Annoying Phrases
 

Researchers at Oxford University have compiled a list of the top 10 most annoying phrases. Agree? Disagree? Which, if any, do you use?!

The top ten most irritating phrases:

1 - At the end of the day
2 - Fairly unique
3 - I personally *
4 - At this moment in time
5 - With all due respect
6 - Absolutely
7 - It's a nightmare
8 - Shouldn't of
9 - 24/7
10 - It's not rocket science

* wonderfully described by John Humphries as "the linguistic equivalent of having chips with rice"

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I say about 4 of those :o

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Guilty as charged....





















Not the phrase.... just at this time I personally dont think I am fairly uniquie in that at the end of the day I am guilty of using most of those phrases on the list.

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I'm surprised that
"yeah yeah - whatever" isn't in that top 10.

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Hubby uses "at the end of the day" a lot - they take the p*** out of him at work now - think he's trying to delete it from his vocab, but it's not that easy when something seems so ingrained, is it? :lol:

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AT the end of the day and with all due respect I personally absolutely find 'perfect' annoying. Its a nightmare that its not on the list, but then it is very much a british list and therefore fairly unique.

Gryph

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For sure

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^^

What she said especially when spoken by Steve McLaren in a fake Dutch accent!!:eek:

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I use all but 8 and 9 :o:o

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Well, Brian, At the end of the day, I personally find it fairly unique at this moment in time. With all due respect it's been absolutely a nightmare. Shouldn't of thought training 24/7 was any use. I just 'it it with me boot. And it's in the back of the net, Brian, innit? It's not rocket science.

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Shame on you;)

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Not sure what's wrong with absolutely.

What happened to "you know...." or "like...." or "doing my head in"
:)

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As a fully qualified rocket scientist the final one in the list means something is difficult, as rocket science is easy. I prefer "It's not organic chemistry" myself.

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well you know like, this thread is kinda doin' my head in a bit like , you know, know what I mean like,
well, anyways . whatever , at the end of the day
AM I BOTHERED ?

lol - God it's bloody awful isn't it ?

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The worst ever is "thinking outside the box" :thumbdown:

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God yes ..... truly annoying - as is "out of my comfort zone".

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oooohhhhhhhhhhhhh stop it :(

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are we I]"working on the same page" [/I]now then ?

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''To cut a long story short''......really gets on my very last nerve:curse:

Just tell me the bit I want to hear and leave all the other crap lodged in you own head and not mine:cool:

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yeah - that's a good one - to bring to point I mean.... not a good expression !

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A phrase that never crossed the lips of Ruud van Nistelroy.

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he's a football player. What does he have to do with it ?

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I don't know your style well enough to guess if that was a joke or not.

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It wasn't a joke. It was an honest question.

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Seriously.

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Ah! RvN was (is) a very successful goal scorer, who achieved this result almost exclusively by reacting quickly inside the (penalty) box.

He was (is) not at all renowned for his footballing acumen in open play outside the (penalty) box.

I anticipate an avalanche of youtube links from enraged ManUre fans at any moment.

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You are a girlie....forget it...;)

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yeah well now I know ........... he was not the one that coined the phrase though.

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Quite.

Oh, look, there's a horse over there who isn't yet fully flogged to death.

I'll have to be off...

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Pushing the envelope.

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Lorna....just wondering.....are you blond?

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I don't understand the explanation. Do you mean he fell over a lot?

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Not exactly a phrase but the excessive use of "incredible" and "incredibly" drives me mad:eek:

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Especially if you're in the Funeral Business !

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Close enough lol. Not as bad as Mr Newcastle though!


'Happy as a pig in sh1t'. Has anyone ever asked a pig whether it would prefer something different?

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No. That's Emile Heskey you're thinking of. Or possibly Stevie G.

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Mr. Newcastle? Who or what can you mean?

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It was a sly dig at Shearer, Novo. Apologies.


Annoying phrases, how about Crazy Frog?

Every time I hear that name I get that bloody song in my head again?

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Oh, I thought you meant me. Or Admiral Collingwood.

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Definitely not you Novo. I'll Google the Admiral and find out who he is first.