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What word or term annonys you? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Please don't think I'm here to complain about rizz or skibidi toilet etc. Thats all fine by me.

The term I dislike strongly is 'eeeh' before you make a statement disagreeing with someone. (This is over text only). Now maybe I've been pavloved bc it's always used by someone disagreeing. But I'm happy with people disagreeing with me normally its just the 'eeeh' or 'erm' that annoys me.

So what's a random term that annoys you?

PS. Saying "eeeh actually 'eeh' is a perfectly fine term" would be a ridiculously easy joke and I will judge you for making it. And I know atleast one person will. Especially bow that I've said all this.

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[–] [email protected] 68 points 2 months ago (6 children)

"I could care less" to mean "I could NOT care less"

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago

Thing is... this sort of makes sense if you say it with a hint of sarcasm. But curiously the only people that use this phrase are Americans. And we all know how much they understand sarcasm 🤣.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago

I sometimes say "I could care less, but not by much"

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

This exactly! I always get so confused when people say that.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Is it really confusing? You know what they mean

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 months ago

In the example I gave it was pretty clear, but in other phrases it can get pretty confusing

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

Same with "Do you mind doing x?" "Yeah sure"; so you mind doing it? I get what they mean with the response, but it annoys me every time haha

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

https://youtu.be/om7O0MFkmpw?si=tKM8xq1MLdvvkxa_

[–] Noel_Skum 0 points 2 months ago

I’ve always interpreted it as meaning that I care so little for something I can’t even be bothered to put the effort in to not care about it as much as I should… but, yeah, it’s used incorrectly way too often and makes no sense most of the time.