what common phrases annoy you?

Question

I hate these (or similar versions)

"what goes around comes around"
"blah blah blah KARMA"
"if someone is homophobic they are usually gay themselves"
"swearing is a sign of immaturity/ lack of language skills"

"pray for them/about it etc"

I mean wtf.. do these people really mean what they're saying? I might add more.
I think EXCESSIVE swearing is a sign of immaturity yes but there's nothing wrong with occasional swearwords and it is certainly no indication of how intelligent a person is.
The praying thing just doesn't make any sense. It would be fine in a religious environment but why do some people insist on telling everyone to pray over every little thing. Also, this is nothing to do with religion, but from a practical point of view it simply does no good. It is especially useless to someone who isn't religious.

Just gets on my nerves.
The karma thing, most of them don't even seem to understand what Karma is and just say it because it sounds good, imo.

Let rip!

live i'm really just doing it to get it out.
I have found it fun to read everyones answers :)

Answer 1

I am not trying to be a party pooper or sound preachy or anything, but I just think that there's no point in complaining about these things because, no matter how much you complain, people will continue to say them...
& chances are, the more you complain, the more people will say them and the more they will annoy you...

I do agree, however, that it gets pretty annoying when people say that they will pray for you and stuff like that...but then again, we are (or at least should be) free to express our feelings and/or beliefs...

You're probably better off if you just ignore them :)

Answer 2

I was going to say, "I'll pray for you" is one the sayings that truly annoys me, but I see you've already covered it. When someone says that to me, I interpret it to mean, "I hate you, but I don't want to look like the bad guy here, so I'll just pretend to love you. But don't delude yourself; you're really going to hell."

I also hate that saying about swearing being a sign of stupidity. I think that saying is really what indicates stupidity. All of the people I know who swear a lot are highly intelligent, like my favorite comedian, George Carlin. I don't care what anyone says; that man is definitely NOT stupid. Have you ever noticed that most of the people who say that swearing indicates lower intelligence wouldn't know the difference between Shakespeare and Socrates?

I thought of another saying that irks me to no end: my uncle used to get off on getting me so mad that I'd flip him off. Then, he'd give this infuriating grin and say, "What's that? Your IQ?" To which I'd reply, "Add 149 to it and you'd be right, you cretin!"

I think the saying that gets me the angriest, though, is "c'est la vie!" It's French for "That's life!" Loosely translated, it can mean, "Get over it!" My ex used to say that all the time when I'd tell her about something that was bothering me. To me, it meant she simply didn't care.

Answer 3

Not really a phrase but it's annoying when people say "like" a hundred times in 2 minute convresation.

"Like I was driving downtown and like this car just like ran the red light and I like almost hit it. Like the guy was totally not paying attention and like could've killed me." AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

Hey Rotza! Blessed Be is rarely ever said to anyone who's NOT Wiccan or Pagan. It's a parting phrase wishing that person to be blessed in life. It doesn't even mention any specific god.

Answer 4

"Touch base". For some reason I absolutely hate when someone wants to "touch base" with me about something. Also, the phrase "keep your eyes peeled" always brings to mind a gory image.

Answer 5

I hear people on tv talking about "we" being pregnant. Only the woman gets pregnant.

Answer 6

"like totally"

"umm can umm you umm do me an ummm favor please?"

"its not you its me"

"lets just be friends"

"you just don't understand"


the absolute worse, when you are bleeding all over and your limbs bend the opposite way, someone comes up to you
"are you ok?"
that drives me nuts

Answer 7

here's mine:
"god bless you" at the end of a phone call, or conversation.
what do i say? "god bless you too"? "thank you"?
no matter what i say, its not up to the level of a blessing from god...

Answer 8

"Oh you 'll be ok"
"I know what you're going thru"
Don't worry, be happy!
You'll get over it!
Can't win for losing!
Blah, Blah, Blah!!!!!

Answer 9

Whatever floats your boat."

Answer 10

I HATE when people say "Know what I'm sayin'? " after every damn sentence.

Oh, and I HATE "Blessed be"!!!!!!!!!!! What kind of crap is that? It sounds so pretentious.