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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsWhat expression sets your teeth on edge?
I'm really tired of "let that sink in."
vapor2
(4,260 posts)RandySF
(83,000 posts)Borogove
(599 posts)3catwoman3
(29,128 posts)
for psychiatrists and psychologists.
Add to that, Everything happens for a reason.
splat
(2,356 posts)Meaningless cliche. I stop listening when you show you can't speak your own thoughts.
MIButterfly
(2,442 posts)CTyankee
(68,039 posts)MIButterfly
(2,442 posts)when they say "Democrat party." I guess people just repeat what they keep hearing without giving it much thought.
a kennedy
(35,745 posts)🤬 🤬 🤬
a kennedy
(35,745 posts)🤬 🤬 🤬
FadedMullet
(827 posts)Cirsium
(3,772 posts)"Sets your teeth on edge."
ThreeNoSeep
(295 posts)I hate that word.
A close second is "the mind's eye "
CTyankee
(68,039 posts)rsdsharp
(11,918 posts)When did anyway become plural?
cbabe
(6,521 posts)Cyklops
(8 posts)Redleg
(6,895 posts)Just kidding. "My bad" has always bothered me.
some_of_us_are_sane
(3,006 posts)Thunderbeast
(3,804 posts)"The jar has less beans in it"
When referring to discreet objects, English requires the use of "fewer" in statements of comparison. You would not say the glass has FEWER water in it!
I cringe when newscasters can not make the correct choice.
Ilsa
(64,155 posts)I thought they were required to take more grammar to get journalism degrees.
markie
(23,966 posts)I hate them so much, I do not want to repeat them here
boonecreek
(1,476 posts)"On accident" instead of "by accident."
"I could care less" instead of "I couldn't care less".
"Just to change the subject" instead of "Not to change the subject".
MLAA
(19,703 posts)NNadir
(37,738 posts)...it isn't "conservative" to blow up the Constitution in service to an orange pedophile. It's revolutionary, and not in the good sense of the word.
The Wizard
(13,668 posts)What day? How far back?
Upthevibe
(10,153 posts)A few years ago I was subbing at an elementary school. I was walking by a couple of boys (4th graders) and one of them said to the other "Back in my day...." I busted a gut laughing.
some_of_us_are_sane
(3,006 posts)Constantly used.
P.S.- If everything is iconic...then NOTHING is.😆
CTyankee
(68,039 posts)Boomerproud
(9,245 posts)Even LOL gets on my nerves. Also, like every other word is like. Sick of the way people talk anymore.
murielm99
(32,886 posts)I can't stand the use of that word.
ProfessorGAC
(76,384 posts)Harker
(17,665 posts)Marie Marie
(11,144 posts)Whenever denotes past, present and future instead of them meaning to refer to a singular occurance. Not an expression but teeth edging to me.
ZDU
(1,176 posts)Family values
Family-friendly
Family bullshit
Falconry
(40 posts)Just Jerome
(472 posts)makes me homicidal.
johnp3907
(4,274 posts)To which I always reply: "No it isn't."
Also "We'll have to agree to disagree." To which I always reply: "I don't agree."
bif
(26,867 posts)Hate it!
Grim Chieftain
(1,539 posts)I think it was "I love me some dogs". It was meant as a joke. I'm a retired professor and I know better.
Sorry if I offended you.
bif
(26,867 posts)bif
(26,867 posts)It's There ARE a lot of things!" FFS!
madamesilverspurs
(16,493 posts)instead of "We have gone...", especially when issuing from the mouth of a reporter. Cringe.
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Oldbrat4567
(2 posts)quaint
(4,896 posts)doc03
(38,990 posts)Dude.
surrealAmerican
(11,824 posts)If you mean money, say money.
Especially when talking about health care, we all have literal skin in the game. Those of us with less money have more of our skin on the line.
Grim Chieftain
(1,539 posts)Please stop.
gay texan
(3,194 posts)Ive found it to never be the case
Bluestocking
(605 posts)Onthefly
(1,230 posts)Then the person is rude.
Borogove
(599 posts)Dear_Prudence
(1,145 posts)(Then, please, shut up!)
Totally Tunsie
(11,736 posts)drives me insane!
Skittles
(170,639 posts)when applied to murder victims - seems to me like it was the perpetrator who was in the wrong place
lpbk2713
(43,260 posts)Ten times worse when they make quote marks in the air with their fingers.
TexasBushwhacker
(21,162 posts)It's "I COULDN'T care less"!
demosincebirth
(12,822 posts)Ilsa
(64,155 posts)Well, duh.
choie
(6,843 posts)Instead of brought this seems to be a relatively new thing.
No problem instead of Youre welcome
Anyways instead of anyway
Im sure theres more.
Bristlecone
(11,079 posts)These are mostly corporate world BS/work related:
Lets double click on that
The unpacking of anything
Reimagine
Business Imperatives
Headwinds/Tailwinds
I could go on, but it makes me cringe to continue.
CTyankee
(68,039 posts)NNadir
(37,738 posts)jgo
(1,013 posts)NNadir
(37,738 posts)...I'm an atheist, generally closeted about it, and I find the assumption bothersome.
I just suck it up however, acknowledging that, again, the speaker means well.
CTyankee
(68,039 posts)told me he has prayed for my husband who had surgery a little while ago. I thanked him. It meant a lot to me that he cared and expressed his caring (and it wasn't praying for his soul because my husband is Jewish).
Vinca
(53,688 posts)hamsterjill
(17,346 posts)I posted here:
https://democraticunderground.com/10182289027