"Fingernails on a blackboard"..what pushes your buttons???

[SoCalDem]

for me it's words, spoken badly..:(

stuff like:

mis-CHEE-VEE-ous..instead of Misch-chi-vous

"I have an idea-L", instead of I have an ideA...

New-Que-Lur instead of nu-cle-ar

Feb-YOO-ary instead of Feb-ru-ary

[leftchick]

1. irregardless instead of regardless....

pisses me off everytime! What I really hate though is chewing with ones mouth open...AAARRRGGGHHH!!!

[SoCalDem]

4. Yesssssss..and slurping !!!!!

That was ONE thing that I was relentless with my boys.. Bad table manners turns people OFF...especially girls..:)

[MaineDem]

21. Irregardless and disorientated

You know, someone can make the best impression in many ways and then come out with an "irregardless" and all credibility is lost.

That and "disorientated."

[BigMcLargehuge]

29. irrespective of your hatred for "irrregardless"

I hate open mouth chewing too... When Mrs. McLargehuge seizes on a big bag of potato chips or bowl of cold cereal I have to leave the room.

[demsrule4life]

43. The sound of someone blowing their nose

chalkboard noise is nothing compared to this in my opinion.

[Skittles]

2. listening to Lieberman speak

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

[On the Road]

3. The Phrase: "Get Over It"

[Semi_subversive]

5. "Basically"

"If in fact" and waiting until the checker at the grocery store has totalled all the groceries to begin filling out your stinking check!

[Loonman]

6. People who end every statement with "you-know-what-I-mean?"

People who insist on discussing the bleedin' obvious(Wow, it's really raining out there, huh?).

[meti57b]

7. seeing duhbie's weasel-face on the tv screen.

I can usually get it turned off before I hear much.

[Rabrrrrrr]

8. Chewing gum with an open mouth

or eating with mouth opening, making smacking noises, and especially and also including assmunches who shove food into their mouths mid-sentence.

Finsih the damn sentence or thought you are making, then put food in your mouth, jackass.

And close yer g--amn mouth when you chew, whether food OR gum. Freaks. No one wants to listen to it. And stop snapping the g--amn gum, too.

[Dulcinea]

36. That's my #1 pet peeve!

I hate, loathe, & detest gum with every fiber of my being.

When did it become socially acceptable to pop, crack & smack gum in public?

If it was my world, people could smoke wherever they wanted, but gum cracking would be punishable by flogging! At least cigarettes don't make annoying noises!! ARRGGHH!!

[Rabrrrrrr]

37. Yes! YES!!! A kindred spirit!

Ban gum entirely! Sometimes think I should move to Singapore, just to be away from the clueless unwashed filth who feel the need to chew gum loudly. I'm even willing to go so far as to say chewing gum at all is annoying, though mostly it just makes people look stupid, not necessarily annoying.

Thanks for the reinforcement that I am not alone!

[TEXASYANKEE]

38. You said it.

Snappy gum is my #1 pet peeve. I can put up with just about anything, but gum snapping elevates my blood pressure like nothing else on this known earth.

[TXlib]

44. I want to say to people who do that:

Do that one more time, and I'll put your fucking teeth down your throat.

I don't actually say it, ever. I just want to.

[catpower2000]

9. My ex-boyfriend's brother's girlfriend...

(now that your head aches)

used to say two gems: "supposably" for "supposedly", and the ever-popular "nuke-yu-lar", like our esteemed leader.

Makes my hair hurt just thinking about it.

Cat

[roughsatori]

10. The problem is that many on the Left

consider judging others grammar to be classist and racist. I do not. I even think that it coincides with the Rights's not caring about grammer when the speaker is Repuke. Having grown up in a trailer park, I have seen how poor (pun intended) grammer holds back so many people. That is why I have done volunteer work tutoring English for adults and children.

Imagine the response if a candidate's agenda included an American version of the French Acadamie Francaise, where they vote on word inclusion and pronunciation for the French.

[activationproducts]

11. You know what I am saying/whatever

What drives me crazy is people who follow every statement with "you know what I'm saying" or those who also follow numerous statements with "whatever."

[kmla]

12. #1 - when people scrape their teeth on silverware while eating...

#2 - the word "extreme". A tad too overdone.
#3 - Rush Limpball's voice...

[kathee]

13. Putting cotton in mouth

or chewing on foil..I couldnt do it, but just watching anyone else do it gives me the willies.

the word irregardless..

My SO aggravates me because he DOES pronounce a word correctly..Catsup. But it's ok, I have him saying "fixin to"
He also says "wanna come with?", and down south we say "wanna come with me/us"..

Since I was little I hated my sibs sampling my cookies and baked goods while I was still baking them. Still hate it.

Jerks in the right lane that NEED to be in the left. Lack of turn signals.

Scooting over to the side of the road to let someone pass, and not getting recognition for it. A simple hand wave will do.

People that dont say goodbye at the end of a phone conversation.

[MountainLaurel]

25. Ditto

Cotton and foil are both my top teeth-graters.

And in third, the word titty. Eeek!

[Rabrrrrrr]

27. Who puts cotton in their mouths?

I have no idea what this is. Foil I've seen, yes.

But never someone putting cotton in their mouths, unless I'm at the dentist.

Explain, bitte.

[kathee]

33. yep dentists

if I see someone just coming back from dentist with any cotton in their mouths, I get the shiver-me-timbers...

[anti_shrub]

14. For me

It's people who spell grammar as "grammer", as it seems the Internet has robbed humanity of the ability to spell that word.

My main pet peeve is misinformed people. If I hear people talking about how Iraq was behind 9/11 or how the war was all about freeing people I leave finger marks in the chair I'm sitting in.

[davidinalameda]

15. the voice of one of my co-workers

it makes every hair on my body stand on end

[BlueJazz]

16. For me it's people..

...who say "I wan-chew to ..."
Damnit!..it's wanT YOU !!

[kmla]

17. Whachoo talkin' 'bout, Willis?

Different Strokes for Differen Folks...

:evilgrin:

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

20. DY-NO-MIIIIIIIITE!!!!

:evilgrin:

[BlueJazz]

30. AAAARRRRRHHH!!

:)

[SoCalDem]

18. and the current admin cannot pronounce "important"

most of them say..."imporDant"


ooh and that creepy way that Bob Woodward speaks too.. he has such a monotone and always says .."tha" instead of "the"

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

19. Umm. uh, you know?

Uhh, uhh, umm..

Or my old drinkin' buddy's habit of asking me "Did ya hear me?" after every other sentence, while talking to me on the phone OR in person.

Um, you know?

[tsakshaug]

22. random apostrophies

used to make plurals
hot dog's for sale
or the also random use of quote marks
all items "free" with purchace.
then agian can it be free with purchace, guess that was a two for one.

[SoCalDem]

23. Oh YES.. There is a COMPANY in my town with THREE trucks that say...

Fun For All Party's


Every time I see them I cringe.. It's wrong on SO many levels..

maybe...


Fun for All Parties...or

Fun For All!
Parties!

or

Parties!
Fun For All

[StaggerLee]

24. Superstitious people

Ok, not ALL superstitious people - just a lady I used to work with.
She was terrified of the number 666-

If she went grocery shopping and her total came to $6.66 or $66.66 she would either put something back or add something on. True story.

I have never wanted to set someone on fire so badly in all my life-

[sangha]

26. People who interrupt when someone else is talking

AFAIC, it's the rudest.

[bif]

28. There's a lot of ways...

to do it. Instead of "there are". I absolutely hate that! And "Where's it at?" Instead of "where is it?"

[TrogL]

31. textures

• sand
  
• coarse fabrics
  
• grease
  
• slime
  

[Loonman]

32. I got another one: people who chew on the ends of pens

..then leave them for me.

[newsguyatl]

34. several things but here are a few

...someone eating an apple (i can't handle it, must leave room)
...people who bite their fork when eating (i want to strangle them)
...the smell of ben-gay and wintergreen (it depresses me)

[Hell Hath No Fury]

35. People who...

suck their teeth to remove debris -- I want to hit them with a bat when I hear that.

Also folks who sit behind me in the theatre and jam huge handfuls of popcorn in their mouths and then chew with their mouths open.

People who litter. TOTALLY pisses me off.

Roommates who don't clean the toilet after they have left a little "present" like a giant poo smear or bloody streaks in the bowl. (a.k.a my current roommate)

[arwalden]

39. Wooden Ice Cream Spoons And Wooden Popcicle Sticks

I just HATE how it feels on my lips and/or tongue. If I'm careful I'll attempt to eat-around a wooden stick or gently use the wooden spoon.

But if it touches my teeth, it's worse than an electric shock. I cringe just thinking about it. (Think about biting down on a ball of aluminum foil and you'll get the idea.)

-- Allen

[newsguyatl]

40. allen

that's the funniest thing i've read all day... LMAO!

i'll never think of wooden spoons or popcicle sticks in the same way...

[CBHagman]

41. "Different than" intead of "different from"

Then there's "Sahara Desert." It's just the Sahara, thank you very much.

I don't hear this one much, but it drives me nuts when people use "went" in place of "gone," as in "I had went home." Is that a regionalism?

[SoCalDem]

42. oooh...ooooh.. and ...."I seen...."

that one sends me UP the wall :)

[Rabrrrrrr]

45. Ooh! Ooh!! We were on vacation - let me tell you what we seen!!

You'll love it!! And then, after that, what we seen was this . . .

And I also hate when, instead of 'would have', people say 'would of', same for 'could of' or 'should of' (or maybe I sould say when they write, since speaking, it sounds very close to would've, so one cannot judge by sound alone if they are using it improperly).

Please, really. Get a clue.

[Rabrrrrrr]

46. People who start eating before the table is fully served

Hate that.

Also - this really, really bothers me - when people at a fast food place get part of their order, and then start eating it right at the counter before the rest of it comes.

OR -

and this is similar and part of it -

animalistic assholes who can't wait to get out of the restaurant with their "to go" items before they pull it out and start eating it.

OR -

and still related -

the assholes who get food TO TAKE HOME - and yet, in the car, they proceed to eat all their french fries.

SHOW SOME DAMN RESPECT FOR YOUR FOOD!

well, that's my opinion, anyway.

[NightTrain]

47. Metal rubbing against metal

Arrrrrgh!