What Phrases or Words Irritate You?

Discussion in 'The Chatterbox' started by DaltonGang, Aug 18, 2016.

  1. Sara-s

    Sara-s This Pun for Hire

    How very kind! I found a digital one on Amazon.
     
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  2. DaltonGang

    DaltonGang Ol' Itchy Whiskers

    I.R.S.
     
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  3. blondblue

    blondblue Well-Known Member

    How about duck tape?
     
  4. richgem

    richgem suffering from chronic clicker hand cramps

    If you have to measure duck tape you're not using enough of it.
     
  5. MacDaDad

    MacDaDad Well-Known Member

    And? At which or what point of the day would you use "Have a good rest of your day"? Before or after "Good Morning" or "Good After Noon"? Before "Good Evening"? And I don't know either but "You Can Trust Me" on that one? :D
     
  6. MacDaDad

    MacDaDad Well-Known Member

    When you're throwing a roll of tape at someone and they don't see you? Duck! Tape....:)
     
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  7. Sara-s

    Sara-s This Pun for Hire

    Is it the abbreviation or the organization that you find objectionable?
     
  8. DaltonGang

    DaltonGang Ol' Itchy Whiskers

    Yes it is. Universally despised, I would think.
     
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  9. blondblue

    blondblue Well-Known Member

    oooooh, clever...let me say that(oh, I just DID say that lol)
     
  10. richgem

    richgem suffering from chronic clicker hand cramps

    Well unless you're throwing a roll of tape at a goose. Then it would be: duck duck goose tape.
     
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  11. richgem

    richgem suffering from chronic clicker hand cramps

    "I'm running a little late."

    And

    "I'll be there by x:xx"

    Really? You're already 45 minutes late. And you knew you were going to be late 45 minutes ago. Why are you just telling me now?

    (This is in the context of service people.)
     
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  12. Sara-s

    Sara-s This Pun for Hire

    …also siblings
     
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  13. MacDaDad

    MacDaDad Well-Known Member

    Or old people? :p
     
  14. Sara-s

    Sara-s This Pun for Hire

    My siblings ARE old people. (But then, so am I.)
     
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  15. Enrico

    Enrico Popcorn

    :signs011: for I and mine. I think English teachers would despise me.

    :lam:
     
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  16. richgem

    richgem suffering from chronic clicker hand cramps

    Thou spake most improperwise.
     
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  17. blondblue

    blondblue Well-Known Member

    I would mention that @Sara-s question was not a yes/no, but I'll be quiet;
     
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  18. DaltonGang

    DaltonGang Ol' Itchy Whiskers


    Well then, since Sara is a former school teacher, it would be both the "Acronym" for the Internal Revenue Service(IRS), as well as the Service itself, that most people despise. I will not go into detail, because it would just end up getting people kicked off this forum.
     
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  19. Sara-s

    Sara-s This Pun for Hire

    @DaltonGang I get why you despise the service. In fact, a friend of mine insists on calling it the Internal Revenue Daprtment, as she refuses to call what they do a service. But what is the objection to the acronym?
     
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  20. mrchick

    mrchick Odd, Terrible Avatar

    I prefer Infernal Revenue Service
     
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