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Oxford compiles list of top ten irritating phrases
Telegraph UK ^
| 11-7-08
| Charlotte Bailey
Posted on 11/07/2008 8:35:19 AM PST by edzo4
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To: edzo4
10. "Really?" (no, I'm lying to you.)
9. "This has already been posted." (So what?)
8."Not another vanity!" (Oh, like you never bloviate.)
7."Fo' shizzle!"
6."What up, dog?"
5. "Oh, no she di'int!"
4. "Not tonight, honey." (or this week, or month....)
3. "New government revenues." (It's not revenue! You didn't earn it by selling something! It's a TAX! Involuntary confiscation! ARRRGGHHH!)
2. "Progressive" (That's a communist code word used by socialist-democrats. Look it up.)
And my #1 all time annoying phrase that will gring my teeth.........
1. "WHATEVER !"
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posted on
11/07/2008 9:19:24 AM PST
by
OB1kNOb
(I for one will NOT welcome our new Marxist overlords.)
To: edzo4
“Economic Justice”
“You know?”
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posted on
11/07/2008 9:20:50 AM PST
by
TexasRepublic
(Comrade, can you spare a slice of bread?)
To: Frank Sheed
WOW! I always assumed it was another worn out football phrase.
“It just goes to show ya...”
“Live and learn...”
“Who’d a thunk it...”
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posted on
11/07/2008 9:21:51 AM PST
by
AnnGora
(I am unique. Just like everybody else.)
To: OB1kNOb
gring = grind.....whatever........
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posted on
11/07/2008 9:22:14 AM PST
by
OB1kNOb
(I for one will NOT welcome our new Marxist overlords.)
To: OB1kNOb
To: edzo4
LOL I dislike that one too! However, I am so tired of hearing people use “sort of” in strange ways, for instance, “He’s sort of always obnoxious.” You cannot be sort of anything if you are completely that thing!
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posted on
11/07/2008 9:24:32 AM PST
by
brytlea
(You can fool enough of the people enough of the time.)
To: edzo4
“in depth analysis” from the mouths of a 30 second news “reporter”
University educated (like in what?, cinema?)
student athlete
incredible
fabulous
fantastic
wonnnnderrrrful
hot
cool
“my boys”
got your back
partnering
secure investments
blue chip stocks
market jitters
savvy investors
market rebound
over/under
researchers have found
entertainment package
bigwigs
and my all time favorites....
“with yo’ bad self”
“doing my thing”
“don’t preach to me”
“preaching to the choir”
“it’s not you, it’s me”
“I’d rather be (fill in blank)”
Well, I guess the stock market showed how much confidence
“it” have in Obama....down, what 400 points today so far?
I wonder if he would vote for a late term abortion on
his election? Guess the answer is above his pay grade.
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posted on
11/07/2008 9:25:18 AM PST
by
Getready
(Wisdom is more valuable than gold and diamonds, and harder to find.)
To: Dick Bachert
Yup, we are no longer going forward....
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posted on
11/07/2008 9:25:36 AM PST
by
brytlea
(You can fool enough of the people enough of the time.)
To: missycocopuffs
Seriously. I sit next to a guy at the office who cannot say 10 words without including that. I wish I had a nickel for each time I’ve heard that over the past year.
You know what I mean? Geesh!
To: brytlea
I bet you sort of wouldn’t like the phrase “fixin’ to” either, as in “I’m fixin’ to go to the store.” ;-)
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posted on
11/07/2008 9:28:09 AM PST
by
OB1kNOb
(I for one will NOT welcome our new Marxist overlords.)
To: omniscient
"I could care less"
This one drives me absolutely crazy.
To: AnnGora
Regarding the “whole nine yards” —
The saying dates from the World War II and The Korean conflict, where “nine yards” was the length of an aircraft machine-gun ammunition belt loaded into the wings 50 cal., and to “go the full nine yards” was to use it up entirely.
In other words, hit ‘em with everything you’ve got.
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posted on
11/07/2008 9:29:29 AM PST
by
TexasRepublic
(Comrade, can you spare a slice of bread?)
To: edzo4
Number one and huge favorite at FR:
"Jumped the Shark."
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posted on
11/07/2008 9:34:37 AM PST
by
LanaTurnerOverdrive
("I've done a few things in my life I'm not proud of, and the things I am proud of are disgusting.")
To: OB1kNOb
Being from TX I find it perfectly charming! Sort of....
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posted on
11/07/2008 9:35:51 AM PST
by
brytlea
(You can fool enough of the people enough of the time.)
To: edzo4
Speak truth to power.
puke.
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posted on
11/07/2008 9:37:15 AM PST
by
Hoodlum91
(There's a strange odor coming from the White House. Smells like BO.)
To: Frank Sheed
Arsenal are defeating Manchester United, 11-nil.
Don't they score such matches when those clubs play each other with a body count?
Also missing from the list;
Thailand.
Pergola ( only applies to ACC college football when discussing the University of Virginia )
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posted on
11/07/2008 9:38:38 AM PST
by
Hillarys Gate Cult
(The man who said "there's no such thing as a stupid question" has never talked to Helen Thomas.)
To: No.6
Hell...I’ve never been a good speller anyway.
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posted on
11/07/2008 9:39:00 AM PST
by
RC2
To: edzo4
“like”
“you know what I mean?”
“Ya, Ya, Ya”
“Amazing!”
“Fight with me, my friends”
To: edzo4
11 - Amazing
To: edzo4
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posted on
11/07/2008 9:59:13 AM PST
by
stompk
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