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Phrases you hate

A few for starters:
baby daddy
baby father
virtue signalling
fat shaming
super excited
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  • Refereeing decisions even themselves out over the season.
  • edited February 2018
    Cheap at half the price.

    That one has never made sense to me in the context that it is used.
  • imminent
  • Daddy Day Care
    Lastminute.com when talking about being disorganised
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  • So basically, it's random legit
  • A lot of American ones. "My bad" being one of the most irritating.

    This, it's been done on here before, but anyone who says 'my bad' should be put up against a wall and shot.
    Same with the dickheads who, once they've explained something, say 'simples'. Grade A tossers the lot of em*

    * I have no idea why it pushes my buttons, but it does.
  • At the end of the day...
    To be fair...
  • edited February 2018

    "Can I get" instead of may I have.

    Now being surpassed by “I’ll take a .......”
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  • IMO winds me up, but it is marginally more acceptable than people stating their opinions as fact imo
  • He's a proper player
  • "Enjoy the rest of your day/afternoon/evening". Spoken usually by check-out people. It always seems like a 'company thing' rather than heart-felt by the employee. It's not easy to reply to. Can't say "And you" - they're bloody working!
  • just saying
  • Back in the day
  • It’s all ‘swings and roundabouts’
  • 3. Incorrect use of the word 'literally'. As in 'Usain Bolt literally exploded out of the blocks.' No he didn't. If he did, you wouldn't be talking about the race. You'd be talking about the mess of blood and guts he left.

    This, this and this!

    When there was an England friendly just before the Euros, Hodgson tried a different 'keeper than Hart.

    I can't remember who it was, (Forster?) but they broke their leg during the game, thus guaranteeing he wouldn't be going to the Euros. One of the commentators said "He is literally heart broken". I expected to see him laying with the trainers doing CPR, and bringing on a defibrillator...
  • 24/7
    Touch base
    Blue Sky Thinking
    We're On a Journey
    Thought Shower
    Run It Up The Flagpole
    If You Don't Like It Get Off The Bus
    Pick It Up And Run With It
    Let's Get Our Ducks In A Row

    Business speak for business morons.
  • Macronate said:

    24/7
    Touch base
    Blue Sky Thinking
    We're On a Journey
    Thought Shower
    Run It Up The Flagpole
    If You Don't Like It Get Off The Bus
    Pick It Up And Run With It
    Let's Get Our Ducks In A Row

    Business speak for business morons.

    I reckon I use at least one of these every day at work!
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