Grinds my Gears
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Grinds my Gears
Aptly is a phrase that annoys me when I hear somebody say it. The 2 that wind me up the most at the minute are ‘fur babies’ and ‘pet parents’. What annoys you?
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Your wrong, you may not be right , and are you sure that's right, really why ask if you know I may not always be right but I'm never wrong!!
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That phrase is bang average.
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Innit ?
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Re: Grinds my Gears
"Grinds my Gears" can be added to the list.
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'Your' when it should be You're or You Are. That Grinds My Gears.
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“From the get go” surely it’s easier to say start!
“Can I get” what’s wrong with could I have?
“Can I get” what’s wrong with could I have?
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Re: Grinds my Gears
"Can i get..." sets my teeth on edge.
What's wrong with "Could i have..."?

What's wrong with "Could i have..."?
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Great minds, vince.... 

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Re: Grinds my Gears
Haha 'fur babies' has always really wound me up as well.
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Any corporate buzzword or Americanism
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'Grinds my gears' just makes me instantly think of Family Guy.
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Re: Grinds my Gears
Absolutely
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100%
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I like can't like think of like any phrase like that really like bugs me like.
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Re: Grinds my Gears
“Challenges” seems to the latest buzz word used almost continuously by people now a days.
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A 110%

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It's me mental health init.
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Different to instead of from
Decimate when they mean more than reduce by a tenth my
To be honest
At the end of the day what’s wrong with at the beginning of the night?
Decimate when they mean more than reduce by a tenth my
To be honest
At the end of the day what’s wrong with at the beginning of the night?
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People forgetting when writing that the past tense of ‘to lead’ is ‘led’ and not… ‘lead’.
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Mis-pronouncing definite and indefinite articles
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"Would of" "could of" "should of"
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“Two choices. Red or blue.”
It’s one choice!!!
It’s one choice!!!
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Now that’s quite annoying because it should be Would’ve Could’ve Should’ve

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This.
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"Back to back" what a way to describe successive.Even "in a row" would be better despite 2 being a bit short as rows go
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At the end of the day
Join the dots
Join the dots
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Babydaddy
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The Four Tops would disagree.
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And Depeche Mode
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"across" just about anything. Nuts
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Next Level...... whatever?
Freshness comes to mind/
Freshness comes to mind/
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Disruptors
Absolute meaningless corporate bo11ocks.
Absolute meaningless corporate bo11ocks.
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Guesstimate or pacifically.
Get in the bin with your half arsed vocabulary
Get in the bin with your half arsed vocabulary
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“More wrong”
Wrong is an absolute.
Wrong is an absolute.
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cardigan
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overload.
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Every single footballer answering every question in an interview with "yeah, no"
When did this start? Once you notice it you can't not notice it!
When did this start? Once you notice it you can't not notice it!
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'Yeah, no but' it was CJ Egan-Riley who I first saw saying it, VK also used to say it, never heard it before that.
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Challenging Project?South West Claret. wrote: ↑Wed Jul 03, 2024 8:08 pm“Challenges” seems to the latest buzz word used almost continuously by people now a days.
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In meeting's, when you ask someone if they have anything to add and they say 'no, but....' then go on to add something to the conversation - so what you mean is 'yes, .....'
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News reporters
Just watch their heads before they start speaking
I am talking about this kind of thing
“ we go over to our political analyst Chris Mason
Camera shot then goes to the next reporter and before they speak nearly all of them will start nodding their head
And once you become aware of it you are looking for it all the time
The other pet hate the use of very
No politician is ever concerned or think the situation is serious
They are always very concerned or it is very serious and sometimes it’s very very concerning
Just watch their heads before they start speaking
I am talking about this kind of thing
“ we go over to our political analyst Chris Mason
Camera shot then goes to the next reporter and before they speak nearly all of them will start nodding their head
And once you become aware of it you are looking for it all the time
The other pet hate the use of very
No politician is ever concerned or think the situation is serious
They are always very concerned or it is very serious and sometimes it’s very very concerning
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A few on here should have had our English teacher bud. The old girl who I think retired while we were still there. Her name escapes me. She had an amazing way of drumming home a message. Her great lesson on the difference between can and may I will never forget.
Guy at the back of the class puts hand up and says ‘can I go to the toilet miss?’
She says ‘Yes’.
He starts to walk out and she then says ‘where do you think you are going?’
‘You said I could go to the toilet miss’.
‘I said you could. I didn’t say you may’.
Brilliant. I think the guy might have been David Slater but I could be wrong.
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