It is what it is... Right?

[peeonme]

Is there any thing more annoying than a person that has a pet phrase such as "it is what it is" or saying "right?". You know what I mean? Some need to end a sentence with "and stuff". Are there any speaking patterns that people use that bother you?

 

[Charon]

"Brah" "Mah n*igga" The latter especially when people who aren't black use it when they're trying to be funny.

 

[m1thousand]

No worries

 

[NotHardUp1]

Lately, it has been "livin' tha dream."

A couple of years ago, I thought I'd garrote the next person I heard say "have a good one!"

Grammatically, the perennial "where is that at?" should merit social distancing.

 

[Alistair]

I have a friend that answers the phone with yealoo. She combines yeah and hello. Annoys the fuck out of me for some reason

And she's using it on personal and business calls.

 

[NotHardUp1]

One of our execs in a meeting held expressly to address a broad low score on the employee survey, to wit, the employees don't "get" the company vision or where we fit in, kept using the term "world class" to describe our company.

Clue. World class companies don't have to crow it. It is said by their customers and employees, and those employees aren't rating it lower than industry standards on surveys.

It was so nakedly spin that it was embarrassing to hear from a top exec.

 

[NotHardUp1]

Is there any thing more annoying than a person that has a pet phrase such as "it is what it is" or saying "right?"

For those who never saw the Axios interview, the host/reporter repeatedly hammered the president with his failure to lead during the pandemic, and countered his specious claims that the US was doing better than the world, better than Europe. Specifically, the exchange included the reporter doggedly repeating that the US is experiencing 1,000 deaths per day, which evoked . . .

 

[peeonme]

"It's like..." another one that pisses me off.

 

[NotHardUp1]

Yep. It invariably is used when something actually IS.

 

[unloadonme]

So, we are where we are, in a level playing field situation, living the new normal. Let's start some brain storming with blue sky thinking.

 

[NotHardUp1]

Make sure you're laser-focused there, Paul.

 

[unloadonme]

I'm actively listening and will proactively take that on board.

 

[bedbugy]

catch you later uk

 

[purina]

You said it!

 

[EddMarkStarr]

I have to control myself when someone says, "irregardless", when they mean regardless.

 

[Araucaria]

A couple of years ago, I thought I'd garrote the next person I heard say "have a good one!"

George Carlin's response to this was "I already have a good one. Now I want a longer one."

 

[Araucaria]

I find it annoying when a unilateral decision by top management is described as a "win-win situation." When you hear this, you can figure it's a win-lose situation.

 

[unloadonme]

I find it annoying when a unilateral decision by top management is described as a "win-win situation." When you hear this, you can figure it's a win-lose situation.

Either way, it looks like you're in a situation situation.

 

[seven2go]

"Know what I'm sayin'?"....................

 

[NotHardUp1]

I have to control myself when someone says, "irregardless", when they mean regardless.

There should be some special term for those people.

I know! We combine "irritating" and mentally "retarded" and we get "irritarded" English.