Things you really wish people wouldn't say

It drives me nuts when my DF says he needs to 'warm down' after a workout. You 'warm up', then you 'cool down'.

He'll also say 'plug out'. As in, 'Can you please plug out the computer?' How about I 'unplug' it!

WOT?!?

Yep, he says a lot of really stupid things. I bite my tongue at work. a. lot. Not saying I'm perfect, because God knows I'm not, but conversate?? wtf

He's also the one I had a long conversation with (no we didn't conversate ) the other day about the use of Mrs. vs. Ms. I typed something for work that he had to sign and he marked it up and brought it back to me because I had referred to my boss in it as Ms. (Surname). He told me that since she is married, I needed to change it to Mrs. I tried to explain to him that in a business setting it is correct to refer to her as Ms. but if I was sending a personal invitation, such as to a wedding, I would then address it to Mrs. (Surname). He kept insisting he was right. I didn't give in and it did not get changed.

Sometimes I want to go into his office and take down his diploma and take it out of the frame and make sure it is indeed real, because there are times I really wonder...

It drives me nuts when my DF says he needs to 'warm down' after a workout. You 'warm up', then you 'cool down'.

It's weird, a lot of people say 'warm down' - there are articles on the BBC website and other sports sites on how to 'warm down' after exercise/training  .

Oh and I HATE HATE HATE the use of the words "hot" or "hotting" as in "It's really hotting up." or "It's beginning to hot up." No it's not! It may be heating up...but I have never seen anything hot up in my life.

My current hates are those who say 'should of' when they mean 'should have', and 'prolly' instead of 'probably'.

Reminded me of "aswell" instead of "as well."  There's no such word as "aswell."

Reminded me of "aswell" instead of "as well."  There's no such word as "aswell."

I know of at least one person who would not agree with that, namely James Benjamin Aswell, Sr. (December 23, 1869 - March 16, 1931), a prominent educator and a Democratic U.S. representative from Louisiana. But then he was a left wing socialist moonbat, so who cares?

I get bent outta shape when people say "online" referring to a queue.  Aren't people standing "in line"?  Doesn't "online" refer to using a computer?
I also find it annoying when designers on TV programs refer to how such and such "will make this pop"  "This red colour will really make your room pop!"  Overuse.

I also find it annoying when designers on TV programs refer to how such and such "will make this pop"  "This red colour will really make your room pop!"  Overuse.

That's one of those words that's become really overused lately - along with the phrases 'over the moon' and 'the wow factor.' I'm so tired of them!

I know of at least one person who would not agree with that, namely James Benjamin Aswell, Sr. (December 23, 1869 - March 16, 1931), a prominent educator and a Democratic U.S. representative from Louisiana. But then he was a left wing socialist moonbat, so who cares?

Hahaha!  I stand partially corrected.  I will stipulate that there is a proper noun "Aswell," but I still contend that "aswell" does not exist as a word meaning "in addition to." 

Just like there's a Chattahoochee River, so "Chattahoochee" is a word, but you can not "chattahoochee" down to the train station or be so "chattahoochee" that you just need to lay down for a while.

 

or be so "chattahoochee" that you just need to lay down for a while.

I was, often, until I gave it up.

I was, often, until I gave it up.

There's nothing I love more than someone taking a joke and running with it.  Thanks, contrex.

Using myself instead of I or me. 

"That colour really makes it pop."  Pop?  GRRRR.

"This is gay."  No, gay is not a synonym for "I don't like this".

noone.. No.  It's NO ONE.  TWO WORDS.  Noone is the lead singing of Herman's Hermits.

This thread is going to annoy me.  Must. stop. writing.

A new corporate buzz phase that I discovered when I moved back to the states, is "reach out". Someone will say "oh, reach out to John, he can help you with that question". Reach out?? Whatever happened to "contact" or even "call" John. It really drives me crazy.  

Just when I thought nothing could be worse to my ears, I have heard people say or type "my bad" when they have made a mistake. What?? I first saw it in an email and thought it was a typo. That sounds like something a two year old would say. Luckily I don't hear that one often but needless to say, even one time is enough.

Oh, I hate 'my bad'. I first heard it in the UK but I hear it here now, too. Yes, it sounds like toddler-speak.

My all time hated phrase is 'at the end of the day...'

I was, often, until I gave it up.

lol.. See, this is why I don't have you on "block".

Camoscato- where are you from? The Chattahoochee is a few miles down the road from me!

Just when I thought nothing could be worse to my ears, I have heard people say or type "my bad" when they have made a mistake. What?? I first saw it in an email and thought it was a typo. That sounds like something a two year old would say. Luckily I don't hear that one often but needless to say, even one time is enough.

Oops. I say that all the time! My bad!