Oxford compiles list of top ten irritating phrases

[Dak]

When itch is substituted for scratch.
"Stop itchin' it!" or "I been itchin it all day". Re-fuckin-tarded.

 

[AchrisK]

What about "hence"? I've heard that many people find it annoying.

"Hence" is cool, as is "thus".

 

[Vossyrus]

I often find the usage of "erstwhile" incredibly amusing, especially when in used in critiquing an album. It just seems so out of place, and typical of a wannabe-pretentious writers who are trying too hard to impress.

 

[V.V.V.V.V.]

"whilst"

 

[Cythraul]

Double negatives are perfectly fine in Spanish, no?

yeah

 

[Burning In Hell]

I fucking hate double negatives.

 

[Vossyrus]

I fucking hate double negatives.

I agree, and I've got plenty of spanish blood in me.

(to be honest from what I've noticed black people use double negatives most)

 

[AchrisK]

Don't be talkin' 'bout no black folk!

 

[supseudonymous]

"whilst"

For some reason I like girls who constantly replace while with whilst. It's even hawter than bible thumping nuns. I guess it's because it makes them sound smarter than they usually are.

 

[mutantllama]

"Hence" is cool, as is "thus".

It makes people look smart, thus making them fake, hence the word "look".

 

[Melodeath]

I laughed at "are you trying to hang out?". Do people actually say this often?

It was a fairly common phrase among my friends back in high school, and I've certainly heard it a number of times here at college (a couple states away from my high school - so it's not a geographic thing).
That being said, one time I used it (basically to amuse myself) and the chick totally misunderstood me lol

Also, "whilst" is badass imo

 

[Zephyrus]

My father says "don't let the tail wag the dog" but usually puts a clever spin on it to make it less annoying.

Bifocals

Bite me.

 

[cookiecutter]

cookie: It's "part and parcel", which basically means that something is an integral or essential part of something else.

Thank you. That makes more sense.

It was a fairly common phrase among my friends back in high school, and I've certainly heard it a number of times here at college (a couple states away from my high school - so it's not a geographic thing).
That being said, one time I used it (basically to amuse myself) and the chick totally misunderstood me lol

Also, "whilst" is badass imo

I know a girl from Richmond who says "hey kids" as a greeting (as opposed to "hey guys" or something similar). Is that a VA thing or is she just uniquely annoying?

 

[Melodeath]

Thank you. That makes more sense.

I know a girl from Richmond who says "hey kids" as a greeting (as opposed to "hey guys" or something similar). Is that a VA thing or is she just uniquely annoying?

She's "fairly unique," "to say the least."

In seriousness, no, it's not a VA thing, AFAIK. I've only heard a couple people say that and it wasn't regular, iirc.

Now that I think about it, I know a girl from Richmond, and I can easily imagine her saying "hey kids." Perhaps it's a Richmond thing.

 

[zabu of nΩd]

It's funny, for a lot of Hispanics for which English is their second language, they have a problem with words that start with "S". They tend to put an "E" in front. Sacred = escared, etc.

That's because there is a shitload of words that start with "es" in espanol, and very few which start with only "s".

 

[Xorv]

log base of 3 raised to the (x-1)2 where x is the sum of two numbers where one of the numbers is less than 1 but not equal to 0 and the other is the cube of 3

 

[Orion Crystal Ice]

All of the stupid midwest or Alaskan dialect and way of speaking....dont'cha know..

 

[Xorv]

^you mean; The Palin Dialogue?

 

[zabu of nΩd]

"Aw, say it ain't so, Joe!"

God what a retarded bitch.

 

[Xorv]

I saw something on CNN where Palin basically said she would consider running for office in 2012

the reason why McCain lost was because of her.