What Phrases or Words Irritate You?

Take your pick, they're both equally annoying.

 

I have a friend who says that-it's a classic double "negatory".

 

Gotcha.

 

That's correct. Not for nothing is something.
Interestingly, in both Italian and Afrikaans (but not in Dutch), double negatives are sometimes required.

 

My kids and teenage kids using "that's so random" in places where random is not really the proper word. It's starting to drive me bonkers. Which at 50 isn't a far drive now.

 

At 62 it's even less!!!

 

"Who, me?" This one is from back in the day, when I was a young copper. We'd stop a guy and say, "You, come over here." Followed by the skel saying "Who, me?" This when there was nobody except him on the street. Then we'd say "Who? What are you, an owl or something?"

 

Hatters still refer to it as "tin foil" also.

 

Who me? = I am who you seek!

 

Usually

 

Wow. It is comforting to know that my kids aren't the only ones. They say "awkward" inappropriately too.

 

It drives me nuts when educated people don't know the difference between flaunting and flouting.

 

Or loose and lose

 

Well you don't have to keep flouting how smart you are.

 

...or infer and imply.

 

incidents and incidences

 

I'm a flaunt man muhself(given the choice)

 

Yeah, everyone knows a floutist plays a flute.

 

And the neighbors have complained... repeatedly.

 

I don't know about Italian (unfortunately), but definitely true for Afrikaans.

Edit: the last "nie" always closes the sentence. "Die water is nie skoon nie".