Faddish phrases that annoy you.

[SurprisedByBeauty]

"That moment when", "like totally", "your bestie this or that"...
I "Literally" loath these phrases; these empty bubbles that have people write (even talk) like they were walking memes. Argh. I can't be alone in that.

[Karl Henning]

Totes  0:)

[North Star]

Totes  0:)

What's wrong with totes?  0:)

[Karl Henning]

I remember that variety!

[mc ukrneal]

Can't stand, and maybe this should be in Cat's thread, when people say, "Can I come with?" Does it require too much effort to finish the thought?  Maybe it should be in the pet peeve thread...

[North Star]

Can't stand, and maybe this should be in Cat's thread, when people say, "Can I come with?" Does it require too much effort to finish the thought?  Maybe it should be in the pet peeve thread...

And it's not as if you couldn't say 'can I come along' or 'can I come too'.

[Monsieur Croche]

"That moment when", "like totally", "your bestie this or that"...
I "Literally" loath these phrases; these empty bubbles that have people write (even talk) like they were walking memes. Argh. I can't be alone in that.

"Literally," used, like, you know, in about the exact opposite of its definition in dictionaries, aka The Lewis Carroll Humpty Dumpty usage:

"When I use a word," Humpty Dumpty said, in rather a scornful tone, "it means just what I choose it to mean—neither more nor less." ~ Lewis Carroll

This is the Humpy Dumptization of language, i.e. the real meaning is disregarded, ignored (or as likely never known in the first place.)

The user (mis-user, actually), from their wholly egocentric (and clinically sociopath) private universe, assumes others will have E.S.P. and, you know, like, totally, know 'what they would like the word to mean.'

Well, literally, good luck with that ;-)

THE pet peeve above and beyond that is about inflection.  People inflecting the end of each spoken phrase or sentence with an upward turn of pitch.  It makes every spoken statement sound like a question.
"This especially annoys the hell out of me?"

[mc ukrneal]

Actually, I just remembered one I dislike about as much, "It is what it is."

[Brian]

I literally can't even right now

I CAN'T

Totes  0:)

Totes m'gotes!

[SurprisedByBeauty]

I literally can't even right now

Ah, YES! That's one I absolutely loath. Faddish indeed!

[SurprisedByBeauty]

"not music" when referring to music


Of course Dove Shampoo isn't music, neither is the 33 Amendments of the USA music, but music is definitely Music

I've been spared that. What context is it used in?

[Brian]

As a food writer, here are some industry-specific phrases or terms I hate:

- "concept" instead of "restaurant"
- "artisanal"
- "bespoke"
- menus that simply list ingredients instead of telling you what the dish is. Tonight I'm going to a place with items like "spiced winter fruit agua fresca, blue corn meal cookie, Duxbury oyster." That's one dish, not three. Ugh, you guys.

[Ken B]

As a food writer, here are some industry-specific phrases or terms I hate:

- "concept" instead of "restaurant"
- "artisanal"
- "bespoke"
- menus that simply list ingredients instead of telling you what the dish is. Tonight I'm going to a place with items like "spiced winter fruit agua fresca, blue corn meal cookie, Duxbury oyster." That's one dish, not three. Ugh, you guys.

My local bar makes a snack called "the artisinal"  actually, made with spiced winter fruit agua fresca, blue corn meal cookie, Duxbury oyster.

[Ken B]

At least "talk to the hand" is no longer with us.

[SurprisedByBeauty]

When someone full of themselves doesn't like or relate to a piece of music, it's commonplace on the internet

"It's not music" - yes, I've heard that, early on. Even "that's not opera". Talking about Britten, no less. I think it started a flame of fury in me, that's never quite died. What effing ignorance. I respect not liking music. But the haughty, lazy, callous nonsense that is denying a thing that is easily determinable status of a thing, gets my goad. I might even understand it in art; there's a lot that might be called into question. This one comes to mind: http://www.cbc.ca/radio/thisisthat/new-york-artist-creates-art-that-is-invisible-and-collectors-are-paying-millions-1.2847219?autoplay=true

[SurprisedByBeauty]

At least "talk to the hand" is no longer with us.

...because the face isn't listening. Oh, precious memories.

[Gurn Blanston]

As a food writer, here are some industry-specific phrases or terms I hate:

- "concept" instead of "restaurant"
- "artisanal"
- "bespoke"
- menus that simply list ingredients instead of telling you what the dish is. Tonight I'm going to a place with items like "spiced winter fruit agua fresca, blue corn meal cookie, Duxbury oyster." That's one dish, not three. Ugh, you guys.

As a music history researcher, the one big stop sign for me is this word, AFAIK, exclusive to the music business:

adumbrate

Seriously, I have read thousands of books on other topics, and I never once saw that word before music came along. Jens will know, though, it is a regular for us. Once was enough for me, really.

[NikF]

Perhaps not all that commonplace in the mainstream, but nonetheless -



"...the lens is sharp and contrasty"

Shut up.


"...an edgy image - think GQ"

STFU.


"... will help really make the image pop"

I'll pop your face with my fist.

[Ken B]

Oft have I adumbrated a catena. Prospectively to articulate it, naturally.

[Gurn Blanston]

Oft have I adumbrated a catena. Prospectively to articulate it, naturally.

It is particularly annoying when used thusly:

"Mozart's use of descending thirds in the opening movement development of the F Major sonata effectively adumbrates Brahms' later use in the Rhapsody Op 79 #1... yada yada". No kidding, mate. That's a revelation!