What idioms of speech annoy you?

[El Pablo]

Mondee, tuesdee… it’s day not dee. Disconcerting not disconcerning. My absolute favorite are people saying they were electrocuted instead of shocked. If you weren’t killed from an electrical shock, you weren’t electrocuted.

 

[Profreedomokie]

"Talk at you later" You don't talk at anyone. You talk to them.

 

[O4L]

All idiots that speak annoy me. [emoji16]

 

[tRidiot]

"Talk at you later" You don't talk at anyone. You talk to them.

I think I talk AT my teenager all the time... I don't think it's heard or acknowledged in any way...

 

[gerhard1]

Adults who fill every sentence with malapropisms: manor for manner, itch for scratch, site for sight, sale for sell, etc. Also people who answer every question with "I don't know, whatever."

malapropism (noun)

1. the mistaken use of a word in place of a similar-sounding one, often with unintentionally amusing effect, as in, for example, “dance a flamingo” (instead of flamenco).

One of the characters in Richard Sheridan's 1775 play The Rivals was named Mrs. Malaprop. She was well-known for this.

 

[Oklahomabassin]

The difference in sale and sell. "I want to sale this pistol."

Whatcha got?

 

[Oklahomabassin]

Similar

When people call when a text will work just fine.

 

[O4L]

The difference in sale and sell. "I want to sale this pistol."

Whatcha got?

What do you have for sell?

 

[Oklahomabassin]

What do you have for sell?

Everything for the write price. Lol

 

[O4L]

"Those ones" annoys me. I've known a few highly educated people that say that instead of "those". SMDH!