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‘I WOULD SAY’! It’s just so silly.

(166 Posts)
ayse Tue 19-May-20 18:39:35

This phrase really annoys me! They could just say what they wanted instead of using this ridiculous phrase. To me, it’s like ‘squaring the circle’ (impossible)!

Are there any phrases that other find equally irritating. I’d like to put them in Room 101 but that’s a different thread!

FarNorth Wed 20-May-20 17:22:06

"entitled" being used to mean self-centred / selfish - confused

Conni7 Wed 20-May-20 17:03:25

Never heard of my bad. I'm good, like, myself and ??, bored of, haitch, can I get, do you want it to go?, at this moment in time, fantastic.

lilydily9 Wed 20-May-20 16:32:47

When someone ends a comment with 'just saying'. Yeah, we know that, you just said it!

sazz1 Wed 20-May-20 16:27:00

Lessons will be learned
They never are

Eloethan Wed 20-May-20 15:44:07

"My bad" is just awful.
"with the greatest respect" usually means quite the opposite

Missiseff Wed 20-May-20 15:39:50

I like My Bad, it makes me laugh smile

ayse Wed 20-May-20 15:35:16

Jean Ainsworth. I would say suggests an if or a but. Actually they are going to make a statement about something. What’s wrong with I think or I believe without the preface? It’s just nonsense.

It's just another way of making themselves sound interesting, intelligent etc. There’s just no need.

netflixfan Wed 20-May-20 15:14:48

The people who say My Bad on the TV (never heard it in real life) seem to be uncomfortable as if they are forcing themselves to say it. Dreadful.

Alison333 Wed 20-May-20 14:38:45

I want to spontaneously combust when a sales assistant says to me 'Are you all right?' when I arrive at the cash till to pay for something.....

I want to shout 'No! my feet hurt, I haven't done my tax return and it's going to rain tomorrow! Aaaargh!'

Candelle Wed 20-May-20 14:34:58

'See you later'.

Son in law no. 2 said this to us as he left on the first occasion our daughter had brought him home to our house.

'Oh, will you be back later?', I enquired, to which he looked genuinely puzzled and gently explained that he would not.

We parted, me being thoroughly confused and sure that I had heard him correctly and he thinking I was an out of date old biddy!

grandtanteJE65 Wed 20-May-20 14:29:10

helgawills, perhaps we had the same English teacher? I can still 54 years later hear Mrs Jones saying to a girl who said "at this moment of time" "what you mean, dear, is NOW, please don't talk like a politician"

Caro57 Wed 20-May-20 14:15:53

'I, myelf',' 'at this moment in time' asked a question 'so.....blah blah' - can we not just start the answer?

T56ers Wed 20-May-20 14:00:36

Not a phrase, but the current, increasing habit of beginning a sentence with "So..."
No matter who it is, I switch off at that point.

booboo Wed 20-May-20 13:57:05

I heard a radio dj say yesterday. On air. Sorry can't remember her name but she said. 'That was so funny my ribs are literally splitting'.

sharon103 Wed 20-May-20 13:52:08

My nerves grate when I hear young folk having a conversation and every other word is LIKE.

sarahellenwhitney Wed 20-May-20 13:49:40

I cringe when I hear yay . Is this for yes?

SueDoku Wed 20-May-20 13:47:53

'Ramping up' when there's a perfectly good word - 'increasing' - which means the same thing.
Also ' We're working day and night' (NO YOU'RE NOT..!) and 'We're straining every sinew' (NO YOU'RE NOT..!) NHS staff are doing that, not well paid MPs...!! ?

Riggie Wed 20-May-20 13:40:46

You Guys!!

Another is Mental Health. We all have mental health. If they mean mental health problems, issues difficulties then say so!!

ladymuck Wed 20-May-20 13:39:59

'No-brainer'...not sure what it means but SO annoying.

ladymuck Wed 20-May-20 13:37:36

'I mean'...is another one.
'It's what kids do'...this from someone's offspring trespassing in my garden.

Wishes Wed 20-May-20 13:35:47

I feel like I'm in the minority as I've never heard the phrase 'my bad' until this thread.

Anniebach Wed 20-May-20 13:33:44

When asked a question why reply ‘ good question’ ?

Daddima Wed 20-May-20 13:32:51

All of the above for this grumpy old woman!

‘ On a daily basis’ and ‘at the end of the day’ irritate as well, as does people saying things like, “ I literally died laughing’.

With regards to the ‘ no problem’ reply, I’m sometimes tempted to ask what problem there might have been, as I only asked for another drink, or thanked you for giving me my change.

GrammaH Wed 20-May-20 13:30:12

I'd go along with most if these, particularly "my bad", "it is what it is" and "back in the day". I'd like to add "to be fair" since I was speaking to someone yesterday who said it nearly every other sentence!! Drove me mad!

MaizieD Wed 20-May-20 13:30:01

'excited for' Why is someone getting excited on behalf of a holiday or a special event (or whatever they're excited for)? I'm sure the thing they're 'excited for' doesn't give a monkey's! What's wrong with 'excited about'?

'the vast majority'. Usually just referring to 'most'. It's not even an accurate use of 'majority'. angry

'pissed' for 'pissed off'. Inexcusable when Brits use it like that because we ll know that 'pissed' means very drunk...