Which phrase annoys you the most?

[Sixgunn]

"Cheers!"

or

"valve amp"

You're not a f""""n' Brit. Stop trying to sound like one.

Tally-ho, mate!!

 

[HolmeBass]

So first off: decaf people! A lot of you seem pretty tightly wound.

And now to the correct abbreviation for pickups: it’s a case of NOT using the apostrophe properly in the contraction. Oh the irony!

It is correctly p’ups. A contraction of pickups, itself a modification of pick ups.

 

[selowitch]

I actually dislike the term “breakdown” when used in the context of everyone dropping out and there being one or two instruments playing softly and maybe some singing.

Maybe it is helpful to think of a “breakdown” not as a disaster for your car, but rather a situation where the car must pull over to let other cars pass. Seen that way, it might be a better metaphor for what you are describing musically.

 

[funkinbottom]

I voted carrots for carrots sake, only because "all of the above" wasn't an option.

 

[OkayistBassist]

Dialed in / dialing in.

 

[Shirobon]

"It needs a tort pickguard" is probably the one sentence that infuriates me the most.

 

[QweziRider]

I also can't stand "dropped" or "dropping" in the context of a new album, CD or whatever the fork they're called these days.

I'm with you on that one too. Well if ya dropped it, pick it up, dang it!

 

[FishDub]

I just came to the phase that I can not more stand phrase like ''Cut through the mix'' etc.

So what's Your most annoying phrase?

Feel free to add Your own nightmares.

Not a phrase, but I will vote "Weight?"

 

[Thundertips]

I just came to the phase that I can not more stand phrase like ''Cut through the mix'' etc.

So what's Your most annoying phrase?

Feel free to add Your own nightmares.

It's not a real Fender unless it's made in the US. I've heard that one a million times.

 

[Deleted member 165050]

So first off: decaf people! A lot of you seem pretty tightly wound.

And now to the correct abbreviation for pickups: it’s a case of NOT using the apostrophe properly in the contraction. Oh the irony!

It is correctly p’ups. A contraction of pickups, itself a modification of pick ups.

Why bother shortening such a short word? It's not like they were usually called "transmitting multi-pole electromagnetic transducer"... it all smacks of the horror of text speak where anything more than a single letter is too much effort. Anyway it's p/ups.

 

[dkelley]

I actually dislike the term “breakdown” when used in the context of everyone dropping out and there being one or two instruments playing softly and maybe some singing.

It's a real problem when you dislike terms that are standardized in music for decades to mean something. You won't be able to get away from this term, unfortunately!

It's kind of like saying you dislike the terms Chorus or Bridge or Coda.

 

[Sixgunn]

Why bother shortening such a short word? It's not like they were usually called "transmitting multi-pole electromagnetic transducer"... it all smacks of the horror of text speak where anything more than a single letter is too much effort. Anyway it's p/ups.

anything more than a single letter is 2 much effort.

*Fixed it for U!

 

[Bikeguy57]

Almost forgot...Once and for all, Its BUCK Naked, Not BUTT Naked. Also, best thread ever!

 

[AboutSweetSue]

“Take it to a trusted luthier.”

Do this rather than take it to a non-trusted luthier? Thanks for the advice!

 

[dkelley]

"drain the swamp", which has oddly become something that is politicized to mean one party or the other, in silly online posts, while in general it hasn't been a party-specific problem for several decades.

Bass related:
- "spaces between the notes" - depends on the style of music, but man oh man, if I'd left space between the notes on many of the sessions I did when I was younger then I wouldn't have made it through the session or gotten paid.
- "Jaco only needed 4 string" - jaco didn't need more than 4 strings due to the style of music he played and his desire to play in higher octaves. Rarely did he play roots down low. Learn yer history!
- "He/She has no groove" - nearly always applied to a soloist who is doing extremely complex music with fast parts that aren't part of a "groove"able style of bass playing

There are probably 20 or 30 more bass related quotes, and 100 or more non-bass related quotes, that irritate me. But meh, I certainly irritate others, so fair is fair

 

[BtaylorTheRogue]

Nothing out there really offends me. I am not a millennial or zoomer.

Oh man, that was a perfect example, it should go in the list.

There is nothing so tedious as listening to someone from any generation chalk up another person's actions as being tied to their age, whether it's gen Z or millennials or boomers.

 

[Standalone]

People that do "quotes" where there should "not" be "quotes".

Those were correctly used, however informally. They can indicate irony in that way. But they should "not" be used for emphasis.

 

[dkelley]

Oh, this isn't a phrase, it's an ignorance about language, but non-Canadians who say out loud "walla", or worse yet, spell it similarly to that.

The word is "voilà", it is French, the accent over the a is not critical for understanding or spelling on English keyboards, and it is pronounced pretty much how it is spelled, with the V sounding like a V, not a W.

K, I'll go back to my corner now.

 

[dan1952]

I know it's not on the list, but BACK IN THE DAY bugs the piss outa me!

 

[dan1952]

Oh, this isn't a phrase, it's an ignorance about language, but non-Canadians who say out loud "walla", or worse yet, spell it similarly to that.

The word is "voilà", it is French, the accent over the a is not critical for understanding or spelling on English keyboards, and it is pronounced pretty much how it is spelled, with the V sounding like a V, not a W.

K, I'll go back to my corner now.

As a jr. high, high school, and college 300 level French student, "walla" makes me want to choke pigeons!