Phrases That Make You "Cringe"

[New York Patrick]

You know what's awesome! When people quote Machiavelli wrong in my politics class, stating that he believed "that the ends justify the means..." to try and prove he was a dick... completely ignoring that his original statement was more along the lines of "if you do something, the ends MUST justify the means, blah blah etc."

You know what's even better! When the GORRAM curriculum does it!

Also, being both a big history and politics buff, having grown up in the US, and someone who is mildly completely obsessive compulsive in certain areas, it bugs the hell out of me when people make jokes associating the Republican Party with Slavery (I'm fucking looking at you, Jon Stewart...) And occasionally, when speaking to the less historically or politically informed, and especially living outside of the US, I have the displeasure of hearing more than jokes, but blatantly misinformed and insulting vocal slander.

This has nothing to do with my current political affiliations or pride...

It just annoys me because the modern U.S. Republican Party was STARTED BY FUCKING ABOLITIONISTS IN 1854... IN THE NORTH... AND THE FIRST REPUBLICAN PRESIDENT WAS LINCOLN!

I'm bringing all of this up because two days ago, someone managed to do BOTH within 15 minutes of class.

 

[itsausernamewhatofit]

"Could care less" and "For all intensive purposes" are maddening.
Couldn't care less and For all intents and purposes.

 

[OrokuSaki]

Oh the list of things I have (Which can generally be boiled down to ALL of ebonics.) But lately I've taken to getting more annoyed at how people's accents (My girlfriend's southern accent in particular) ruin words.

For instance: Window seal. ......it's a window "sill" seals do tricks for fish. Her Ant says she has to watch her cousin. Get a magnifying glass and burn her, that will shut her up.

But more than all of these, I hate being called "son" by every person mid-sentence. "Yo son I was walkin' down the street son and..." yeah, and no, it's not racist, white kids do it to, and I want them to die just as painfully.

 

[scorptatious]

When people use the term "lowest common denominator" to describe people who enjoy something they think is too mainstream or simple for them.

To me, this phrase comes off as incredibly pretentious and snobbish. Not to mention it's basically calling anyone who happens to enjoy something you don't stupid. It really gets under my skin for some reason.

 

[Ninjat_126]

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.

This, as well as anything else logic-ignoring. "Because", "no u", "lalalalalalala", "shut up" and blatantly ignoring facts.

Although this is less "cringe" and more "attempt to avoid horribly killing the individual making these statements".

 

[there is no spoon]

Scientific theory or is defined as "A hypothesis that has been substantiated either by observation, or a repeatable test." The wording my change from one text book/website to another but is says roughly the same thing. Now having said that, we can't test evolution in complicated organisms such as modern mammals, reptiles, birds..etc

You forgot one major point. The peer review process. The evolutionary theory has been through this process. It is accepted, it is considered scientific "law". Until something can come up and disprove it (which at this point, with the evidence evolution has, is improbable)

And you are wrong on one other point, and this shows where your research is not up to snuff. We HAVE witnessed evolution in complex organisms. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/04/080417112433.htm

You consider reptiles to be "complicated" enough, that seeing this evolution should be enough to counter your argument that we havent "seen" evolution in a complicated organism. It can take decades to centuries for evolution to be witnessed, and quite frankly, we have only been trying to "witness" evolution for 40-50 years. And we have seen it already, in an organism that just produces more generations than others.

It could take thousands of more years for us to witness evolution in most mammals, besides domesticated animals which is just forced evolution. But that doesn't mean evolution is not real, or not happening.

Note: When I say fact in a scientific sense, I mean scientific law. Evolution is a scientific fact, it is a theory that has undergone the peer review process, has a mountain of evidence for and none against (except religious). It is the best possible explanation of the evidence that has been brought forth.

The only problem with theories that stand with no evidence and have only peer review to go on is that even a large amount of well educated scientist can be wrong. Reverse the clock a couple hundred years and the scientific agreement was the earth was flat. They had no evidence but it made sense to them so thats just the way it was. However, the article you enclosed was very interesting and I wasn't aware any such study took place and I thank you for bringing it to my attention. I clearly need to set some time aside and browse the internet for similar experiments.

 

[TroubleMaker411]

Oh, here's so many to choose from:
"LOL" I hate the abbreviation as it is, but people that actually SAY "lol" just make me want to kerbstomp them!
And by extension, pretty much anything from the same family. "ROFL" is not a fucking word. You wanna laugh, just fucking laugh. you ain't got to say "LOL" "ROFL" or "PMSL" unless you are talking over MSN messenger.
and you're 12.

I believe the term you are searching for is "curb-stomp."
But let's move onto something to something a little more on topic; I have learned to accept the grammatical and spelling errors of others on the internet, because it just means we have different values. I am not a better or more righteous person just because I know how to spell something they don't, I just care about it more than them, and that's fine.

Actually, KERB is a widely accepted alternative spelling of the word CURB
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/kerb

And you will have to excuse the fact that I was typing fast and missed the fucking space key.

Please do not take digs at me pretending to be the bigger man for ignoring it and being polite about it. It doesn't make you better, it actually makes you look like a self-righteous twat.

"for the lulz"

Saying that nullifies intended "lulz" for me.

THIS!
I actually work with people that say this
(and LEGIT!, I fucking hate that)
I'm looking forward to the lectures on language that my kids will be taking. Coming home saying "Dad, did you know that we used to use apostrophes" "really?" I'll say, "No shit"

George Carlin must be spinning in his grave

 

[Callate]

When I first encountered it (I've mellowed on it a bit since then), "hella". What? Seriously? "hell of a" was just one syllable too many to deal with?

 

[kjrubberducky]

"It's scientific fact."

Usually used when someone thinks that, because IT'S SCIENCE!!!!, it suddenly becomes a universal, unquestionable truth.

"It's just a theory."

Used by people who don't understand that SCIENTIFIC theories have overwhelming evidence in their favor; they aren't just a bunch of best guesses and suppositions.

 

[MorganL4]

I hate misuse of the word "like"...... The sad thing is that as a result of attending junior high ( no I'm not in junior high I'm a college student)I have started to misuse it myself....... When I do I cringe.

I remember during my junior year of high school in my English class we were having a class discussion on the Merchant of Venice; and this girl got up to talk, she must have said "like" over 60 times (thats not an exaggeration I counted after I realized I couldn't tell what she was saying due to all the "likes".) I reached the 40's before she was done.

in regards to the previous post

should've is a actual word in the dictionary..... is a contraction but it is still there.

 

[floppylobster]

Most stock phrases sound unoriginal and really 'grind my gears' *shudder*. As for the Internet, I really cringe when I see "*Facepalm*" and "Wow, just wow" 'added' to a discussion.

 

[Hugga_Bear]

The only problem with theories that stand with no evidence and have only peer review to go on is that even a large amount of well educated scientist can be wrong. Reverse the clock a couple hundred years and the scientific agreement was the earth was flat. They had no evidence but it made sense to them so thats just the way it was. However, the article you enclosed was very interesting and I wasn't aware any such study took place and I thank you for bringing it to my attention. I clearly need to set some time aside and browse the internet for similar experiments.

No they didn't. We've known the world was round for a VERY long time, the idea that we thought it was flat is actually a cross between a historical fallacy and a strawman argument that has entered into the common psyche. The former has likely had the bigger impact, the latter coming mostly from people who are arguing that scientific progress is not always true.

I'm not saying you're using it in the wrong way, we HAVE had 'knowledge' that has turned out to be wrong though thankfully nothing since the scientific process was established (that isn't bastardisation of the science, like the 'autism link'). Just not that one, we've known the world was round for a very long time.

Misuse of the word irony kinda gets to me, something which is bad, unfortunate or unlikely is not ironic, irony has a very specific definition but not a difficult one, it always surprises me that so many people misuse it.

Oh and people saying things like l.o.l. out loud, it shouldn't really bother me that much since the sentiment is obvious and not necessarily bad but...in human interaction we can actually laugh, or smile, or have a shocked face (omg) and so on. I think that's why they bother me...

 

[Quid Plura]

1. Americans who use the word "like" between almost every word they say.
2. Soccertalk, pretentious babbling about the sport. Worthy of mention is Johan Cruyff, who, at 64, still hasn't mastered the most basic Dutch grammar.
3. It's not my thing, or "I'm doing my thing"

 

[ilikepie59]

1. Literally (when used wrong)
2. I could care less

If you say either of these, I could care less if you just died. I literally die when I hear them.

 

[Blunderboy]

Being from Essex, anything from this atrocious show called The Only Way Is Essex.

Just, no.

hey im from essex to

and yeah i hate that show, my sister bought the fucking DVD of it -__________-

Oh dear.
Does she know she's letting her county down?

Also, this site has made me cringe at the phrase. "Am I the only one?"

 

[hotacidbath]

It's not a saying, more of a common mistake that people make. It drives me nuts when people mix up poisonous and venomous. As a zookeeper I run into this a lot and I always cringe a little inside when someone asks if a snake or spider is poisonous. A basic break-down of the difference is if you eat something and it kills you, it's poisonous. If it bites you and kills you, it's venomous. It's a small thing to get annoyed about, but I can't help it. I also get frustrated when people say "I could care less." I think what you mean is "I couldn't care less."

 

[Insideout Ink Demon]

All thread titles that start "so I just..." etc
really gets my back up

 

[NathLines]

Dieing...

Say it and I shall kill you where you stand.

 

[Yosato]

Might not be a phrase, but when people change things in text form to make the word the exact same length or longer irritates the fuck out of me - words like 'boi' or 'phat'.

I'm sure my best friend does this on purpose now because he knows it really annoys me. He always uses the word 'am' in the context: "Am on my way up." or "Am going in town tonight."

IT'S I'M YOU STUPID FUCK! I don't even really give a shit about the apostrophe when you're texting me but at least get the spelling right!

 

[The Arctic Nun]

Anything that comes out of Jersey Shore, really.