Things people say that annoys you...
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Anonymous
my SILs all refer to their spouses as "my husband" instead of names, as if I don't know their spouses. I used to ask what's your husband's name, I might know him. 
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Anonymous
| When people refer to their parents as mom/dad as if they are YOUR mom and dad. |
Anonymous
| When people say, "I'm petrified of [something]." I would rather they say, "I'm terrified of dogs. When I see one, I become petrified." |
Anonymous
| "Agreeance." How the fuck did this become a word? |
Anonymous
| "Jane told me she thought my kid misbehaved and I admit, I was TAKEN BACK." |
Anonymous
| Anywho |
Anonymous
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12:57 I think that usage is fine, it implies that you feel petrified of something. It can be fear or surprise but contemporary usage is implicit fear. See below.
Why, I felt petrified with astonishment--although, in view of the fact that you had failed me for four days, I had been expecting some such extraordinary occurrence. Poor Folk by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor |
Anonymous
| Subject - verb disagreement. |
Anonymous
| not so annoying but so odd, my MIL says nun instead of non, like nun-refundable and nun-taxable. |
Anonymous
| Incentivize. I swear this did not used to be a real word. People say it at work all the time though. Spell check used to reject it. |
Anonymous
+1 |
Anonymous
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How you?
Where you at? |
Anonymous
| When adults try to use teenage slang. A 40 year old saying "whatev" is lame. |
Anonymous
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leverage
My boss told us not to worry about a downsizing, because he would continue to work to leverage our skill-sets. I thought, "screw you." |
Anonymous
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Here comes the barrage of grievances against regional pronunciations and terms.
GO! |