Phrases That Annoy

In my case, a grumpy almost middle-aged man.

"see what I am saying"...........sure I do and I smell what you are hearing too and maybe touch what you taste

"Meh"

AAAAAAAAAGGGGHHGHHGGHHHH!!!!!

he said "Meh"

MUH!

Edited by Snow Dog - November 22 2010 at 11:39

Edited by Snow Dog - November 22 2010 at 11:53

^^^ You beat me to it, Jim. That expression sets my teeth on edge, especially when Brits use it.

Even Dean uses it on occasion +++shakes head in despair+++

Dean wrote: Peter wrote:   Around here, people often think the plural of "you" is "yous." They also think "frigging" is a polite, acceptable version of f***ing -- it's not. (I heard a politician say it on national radio the other day, as in "the frigging economy.") It means EXACTLY the same thing, folks -- look it up! Originally Friggers were small pieces of nonsense glass made by glass blowers to demonstrate their skill, that act of making them being Frigging (frigging about, frigging around)   Frigging as an euphemism for f*cking is fairly modern, as a slang term in the old days I believe it only meant (female) masturbation.   I think it's like "Feck" - a word that over the past ten years or so has become "polite" substitute for f*ck - that too will eventually lose its original meaning (feck = worth, value, amount) through lack of use - it only really survives in English now as feckless (worthless)

Dean ol' bean, I've been meaning to get back to you on this. I'm not sure about your source, but would you agree to accept (as highly likely, if not final) what Webster's says on the word? (I did look it up before posting.) My Webster's dictionary has 400,000 entries, and it's new (only 3-4 years old), so I think it is highly definitive:

Edited by Peter - December 05 2010 at 11:13

Peter wrote:  I just found the following online:   Origin: 1425–75; earlier, to move about restlessly, rub; late ME friggen  to quiver   ***************************************************************************************   "to move about restlessly," mid-15c., perhaps a variant of frisk (q.v.). As a euphemism for "to f**k" it dates from 1590s, later "to masturbate" (1670s).   ****************************************************************************************   (source: Dictionary.com, citing various reputable dictionaries)

Obviously I cannot dispute the academic sources, however glassblowing as an occupation has been around for over 3½ thousand years and predates any dictionary - the art of making small practice pieces certainly predates the small glass animals found in souvenir shops in the 60s. Since "frig" has taboo connotations (from an unrelated derivation) then its usage for innocent objects such as glass animals would have fallen from favour. Unfortunately I cannot locate a source for the glass-blowing connection and for once Google is far from helpful on this matter.