@hammi99 not a verbal thing, but I almost started playing with my boss’s hair one day… As a kid I would twirl my own hair. It’s too short now, so I twirl my wife’s. It’s soft, smells nice. Comforting. I can make a fake mustache with it and hold it under my nose. Good times. I mindlessly do it in public sometimes. Well, I was deep in thought at work. Boss was seated I was standing next to her. Very nearly grabbed up a bit of hair to twirl… I think I caught myself before anyone noticed…
@Kyeh@medz My wife’s family comes from eastern South Dakota. They shorten the Minnesota “Don’cha know” to just “Ya know” with the same slightly extended “o” at the end. She’s lived here on the west coast for much longer than she lived in SD, but every now and then she slips in the SD “Ya know”, especially when talking with family. They also do the “Oh yah (ja)” reply. I find it kind of endearing (but also sometimes chuckle to myself).
There was a time in my life when, for some reason, I habitually responded to questions like, “How are you doing?” with, “Eh, I’m alive.”
Visiting my parents, mom forgot, she’s going to a wake. Wake is for the father of a hometown friend, we were in the same class from kindergarten through 12th grade. Mom talks me into going somehow. Only people there are friends of the mom and dad, no other friends of my friend, little awkward. I was in my mid 20s, never good with funerals and stuff, more awkward. Friend picks me out of the crowd, she comes over.
“Oh my gosh, it’s so good to see you! How are you doing?”
I also kind of hate “to be honest…” or “frankly speaking …” Oh, so are you usually lying to me?
I knew someone who always said “to be brutally honest …” when they were just saying something mildly controversial.
One of my wild peeves is someone who always starts with: “Guess what?” and waits for the other person to say: “What?” before proceeding.
I had a coworker who did that until I answered with: “Ooooh! How many guesses do I get? Are you quitting this job to join a traveling minstrel show? No, wait! You are moving to Vegas to become a professional gambler, right?” {pause, looking expectantly} Him: “Uh, no, uh …” Me: " No, don’t tell me! You’ve been selected for the Astronaut Training Program. That would be exciting!" {long pause} Him: “Um …” {pause} Me: “Well, I just can’t imagine. So what is it then?” Him: {mumbling} “I got a new red stapler.”
The official list of banished words/phrases, issued annually by Lake Superior State University - 2022 edition: https://www.lssu.edu/traditions/banishedwords/
Top of the list: “Wait, what?”
Saying “I love you” reflexively to your boss on a phone call
@hammi99 not a verbal thing, but I almost started playing with my boss’s hair one day… As a kid I would twirl my own hair. It’s too short now, so I twirl my wife’s. It’s soft, smells nice. Comforting. I can make a fake mustache with it and hold it under my nose. Good times. I mindlessly do it in public sometimes. Well, I was deep in thought at work. Boss was seated I was standing next to her. Very nearly grabbed up a bit of hair to twirl… I think I caught myself before anyone noticed…
“medz, what are you doing?”
Oh, sorry I just needed to play with your hair to help me think. You understand.
@medz oh that’s dangerous . . .
@hammi99 “hostile work environment” is my middle name!
Saying “y’know” after every sentence.
@Kyeh y’know, I hadn’t noticed that one before.
@medz Well, I’m like, y’know, just kind of like, annoyed by it, y’know?
@Kyeh @medz My wife’s family comes from eastern South Dakota. They shorten the Minnesota “Don’cha know” to just “Ya know” with the same slightly extended “o” at the end. She’s lived here on the west coast for much longer than she lived in SD, but every now and then she slips in the SD “Ya know”, especially when talking with family. They also do the “Oh yah (ja)” reply. I find it kind of endearing (but also sometimes chuckle to myself).
There was a time in my life when, for some reason, I habitually responded to questions like, “How are you doing?” with, “Eh, I’m alive.”
Visiting my parents, mom forgot, she’s going to a wake. Wake is for the father of a hometown friend, we were in the same class from kindergarten through 12th grade. Mom talks me into going somehow. Only people there are friends of the mom and dad, no other friends of my friend, little awkward. I was in my mid 20s, never good with funerals and stuff, more awkward. Friend picks me out of the crowd, she comes over.
“Oh my gosh, it’s so good to see you! How are you doing?”
@Aspirant_Fool
Ouch.
@Aspirant_Fool swap it for “living the dream”. Less awkward at a wake, but just awkward enough.
@medz I usually say that…sarcastically!
I also kind of hate “to be honest…” or “frankly speaking …” Oh, so are you usually lying to me?
I knew someone who always said “to be brutally honest …” when they were just saying something mildly controversial.
@Kyeh
Honestly, I was going to say this same one!
@Lynnerizer
@Kyeh
Right!
Mine has to be people who respond to questions by starting with, “Listen…” Or “Look…”
Listen, this annoys me very much. Look, it may not bother you, but, listen, it’s just the worst.
“I’m here to tell you…[insert inane bullshit here]”
amirite
@katbyter nope
One of my wild peeves is someone who always starts with: “Guess what?” and waits for the other person to say: “What?” before proceeding.
I had a coworker who did that until I answered with: “Ooooh! How many guesses do I get? Are you quitting this job to join a traveling minstrel show? No, wait! You are moving to Vegas to become a professional gambler, right?” {pause, looking expectantly} Him: “Uh, no, uh …” Me: " No, don’t tell me! You’ve been selected for the Astronaut Training Program. That would be exciting!" {long pause} Him: “Um …” {pause} Me: “Well, I just can’t imagine. So what is it then?” Him: {mumbling} “I got a new red stapler.”
@rockblossom guess what
/image chicken-butt
@medz That should be: “Guess whuuut?”
@rockblossom
/giphy wat?
The official list of banished words/phrases, issued annually by Lake Superior State University - 2022 edition:
https://www.lssu.edu/traditions/banishedwords/
Top of the list: “Wait, what?”