Which phrase annoys you the most?

[got_the_bug]

4-banger/5-banger

As terms used to describe basses, these make me want to club cute white baby harp seals.

 

[hypercarrots]

If we're expanding this to non-bass related phrases, I'll nominate any phrase that starts with "hashtag" as in "#carrots". The real world does not talk like we're all on twitter.

(Also, # is not a "hashtag", it's a number sign. Get off my lawn.)

Also, stop starting sentences with the word "so".

i remember we used to call those pound signs

 

[VoodooJazz]

"At the end of the day"
Not related to the bass... but I'm convinced that part of my life was wasted every time someone says it.

That made me laugh out loud!

 

[Herrick]

Motorcycle related: "Nice looking SCOOT"

 

[dkelley]

When people misquote mythological figures. There was only one box that brought doom upon the world. Her other boxes were simply used for storage.

"I know right?" ~ Harry Potter

 

[hypercarrots]

I would've thought it should be "physical distancing". Social distancing is like when I decide not to talk to somebody because I am angry at them.

right, that’s why i say personal spacing. the phrase personal space already existed and is more appropriate.

 

[DirtDog]

Motorcycle related: "Nice looking SCOOT"

And..."How many times have you laid 'er down?"

 

[Diminishedfilth]

"At the end of the day"
Not related to the bass... but I'm convinced that part of my life was wasted every time someone says it.

That’s the staple of every unscripted Discovery Channel Reality Show script. If I ever heard somebody say that to me, I’d picture them looking off-camera towards some fictitious person, pretending to be interviewed.

 

[neptoon]

Carl and I voted for sustain.. and added another one to the pile: tonewood

 

[Deleted member 165050]

and yammy

So that means my instruments are

Yamaha = Yammy
Gibson = Gibby
Ibanez = Ibby
Wal = Wally
Warwick = Warry
Takamine = Tacky
Dean = Deano
Lightwave = Wavy
Rennaisance = Renny
Fender = Fenny
Marsuszczyk = Mary

I could go on...

 

[got_the_bug]

Motorcycle related: "Nice looking SCOOT"

My favorite..."I had to lay 'er down..." as though it was a conscious decision culminating in deliberate, careful placement, rather than a failure to navigate a turn or avoid an obstacle.

Edit: Beaten by @DirtDog by 1 minute. We even used the same contraction!

 

[dogbrained]

"Results are only viewable after voting."
https://www.google.com/search?sa=X&...2ahUKEwjs18T8oaHvAhVPCM0KHecLCvwQjJkEegQIARAB

 

[StatesideRambler]

The "worst offender" that really gets "my" goat is referring to instruments as "she" (this also extends to ships and planes).

A bit of learning about the etymology of referring to a ship as “she” would be enlightening for you. Sailors in the days of wooden ships were quite serious about that. Much in early aviation followed nautical usage. Instruments? Well, people do enjoy misusing jargon.

For me it's definitely "great bit of kit"

Don’t hang with British players.

Anything about "the pocket."

I am without words WRT this comment.

When someone says "no worries" instead of "you're welcome"

Don’t hang with Aussie players.

And from the Get Off My Lawn Department:
“very unique”
There are no degrees of uniqueness. Unique means one and only one, alone in the universe. It’s either unique or it’s not.

 

[hypercarrots]

when people say “just saying” it usually is something that doesn’t need to be said.
and when they do it in person it’s unnecessary because you don’t need to announce you said it. we just heard you say it.

 

[hypercarrots]

When someone says "no worries" instead of "you're welcome"

Makes my eye twitch.

when someone says your welcome instead of you’re welcome

 

[VoodooJazz]

If we're expanding this to non-bass related phrases, I'll nominate any phrase that starts with "hashtag" as in "#carrots". The real world does not talk like we're all on twitter.

(Also, # is not a "hashtag", it's a number sign. Get off my lawn...)

Respectfully, if we’re going to be pedantic, the # character is called octothorpe. Two of its usages are for “number”, and in the US, “pounds”.

 

[hypercarrots]

rare as hen’s teeth

 

[punchdrunk]

Musically I’d say “my fans”.. when I hear a jobber use that term I cringe. Generally I find the term the term “my community” atrocious and to be ignored unless someone is actually referring to a geographic location.

 

[HolmeBass]

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.

Huh, I can say with confidence that p/ups is not standard English, while p’ups is. And they are the same length.

As for not making things short enough, there are numerous examples where the contraction only eliminates one or two characters.

Can not => cannot (1 char)

Will not => won’t (3 chars)

The “why bother shortening such a short word” doesn’t make any sense in the world of English contractions.

 

[g-dude]

The "worst offender" that really gets "my" goat is referring to instruments as "she" (this also extends to ships and planes).

That’s going to make using certain languages really difficult.

Ich habe eine Gitarre und sie ist rot.

Literally: I have a guitar and she is red. If I said, “Ich habe ein Gitarre und es ist rot” that would be incorrect, as Gitarre is a feminine noun in German.

Of course, I know you’re talking about English, but there’s a precedent for using genders with inanimate objects.

 

[DirtDog]

rare as hen’s teeth

pale as a nun's bum.