What's your most annoying phrase?

by ozziepost 77 Replies latest jw friends

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  hillary_step

  "Fine" and "grand" were the big words in the UK for many years.

  "Isn't the Universe fine brothers". "...and all the Brother were lined up against a wall and machine-gunned...what a grand example to us all".

  Householder : " You people make me sick. If you do not get off my doorstep I am going to get that Watchtower and jam it right up your left nostril"

  JW #1 - "Grand" - walks away from doorstep smug as a transvestite locked in Bloomingdales after hours.

  JW# 2 - " Brother, you handled that in a very fine way".

  JW#1 - "Thank you, you are a fine Brother" - kisses JW#2 on the lips

  JW#2 - "Grand kiss, thank you" -

  HS
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  FlyingHighNow

  "Nook-you-ler" You should not be able to drop the bomb until you can pronounce its name correctly.

  Oh well then you would just love seeing Fahrenheit 9/11. Bush says it several times that way. I mean, we have a president who pronounces nuclear nook-u-lir. Scarrrrrrrrry.

  I hate it when my obnoxious exboss, Miss Piggy herself booms, "It's a beautiful thing!"

  Flyin'
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  4JWY

  ... the phrase - "Now, correct me if I'm wrong"

  often stated by a person who in no way would accept any correction of his wrongness

  (edit: Wrongness may not be a word - please correct me if I'm wrong)
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  doodle-v

  Here's how a typical interview on MTV News goes knowhatimsayin?:

  Interviewer: What do you feel is the general message is of your new album?

  Interviewee:know what i'm sayin? blah blah blah blah, knowwhatimsayin? blah blah blah knowhatimsayin? knowhwatimsayin?

  Interviewer:uuuhm ok.. so I notice your style has changed quite a bit since the last album, why is that?

  Interviewee: knowwhatimsayin? cuz uh youknowwhatimsayin itslike knowwhatimsayin knowimsayin?

  Interviewer: What is the inspiration of your music?

  Interviewee: knowhatimsayin?

  Interviewer: well, actually i don't because you havent really said anything.

  Interviewee: knowhatimsayin?
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  gumby

  Doodle....LMAO! I feel the same way about those illiterate acting smucks.( did I just spell illiterate wrong.....tell me I didn't)

  I can't stand any phrase used in dubdom language.

  Gumby
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  new light

  Never met a JW exclusive phrase that didn't infuriate me, even when I WAS one. I also hate "For all intents and purposes". Am I the only one who misunderstood this for years as "For all intensive purposes"? That's probably why I hate it.....it made no sense to me for the longest time until I saw it in print.

  CHEVYS: Here's a little gem I picked up in Georgia this winter: "Funnier than a rubber crutch"
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  gaiagirl

  One I use sometimes...."As If...", an expression denoting skepticism or disbelief in anothers statement.

  WTBTS Finanicial Spokesperson at assembly "Yes, brothers and sisters, the money you send to the Society is used to expand the Kingdom Preaching work in lands around the world."

  Random person in audience: "As If..."

  This is really effective when combined with a flip of ones hair, and/or rolling eyes.

  Another is "Snap!", used when you've made what you consider to be a particularly effective point in an argument. I believe it represents the last thread supporting your opponents position breaking.

  WTBTS publisher: "The account of Noahs Flood as told in the Bible is an original telling of an actual event".

  Householder who knows their ancient history: "According to the chart in the back of your New World Translation, Genesis was written by Moses in the wilderness around 1513 B.C.E. So, if the Genesis account is the original, why does the 'Noah' story, have so many elements in common with the MUCH older Babylonian account of Gilgamesh? Snap!"
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  Undaunted Danny

  "Leave it in Jehovers hands"

  Danny sez:"Bend over Jehovah"
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  Undaunted Danny

  "Get a load of this"seriously,it's the service meeting ca.1968.

  The meeting featured a segment on inappropriate slang for dubs.

  I 'learned' from MS Raymond VinXXXXX ,that "off hand"means masturbation.It's a popular phrase in the states:e.g.Well 'off hand' I don't know the answer to your query.

  Note:Nothing I post is made up;the undaunted Danny
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  funkyderek

  Am I the only one who misunderstood this for years as "For all intensive purposes"?

  Unfortunately, no. A lot of people do it and it bugs the hell out of me because they clearly don't think about what they're saying. The same people tend to say "I could care less" and "irregardless".

  It also annoys me when people say (for example) "John and I" when they mean "John and me". It seems to be the one grammatical rule that semi-literate people remember, but without any idea of when it's appropriate. For circumstances where you would say "me" when on your own, you would say "John and me" when John joins you.

  And people who say "Cheer up, it might never happen" to complete strangers should be hit across the face with a shovel. Repeatedly.