Annoying Phrases

[thunderlizard]

People who say "Can I get...?" when asking for something.

Yes, that.

And I was like"..."

[original PM]

so I was like in a queue trying to get a coffee, feeling good - not a problem apparently according to the barista could of fooled me the lady behind looked like she was about to have a fit

To be fair though it was her time of the month....

[GreenLabel]

'to be fair'

Yep. Hate it.

[thunderlizard]

At the end of the day...

(yes, I know I've posted this before)

[Spacecadet]

"Basically....."

[MaryPoppins]

People who have stock words to fill in gaps in their sentences. These people are lazy. These people use 'to be fair' and 'at the end of the day' and 'basically'.

The guy next to me uses the word 'basically' in every sentence he utters. He also has a strong, nasal brummie accent so it comes out 'baaaaasically, roit....'

[MaryPoppins]

"Basically....."

spooky

[TestMangler]

Being in Yorkshire, I'm finding the use of phrases like "by 'eck", "eee buy gooom" and "ecky thump" to be a trifle annoying.

In fact, it's beginning to leverage on my synergies a bit

[thunderlizard]

If a line in a song ends with the word "night", the next line has a 75% chance of being "until the morning light". That's annoying.

[OwlHoot]

When I ask my kids how they are, they invariably say "I'm good". I find that really annoying, because I'm enquiring after their health, not their level of behaviour.

Anyone else find that annoying?

Never noticed it before, but I will find it annoying next time someone says it!