Phrases That Make You "Cringe"

[Brightzide]

Any white man who uses the 'N' word in any way, shape or form...I just want to strangle them. And any twat who dare start a conversation with me by yelling ''Yahhh yo!'' will not be answered with an intelligent response, just a flurry of fists aimed directly at his FACE!

 

[catalyst8]

[...]Nobody calls donkeys asses anymore unless they're trying to be funny.

And calling them ignorant and imbecilic kinds of implies you are superior to them.

On the contrary, 'ass' only refers to an arse in the American dialect of English, not in others like India, Australia, & so on. I remember that some Canadians say 'arse' & not 'ass', but then of course Canada is also in America so perhaps it should be a surprise that anyone there ever uses 'arse'.

I said that they're ignorant & imbecilic abuses of English using the literal meanings, which you'll find are perfectly appropriate.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idiom
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_bad

just clarifying something. though i understand why you would not like the phrase's.

Ot: i throw my thoughts in with the rest of them who are saying the "could of" argument. i hate that online

I agree that they're idiomatic but that doesn't validate them. If I address someone "A'ight, bitches!" that's actually a better, more fluent use of language than 'My bad' because the structure at least makes sense.

Just watch this. Stephen Fry will teach you.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7E-aoXLZGY

The esteemed Mr. Fry is only expressing his opinion. Incidentally I despise Wilde almost as much as I detest Restoration Comedy, but to address Fry's point:
I take no issue with inventions which enrich the language, but I most certainly challenge those which denude its potency. Language is the greatest invention of our species, & to strive for its inferiority is an absolute crime - an unbearable shame of such utter stupidity it genuinely saddens me.

 

[Demonicdan]

Either "Animals are people too" or "God moves in mysterious ways."

 

[Aura Guardian]

Does "Fail, Win, Epic Fail/Win, Made of Fail/Win, You sir are a Fail" count?

But, of course they do. As long as they count to you, they count in this thread.

Sorry, I'm commenting a lot in my own thread. I just got back from the store, and I'm happy to see it is doing so well.

Good. Because I fucking hate them. So much. They are on the same level as emoticons.

 

[DEATHROAD]

1. "My bad." Your bad what?

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

3. "I could care less." Then you care.

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

All ignorant & imbecilic statements.

First two i fail to see the issue in the right situation, "How are you?" "Im Good" - Fine, "Would you like a drink?" "Nah, Im good" is also fine, as your basicly saying "nah, Im good as i am" but you dont need the end as its implied, My bad i can sort of see your issue with but its a saying that does make sense in the right context, but i suppose this thread is about personal opinion so i cant really complain, totally agree with you on the 3rd one though, god that annoys the hell out of me

OT: Whenever someone asks me "Whats wrong" when ive not said anything for the past minute or two, or more to the point, People who ask whats wrong when they damn well know exactly whats wrong.

 

[TheDoctor455]

"That's what she said."

Were these jokes EVER funny?
I'm having a hard time believing it. (shut up)

And also... well... technically just one word, but still... "Duuude."

I hate how people think they can use that one stupid word to replace an entire sentence for a variety of contexts.

 

[omega 616]

"My man" it just sounds awful and I bet a woman would throw a fucking fit if you said "shes my woman". It's very possessive.

It is always said in sitcoms and films just before a black woman has a fight, about the same time she is taking her ear rings off. It's a little racist if you ask me!

"I could care less", so you care a bit then?

Anything about constitutions or amendments, these usually come from Americans (I have honestly never heard any other nationality say these words). They always seem to be talking about them, especially in arguments. Like they have to fill a monthly quota or something.

 

[Charles McGuffin]

I hate it, when someone says, something is "overrated".

Because often people only say it, because many people like, what this one person dislikes.

The other times, that "something" is actually bad. But you should simply point out, what's so bad about it and not just use "overrated".

 

[there is no spoon]

I'll agree with Haplon. "It is just a Theory" has got to be the stupidest thing someone can say when talking about a scientific theory. And only proves the ignorance of the person saying it.

In My opinion people use said phase when someone gets up on their high horse about things like macro evolution. They pass it off as fact. Theory and fact are not the same thing.

 

[Amplify]

Absolutely any time that a news headline tries to use the word "blasted" in it, with the possible exception of "miners blasted a rock face with dynamite earlier today" or thereabouts.

If it is to me in person though, the number #1 guaranteed way to make me angry is to say to me "calm down", which regardless of my composure state will roughly translate to "RAGE BAR TO THE MAX". I'm a pretty relaxed guy, it's one of only two berserk buttons [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BerserkButton] that I have.

 

[emeraldrafael]

Excuses are the nails that build our houses of failure.

No, shitty contractors and bad carpentry build houses of failures. you're just being a dick and wont give the slightest leiway.

Well I showed him. I had a paper due that I missed because the guy was an ass and said that my personal problems at the time (my gf dying) had no base on my school work, and I would not get a time extension.


Then his mom died, and he said he'd be taking off work. So I stood up and said that his personal problems at the time have no base on my education, I expect you here to teach me, cause thats what my mothers taxes pay you to do.

Oh yeah, we didnt like each other, never had.

 

[Bluntman1138]

I'll agree with Haplon. "It is just a Theory" has got to be the stupidest thing someone can say when talking about a scientific theory. And only proves the ignorance of the person saying it.

In My opinion people use said phase when someone gets up on their high horse about things like macro evolution. They pass it off as fact. Theory and fact are not the same thing.

That is where you are wrong. Scientific theory is pretty much fact. I dont hear anyone saying the Earth going around the Sun, or Gravity isnt fact. In Science, once something is called a "theory" it has been proven, it is fact, and the majority of scientists agree that it is a fact.

One thing i dont like is the phrases of "macro and micro" evolution. It is all evolution, it is all fact. Someone saying they believe in Micro evolution, but not macro evolution, is basically saying they believe in inches, but they dont believe in feet.

 

[Nouw]

I'm not a sexist/racist/homophobic but... -sexist/racist/homophobic statement here-

In this case, the 'but' nullifies whatever you said before.

 

[Alexander Hamer]

"I could care less." Glad to hear it, it's good to know you care.

"For God sakes." 'Sakes' isn't even recognized by my spell-check, and I would assume probably not yours either.

"Your vs. you're." I think we can all agree.

"Its and it's." Tons of people miss this. 'Its' is possessive. 'It's' means 'it is'.

"There, their and they're." Don't even get me started...

"Libary." Jesus...

"Ec setera." Et, people. It's 'et'.

"Sherbert." The worst of the bunch. It's spelled "sherbet" because there is only one R. Some of you will contest this because some dictionaries made in the past 5 years added 'sherbert'. You know what else they added? 'Bootylicious', 'Ain't' and 'Doh!'. You know why? To shut up morons who struggle trying to find words in a dictionary. Hint: it's alphabetical, figure it out.

 

[team star pug]

U Mad. I hate this phrase so much. Its just so annoying to hear heck even to say.

U mad bro?

OT: I could care less, Remember the n't.

 

[JoesshittyOs]

Similar to yours, "I don't want an excuse" or things along that line (can't remember what the actual phrase is).

What if my parents just died? That'd be a good reason why I'm late, don't ya think?

 

[JoesshittyOs]

"I could care less." Glad to hear it, it's good to know you care.

"For God sakes." 'Sakes' isn't even recognized by my spell-check, and I would assume probably not yours either.

"Your vs. you're." I think we can all agree.

"Its and it's." Tons of people miss this. 'Its' is possessive. 'It's' means 'it is'.

"There, their and they're." Don't even get me started...

"Libary." Jesus...

"Ec setera." Et, people. It's 'et'.

"Sherbert." The worst of the bunch. It's spelled "sherbet" because there is only one R. Some of you will contest this because some dictionaries made in the past 5 years added 'sherbert'. You know what else they added? 'Bootylicious', 'Ain't' and 'Doh!'. You know why? To shut up morons who struggle trying to find words in a dictionary. Hint: it's alphabetical, figure it out.

Half of these are just grammar mistakes, not phrases.

 

[Alexander Hamer]

"I could care less." Glad to hear it, it's good to know you care.

"For God sakes." 'Sakes' isn't even recognized by my spell-check, and I would assume probably not yours either.

"Your vs. you're." I think we can all agree.

"Its and it's." Tons of people miss this. 'Its' is possessive. 'It's' means 'it is'.

"There, their and they're." Don't even get me started...

"Libary." Jesus...

"Ec setera." Et, people. It's 'et'.

"Sherbert." The worst of the bunch. It's spelled "sherbet" because there is only one R. Some of you will contest this because some dictionaries made in the past 5 years added 'sherbert'. You know what else they added? 'Bootylicious', 'Ain't' and 'Doh!'. You know why? To shut up morons who struggle trying to find words in a dictionary. Hint: it's alphabetical, figure it out.

Half of these are just grammar mistakes, not phrases.

Thereby creating an insurmountable litany of possible phrases which would make me cringe myself stupid. Think of all the possible sentences theses could be used in! It's impossible to list them all.

 

[CrashBang]

I have a friend who, after every statement she makes, says "I'm not gonna lie". How fucking redundant and stupid is that? It makes me facepalm every time... and I think she's started to notice.

EDIT: I have another friend who's really stupid and, when he texts, says "could of" or "should of". Really? I mean REALLY?! No! I've corrected him a thousand times but he's either too dumb or too annoying to stop it. Sigh.

 

[Dorian6]

"douse" "could of" "guestimate" and "dollop" make my asshole clench