Tiny Little Things That Cause You Irrational Rage

[Otta]

maxxi Wrote:

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> Otta Wrote:

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> > As in that's where the "rock up" thing has come

> > from, not that Australians cause me irrational

> > rage.

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> I quite like it - typically Aussie and often used

> when someone is late and doesn't care (ime) as in

> "when did you rock up?"

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> Reminds me of another Aussie saying I like - "Rack

> off!" (I think I got that from Joe Mangel).

I like "rock up" too, reminds me of my mate Nathan, and I've probably been known to use it.

"Rack off" reminds me of the character Bobby from the original cast of Home & Away (she was one of the original foster kids of Tom & Pippa).

[maxxi]

I think I prefer Aussie slang creeping in to U.S. - seems a better fit for our tongues and helps out when our phrases get a bit stuffy.

Have to admit to using 'no worries' after having done a favour (or should that be 'done a solid' - eeew) for someone or just agreeing to something. That seems to have moved on among Aussies though to 'No Wuckers' - from the spoonerism (an English thing) of No Wucking Forries.

Edited to change 'in' to 'on' (in case anyone thought that too was an import)

[Otta]

"No worries" is very much part of my day to day vocab.

[steveo]

Americans just sound stupid when they say wankerrr

And even worse when they try the C word, lose heart half way through it then end up sounding apologetic

A word like that needs space around it like a great picture on a white wall, and confidence in its utterance as befits its position as the apotheosis of foul language

[Otta]

I truly believe that the c word will never sound as good as it sounds when spoken by a Londoner.

[numbers]

StraferJack Wrote:

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> Back atcha!!

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> But seriously (is that another one? Oops) why the

> irritation?

well, its irrational so does there need to be one? really, some people I know calling their mother or mum 'mom' is just ridiculous. It's like me saying I'm just off to fix a leaky faucet.

"Going forward" is really f-ing annoying too. Much used by politicians and their aides. Drives me nuts ;)

PS maxxi i used to love that from neighbours (or was it prisoner cell block h?) 'rack off' 'ya dobber'.

[Dopamine1979]

steveo Wrote:

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> Americans just sound stupid when they say

> wankerrr

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> And even worse when they try the C word, lose

> heart half way through it then end up sounding

> apologetic

>

> A word like that needs space around it like a

> great picture on a white wall, and confidence in

> its utterance as befits its position as the

> apotheosis of foul language

This guy pulls it off.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4iVsSn2-_o ***Caution - contains the C-word***

[Zebedee Tring]

People who enter into an amicable separation but then have to make themselves sound special by describing it as a "conscious uncoupling". And people who call their children "Apple" - what's wrong with naming them after another old record label such as Chess, Brunswick or Regal-Zonaphone?

[the-e-dealer]

Chrysalis. or Parlaphone. Or Desmomd Decca

[Help-Ma-Boab]

Trying to type a friends name into Facebook. Sometimes it comes up, then it doesn't, then it does then it gives something similar, then not...Moscow FFS..

[Seabag]

Instagram

When it changes spelling and you don't notice until you've posted. And there's no edit facility

[Robert Poste's Child]

O2. Stop calling me. It's never going to happen.

[jctg]

The saying, "a breath of fresh air".

[KalamityKel]

Voicemails from sales calls:

"erm... hello can I talk to Miss ***? Hello? Hellooo? Is anyone there? No?"

[Twirly]

When the bus "regulates" the service by pausing at the bus stop before the one you want to get off at - which in my case is usually the one nearest the train station, and is where most people get off. Regulate it at that stop and save your passengers the frustration of missing the next train!

[Zebedee Tring]

People who insist on referring to their young children as their "little ones".

[the-e-dealer]

People who care what other people call their kids ffs.

[Zebedee Tring]

Oh get you, e-dealer! (said in high camp voice).

[the-e-dealer]

ok handbags at dawn!

[Henry3]

My partner placing my baby son's (used) diapers on my work desk as she makes her way to the kitchen. I think it's some kind of ploy...

[KalamityKel]

throat lozenges that get stuck to the roof of ya mouth

[Jah Lush]

People who say Yay!

[Dopamine1979]

Henry3 Wrote:

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> My partner placing my baby son's (used) diapers on

> my work desk as she makes her way to the kitchen.

> I think it's some kind of ploy...

http://www.thecoli.com/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/laff.gif

[Loz]

Jah Lush Wrote:

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> People who say Yay!

I don't some much dislike that, as those (mainly women) that accompany it by clapping like a demented four year old.

[Robert Poste's Child]

Middle class, middle aged professional men saying 'Oh man!' with an upward inflection every time something goes wrong at work. Grow up.