Asklemmy

"Irregardless"

Ironically, the phrase "rustles my jimmies" really burns my biscuits.

People ending sentences with “rn”.

Please do the needful.

This one really grinds my gears! I think it's because the person can't even be bothered to describe what they want you to do, just go fix it and don't bother me with any details.

• paradigm shift
• military grade encryption
• cyber kill chain

People using double negatives incorrectly. Like "I didn't do nothing!"

“Cyber” 🙄

I recently heard someone say after they almost accidentally went in a wrong building entrance, "Good thing I didn't do that or I would regret my life choices."

A bit much for something minor that created no more than two seconds of awkwardness.

The replacement of the term “conspiracy theory” with just “conspiracy”.

That’s two different things. If we equate the two semantically we can’t discuss them.

When people say 'like' constantly between sentences or sentence fragments or before every adjective.

"bend the knee"
"Sweet summer child"
And other phrases from GoT that people now pretend they've been saying their whole lives

you can't just say Perchance

Using the phrase "serious question" or "honest question" will make me immediately assume your question is the exact opposite of that. Probably I'm overreacting, but expecting that anyone might respect that declaration you've made about your own question, that gives me narcissist vibes.

Utilize, when they mean Use.

My son started saying "what the sigma?" constantly. I've tried to figure out where it came from and only landed on some "Sigma Male" shit on youtube.

Drives me nuts.

"It is what it is."

It is lazy, circular, a cop out and means next to nothing. Vague enough to pass as a wise quip, to some. It is not.

Also not so much a saying per sé, but people who use quotes of famous people at the bottom or ends of emails. As if that implies a personality. If you are going to use something you think sounds smart, at least try to come up with that something yourself.

“Beloved” in so many articles. Yes I tend to use a specific browser. No, it is not and never will be “beloved”.

That word is so jarring most of the time and seems to be everywhere online in the last two years. I can only assume it’s some sort of SEO, trying to convince Google it’s a personal article or something. I hope to god it’s not ai assuming that’s what attracts our attention

"Live. Laugh. Love." or similar.

"The proof is in the pudding." It makes zero sense! The actual adage is, "The proof of the pudding is in the eating." It means that a dessert can look perfect and enticing, but if the cook used salt instead of sugar it will taste disgusting.

I don't know what people even think they're saying with "the proof is in the pudding".