22 Common Phrases We All Secretly Hate

[Goober]

Reallocation of / Redistributing our resources.
Translation- Laid off employees are being sent to EI.

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

Moving forward - Nah we would all rather retreat to the cave-

That's not bad. Nowadays they say "on a going-forward basis."

 

[Goober]

That's not bad. Nowadays they say "on a going-forward basis."

Either one, the speaker should wipe their mouth with toilet paper.

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

Either one, the speaker should wipe their mouth with toilet paper.

I was thinking lye.

 

[Goober]

I was thinking lye.

Or use a bidet???

 

[QuebecCanadian]

"No offence but...."


Whatever comes after that phrase is meant to offend.

 

[Goober]

"No offence but...."


Whatever comes after that phrase is meant to offend.

How so

 

[lone wolf]

"This is going to put us on the map...."

I'm sure I can pull out any of a number of fifties and sixties gas station road maps and you're already there.

 

[Sal]

"No offence but...."


Whatever comes after that phrase is meant to offend.

I agree

my pet peeve is: "sorry but"

no they aren't

 

[Tecumsehsbones]

I agree

my pet peeve is: "sorry but"

no they aren't

Or just "but." I had a professor who said "The use of the word 'but' in a sentence negates everything said before the 'but'."

 

[lone wolf]

What if someone says I'm gonna kick your butt? Are you going to waste time in asking him/her to tea?

 

[Sal]

Or just "but." I had a professor who said "The use of the word 'but' in a sentence negates everything said before the 'but'."

I love you but...

that always meant big big trouble... I agree that a but is a cancellation, I actually consciously try not to use it in that manner.

What if someone says I'm gonna kick your butt? Are you going to waste time in asking him/her to tea?

depends on their level of kink...:tongue3: :toothy4:

 

[QuebecCanadian]

How so

Anything after "but" negates what comes before. Much like "I'm sorry, but....."


but = except
except ... = something excluded from the original intent

 

[Locutus]

'outside the box'

 

[BaalsTears]

"The check's in the mail."

 

[JLM]

'outside the box'

Yeah, that one's a little hackneyed!

 

[Cliffy]

'outside the box'

How can someone think outside the box they are in? I say, get the hell out of the box. Why would anybody want to be in a box anyway?

like... every second friggin' word... drive me nuts.

 

[JLM]

How can someone think outside the box they are in? I say, get the hell out of the box. Why would anybody want to be in a box anyway?

like... every second friggin' word... drive me nuts.

Yeah, mindless sh*t when you really think about it.

 

[talloola]

i'm not at all against hunting, so lets get that settled right now, BUT when i hear them chit chat on

the hunting shows about 'harvesting' animals, it sounds ridiculous, they are killing the animals,

because they hunted them, can't we just realize that, who are they fooling.

 

[Dexter Sinister]

Standard spin doctoring: any activity that some people strenuously object to gets called something other than what it is.