“You can’t have your cake and eat it”
It doesn’t really make sense when you really think about it.
this post was submitted on 25 Jun 2025
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I get unreasonably annoyed at "Well yes and no."
It's never yes and no. Just answer the question.
Not really a phrase, but I also really hate this current trend of ending a sentence in a question mark to try and add that rising inflection that is already obnoxious enough in-person. I just don't like it?
That bittersweet moment when you finally find someone as bothered by question statements as you, but you can tell from their username that they won't be around much longer.
Nothing gold can stay
"I'm just saying"
Yes I know you're saying something. You said it.
Like and Subscribe. I don't like when YouTubers say that, especially at the beginning of a video.
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.
When people write "chefs kiss". Utterly harmless but OH GODDESS IT GRINDS MY GEARS
Ugh, same. Really any memespeak, even if it's far older than the internet. Growing up every social group seemed to have a child who would endlessly quote movies. Somehow this is worse.
The most unpleasant may be "Imagine..." followed by some convoluted story. It always feels like an attempt to slightly disguise bullying. Even when it's directed at a detestable public figure, and it feels like a useful rhetorical construct.
"It's always in the last place you look"
No shit?
"Slams" when it is actually "mildly disagrees"
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.
Ryan George: "Why did you say that? Do you often lie about things?"
I’ve got two teenage boys that only know the word, “brah”
bruh
Naw they evolved it to an a sound somehow
"Speaks out". Commonly used by news organizations to describe anyone saying anything.
“Fam.” Seems to have died now, and thank god.
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
That really spangles my jingadoons.
It is what it is.
It never comes out of the mouth of an intellectual.
"Spin up"
Commonly heard in IT circles; "Let's spin up a meeting".
There are literally dozens of less stupid words you could use.
"Moving forward...."
UGH
"Just do..."
That "Just" always skips 20 steps.
This too shall pass.
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I'm just asking for a little validation!
Normalcy instead of normality
"The first step is to admit you're wrong"
Yea, now do steps 2 to 10, asshat.