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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
(4,256 posts)RandySF
(82,980 posts)Borogove
(597 posts)splat
(2,356 posts)Meaningless cliche. I stop listening when you show you can't speak your own thoughts.
MIButterfly
(2,441 posts)CTyankee
(68,032 posts)MIButterfly
(2,441 posts)when they say "Democrat party." I guess people just repeat what they keep hearing without giving it much thought.
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a kennedy
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Cirsium
(3,769 posts)"Sets your teeth on edge."
ThreeNoSeep
(295 posts)I hate that word.
A close second is "the mind's eye "
CTyankee
(68,032 posts)rsdsharp
(11,918 posts)When did anyway become plural?
cbabe
(6,519 posts)Cyklops
(8 posts)Redleg
(6,895 posts)Just kidding. "My bad" has always bothered me.
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.
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)The Wizard
(13,665 posts)What day? How far back?
some_of_us_are_sane
(3,004 posts)Constantly used.
P.S.- If everything is iconic...then NOTHING is.😆
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.
Harker
(17,660 posts)Marie Marie
(11,143 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
(26,865 posts)Hate it!
Grim Chieftain
(1,535 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
(26,865 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
(4,894 posts)doc03
(38,987 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
(1,535 posts)Please stop.
gay texan
(3,194 posts)Ive found it to never be the case
Bluestocking
(604 posts)Onthefly
(1,228 posts)Then the person is rude.
Borogove
(597 posts)Dear_Prudence
(1,145 posts)(Then, please, shut up!)
Totally Tunsie
(11,736 posts)drives me insane!