Tired, annoying phrases

[ErikW]

"On accident..."

BY accident.
ON purpose.
GRRRRRRRR....

"Supposebly."
GRRRRRRRRRRR.......

"Kick the can down the road." Nothing really wrong with it, just overused.

This! And now, thanks to the internet, we all stand on line instead of in line.

 

[SoVeryTired]

"Kick the can down the road." Nothing really wrong with it, just overused.

I've never heard that one. I must start using it. It'll probably be int he wrong context but no-one here will be any the wiser.

 

[xk49w]

Whatever.

This really means "See how rude I can be? I just reduced your last utterance to insignificance with this simple word illustrating how little I care about you and your opinions".

 

[SoVeryTired]

At the risk of offending many Americans: "I could care less", when really meaning "I couldn't care less". The former means that there is still scope for caring less, whereas the latter means that it is impossible to care any less, i.e. the level of caring is at zero.

 

[SoVeryTired]

Misuse of the word 'literally', e.g. "I literally died of embarrassment".

 

[David Jayne]

"So she was all....."
"And I'm like....."

 

[TolerancEJ]

Misuse of the word 'literally', e.g. "I literally died of embarrassment".

YES! In a fight, if someone landed a solid uppercut, the announcer might say "He literally took his head off!"

 

[SoVeryTired]

YES! In a fight, if someone landed a solid uppercut, the announcer might say "He literally took his head off!"

It does seem to be most prevalent amongst sports commentators!

 

[TolerancEJ]

Misuse of Quote and Quotation

Quote is a verb: To quote Julius Caesar, "Et tu Brute?"

Quotation is a noun: "Et tu Brute" was a quotation by Julius Caesar.

 

[Bass_Thumper]

Let's throw ginormous in with chillax. Where did that come from and why do folks continue to use it!

 

[qervo]

So, Metaphorically he took his head off.

Yeah miss use of literally eats at me too.

 

[tastybasslines]

Combinations of "Bro". For example, "Broseph", "Brocacho", "Brosephino", etc.

I'm a little guilty of it myself and I sometimes I annoy myself.

 

[TolerancEJ]

It does seem to be most prevalent amongst sports commentators!

True: The late, great Gorilla Monsoon used to claim a wrestler had just "literally decapitated his opponent with that clothesline!"

Umm... Not so, good sir. Head's still attached to the neck.

 

[TolerancEJ]

Combinations of "Bro". For example, "Broseph", "Brocacho", "Brosephino", etc.

I'm a little guilty of it myself and I sometimes I annoy myself.

Bromance has to be the worst to come out of the "bro" line of word creation.

 

[MatticusMania]

True: The late, great Gorilla Monsoon used to claim a wrestler had just "literally decapitated his opponent with that clothesline!"

Umm... Not so, good sir. Head's still attached to the neck.

"He hyperbolically decapitated his opponent with that clothesline!"

 

[DwaynieAD]

bromeo and brodown are some of my favorites.

 

[TolerancEJ]

Let's throw ginormous in with chillax. Where did that come from and why do folks continue to use it!

Yes, ginormous = chillax

 

[David Jayne]

Bromance has to be the worst to come out of the "bro" line of word creation.

That one makes me giggle a little.

 

[tastybasslines]

Bromance has to be the worst to come out of the "bro" line of word creation.

Exactly.

 

[Horny Toad]

"I replied back to his email."

No, you replied to his email.

And then in line with many others already mentioned: "No offense...."