😆 Phrase/Idiom that irritates you 😆

[Pidgey]

I completely agree, if I say it about my own situation, cool, if it's somebody else saying to my situation, GTFO

Also, where I am theres a lot of people that say "Yeah, Nah" which is no and "Nah, Yeah" as Yes. As neurodivergent as I am I struggle to comprehend the true meaning about 75% of the time unless they are super clear lol

Reminds me of famous catch phrases by celebrities

Like "it's gonna be a no for me dog"
And
"Bazinga"

[♥ lint ♥]

"lint licker"
"on god"
"fr fr"
"bussin"
"no cap"
"we the best"
"anotha one"
"glow up"
"slayyyyy"
"cap"
"dank"
"big yikes"
"finna"
"boujee"
"bet"
"drip"

ALL OF THESE OMG. I don't need to contribute anything else lmao.

[Ice]

"It's gonna be a no from me dawg" is so iconic though!! Also Paris Hilton's "that's hot" even if I don't like celebrities much they do say funny shit lol.

[kittyray]

I thought "gonna be a now from me, dawg" was just a viral screencap from Broad City, was it a reference to something bigger from Hannibal Burress's (sp?) work?

[♥ Sneasel ♥]

Great thread!
I can't contribute anything, but it helps me enormously to understand colloquial language better. To recognize idioms that I might even misspell or use myself. And understand what, on the other hand, would simply go over my head.

[Alcremie]

I don't mind generational slang that much BUT that broccoli haircut is TRIFLIN (see what I did there?)

I don't mean this in a bad way to anyone that says it but "crossing the rainbow bridge" irritates me. There is nothing colorful about a loved companion passing on. I get why people say it, though.

When people type out a response and their points start off with"firstly, secondly, lastly..." sounds so smug lol. I just use first, second, last if I need to. I know most of it is just habit however but I can't help but get irked by it.

[DarkSkies]

(Me being a non english speaker trying to remember everything you say here so I won't screw up later lol )

[Peaches_and_Mocha]

I think my biggest/most interesting idiom pet peeve is the origin of the saying "blood is thicker than water" because the original full saying is "the blood of the covenant is thicker than the water of the womb" which is exactly the OPPOSITE of what people mean when they say "blood is thicker than water"!

YES that one and "curiosity killed the cat" but forget the rest. It's "curiosity killed the cat, but the satisfaction brought it back"


I think its fun when people use malaphors which is mixing two idioms together

"We'll cross that bridge when we lead the horse to it"

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I don't mean this in a bad way to anyone that says it but "crossing the rainbow bridge" irritates me. There is nothing colorful about a loved companion passing on. I get why people say it, though.

Not sure if you knew this, but its a poem by Edna Clyne-Rekhy

[kittyray]

"We'll cross that bridge when we lead the horse to it"

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I personally love "we'll burn that bridge when we get to it" despite hating burning bridges.

[DankRUSE]

When something bad happens and someone pulls out the
"Everything happens for a reason"

Or pretty much any phrase that belittles something bad happening to you. Hush ur mouth. Shut it. Upwards.

"dank"