What "Saying" Drives you crazey?

[Durand Dan]

Over the past year I have encountered a few phrases that I have heard numerous times. I know everyone has. The one that is on the top of my "Can't Stand" List is:

"Back in the Day"

I have heard this uttered by individuals as young as 12 years old!

Which one do you love?

[McCarter]

im not sure why, but when people say " i know, right" it drives me nuts

also, "today is the first day of the rest of your life"

McCarter himself

[MadWags]

One time........at band camp.

[LAPORTE]

" It is what it is "  I'm gonna pistol whip the next person that say it... 

[fiker]

It depends on what I'm doing.

Watching Bass fishing shows these get me....

"NICE FISH, NICH FISH, He's a monster bass..."
"What a toad!"
"Busta"

When I'm just talking to some one.....

"  [sentence] Ya know. [sentence] Ya know. [sentence] Ya know."
"Know what ah mean?"
or the every popular young persons favorite.....like
" We were like talking he says, like, ya know, like when we didn't go, and then we like did to, and like, wow, it was like totally awesome."

[djkimmel]

Only editors, publishers and a few weird television fishing people ever say, "that's a dandy!" Real people don't use that word. I remember an editor changed a submitted article I had in a Michigan magazine and he changed my wording to 'that's a dandy fish' - I didn't hear the end of it for a long time. I DON'T TALK THAT WAY!! An writers do not have the final say on their articles...

[bassinman#1]

I hate when people say " YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING "

[bassinman#1]

My wife wants to add one, ITS A MONSTER BASS, GET THE NET, ITS A BIG ONE!!!!! OOPS I THOUGHT IT WAS A BIG ONE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Firefighter Jeff]

HEY  !!!           I may have used the word Dandy to describe a fish... once before  !!!!    lololol

[djkimmel]

Once is okay. Once! Just don't do it again.

[ROI Outdoors]

The "GD's" and "JC's" make me want to call LAPORTE and have him drop by with his pistol - guess those aren't really "sayings" technically speaking or saying so to speak........

No offense to anyone who writes this "saying" but the overuse of "LOL" in texts and written communications should be banned for the remainder of 2011 - why is it just "LOL"?
Why not "PON" or "NLAA" - peeed Of Now and Not Laughing At All?  They seem like fair decriptions of occasional feelings but for some reason all we have is LOL......I wonder what percentage of people actually laughed out loud when using it - does a smile justify it's use or does one actually have to produce a sound that can be heard by others? 

[Duke]

I know, right?

[Victor Cerabone]

"It is what it is".  I'm sooooo tired of that phrase.  Problem is, it's actually quite useful.  Any suggestions for a good replacement?

[Skulley]

What the heck does "it is what it is" mean??        Can't stand that phrase.  Another is "that being said".  There are others that I just can't think of right now, but as I do I will chime in again. 

Over the past year I have encountered a few phrases that I have heard numerous times. I know everyone has. The one that is on the top of my "Can't Stand" List is:

"Back in the Day"

I have heard this uttered by individuals as young as 12 years old!

Which one do you love?

DD, this phrase doesn't bother me as much unless it is said by someone under 40 years old.  When someone under 40 says it, I often ask myself "How do they know what it was like "back in the day?""  DD, only us "old timers" over 50 know what it was like.  Essentially anyone under 40 who uses that phrase should be taken out back and have the s**t beat out of them.


BD                     

[djkimmel]

Some people study the past. I'm hoping, so they can finally stop repeating the same mistakes...

I think 'it is what it is' is a variation of 'if it quacks like a duck...' crossed with 'that's how the cookie crumbles'

[EKennedy]

I HATE...kids and adults who add "like" in every utterance.   

Also...even more grinding are those who say something..and then add "I'm just saying..." 

Grrrrrrr.

Almost worse...not actually pronouncing the "t" sound when it falls in the middle of words.  For example...

Button is pronounced BUH' IN.   and the city named Brighton...BRI ' IN.   SPEAK CLEARLY AND PROPERLY, PEOPLE.

Thank you.

[fiker]

Dat's wha I'm talkin bout!

[joshimoto son]

i am now terrified to speak in front of any of yous guys

McCarter himself

[ROI Outdoors]

The overuse of the term "Pro Staff" has gotten so out of control that most don't even really know what it truly means........A Pro Staffer is a "Promotional Staffer" - professional is just slightly different from promotional so let's start actually typing the additional 8 letters so everyone can have much more clear expectations.

Then the one that makes me want to pistol whip myself when I here it or read is the old -

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[Waterfoul]

If you end a sentence with the word "at" I will correct you every time.

One that gets me every time at work is this:

"I drove all the way from (insert name of town less than 10 miles away) and you don't have it in stock??


All the way?  Shoot.  Remember the old commercials??  "Phone First!!"

And this one:

"It's on your website and you don't stock it in the store??"

Well, the store is only 6500 sq. ft. and there are over 180,000 different items on the website.  Hmmm... seems to be a small problem here.... SPACE!!!