<p>“I couldn’t care less.”</p>
<p>Do you or don’t you, Thumper? ;)</p>
<p>“The Smith’s”</p>
<p>I’m surprized to see this subject hear. Its irrelavent to the forum. Your not demonstrateing you’re intellagence vary well. ;)</p>
<p>No offense, but…I usually enjoy this forum, but this thread…not so much…lol</p>
<p>Don’t you love when someone starts a sentence with “No Offense, but” because you know at that exact moment, you will be offended…</p>
<p>And then the common…“not so much” What’s that about? Do you like chocolate cake? “Not so much” Whatever happened to “no?”</p>
<p>I draw atteshun to marites earlier, similurely themed thread: <a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parent-cafe/594306-top-ten-irritating-phrases.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parent-cafe/594306-top-ten-irritating-phrases.html</a></p>
<p>I’m going to loose it if I read any more of these posts.</p>
<p>But that’s just a mute point…</p>
<p>“Judgement” annoys me. Also it’s a usage problem rather than a misspelling, but people now very commonly say gender when they mean sex. Sex = male or female. Gender = masculine or feminine.</p>
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<p>“Went missing” is a British term that invaded somehow. Same for “at the end of the day.” The good ol’ US equivalent of went missing is “disappeared,” which unfortunately has almost disappeared.</p>
<p>“I could care less” when you mean “I couldn’t care less”.</p>
<p>“He was taken to the hospital” when you mean “He was taken to hospital”.</p>
<p>“Correctional Medical Facility” when you don’t mean cosmetic/plastic surgery clinic.</p>
<p>“Sheriff Detention Facility” unless you really mean a place to lock up rogue cops.</p>
<p>“Senate oversight committee” - it’s just too honest.</p>
<p>Violadad:</p>
<p>Yes, you’re right. It must be a seasonal problem.:)</p>
<p>Another cause for irritation: “amount of people.” I have visions of people piled on top of one another, like mounds of salt.</p>
<p>Right now the Brian Lehrer show is running spots where people are misusing less and fewer. It’s driving me bananas. (Or should I type its to drive you bananas?)</p>
<p>I have a funny story about gender and sex though. When my son was in middle school his bio teacher asked the class to find out how the sex of chicken eggs are determined. My son typed “sex” and “chick” into google and you can imagine what he found! Luckily dh suggested using the word “gender” might get better results…</p>
<p>LOL, mathmom. This reminds me that I detest the word “hot” to describe people as opposed to temperature.
I suppose that eyeing a “chick” might make a guy hot and even bothered, however; but the “chick” would remain at the same temperature.</p>
<p>To some, the chick may be a dog. </p>
<p>Boggles the mind.</p>
<p>visa versa</p>
<p>“Ice tea” kills me a little every time…as does “supposebly”.</p>
<p>The one that sends me through the ceiling (not the roof, thank you) is “administrate.” I’ll probably never get a doctorate because I refuse to use the word “methodology” in describing my research method. And it irks me when people use “i.e.” when they really meant “e.g.”</p>
<p>“Health care reform” is driving me a little batty right now, too, as does “health insurance.” meh. I’m just getting old and curmudgeonly. :rolleyes:</p>
<p>The Phila. Inquirer used the word “dissed” in a headline. That really bothered me</p>
<p>Correct spelling is not a strength of mine so I tend to give people a break on errors.</p>
<p>I’m pretty sure Paris Hlton has a trademark on the phrase “that’s hot”</p>
<p>People who who don’t know their they’re from there their</p>
<p>In addition to “went missing” our local news reporters start every other sentence with “right now”. I don’t know why it bothers me so much.</p>
<p>Wa-la typed for voil</p>
<p>And what about “We’re having a weather situation right now?” :)</p>