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TopGun

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Oxford University's top [sic] ten most irritating phrases:

 

1 - At the end of the day

 

2 - Fairly unique

 

3 - I personally

 

4 - At this moment in time

 

5 - With all due respect

 

6 - Absolutely

 

7 - It's a nightmare

 

8 - Shouldn't of

 

9 - 24/7

 

10 - It's not rocket science

 

Daily Telegraph top ten list:

 

1 Literally

 

2 A safe pair of hands

 

3 I'm gutted

 

4 Basically

 

5 Going forward

 

6 Upcoming

 

7 Shouldn't of

 

8 Up until

 

9 Neither here not there

 

10 On a daily basis

 

I'll go with "at the end of the day"!

norwaysaint

norwaysaint

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I'm not being funny but ......

 

..turn around and say.....

 

I'm sorry you think that (apologising but making it their fault in the same sentence)

 

very true

 

I'm in shock about it. (No, you're just shocked, going into shock is a different thing)

 

I, myself...

Guest Dark Sotonic Mills

Guest Dark Sotonic Mills

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Can I get...

Robsk II

Robsk II

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"Where to?" in cases where that is simply inaccurate, eg:

 

 

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"I saw some people have a fight last night"

 

"Where to?"

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Lazy ****ing stupid Southampton chav speak idiots.

 

Also, many of the ones mentioned are in fact words, not phrases.

Weston Super Saint

Weston Super Saint

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"Where to?" in cases where that is simply inaccurate, eg:

 

 

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"I saw some people have a fight last night"

 

"Where to?"

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Lazy ****ing stupid Southampton chav speak idiots.

 

Also, many of the ones mentioned are in fact words, not phrases.

 

I think this originated from the numpties in Bristol and South Wales, eg : "Where's it [the clothes shop] to?"

Robsk II

Robsk II

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I think this originated from the numpties in Bristol and South Wales, eg : "Where's it [the clothes shop] to?"

 

I'm not sure, but I've spent time around those places and I've heard it in and around the ****ty estates of this glorious city more than anywhere else by far.

 

Either way, it's f*cking stupid.

OldNick

OldNick

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Yes. Very little is 'to die for', least of all bits of cake etc.
its a nonsense phrase. I hae a woman who works for me and she has stopped using the expression after she said 'oh thats to die for' some ridiculous thing it was, and so I said 'ok you can have it, now where's my gun'
Jillyanne

Jillyanne

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My late Nan used to have a phrase I never understood and still don't:

 

If I would ask her where something was, like "Nan have you seen my bucket and spade" (yes I was 9 and stayed with her in Shanklin often) her reply would be "yes Jill, up in Nanny's room behind the clock"

 

Wtf is that all about.

 

Also, whenever anyone asked for a knife her reply would be - "why, do you want to cut up a side street"

 

Odd, she had more.

miserableoldgit

miserableoldgit

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I`ll go with 8 & 7. The use of "of" instead of "have". Annoys me intensely.

On the subject of grandmothers phrases, mine, when asked what was for dinner/tea, used to say "Wommle" (wommall??). Don`t have a clue what that meant!

bridge too far

bridge too far

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My late Nan used to have a phrase I never understood and still don't:

 

If I would ask her where something was, like "Nan have you seen my bucket and spade" (yes I was 9 and stayed with her in Shanklin often) her reply would be "yes Jill, up in Nanny's room behind the clock"

 

Wtf is that all about.

 

Also, whenever anyone asked for a knife her reply would be - "why, do you want to cut up a side street"

 

Odd, she had more.

 

My grandmother used to say 'in Minnie's room behind the clock'! This used to puzzle me as I didn't know anyone called Minnie.

 

Also, if something astonished her, she'd say 'well I go to see in a rowing boat' :confused:

 

And if I asked her what was for tea, she'd say 'pigs eyelashes and glue' lol.

 

One of my pet hates is 'have a dialogue with'. Why not just say 'talk to'?

Jillyanne

Jillyanne

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My grandmother used to say 'in Minnie's room behind the clock'! This used to puzzle me as I didn't know anyone called Minnie.

 

Also, if something astonished her, she'd say 'well I go to see in a rowing boat' :confused:

 

And if I asked her what was for tea, she'd say 'pigs eyelashes and glue' lol.

 

One of my pet hates is 'have a dialogue with'. Why not just say 'talk to'?

 

How strange - her other one was, whilst we were watching tennis, she would say "you know what tennis is Jill...................... a racket"

St Landrew

St Landrew

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Whenever racing drivers and motorcycle racers are being interviewed, I can feel my head tighten as I'm waiting for the first utterance of a... for sure... or fo'sure as they all like to say it.

One never has to wait long. Please someone tell them that it's alright to say of course occasionally, or even a simple yes..! Who ever started saying for sure anyway..?

Thedelldays

Thedelldays

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I HATE this trend that that stupid bint Jo Whiley has started: Everything on her show is "Spine-tingling" or "Sent shivers down her spine" etc

she is the worst of them all..with edith bowman close behind...EVERYTHING they talk about was "amazing" and "spine tingling"...

 

do they actually have an opinion????

Guest Dark Sotonic Mills

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My grandmother used to say 'in Minnie's room behind the clock'! This used to puzzle me as I didn't know anyone called Minnie.

 

Also, if something astonished her, she'd say 'well I go to see in a rowing boat' :confused:

 

And if I asked her what was for tea, she'd say 'pigs eyelashes and glue' lol.

 

One of my pet hates is 'have a dialogue with'. Why not just say 'talk to'?

 

My nan used exactly the same phrase, how odd...:rolleyes:

Mr saint

Mr saint

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My late Nan used to have a phrase I never understood and still don't:

 

If I would ask her where something was, like "Nan have you seen my bucket and spade" (yes I was 9 and stayed with her in Shanklin often) her reply would be "yes Jill, up in Nanny's room behind the clock"

 

Wtf is that all about.

 

Also, whenever anyone asked for a knife her reply would be - "why, do you want to cut up a side street"

 

Odd, she had more.

 

That's not so much a phrase, as an answer to your question. Did you ever even look behind the clock? I doubt it.

Badger

Badger

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"..give it 110%.."( or 150%, or as a dickhead on X-Factor trotted out the other week one million% !!).

 

Its surprising and disappointing though how such a 'football cliche' has become accepted in wider and even academic circles.At a parents evening a few years ago I was told by my son's teacher how he always "gave 110%".Christ,is she teaching him English ?I remember thinking - but holding back - the retort "well, lets see how he performs after half term;I'm sure he'll come back even stronger in the second half.."

SNSUN

SNSUN

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I have a personal tendency to using "no worries" a hell of a lot at work, which someone pointed out is an Australianism.

 

I am also guilty of using "frankly", "at the end of the day" and "Basically".

 

Stone me.

Jillyanne

Jillyanne

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That's not so much a phrase, as an answer to your question. Did you ever even look behind the clock? I doubt it.

 

There was no clock in her room, I checked several times. Bloody lying grannies.

Badger

Badger

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Not used so often now perhaps,but a few years ago people used to constantly say "thats right" when something was being explained or told to them.

 

There was one particularly annoying bint in Gloucester who surpassed all allowance for f^cking stupidity,and would ask a question and during the answer or reply would throw out a "thats right" in the middle of it.This lead to the obvious question, "well, if you know that to be right,why did you ask the bastard question in the first place ?".

benjii

benjii

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Reality TV... 'it's been a fantastic journey...'

 

TV Presenters....'Give it up for....'

 

Everybody .....'to be honest....'

 

 

I agree. Anyone who uses "journey" inappropriately is a knob.

 

To be fair.

stthrobber

stthrobber

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I`ll go with 8 & 7. The use of "of" instead of "have". Annoys me intensely.

On the subject of grandmothers phrases, mine, when asked what was for dinner/tea, used to say "Wommle" (wommall??). Don`t have a clue what that meant!

 

I also hate "of" instead of "have" and I hate "your" instead of "you're" ie, "your a liar"

Arizona

Arizona

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Shout outs on Radio 1 annoy me. Completely meaningless phrase.

 

"A big shout out to Dave in Coventry"

 

How many f*cking Daves are there in Coventry.

stthrobber

stthrobber

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I think this originated from the numpties in Bristol and South Wales, eg : "Where's it [the clothes shop] to?"

 

Rubbish mate, I remember people saying "Where to" when I lived in Southampton, whereas the Welsh would say "where to is it?"

 

When SMS was being built, we (The Cardiff Saints) ordered a paver outside St Mary's reception which says "Cardiff Saints - Where to is our brick?"

 

and on the wall outside the Chapel Stand we have a brick which says "it's by here"

benjii

benjii

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I've only heard "where to" in that context when I lived in Cardiff. Never in Soton. I would be appalled to find out it was commonplace here.

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