Phrases That Make You "Cringe"

[Trivea]

"I don't read." Well, I guess you're fucked at restaurants, aren't you, dumbass? If you don't like to read books, fine. Some people don't (and those people are retarded). That's their prerogative. But unless someone is completely illiterate, EVERYBODY reads.

When people say they don't read it is usually implied that they mean books/magazines/etc.

I don't care what is implied, it's the phrasing of it. It isn't that hard to say "I don't read books." If people say something literal like that, they should be prepared to be taken literally.

 

[Duatha]

This is an internet thing but mine is "there so stupid" i just hate the improper use of the word form.

 

[4173]

1. "My bad." Your bad what?

2. "I'm good." Please define good & evil.

4. "Asshole." A pit for a hoofed mammal of the horse family.

All ignorant & imbecilic statements.

Imo, those are just you being an grammar nazi. Really. Are you pissed off if someone says "im good"? Would you really ask the to define good?

Of course, unless they're making a genuine claim to being particularly virtuous. Fortunately I know only one person who uses the phrase, the rest of my friends are adults & speak accordingly.

Are you annoyed when people use contractions in speech?

My bad - I accept responsibility for the undesirable event we were discussing.

I'm good - I find my general state of being, relating to your query, satisfactory.

Seems like reasonable time saving measures to me.

Not at all, I'm annoyed when people fail to communicate by using the wrong words. 'Bad' & 'good' are both adjectives, as such their purpose is to qualify. To say 'My bad' is as meaningless as saying 'Those heavy' or 'His red', because the possessive determiner ('His') is not the subject of the qualifying adjective.

In this case, they are using "bad" as a pronoun. Yes, that is playing fast and loose with English conventions, but I don't think it impedes communication. Certainly, it is your prerogative to be against this sort of language manipulation.

I flat-out disagree about "I'm good" though.* Good has other meanings beyond the moral meaning, one of which is along the lines of satisfied/satisfactory. Therefor "I'm good" can express satisfaction on a particular topic, or overall.

*Yes, if someone walked up to you out of the blue and said "I'm good" it would not communicate sufficient information, but that's true of all sorts of phrases and words.

 

[sergnb]

"Epic win"

"Epic fail"

"Owned"

"Pwned"

Anything 1337

"That's like, your opinion, man"

"The cake is a lie"

"Atheists are a religion"

"U mad" (this one only when it's used out of context. I know it's a trolling mechanism, so when used properly, it's ok)

"Get a life"

you're instead of your and viceversa

"Bro"

"Imma let you finish"

"Up in this *****"

"Gem"

"Oh, it was pretty horrible, I did really bad" - proceeds to show a 100% score or a perfectly executed masterpiece drawing/sculpture/whatever. tl;dr fake modesty

"I don't know anything about this subject, but here's my opinion"

"I don't want to be racist/a jerk/sexist" - proceeds to be racist/a jerk/sexist

Anything in japanese. "Kawai", "desu", "ugu", and the infamous "~" that they had to google what key was it binded to in order to type it. Damn weeaboos

Emoticons. ALMOST ALL OF THEM. "xD", "<3", "T.T", etc. The only acceptable ones are "", "", ":|", and maybe "^.^" if not too overused.

And a lot lot more than I can't remember now...

 

[Conn1496]

"Where I come from, we..." Makes me want to punch people, and scream "WELL YOU'RE HERE NOW, *****!" in people's faces. But I act more civil and just tell them to feck off instead.

 

[TheYellowCellPhone]

Because I said so.
This takes the price. This sentence makes me want to take something hard and introduce it to the speakers head.

No, not because you said so. I require a reason for why you are saying what you are saying or wanting me to do something you want me to do.

It's not as bad as using "because". Just saying "because" drives me insane.

 

[Bubba Doongai]

"It's the exception that proves the rule."

The existence of an exception is evidence against there being a rule.

A lot of these phrases that people complain about like "I could care less" yeah you know they mean the opposite of that. But in this they mean what they say and what they say makes no logical sense.

I'm pretty sure that phrase actually started as "The exception that tests the rule." Prove was supposed to mean test but people took it to mean that it verifies the rule. Unfortunately, some people will just spout sayings without even thinking about the logical sense beforehand.

 

[Jenitals]

Etc.

How do you feel about the term "bro"? Not just in the "you mad, bro?" troll comment, but just in general? For example, when a friend calls you bro.

It doesn't irritate me in the least, much like 'ma' is abbreviated for mama & 'pa' for papa (though there's a strong etymological argument that they are also abbreviated forms of mater & pater). 'Bro.' is also an accepted written abbreviation for some members of religious orders in the same way that 'Dr.' abbreviates doctor.

Personally, I don't like the term "bro". I always think of drunk ignorant frat boys. Even when friends call me "bro", I always think of drunk ignorant frat boys. I could probably add it to my list of phrases that make me cringe.

Me and my mate call each other bros and we're definitely not drunk neither are we "frat" (what is that?) and we are most definiteley not male. It's just a less traditional or, for lack of a better word, cheesy way for saying we're best friends.

 

[zehydra]

Seek and ye shall find

If i'm looking for something and i ask someone if they know where it is and they say that, it really bugs me. if they don't know, they could just so 'no'. When I do find it and they get all smug going 'see, i told you you'd find it if you looked' it just annoys me more.

That's a quote from the New Testament (from the Bible)

 

[zehydra]

"Epic win"

"Epic fail"

"Owned"

"Pwned"

Anything 1337

"That's like, your opinion, man"

"The cake is a lie"

"Atheists are a religion"

"U mad" (this one only when it's used out of context. I know it's a trolling mechanism, so when used properly, it's ok)

"Get a life"

you're instead of your and viceversa

"Bro"

"Imma let you finish"

"Up in this *****"

"Gem"

"Oh, it was pretty horrible, I did really bad" - proceeds to show a 100% score or a perfectly executed masterpiece drawing/sculpture/whatever. tl;dr fake modesty

"I don't know anything about this subject, but here's my opinion"

"I don't want to be racist/a jerk/sexist" - proceeds to be racist/a jerk/sexist

Anything in japanese. "Kawai", "desu", "ugu", and the infamous "~" that they had to google what key was it binded to in order to type it. Damn weeaboos

Emoticons. ALMOST ALL OF THEM. "xD", "<3", "T.T", etc. The only acceptable ones are "", "", ":|", and maybe "^.^" if not too overused.

And a lot lot more than I can't remember now...

You must not spend much time on the internet if it bothers you that much.

 

[Con Carne]

Lately, it has been anything movie bob says with his boston accent. Ugh.
OT: "I trust my (bf or gf) I just don't trust the person they are hanging out with."

 

[the.gill123]

Not really a phrase, but when people say 'Brilliant' like Will fron The Inbetweeners, it makes me so cross, don't really know why, but it just does.

 

[Kinkaido]

One that's common among kids at my school: "I seen that."
No! You SAW that or HAVE SEEN it! Learn grammar, please!

And I'm chiming in with the "I could care less." haters. Is adding the n't really so hard?

 

[Nathan Crumpler]

"come on, you can tell me." You are correct. I have the ability to give you the personal information you have requested, but I do not have to and I do not want to. You are going to have to explain to me why you want this information before I will give it to you.

 

[catalyst8]

Interesting for me you have to replace /arsehole with /asshole?region=us

That would explain it. Mine's set to English. So tell me then, what do you say when you mean 'ass' as a small hoofed equine e.g. the Biblical reference 'The ass saw the angel'?

Donkey, in the US they are the same, ass is just very uncommonly used. Generally by kids trying to be "clever" and get away with swearing

So 'ass' means both donkey & arse? Interesting since 'donkey' is a relatively new 18th century addition to the English language. I'd be curious to know when the US dialect dropped the r, presumably after the 18th century. I suspect it's a pronunciation-driven alteration, since some British & Irish dialects don't pronounce the r, though all always write it with an r. Something which also usually amuses the British is the US use of 'fanny' to mean arse, when over here it means vagina. Another good one's 'spunk'. Telling someone they're "Full of spunk" might get you punched, since here spunk means semen.

In this case, they are using "bad" as a pronoun. Yes, that is playing fast and loose with English conventions, but I don't think it impedes communication. Certainly, it is your prerogative to be against this sort of language manipulation.

I flat-out disagree about "I'm good" though.* Good has other meanings beyond the moral meaning, one of which is along the lines of satisfied/satisfactory. Therefor "I'm good" can express satisfaction on a particular topic, or overall.

*Yes, if someone walked up to you out of the blue and said "I'm good" it would not communicate sufficient information, but that's true of all sorts of phrases and words.

If someone's in such a vital hurry to use as few words as possible then 'My bad' can be easily corrected to 'My fault'. Surely the deliberate use of incorrect terminology & form is, to say the least, very foolish & also counter-productive. This also works with 'good' to describe one's health, since 'well' has a specific definition meaning something that is in a good or satisfactory way. You asked me initially whether I dislike contractions, but these aren't contractions they're omissions.

4. "Asshole." A pit for a hoofed mammal of the horse family.

All ignorant & imbecilic statements.

Kind of elitist don't you think?

I don't think I'm claiming to be superior when the idea of a pit for small horselike animals seems stupid to me. Nor do I think the incorrect omission of nouns is anything other than lacking in awareness. Can you explain why you imply otherwise, please?

 

[Frostbyte666]

Have to agree with the OP on losing an item and having a response of where did you last leave it?
Want to scream at them if I knew that it wouldn't be lost now, would it?

Also thought of another when someone wants something you have and asks do you mind? I always have to pause and think if I say yes will they take it as yes I do mind or yes you can have it. Or if I say no it would be no you can't have it or no I don't mind.

 

[PureChaos]

Seek and ye shall find

If i'm looking for something and i ask someone if they know where it is and they say that, it really bugs me. if they don't know, they could just so 'no'. When I do find it and they get all smug going 'see, i told you you'd find it if you looked' it just annoys me more.

That's a quote from the New Testament (from the Bible)

doesn't make it less annoying

 

[Alaster Angelo]

"I love you."

Don't get me wrong, it's perfectly fine when people say this in real life. But when I'm reading a book, watching a movie, etc. and the love interest finally expresses his/her feelings with a sincere "I love you" it just makes me slap my forehead for some reason. Even if the acting is great or the time is right, I just can't stand it. It just seems so... corny.

 

[blank0000]

"Am I the only one that (blank blank blank) ..."No...no your not.

 

[Enserric]

"No homo," cuz it always really is.