, “close the thread” is pretty irritating too.

 

[DCBassman]

"You've won the Internet!"
Wot?

 

[MichaelW2]

"You've won the Internet!"
Wot?

Its a thing.

 

[matticus]

Because: the internet.
(and variations)

 

[mudsticks]

This. Close the thread, we have a winner.








Actually, “close the thread” is pretty irritating too.

Yup ,

And

" Everything happens for a reason "

- When used to imply that 'The Universe' is somehow setting up personalised occurances to teach us profound life lessons, so we should be in someway grateful that the awful thing happened.


- when in reality sometimes sh*tty stuff just happens to decent people for no really good reason at all .

Does me nut in ...

See also "What doesn't kill you - makes you stronger "

errr Tuberculosis ??

 

[newfhouse]

“It is what it is.”

 

[RichardB]

co-worker

I first saw this in a piece written by an American journalist. Americans tend not to like hyphens, so the word was written 'coworker'. I spent ages wondering if orking cows was a thing, and if this was the word for it.

It is what it is, I guess, because reasons.

 

[matticus]

OT, but now you've brought it up:
Co-worker, if pronounced "Cow-worker"

 

[sheddy]

Woke

 

[PeteXXX]

'n

I mean " 'n" as in Fish 'n chips. Tea 'n toast. Sausage 'n mash.

 

[DaveReading]

"Gifted" and "passed", infiltrated from the USA .

Just for you:


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubDVUQon5BE

 

[CanucksTraveller]

Woke. Shaming. Gaslighting.
All perfectly good terms, but almost always used incorrectly and inappropriately.

 

[Archie_tect]

'literally'...