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What's a harmless phrase that annoys you? (piefed.blahaj.zone)
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[–] tinylightshow@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 9 hours ago

"Moving forward...."

UGH

[–] mrsemi@lemmy.world 3 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Downfall.

I don't know how, when, or why, but every dumbass near me started using "downfall" in a sentence where you would use "drawback".

[–] dontbelievethis@sh.itjust.works 1 points 8 hours ago

Those dumbasses are the drawback of humanity.

[–] MunkyNutts@lemmy.world 2 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

It is what it is.

[–] ksigley@lemm.ee 1 points 9 hours ago

It never comes out of the mouth of an intellectual.

[–] OmegaLemmy@discuss.online 1 points 10 hours ago

"Just do..."

That "Just" always skips 20 steps.

[–] RouxBru@lemmy.world 4 points 13 hours ago

"Slams" when it is actually "mildly disagrees"

[–] Green_Mouse@piefed.social 9 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Like and Subscribe. I don't like when YouTubers say that, especially at the beginning of a video.

[–] lugal@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 14 hours ago

For me it's "I will see you in the next video" especially when they give a day ("on Thursday") assuming I what the video the minute it's uploaded and not a year later. Also, you never saw me and most likely never will. That's not how videos work. I see the content creator but they don't see me. Get your facts right.

[–] Nougat@fedia.io 4 points 14 hours ago

"Speaks out". Commonly used by news organizations to describe anyone saying anything.

[–] SlartyBartFast@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 hours ago

Normalcy instead of normality

[–] taco@piefed.social 4 points 14 hours ago

I find myself annoyed by "not gonna lie"/"ngl","just sayin'", or really anything along those lines that gets tacked on without adding anything to the statement.

[–] qupada@fedia.io 2 points 13 hours ago

"Spin up"

Commonly heard in IT circles; "Let's spin up a meeting".

There are literally dozens of less stupid words you could use.

[–] Nemo@slrpnk.net 3 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

the phrase "rustles my jimmies" really, well, gets under my skin

burns my biscuits

ruffles my feathers

grinds my gears

bruises my tomato

pisses in my lemonade

rains on my parade

gets my hackles up

gets my garters in a twist

[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 5 points 13 hours ago

That really spangles my jingadoons.

[–] LadyButterfly@piefed.blahaj.zone 7 points 18 hours ago

When people write "chefs kiss". Utterly harmless but OH GODDESS IT GRINDS MY GEARS

[–] Mortoc@lemmy.world 4 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

I’ve got two teenage boys that only know the word, “brah”

[–] bhamlin@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago

bruh

[–] mastod0n@lemmy.world 1 points 12 hours ago

"The first step is to admit you're wrong"

Yea, now do steps 2 to 10, asshat.

[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 4 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

“Fam.” Seems to have died now, and thank god.

[–] Suck_on_my_Presence@lemmy.world 2 points 16 hours ago

This too shall pass.

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