Words pet-peeves

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[Post New]09/09/2013 19:50
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:They don't bother me at all. But grammar errors really do. The number of times I've seen "could of" or "should of", etc. on here .... now THAT bugs me!!

I feel sorry for you, OP, that there are so many phrases bugging you! Really!


Well, technically ... you only need three periods in your ellipses. Unless it comes at the end of a sentence....
[Post New]09/09/2013 20:30
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Anonymous
I hate it when after every statement I make, the other person has to ask, "Right?"....Like "Shut the Fuck up!!"
[Post New]09/09/2013 20:42
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:They don't bother me at all. But grammar errors really do. The number of times I've seen "could of" or "should of", etc. on here .... now THAT bugs me!!

I feel sorry for you, OP, that there are so many phrases bugging you! Really!


Well, technically ... you only need three periods in your ellipses. Unless it comes at the end of a sentence....


Whoops! Hate that sticky full stop key.
[Post New]09/09/2013 21:13
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maril332
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Anonymous wrote:Adding possession to a proper name, usually a retail establishment. For example;

Nordstrom's

Panera's

Ross's

Ann Taylor's

of course, I cringe when I hear Victoria's Secrets! She only has one secret.



I think they mean like going to ______'s store. So "Nordstrom's store"
[Post New]09/09/2013 21:37
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Anonymous
^^^^pp here.

No, it's pretty much always referred to as, "did you buy that at Nordstrom's or Ross's? Want to go to Panera's?"
[Post New]09/09/2013 21:41
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Anonymous
My mother will tell a story that goes on and on and on...and then she will use the phrase "to make a long story short." No mom, you really didn't make the story short. At all.
[Post New]09/09/2013 21:43
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Anonymous
Random. Thank goodness that seems to be going away. I also hate f'ing cutesy speak like amazeballs, internets, interwebs, bananasface, and other tween crap that adults say like it's so cute! Please stop shortening words like that: totes, adorbs, presh — I will smack your face!!!
[Post New]09/09/2013 21:44
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Anonymous
The most annoying word: axe. As in, let me axe you a question.
[Post New]09/09/2013 21:45
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:Office lingo that REALLY bothers me:
Outside the box
Creating synergy
He's a rock star

Every time I hear these phrases I actually think " you are so full of bullsh&t,"


Plus a few more that drive me nuts:

Strategize
Incentivize

[Post New]09/09/2013 22:04
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:I hate it when after every statement I make, the other person has to ask, "Right?"....Like "Shut the Fuck up!!"


Agree!!!
[Post New]09/09/2013 22:15
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Anonymous
piqued my interest.
[Post New]09/09/2013 22:23
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Anonymous
"Sort of." I believe people use "sort of" to replace "uh, um" and to also soften the blow if in fact they are wrong. For example "I sort of thought that was mean," or "the argument turned into sort of a war."

I too hate "at the end of the day," and "we're pregnant!"
[Post New]09/09/2013 22:26
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Anonymous
Anonymous wrote:My mother will tell a story that goes on and on and on...and then she will use the phrase "to make a long story short." No mom, you really didn't make the story short. At all.


looolll
[Post New]09/10/2013 09:58
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Anonymous
uhm... uhm.... uhmm.....
[Post New]09/10/2013 10:49
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Anonymous
Awkward! Especially when describing a situation that isn't awkward at all
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