The most annoying expressions...

One of my least favourite expressions was just mentioned on the "UK/US terminology" thread. It's "my bad." Apologies to those of you who use it, but it really makes me cringe. 

It's all good. 

It's all good. 

NOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Someone mentioned mine, which is using "good" when you mean "well".  I spent the summer with my parents and my mother must've picked up that habit from the other ladies in her retirement community because they all. do. it. and after a summer of:
"How are you?"
"I'm doing good."
"Well."
it's become a pet peeve. I now yell at the telly when someone on there does it. I hear it everywhere! And, seriously, I have no idea why my father is letting my mother get away with such atrocious grammar. People will think no one loved her enough to correct her.

DS and I get extremely irritated when we hear "Golf" of Mexico. What's annoying is that as more and more people adopt what they hear off the TV (or from the ladies in their group) it eventually becomes standard 

DS and I get extremely irritated when we hear "Golf" of Mexico. What's annoying is that as more and more people adopt what they hear off the TV (or from the ladies in their group) it eventually becomes standard 

I've never heard that before. Could it just be an accent thing where the "u" in gulf sounds different than what you are used to?

I've never heard that before. Could it just be an accent thing where the "u" in gulf sounds different than what you are used to?

Never noticed any other u/o pronunciations.

The worst sayings for me....

"I can't be asked." or "I can't be bothered."

Honestly, just say you don't want to that, to me, is so much better. I tell my husband that all the time and I think I broke him of those stupid sayings. Hopefully anyway.

The worst sayings for me....

"I can't be asked." or "I can't be bothered."

Honestly, just say you don't want to that, to me, is so much better. I tell my husband that all the time and I think I broke him of those stupid sayings. Hopefully anyway.

haha my DH says arsed not asked
I find myself saying "I can't be bothered"

haha my DH says arsed not asked

I'm pretty sure that the phrase is actually "Can't be arsed", but a lot of people are lazy/mishear it and say 'asked' instead.

From Urban Dictionary (since it is slang):

"Can't be arsed" =  'To be seriously demotivated. To be disinclined to get off one's ars*. To be unwilling to do something.'

"Can't be asked" = 'Used by some Southern UK speakers in place of can't be arsed because they misheard it, or want to be more polite.'

And from The Best of British:

ars* - This is a word that doesn't seem to exist in America. It basically means the same as ass, but is much ruder. It is used in phrases like "pain in the ars*" (a nuisance) or I "can't be arsed" (I can't be bothered) or you might hear something was "a half arsed attempt" meaning that it was not done properly.

I think the British claims that ars* is ruder than ass amusing* as in the US my friends and I used ars* to avoid saying ass!

*yes, for them it is. That's not the point.


My most irritating expression: Maxi dress. I always think of sanitary pads first and dresses second.

My most irritating expression: Maxi dress. I always think of sanitary pads first and dresses second.

LOL! You're obviously younger than I am! I remember having maxi coats and dresses in the '70s!

I's a young'un! 

My most irritating expression: Maxi dress. I always think of sanitary pads first and dresses second.

Me too! I kinda cringed the first since I didnt know what it was ;-)

Also as I went to bed last night my brain said you should brush your teeth and it replied saying nah I can't be arsed and went to bed ;-)