Is it normal that im super annoyed by these phrases/words?

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This is kind of random, but, anyone else out there annoyed with the following:

. When someone refers to the pricing of a lot of items being "2 bucks a pop"! (or something similar)

. Overuse of alliteration...

. The phrase "pet peeve"

. The words/phrases "Lulz" and "Pics"

there are more but i cant think of them at the moment lol.
Anyways, am i alone on being annoyed with these words?

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  • shade_ilmaendu
    12 years ago

    However, alliteration is a wonderful literary tool that has helped to craft many a marvelous poem or phrase. See how subtly I sneak it into my writing, words working to weave a web of wonder.... Ok, that's enough.

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  • howaminotmyself
    13 years ago

    We all have our random phrases that we pick up and use without knowing why. Some of them bother people. And we are annoyed by the phrases we can't seem to escape. Like grandpa complaining about the a tool that costs 2 bucks a pop.

    Personally, I never put the "I" at the beginning of a sentence when it includes the word "personally". :)

    The word I loath is "fixin". As in, "I'm fixin to go to the store."

    And I'm starting to get annoyed with the misuse of the word "epic". It is not a synonym for "big" or "grand". The word you are looking for "monumental." Sadly, I don't think I will win.

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  • [Old Memory]
    13 years ago

    Nah. I hear ya. I have many (many) words and phrases, in common use, that irritate me to the point where I almost don't hear their entire message anymore, but spend more time cringing at their misuse of English.

    A few examples:

    1. "I, personally.."
    (Also: "I, myself" and "Me, personally):
    It's redundant. When we say "I", it means personal, as in, us. To add "personally" is simply redundant. All I hear is "I, I", when they say it. "Well, I personally feel it's this.." Wrong. "I feel it's this."

    2. "He just wants to have his cake and eat it, too."
    Wrong. There's nothing wrong with having something and wanting to consume it. The issue is when people seek to eat the cake and *then* expect to also have it. Impossible. The original (and correct) expression is: "He just wants to eat his cake and have it, too.", which indeed makes a lot more sense. Since, once the cake's gone, we can't also reasonably expect to *have* it.

    3. "May or may not (be)"
    Everything may or may not be. "Do you think it'll rain tomorrow?" "Well, it may or may not." Gee, thanks. I'm no closer to a real answer than I was prior to the question.

    4. "But that's just my opinion."
    Gee, really? I thought you were speaking on behalf of the IMF President. Good thing you clarified this, for me.

    5. "End result"
    The result *is* the end of something. If you haven't ended something, there is no result. And there's no result, until there's an end of something.

    6. "Fall down"
    As opposed to fall up? (Hey! You could fall UP some stairs!) No. You'd still be falling down, but just while going up the stairs.

    7. "In order to"
    I can find no literary use of this phrase where it's necessary. It's just needless bloating and inflation of the language. "In order to get to the park, we must walk." No. "To get to the park, we must walk." The addition of "in order" is completely useless.

    Well. Good enough. I'm sure ya get my point. ☺

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    • dappled
      13 years ago

      Some people use tautologies because, even though they are needless, they improve the flow or poetry of a sentence.

      No offence to the OP but this new use of "super" sounds really odd to my ears. Mind you, I'll probably be doing it myself in five years. I swore I'd never use "cool" to describe anything other than temperature and I find myself doing it all the time now.

      I suppose the point is that language is a democracy and, despite the definition of democracy, that generally means that no one person gets what they want.

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      • [Old Memory]
        13 years ago

        I agree, yes.

        Though I've taught English to foreigners before, and with all of these meaningless ways we communicate, I find it serves only to confuse, to obfuscate and otherwise pollute communication.

        Example:

        "Well, I personally think that in order to get to the park, we must walk but that's just my opinion I may or may not be wrong."

        Versus:

        "Well, I think that, to get to the park, we must walk."

        hehe

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    • 343Boy
      13 years ago

      I hate "nah" and "ya", why can't people just use "no" and "you".

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    • [Old Memory]
      13 years ago

      You do know most of those aren't meant to be take so seriously? I thought I was bad with being picky but you're in a whole other category.

      The cake phrase is to just a metaphorical way of describing something, it's not literal in the way you picked it apart.

      Plus I'm sure that when people say "I, personally", the personally is simply used as a reinforcement, to show the other person there is no implication of another's opinion and to add emphasis.

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      • [Old Memory]
        13 years ago

        And yes, I know there are mistakes in my message, it is late and I'm tired, I'm well aware it should be "taken" and the "to" shouldn't be in my sentence.

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  • kit-kat-bar
    11 years ago

    lol is my pet peeve!

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  • shade_ilmaendu
    12 years ago

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    I can't actually think of any of the words I hate right now. Odd.

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  • CupcakeLover2
    13 years ago

    I hate it when people say "Omg", "lol", "wtf", etc outloud.

    Also the word giraffe. Not actual giraffes, just the word. Say it out loud 10 times and tell me you don't hate it.

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    • SoularWind
      13 years ago

      I love the word Giraffe

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  • amc123
    13 years ago

    I hate when people say anywho

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  • I_am_not_normal
    13 years ago

    Ewww I hate the phrase pet peeve too

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