I'm not talking about easy things, I'm talking about the actual phrase "easy peasy." It grinds my chaw everytime I see those words written and I have no explanation why. Overused on craft blogs, perhaps?
At left is our neighbor squirrel, Acorn, doing something that is not easy peasy. She is munching on our spent sunflowers (picture taken on a warmer, less dismal day).
What phrases annoy you and why?
1) "Feel free" as in "feel free to call me". Nothing's free, why not just say "Call me" (etc.)
2) Irregardless. Yes, they've probably added this one to the current dictionary, but it should just be regardless.
3) Chairperson or chairwoman. These are not real words, either. Chairman is a proper word, and it's not meant to mean a "man in charge", but instead, a person who is "manning the chair" (you don't "person a chair" or "woman a chair").
4) We need to "flush things out a bit more". People meant to say "flesh things out". You flush your toilet, or you flush out a rat, etc.
5) "I'm pressing charges." I hate it every time I hear this one. ;-)
Posted by: S Yanoff | January 31, 2009 at 08:33 PM
"I could care less", which obviously means that you DO care...
Posted by: Deb | January 29, 2009 at 11:30 AM