Can We Talk? A Brief List of Annoying Expressions and Verbal Fumbles

Archdiocese of Washington ^ | 01-18-18 | Msgr. Charles Pope

[metmom]

“I could care less* when people mean they could NOT care any less.

By saying they could care less, they are stating that they are capable of caring less than they already do.

By saying *I could NOT care less* it means there is no chance of any possibility of me caring less about something than I already do.

[JusPasenThru]

This thread is literally for loosers.

[Disambiguator]

How about the term (it’s not a real word) “irregardless.” Ugh.

[Magic Fingers]

“Dossier”

[Mears]

My peeve is “having said that”-—or “that being said”.

Blah,blah blah,”having said that”,blah blah blah.

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[clintonh8r]

“That begs the question” when used incorrectly....which is almost always the case.

[Spruce]

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[glennaro]

"literally" for "figuratively":

"I literally died laughing".

[Hatteras]

Not buying what he is saling here...

[dfwgator]

When someone starts a sentence with “To be honest with you....”, you know they aren’t being honest with you.

[clintonh8r]

At the end of the day...

I think we can all agree....

[JusPasenThru]

That’s what I’m talking about.

[Salvation]

Good one. Bugs me too.

[chalkfarmer]

Closing the articulatory loop...so to speak.

[JusPasenThru]

Now listen up everybody. If you say “it goes without saying” then you best not actually say it because it really pisses me off when you do. Looser.

[1Old Pro]

9. Using “so” as an interjection

UGH, at the end of the day....I hear So a million times.

[JusPasenThru]

It is what it is.

[laweeks]

MY BAD

Absolutely infuriates me whenever I hear it, and frequently from otherwise "intelligent" people. Where in the hell did that abomination ever come from. It makes no sense no matter how you parse it.

I assume it's a Negro Dialectic piece of garbage that was foisted on us.

[JusPasenThru]

This thread is sustainable.

[AppyPappy]

“I literally died when I saw the questions on that test”