Pet Peeves

[JackRT]

Ok, I just might be a bit anal but one of my pet peeves is when people are involved in a debate and someone says "That's mute point."

Mute:
1. silent; refraining from speech or utterance.
2. not emitting or having sound of any kind.
3. incapable of speech; dumb.
4. (of letters) silent; not pronounced.
5. Law. (of a person who has been arraigned) making no plea or giving an irrelevant response when arraigned, or refusing to stand trial (used chiefly in the phrase to stand mute).
6. Fox Hunting. (of a hound) hunting a line without giving tongue or cry.

Moot:
1. open to discussion or debate; debatable; doubtful:
Whether that was the cause of their troubles is a moot point.
2. of little or no practical value, meaning, or relevance; purely academic:
In practical terms, the issue of her application is moot because the deadline has passed.
3. Chiefly Law. not actual; theoretical; hypothetical.

OK, we can ignore the fox hunting bit.

 

[HoleyHermit]

I do not hear your silent point. I see it's lips moving. I know I haven't gone deaf. Your point must be mute.

 

[brinny]

...mine is "nucular"

It's "nuCLEAR".

 

[Godlovesmetwo]

It was what it was

 

[Godlovesmetwo]

"With all due respect", (meaning I (politely) don't respect you at all)

 

[brinny]

It is what it is

Why you must be mistaken sir.

It should be on t shirts, mugs n' pens, etc.

I believe i have an avatar that looks like this:

It is
what
it is​

 

[Tanj]

"We live in a republic, not a democracy"

A republic is a democracy. As someone else said, it's like saying I drive a Chevy, not a car.

Also I stopped disliking "It is what it is" a few years ago when my boss replied "but not what it could be"

 

[FireDragon76]

People that have to litter their speech with expressions such as "cray cray". No adult should be talking like that...

 

[Dave-W]

It is what it is

or not.

 

[Dave-W]

We live in a republic, not a democracy"

A republic is a democracy. As someone else said, it's like saying I drive a Chevy, not a car.

Actually they are different.
In a true democracy EVERYONE gets a vote on everything.

 

[Dave-W]

People that have to litter their speech with expressions such as "cray cray". No adult should be talking like that...

they are just calling on a supercomputer. (or mourning the passing of its inventor)

 

[Goonie]

Pet peeve: why on earth does the cat insist on coming indoors to use the litter tray.

 

[Godlovesmetwo]

talkaholics

 

[Godlovesmetwo]

people who think they are "a breath of fresh air" wherever they go.

 

[OldWiseGuy]

The phrase "be that as it may", meaning "your observation is quite meaningless, now here's the real skinny".

 

[Cearbhall]

Ok, I just might be a bit anal but one of my pet peeves is when people are involved in a debate and someone says "That's mute point."

Whaaaatt? I've never heard that one, thank goodness. That would bug me.

"I could care less" is a pet peeve of mine.

 

[Dave-W]

This one really bugs me - especially when I hear some news reporter on NPR (aren't they supposed to be educated?) use the term "Third month anniversary..."

Really? Do you understand what anniversary means? Yearly.

There actually is a word in English (in use since the 1600s) that marks the monthly remembrance of an event: Mensiversary.

 

[AirPo]

Pet peeve: why on earth does the cat insist on coming indoors to use the litter tray.

Then going back outside!!!

 

[PeacefulHope]

Car alarms in the middle of the night...

 

[Albion]

"We live in a republic, not a democracy"

A republic is a democracy. "

Wrong. Many countries are technically republics because they have constitutions and no monarchy, but what their voting systems look like can be something else, including quite undemocratic.