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Irritating Phrases

Discussion in 'Queens Park Rangers' started by IwasanotherwatfordR, Aug 8, 2023.

  1. IwasanotherwatfordR

    IwasanotherwatfordR Well-Known Member

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    A lighthearted attempt to move the misery away from what we are witnessing from our performances.

    Some phrases I hear really make me grate my teeth. Can anyone add to these?

    thinking outside the box
    the best version of themselves
    elephant in the room
    they gave everything
     
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  2. Hammersmith bookie

    Hammersmith bookie Well-Known Member

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    Qpr have conceded again !
     
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  3. Steelmonkey

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    Time to gel
    I see positives in that performance
     
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  4. bobmid

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    'they gave everything'

    Again
     
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    He’s done fantastically well.

    He’s either done fantastically or he’s done well. Using a superlative to describe a mundane.
     
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    No pressure.
     
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  7. Kilburn

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    Thoughts and Prayers (especially popular in USA after mass shootings, often of school kids)
     
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    People saying ‘stay safe’ during the pandemic annoyed me.
     
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  9. Goldhawk-Road

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    This is my truth - after they've lied
     
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  10. Kilburn

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    Have a nice day!
     
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  11. Kilburn

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    An often used ice breaker in conversations here, "How are you doing".
     
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    [1] People who say food is "moreish"
    [2] The use of the suffix "-gate" to describe every scandal since Watergate
    [3] Saying people are a "denier" of something (sorry Strolls) as it originated from Holocaust Denier so feels a tad unpleasant to apply it elsewhere
    [4] He was entitled to go down
    [5] Footballers constantly saying they will "hopefully" do well for their new club
    [6] Teenage girls that use "like" in between just about every other word (as my daughter does)
    [7] "When he walked in the room I literally died!"
    [8] "A bad day at the office"
    [9] "Early doors"
    [10] "Setting out your stall"
    [11] "I'm not sucking that it's infected!"
     
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  13. Goldhawk-Road

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    I sometimes say food is Moorish after I've eaten a paella...
     
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  14. Wherever

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    From the “get go”
     
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    Yes, people have a bad habit of using "literally" when they mean "virtually"
     
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    People saying Basically
     
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  17. Uber_Hoop

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    "Ice breaker" :emoticon-0140-rofl::emoticon-0140-rofl::emoticon-0140-rofl::emoticon-0140-rofl::emoticon-0140-rofl:
     
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  18. Steelmonkey

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    There's nothing worse....

    As in "I stubbef my toe"..."oooh, there's nothing worse"

    As in "I twisted my back"..."oooh, there's nothing worse"

    As in "I impaled my testicles on a barbed wire fence"..."oooh, there's nothing worse"

    As in "I've had to have an arm and a leg amputated"..."oooh, there's nothing worse"

    Only acceptable use, as in "I've been decapitated in a horrific ten car pile up that resulted in a fireball the size of Hiroshima"..."oooh, there's nothing worse"
     
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    I'm not gonna lie...
     
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    ”To be honest” in a every other sentece… when teliing something…
     
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