You know what? (Vanity?)

Little House on Unaka | July 29, 2009 | don-o

[don-o]

You know what....?

Is it just me or are people increasingly using that nonsense phrase? I know I hear it from talking heads on the television; (actually) I just get audio on XM radio. Today, I heard a baseball broadcaster begin an answer to a question with..

You know what...?

What is going on?

[jessduntno]

You know what? I think you are right!

[NYer]

It is probably the handiwork of the same individual who generated the phrase: “went missing”. People don’t “go missing”. They either “are missing” or “are not missing”.

[B-Chan]

CHICKEN BUTT

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Bob Lobell...former Boston sportscaster...is the King of "Ya know what?"

He starts off almost every sentence with it.

[Made In The USA]

I similarly can’t stand sentences that start with:

1) Here’s what I’m going to say...
2) Look...
3) Truthfully...
4) You know...
5) I was born in Hawaii..
6) No family under $250K will see a tax increase...

[Joe 6-pack]

The phrase that has really been irritating me as of late has been, "At the end of the day..."

How is the end any different or more important than any other part of the day? Won't things be pretty similar at the start of the next day?

[deport]

You know what...?

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Yep

Know what I mean?...........

[MarkL]

As annoying as that phrase is, a co-worker had a canned response to anyone who used it:

Moron: “You know what?”
Co-Worker: “Chickens Butt!”

His response was even more annoying.

My personal pet peeve? People who say, “I could care less”

My response is usually “You could?” which they usually miss.

Mark

[libh8er]

7) We have made a lot of racial progress in this country and I am standing here as proof of that, BUT...

[jessduntno]

Is Boy Bob still in business?

[Jubal Madison]

I agree with you, I find some of these phrases annoying. However, as someone who was born and raised in the southern Appalachians, I probably shouldn’t complain. I can mangle the English language with the best of them. You’uns have a good day. I’m a fixin to go to work.-—JM

[Star Traveler]

You know what? I think you knew you were going to get this... LOL...

[Eagle Eye]

Basically....it is what it is.

Hey, just sayin’.

[Jeffrey_D.]

To that and the equally annoying derivative, “Guess what?”

I say, .. just start guessing . . . annoys the hell out of them !!!

[envisio]

MYSELF

I got and email today that said...."I need the output specs for the new Coggins turbo. When you get the final parimeters, email them to myself or to the lead floor tech"

UHG.... I hate when people say "myself" instead of "me". They just trying to sound articulate and dignified.

[BykrBayb]

I read your post to my husband, and him and me agree with you. It bothers he and I too.

; )

[HoustonTech]

I don’t know Don-o.

[mowowie]

My four year old nephew is constantly asking that question.
Every time i reply “What?” he has to sit and think of something to tell me.

[mowowie]

I’ve noticed that people don’t use the word “Absolutely” four times in one sentence as much anymore.

[the_devils_advocate_666]

BWHAAAHAAA!!!

In college my buddies all played this game where you would try to get someone to say "what?" And when you did you got the "chicken butt" reply and you knew you were "had". Ahhh, the good old days, cheap beer and silly friends.

[the_devils_advocate_666]

You know what really bugs me? It’s when you tell someone something and they reply with “oh really?” I don’t know why but to me it just comes across as condescending.

[Living Free in NH]

How about this one...

You're WATCHING the news on TV. The news-reader, turns to a monitor by his/her side and says, "Take a look at this."

What the heck else am I going to do - I'm WATCHING you, your moron!!!

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And another one from Rush...

Every once in a while, he'll start talking about something by saying, "Look it, ..." Look it? Huh? What the heck does that mean?

[Arrowhead1952]

"I tell you what."

That is a complete sentence in Texas.

[PuzzledInTX]

8. Let me be clear....

[libh8er]

9. No one is saying.. (translation — everybody in the administration is)

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Not for WBZ...he kind of got the bum’s rush. I think he does occasional spots of Comcast Sports channel.

[youturn]

I read your post to my husband, and him and me agree with you. It bothers he and I too.

ROTFLMAO!

[youturn]

My pet peeve is “anyways”.

[B-Chan]

[trisham]

Needless to say..

[the_devils_advocate_666]

Wise guy!

[Cyber Liberty]

"I could couldn't care less."

That's my personal peeve. It's "couldn't." "Could" in this context meant I must care a great deal, because it's possible to care less. "Couldn't" means I don't care at all, there is no quantity of "care" less than zero. That's the impression one tries to give in uttering this bromide.

[listenhillary]

S’up?

[Cyber Liberty]

I’m with you. Somwetimes, when I’m feisty, I get the person who could care less to diagram that sentence, then reword the diagram for me. Gets ‘em every time.

[azishot]

I hear ya...know-what-I’m-sayin’.

[ErnBatavia]

"At this particular point in time", versus "now".

...know what I mean? know what I mean?

[Hoffer Rand]

7) Let me be clear...

[MarkL]

Something that I might say occasionally (though if I know it annoys someone, I use it all the time), is “I’m getting ready to quit,” or “I’m getting ready to stop.”

Mark

[don-o]

I like colloquialisms - “Throw me down the stairs my hat.”

What burns me up is the identical parrot-like squawking of one after another brain stem, both in and out of the media.

[cleveland gop]

yep...

[ThreePuttinDude]

The one that has always made me say, WTF

“I'm going to go and take a $hiX”

Damn, you're going to leave one, not take one...LOL

[Fudd Fan]

Hey, don-o, YOU KNOW WHAT?!

I clicked on your thread there, good buddy.

[don-o]

quack quack

[Sawdring]

You know what? It is what it is bro!

[tpanther]

7)People deserve...

[WV Mountain Mama]

*snicker*