Funkcreep said:

It irritates me when people use the term "black friday", thats a dumb saying the media tried to make up. whatever happened to just saying "the day after thanksgiving".

No no, black friday refers to it being a day where retailers presume they will end up "in the black" meaning over the line to profit, as opposed to "in the red" which means they haven't recouped their overhead.

Peep the prince lyrics to America...

Little sister making minimum wage
Living in a 1-room jungle-monkey cage
Can't get over, she's almost dead
She may not be in the black
But she's happy she ain't in the red

DrRockdapuss said:

Funkcreep said:

It irritates me when people use the term "black friday", thats a dumb saying the media tried to make up. whatever happened to just saying "the day after thanksgiving".

No no, black friday refers to it being a day where retailers presume they will end up "in the black" meaning over the line to profit, as opposed to "in the red" which means they haven't recouped their overhead.

Peep the prince lyrics to America...

Little sister making minimum wage
Living in a 1-room jungle-monkey cage
Can't get over, she's almost dead
She may not be in the black
But she's happy she ain't in the red

I understand what it means, it's just irritating. Just seems like it didn't happen naturally, more of a made up word and then they (the media) is going to force it on us. I don't like it.

I hate when people say "Happy Friday".....dumb, it's not catching on...stop saying it.

Cheese On Bread.

Fucking hate that saying. I don't even know what it means.

DesireeNevermind said:

Cheese On Bread.

Fucking hate that saying. I don't even know what it means.

white on rice

"for lack of a better phrase" hate it

I will kill you dead.

what other result is there if somebody kills you? you can't kill somebody till they live.

He's madder than a rained on rooster.

What does that have to do with anything? Why would a rooster care about being rained on?

irregardless.

no such word.

Cerebus said:

Most of the English language. (The others would annoy me, too, if I spoke them more fluently.)

the hell? Ceb u posting to yoself foo!!!

"Can I ask you a question?"

I dislike this for three reasons:

1. It's grammatically incorrect...it should be "May I..."

2. You just asked a question, you really end up asking me two (or more).

3. As I hear this question mostly at work, it means that I am being interrupted so someone can ask me something simple for which they should most likely already know the answer.

I also dislike when people say "No problem" instead of "You're welcome."

jone70 said:

"Can I ask you a question?"

I dislike this for three reasons:

1. It's grammatically incorrect...it should be "May I..."

2. You just asked a question, you really end up asking me two (or more).

3. As I hear this question mostly at work, it means that I am being interrupted so someone can ask me something simple for which they should most likely already know the answer.

I also dislike when people say "No problem" instead of "You're welcome."

Totally agree with the "no problem" thing. The first part, not so much (other than can being grammatically incorrect ). I think it's a polite thing to do at work and if I don't have time I will actually tell the person no and ask them to come back later.

Efan said:

Also, when people say "Not for nothing."

It doesn't really irritate me exactly...it's just that I have no idea what it means.

I think it was last week.. I saw Judge Jeanine Pirro say that on her court show while chastising one of the ppl in the case..

I just and ...

Cerebus said:

jone70 said:

"Can I ask you a question?"

I dislike this for three reasons:

1. It's grammatically incorrect...it should be "May I..."

2. You just asked a question, you really end up asking me two (or more).

3. As I hear this question mostly at work, it means that I am being interrupted so someone can ask me something simple for which they should most likely already know the answer.

I also dislike when people say "No problem" instead of "You're welcome."

Totally agree with the "no problem" thing. The first part, not so much (other than can being grammatically incorrect ). I think it's a polite thing to do at work and if I don't have time I will actually tell the person no and ask them to come back later.

Instead of "may I ask you a question," I say, "I'm sorry to interrupt (or bother you); do you have a minute?" Then they can still say "no, it's not a good time" or whatever.

johnart said:

Not a phrase or word, but when someone tells a story about something that happened to them and they feel they need to specify someone's race in the story, but there's no reason to. Like: "...then the nurse, this really nice black/hispanic/asian lady took my blood"

I guess a lot of people do it out of habit or may not mean anything by it but I always put the person on the spot and ask what that part had to do with anything.

[Edited 11/5/10 10:32am]

I find this weird, too. It makes me suspicious; why do they consider that tidbit relevant to their story?

jone70 said:

Cerebus said:

Totally agree with the "no problem" thing. The first part, not so much (other than can being grammatically incorrect ). I think it's a polite thing to do at work and if I don't have time I will actually tell the person no and ask them to come back later.

Instead of "may I ask you a question," I say, "I'm sorry to interrupt (or bother you); do you have a minute?" Then they can still say "no, it's not a good time" or whatever.

OK, I see where you're coming from. I know for sure that I often say "Do you have a minute?" and apologize for interrupting if I'm doing so.

PicklesMcMillan said:

johnart said:

Not a phrase or word, but when someone tells a story about something that happened to them and they feel they need to specify someone's race in the story, but there's no reason to. Like: "...then the nurse, this really nice black/hispanic/asian lady took my blood"

I guess a lot of people do it out of habit or may not mean anything by it but I always put the person on the spot and ask what that part had to do with anything.

[Edited 11/5/10 10:32am]

depending on where you live there is a difference between a black nurse and a white nurse

but i live in the south

but seriously i think it just gives people a mental picture of the story.

I think sometimes...sure.

That said, I've never heard a white person tell a story and be like: "Yeah so I went up to the counter and this white lady..."

When people call you, you answer and say hello and they say "listen!". Well, duh, I answered the phone and said hello, obviously I am fucking listening!

"I'm going to give it 110%"

Why not 111% or 150% you slacker!

When English ppl say "Americer" and "fink" instead of think!

johnart said:

PicklesMcMillan said:

depending on where you live there is a difference between a black nurse and a white nurse

but i live in the south

but seriously i think it just gives people a mental picture of the story.

I think sometimes...sure.

That said, I've never heard a white person tell a story and be like: "Yeah so I went up to the counter and this white lady..."

hate when people tell you their not selling anything and then they start or continue their sales pitch

I HATE when parents teach their kids to say stuff wrong bc it sounds cute!

My brother asks my neice for a "tiss"

Hate that shit!!!!

Other words that annoy me:

Dookie (mad I just typed it)

Shitted (I say shat and ppl laugh) lol

Dem (them)

Dose (those)

lookdid/likedid

jone70 said:

I also dislike when people say "No problem" instead of "You're welcome."

I say no problem ALL the time

Tokyo89 said:

I HATE when parents teach their kids to say stuff wrong bc it sounds cute!

My brother asks my neice for a "tiss"

Hate that shit!!!!

Other words that annoy me:

Dookie (mad I just typed it)

Shitted (I say shat and ppl laugh) lol

Dem (them)

Dose (those)

lookdid/likedid

i say dookie and shitted. love those words. who the hell wants to say "bowel movement" and "urinated".

Efan said:

OMG totally pisses me off.

THANK YOU! That and Awesome. These words should be banned from the English language!

DesireeNevermind said:

Tokyo89 said:

I HATE when parents teach their kids to say stuff wrong bc it sounds cute!

My brother asks my neice for a "tiss"

Hate that shit!!!!

Other words that annoy me:

Dookie (mad I just typed it)

Shitted (I say shat and ppl laugh) lol

Dem (them)

Dose (those)

lookdid/likedid

i say dookie and shitted. love those words. who the hell wants to say "bowel movement" and "urinated".

We say "dump" in my house!!!!

Shyra said:

Efan said:

OMG totally pisses me off.

THANK YOU! That and Awesome. These words should be banned from the English language!

OMG this thread is Awesome!!!

Shyra said:

Efan said:

OMG totally pisses me off.

THANK YOU! That and Awesome. These words should be banned from the English language!

Noooo I say OMG and Kool all day, and I spell Kool like that no matter what!

I hate it when people I don't even know call me "Honey" like sales people and cashiers-pisses me off