Expressions you cannot stand

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Anonymous wrote:"impact" as a verb

People saying "I'm not sure" when what they really mean is, "I don't know." "I'm not sure" means that you have some idea but don't know which of the possibilities is accurate; "I don't know" means, well, you do not know.

People misuse "I'm not sure" all the time. Makes me nuts.

I'm not sure what you mean.

"I'm not sure" means that you think you know the answer, but are unsure of it. You know what the possibilities are, but are not sure which of them is correct.

"I don't know" means you don't know the answer, period.

If someone asks you where John Doe lives and you haven't the faintest idea whether it is Kansas or Mumbai, you should say "I don't know" - not "I'm not sure." Because the latter means you might know the answer, you are just unsure of it.

Reread my response - in bold.

just a little play on words . . . to add some humor

Obviously, it wasn't a successful attempt on my part.

No, it was. I'm not sure if that person knows what humor is.

You are not sure?

I don't know if I'm not sure.

Well, I'm sure I don't know.

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Anonymous wrote:"impact" as a verb

People saying "I'm not sure" when what they really mean is, "I don't know." "I'm not sure" means that you have some idea but don't know which of the possibilities is accurate; "I don't know" means, well, you do not know.

People misuse "I'm not sure" all the time. Makes me nuts.

I'm not sure what you mean.

"I'm not sure" means that you think you know the answer, but are unsure of it. You know what the possibilities are, but are not sure which of them is correct.

"I don't know" means you don't know the answer, period.

If someone asks you where John Doe lives and you haven't the faintest idea whether it is Kansas or Mumbai, you should say "I don't know" - not "I'm not sure." Because the latter means you might know the answer, you are just unsure of it.

Reread my response - in bold.

just a little play on words . . . to add some humor

Obviously, it wasn't a successful attempt on my part.

No, it was. I'm not sure if that person knows what humor is.

You are not sure?

I don't know if I'm not sure.

Well, I'm sure I don't know.

Are you sure you don't know? Or are not sure you don't know?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"Nice to see you," instead of "nice to meet you," when I meet a complete stranger.

Ma'am (so insulting and backwards)

I guess I am raising my children to be insulting and backwards because they are taught to address adults as ma'am and sir.

[Anonymous]

Top expression I hate: saying someone "graduated college" or "graduated high school." You graduate FROM a school, you don't graduate the school. Even newspaper writers do this now and their editors don't stop them.

Misuse of "lie/lay" - I loathe hearing a person telling another to "go lay down" - it is "go LIE down."

Cutesey nicknames for body parts: Tushy, tummy, hoo-hoo, vajayjay, "the girls"

"No problem" instead of "you're welcome"

"Check ya later!"

"Out of pocket"

LOL, <3 <3 (hearts) and "u" in e-communications

Hashtags anywhere that is not Twitter!

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[Anonymous]

Incredibly unique

Perfect utopia

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I'm not going to read all four thousand pages of this so apologies if someone has already said it, but I find "it is what it is" really annoying.

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He/she is "on the spectrum."

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When people sign emails "best."

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YOLO -- we need to stop our kids now before it gets even worse!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm not going to read all four thousand pages of this so apologies if someone has already said it, but I find "it is what it is" really annoying.

Yes, it's been said before, but that's OK, "it is what it is" is indeed really annoying.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Top expression I hate: saying someone "graduated college" or "graduated high school." You graduate FROM a school, you don't graduate the school. Even newspaper writers do this now and their editors don't stop them.

Misuse of "lie/lay" - I loathe hearing a person telling another to "go lay down" - it is "go LIE down."

Cutesey nicknames for body parts: Tushy, tummy, hoo-hoo, vajayjay, "the girls"

"No problem" instead of "you're welcome"

"Check ya later!"

"Out of pocket"

LOL, <3 <3 (hearts) and "u" in e-communications

Hashtags anywhere that is not Twitter!

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Actually, historically the grammar works such that the school graduates you. "I was graduated from X" is also a correct form.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/graduate

Usage note
In the sense “to receive a degree or diploma” graduate followed by from is the most common construction today: Her daughter graduated from Yale in 1981. The passive form was graduated from, formerly insisted upon as the only correct pattern, has decreased in use and occurs infrequently today: My husband was graduated from West Point last year.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When people sign emails "best."

there's a girl i used to work with that would sign every damn email - internal included, Regards.

everytime i had to reference her in an email to my boss, i'd sign my email Regards in giant colorful letters. it made me feel better about myself.

[Anonymous]

DH hates that I use dumbtit or dummy.

I could see his back tense up and shiver when my family used it. He insist on paci.

It sounds like a lot of people here hate dropping syllables. Not a big deal in my world.

[Anonymous]

I work in health care so I have a lot.

using 'vile' instead of 'bile'... "I choked back my vile"

prostRate cancer... right, the cancer you get from lying down.

chicken pops (wtf?)

"I fell out"... I still don't know what this means... you were overcome by emotion? You needed attention? You tripped and fell? You don't know why you fell? You were laughing? You lost consciousness?

and so many more...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I work in health care so I have a lot.

using 'vile' instead of 'bile'... "I choked back my vile"

prostRate cancer... right, the cancer you get from lying down.

chicken pops (wtf?)

"I fell out"... I still don't know what this means... you were overcome by emotion? You needed attention? You tripped and fell? You don't know why you fell? You were laughing? You lost consciousness?

and so many more...

These are bonkers! I have never heard any of these before!