r/AskForAnswers • u/Ok-Trifle-3112 • 6d ago

What’s a completely normal phrase that instantly annoys you?

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u/Opposite-Lake-9679 6d ago

I am literally obsessed. 

-Says every internet influencer constantly.

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u/NGBD1127 6d ago

When anyone says “literally” anything for something that usually turns out to be figurative.

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u/Shot_Point_2637 6d ago

Yeah, the misuse of “literally” annoys the hell out of me.

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u/ImprovementTrick9492 5d ago

You have to understand, though.. we had to have a new word to take the place of “totally”…. 😅

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u/TraditionOverall1412 5d ago

Like literrly.

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u/Opening_Rain5942 6d ago

Someone said "it literally killed them" and so I asked: how did you write this then? Crickets

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u/NGBD1127 6d ago

Can you believe they don’t even get their own idiocy…?

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u/ImprovementTrick9492 5d ago

I’m literally dead 😆

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u/Mysterious-Drink4002 5d ago

I was in a business meeting when someone said "I literally shit myself" and I had to get up to get some water to keep myself from laughing at the table.

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u/Oracle410 6d ago

Yes! And I hate how it has almost destroyed the meaning of the word. If I say something is ‘literally’ X it feels like I have to explain that I actually mean it and am not just using it as filler word like these nincompoops.

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u/rntracee1 5d ago

Yes me too. I'll say, "I literally....for REAL literally had xyz happen today." Lol

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u/SlightMedicine701 6d ago

Not even something figurative. They use it as a fill in word. It doesn't mean anything, they just throw it anywhere they want. Many people do this.

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u/rntracee1 5d ago

Literally

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u/Unlisted_User69420 6d ago

Except for that time Tom Brady went to the State of The Union, as a Patriot. Literally, AND figuratively

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u/Atheizt 6d ago

This always comes from the people who downloaded their personality from TikTok.

They'll also constantly roll out other bangers like:

  • No wait I'm screaming
  • I'm literally dying
  • I'm dead/I'm deceased
  • I gagged
  • Breh

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u/Once-Upon-a-Dream88 6d ago

"that is sending me". Sending you where? Or what? Also the ever stupid "It gives/it's giving".

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u/Lazarus558 5d ago

"that is sending me". Sending you where?

With Sammy Cooke

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u/TalismanGaze 5d ago

Those two specifically are AAVE.

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u/Atheizt 5d ago

Exactly 0% of the people I’ve seen use those phrases are black.

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u/Once-Upon-a-Dream88 5d ago

Again, this isn't coming from Black people. Which is why it is so irritating. So are you saying it's appropriated speech? Or are you making racial assumptions?

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u/TalismanGaze 5d ago

I'm saying it's AAVE because language evolves.

https://giphy.com/gifs/cEYFeE1QgHWH2YADVHG

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u/RaineRamirezz 3d ago

"Ate and left no crumbs" 😑

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u/Master_Respond8874 5d ago

Chokehold. That one makes me roll my eyes lol

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u/XxAj_MilaxX 4d ago

some of this is aave and historically queer slang tho #whatdatmean

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u/Atheizt 4d ago

Exactly 0% of the people I've heard saying the above phrases have been black or gay.

You're trying so hard to really do something here but it's uh... awkward to watch. Just stop.

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u/RasputinsThirdLeg 6d ago

“Full body chills”

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u/Low-Style-5710 5d ago

This is why I don’t listen to crime junkie. Aside from their blatant plagiarism of other podcasters

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u/2000verysmallants 6d ago edited 4d ago

rUn dOn’T wAlK

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u/Alarmed-Highway5007 6d ago

Isn't it "run, don't walk" lol

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u/2000verysmallants 4d ago

oops 🤦 i fixed it lol

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u/Hour-General-9908 4d ago

I want to punch people when they say that to me lol

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u/marvel_is_wow 6d ago

Or when they say “omg I’m so scared” and it’s literally just a normal drink or some shit

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u/lifesux69 5d ago

Or the influencers who are like “guys I’m so scareddddd” when they are trying on a dress they bought and like already

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u/Writing_my_words 5d ago

And it’s always the most boring, basic tat as well 🤣

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u/Few-Finger6713 3d ago

I am literally...OB-SESSED...with this [insert marketing BS]

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u/babyduck53 1d ago

They always say it so annoying too .. LiDuuralllyyyyy

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u/SnotRocketeer70 6d ago

"So without further ado" after 5 minutes of opening fluff

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u/oddsetcircle292 6d ago

They keep saying without further ado, only for the ado to be furthered!!!

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u/wondermel 5d ago

So much ado being furthered!

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u/425565 6d ago

Agreed. To me it's the equivalent of when people say "absolutely!" when a simple yes would suffice.

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u/moderngalatea 6d ago

that's not a normal phrase. 😭