Stupid little things that bug you

[Xhavenjoe]

Yes, but only those named after people (eponymously).
Jeep is a word made up frpm GP (Gee Pee), short for General Purpose vehicle in WW2 (so jeep isn't strictly an eponym likehoover or biro.)

Didnt know that.
I had heard it was named after " Just enough essential parts"
Something to do with its use in wartime.

 

[WEMBLEY76]

Talkshite,when complimenting a player,always say,in any order : "he's quick,strong and good on the ball" adnauseum...

 

[DrBlueBob]

Yes, but only those named after people (eponymously).
Jeep is a word made up frpm GP (Gee Pee), short for General Purpose vehicle in WW2 (so jeep isn't strictly an eponym likehoover or biro.)

Brilliant, I just keep learning.

 

[Barcon]

Feet and inches. Everything else confuses me.

Same here. Nothing worse than a kid bringing a tape measure to the site with metric on one side and normal and the other.

 

[Tuearts right boot]

Yes, but only those named after people (eponymously).
Jeep is a word made up frpm GP (Gee Pee), short for General Purpose vehicle in WW2 (so jeep isn't strictly an eponym likehoover or biro.)

or....Just enough essential parts

 

[Tuearts right boot]

Double down...ffs. that's a word that is so hip and trendy at the moment.

 

[Kippax77]

The word literally seems the new word with the younger generation.
Went out for tea last week and 3 young women on a table behind us were using this in every sentence they spoke.
After an hour of this I just wanted to scream the place down... literally

 

[Eccles Blue]

Getting tablets out of that blinking silver foil!

 

[laserblue]

The word literally seems the new word with the younger generation.
Went out for tea last week and 3 young women on a table behind us were using this in every sentence they spoke.
After an hour of this I just wanted to scream the place down... literally

Especially when people use the word 'literally' they almost invariably use it incorrectly.

 

[ZebraVicar]

Uptick/Up-tick. How fuckin stupid is that?

 

[laserblue]

Uptick/Up-tick. How fuckin stupid is that?

Another Americanism almost as irritating as get-go.

 

[Alan Harper's Tash]

Getting tablets out of that blinking silver foil!

They're designed to stop older people overdosing.

By the time they’ve managed to get one tablet out, they’ve forgotten why they were doing it. ;-)

 

[Big mals fedora]

Another Americanism almost as irritating as get-go.

“Can I get……” grrrrrrrrr…

 

[citizen_maine]

They're designed to stop older people overdosing.

By the time they’ve managed to get one tablet out, they’ve forgotten why they were doing it. ;-)

or it's time to take the next one anyway

 

[stan bowles]

Why do stand alone programmes like 'The Repair Shop' and 'The Antiques Roadshow' (as opposed to drama series which continue on from the previous episode) feel the need to start with a synopsis of what's going to be contained in the rest of the programme ? Is viewers' boredom threshold so low these days that they cannot be trusted to switch off/over if they don't get 'hooked' by these tasty 'appetisers' served up by the programme makers ? Never used to happen and they add nothing of value - just get on with it.

 

[knuckles]

People who put their mobile on speaker and then have a conversation with the other person, typically shouting so the person on the other end can hear them, wtf? - gits

 

[blue whippet]

I suppose its a word like Jeep.
So popular that its now used generically for rival products

This is true. I always hoover up even though I don't have a hoover.

 

[blue whippet]

People who put their mobile on speaker and then have a conversation with the other person, typically shouting so the person on the other end can hear them, wtf? - gits

This is the bane of my life on public transport. In days gone by I would mutter under my breath about that awful tinny sound you used to get with ear phones. Who would have thought I'd look on those days fondly. No one use ear phones now, phones are always on loud speaker whether it is for conversations or sharing you awful taste in music with the rest of the tram.

 

[Bluechipblue]

Every morning on BBC Breakfast, usually 10 -15 minutes before or after the 7-30 news, they interview an MP. Usually, it will be a government minister , answering questions about the topic of the day. Most of the time they're grilled about a report or investigation (Sue Gray report, Boris's apartment re-decoration or Partygate). Usually, the findings are not out till the afternoon, but they keep asking the same question in different guises, only for the MP to gladly bat away the questions so as not to 'pre-empt the findings'. I've got an idea. Invite them on the next fucking day FFS. It's like a 'Minister Question Avoidance' workshop.

 

[maccieblue]

Working in an electrical retail background for over 20 years people who call vacuum cleaners Hoovers.

It winds me up something rotten.

Unless you are actually buying a Hoover vacuum cleaner they should never be referred as Hoovers

Working in an electrical retail background for over 20 years people who call vacuum cleaners Hoovers.

It winds me up something rotten.

Unless you are actually buying a Hoover vacuum cleaner they should never be referred as Hoovers

Correct, also you can only officially go for a crap if your convience was made by Thomas Crapper