Which phrase annoys you the most?

[Greenstreet]

Piping or not, if the chicken was that hot, you wouldn't be able to grab a leg and gnaw on it as depicted in the commercial as it would sear human tissue.

Kentucky Fried Chicken has a minimum hold time of 20 minutes (after being cooked) before it can be served.
This is for two reasons: the 20 minute rest allows the temperature to equalize (carry-over cooking), and if it were served directly out of the fryer, it would still be piping hot, and it would sear human tissue.


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[QweziRider]

So what's Your most annoying phrase?

In the music world? "Going into pre-production." Or "Entering the studio." WTH???? Pre-production is a place? And, of course, you're going to be entering the studio for your next album. Now what, once you're in there?

I know...silly annoyances on my part, but...

 

[Resonance129]

Eh... I've never really been annoyed by any of those phrases. Or any like em.
I suppose I haven't been on TB long enough

 

[monsterthompson]

“Slappin’ da bass, mon!”
It bothers me. The joke wasn’t funny in the movie, and it’s not worth referencing. It really grinds my gears when other musicians who know I don’t slap will still ask me if I’m slappin da bass.

 

[mikewalker]

Sustain. ... I have a hard time imagining where the quest for sustain on a bass guitar comes from.

It's for the last chord in "A Day In A Life" but yer playing it in a trio without a piano and you have to somehow give it the gravitas that it deserves ...

 

[logdrum]

Why is "thinning the herd" not on that list?

When ranchers do this, it means shooting down cattle that are sick or old. They also lose money and won't be shopping for a new cow the next day nor they reminisce that the murdered cows are the best ever.

 

[basseux]

"So you are playing guitar"

In France there is that expression, "jouer de la gratte".
This means "play the scratch", because on guitar you strum strings by scratching strings with a pick.

But first, I don't play bass with a pick, and secondly this most likely imply that bass is a guitar.

 

[andare]

Also, James Hetfield needs to learn how to sing without saying "yah!" at the end of every sentence.

Boy now you got me started!

And Anthony Kiedis needs to stop say Li instead of I.

 

[andare]

The "worst offender" that really gets "my" goat is referring to instruments as "she" (this also extends to ships and planes).
Also when someone asks about a certain specific thing and the comments always contain an alternative that is supposedly better. Which is what I just did, as my pet peeves is not on OP's list.

So I'll show myself out but not before saying once again that i don't understand what the carrot thing is about.

 

[foal30]

Limited Edition:

Limited to how many we can sell

 

[MynameisMe]

None of the above poll irks me. But when I see YAAAAAASSSS.....I hate that. I really hate that for some reason.

Yetthh, i hate this also....

 

[_Obra_]

It looks like I opened a Pandora's box

 

[Valvehead]

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

 

[two fingers]

I'm not bothered by any of them, including carrots.

Why does "cut through the mix" bother people? It's simply a colloquial way of saying "I want to be heard and not just felt".

 

[_Obra_]

I'm not bothered by any of them, including carrots.

Why does "cut through the mix" bother people? It's simply a colloquial way of saying "I want to be heard and not just felt".

Because people with very little knowledge of music use the term on a daily basis and often in a completely wrong context, trying to explain something they don't understand and turn out to be intelligent.

 

[Nev375]

None of the poll options really annoy me (yet). Bass related phrases/jargon etc I dislike are referring to basses (or any inanimate object) as "she" or "her" & calling pickups "pups".

I was about to get through this thread thinking "none of this stuff bothers me" and then you reminded me of "pups"

The genderizing of inanimate objects is fine in my book, but I can't tolerate using the same word for puppies as pickups. The ick is too important to omit.


Other than that, simple blatant disregard for spelling annoys me.

So I voted carrots for carrots sake because I actually love that part of talkbass culture. But it needs to be used appropriately and not for its own sake.

 

[AdamR]

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

 

[lbbc]

No phrase, regarding bass, really annoys me. People have opinions and use certain terminology to express and explain their affection for a particular bass....to each their own.

 

[Deleted member 165050]

"Fixed it for ya"

More of a tb thing than a music thing, but...

 

[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.