Automotive pet peeve of the day

"Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing." (granfury) 01/29/2019 at 21:41 • Filed to: None

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Today I heard it from Tavarish, and before, when I listened to him, Adam Carolla would say the same thing. Whenever someone says this it drives me absolutely buggy. It has the same effect on me as when someone says ‘ irregardless’ .

It’s pre-ignition or it’s detonation. It is not pre-detonation. There is no such thing as pre-detonation. And pre-ignition and detonation are not the same thing. Don’t say pre-detonation or I will have to smack you. You have been warned...

KingT- 60% of the time, it works every time > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 01/29/2019 at 21:54

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preignitiodetonation?

InFierority Complex > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 01/29/2019 at 21:56

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“ There is no such thing as pre-detonation.”

This is a hand grenade pre detonation. Checkmate atheists.

Chuckles > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 01/29/2019 at 21:57

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Just think of it as an abbreviation of "premature detonation" and maybe it won't bother you so much?

farscythe - makin da cawfee! > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 01/29/2019 at 21:59

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but pre ignition and pre detonation are the same thing?

pre detonation just means you havent tried to start it yet

so does pre ignition

BaconSandwich is tasty. > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 01/29/2019 at 22:03

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Okay. Irregardless detonation it is.

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > InFierority Complex 01/29/2019 at 22:05

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Exactly. It’s harmless in the  pre-detonated state. If it detonates, you’ve got problems. If it ignites prematurely, you’ve also got problems.

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > BaconSandwich is tasty. 01/29/2019 at 22:06

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gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 01/29/2019 at 22:07

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idear is one my pet peeves. 

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > gmporschenut also a fan of hondas 01/29/2019 at 22:08

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Is that a word used by people who also say ‘turlet’?

Urambo Tauro > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 01/29/2019 at 22:09

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I for got, what does inflammable mean again?

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > Urambo Tauro 01/29/2019 at 22:12

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Why we use both in English I may never understand. Unless you want to impress the ladies by telling them you speak French...

DipodomysDeserti > Chuckles 01/29/2019 at 22:15

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Premature detonation isn’t a thing with ICE engines, because they aren’t ever supposed to detonate. Detonation is not the same as ignition.

someassemblyrequired > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 01/29/2019 at 22:21

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Seems to be a regional thing - either it’s irregardless and people don’t understand what regardless means, or it’s regardless and people will $%#$ing cut you and murder your entire family if you say irregardless.

His Stigness > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 01/29/2019 at 22:28

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I just want to say anyone that listens to Freddy’s advice desecerves the shit storm that it will bring them.

Just put a bigger fuse in! 

Biggus Dickus (RevsBro) > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 01/29/2019 at 22:33

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My pet peeve: people who use IRregardless and anywayS. . . . Drop the extra syllable and letter to use proper english. 

Chuckles > DipodomysDeserti 01/29/2019 at 22:35

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I read the post too fast. My mistake.

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > someassemblyrequired 01/29/2019 at 22:36

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I suspect it’s due to the similarity in sound and meaning of irrespective and regardless, with someone unintentionally combining the two into a new non- word that essentially contains a double negative (ir- and -less) . It seems to be an American thing, at least originally, and has unfortunately spread.  

interstate366, now In The Industry > Urambo Tauro 01/29/2019 at 22:37

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What a country!

Honeybunchesofgoats > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 01/29/2019 at 22:42

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It’s because idiots thought inflammable meant “not likely to blow up and kill you”

someassemblyrequired > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 01/29/2019 at 22:53

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Yeah I was actually surprised when I found out that it’s actually quite old - the first use of irregardless in print was in the late 1700s.

ranwhenparked > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 01/29/2019 at 22:53

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Sounds like Archie Bunker, so , yes.

Just Jeepin' > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 01/29/2019 at 22:56

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I have an infinite supply of pet peeves, but the one that strikes me most often lately is frequent, pointless use of “actually”.

It seems like a filler word for a lot of people when giving presentations/vlogging/ teaching/otherwise monologing .

VajazzleMcDildertits - read carefully, respond politely > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 01/29/2019 at 22:56

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I have been guilty of both words on occasion, but really, you want to keep use of  that to close company.

“Crick” is up there as well.

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > VajazzleMcDildertits - read carefully, respond politely 01/29/2019 at 23:04

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How about the use of ‘a myriad of ’... What exactly is a myriad? I learned the correct usage of that one this way - if you substitute the word ‘many’ for ‘myriad’ does the sentence still make sense? ‘ A myriad of geese on the lawn’ turns into ‘A many of geese on the lawn’ - that doesn’t make any sense. ‘Myriad geese on the lawn’ turns into ‘Many geese on the lawn’ - that one works.

VajazzleMcDildertits - read carefully, respond politely > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 01/29/2019 at 23:08

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Oddly myriad doesn’t come up in my neck of the woods as much as, say, a shitt on and fuckton .

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > VajazzleMcDildertits - read carefully, respond politely 01/29/2019 at 23:19

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It’s all about the audience. A corporate email? Myriad. Friends and family? If severe, i t usually gets extended a bit to a metric shit- tonne or fuck- tonne.

Berang > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 01/29/2019 at 23:23

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... i could care less

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > Berang 01/29/2019 at 23:27

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Yes!

How much less? There’s obviously a figure, but I don’t know what unit ‘care’ is measured in...

Rico > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 01/29/2019 at 23:38

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Same, I also hate people who say “Should of” or “Would of” instead of Should’ve/Should have or Would’ve/Would have.

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > Rico 01/29/2019 at 23:43

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Oh yeah, you just brought up another one. ‘I’ll try and get to that...” No, you’ll try TO get to that.

slipperysallylikespenguins > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 01/29/2019 at 23:49

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I believe its measured in Bears

Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. > slipperysallylikespenguins 01/29/2019 at 23:57

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Perfect.

promoted by the color red > Berang 01/30/2019 at 00:17

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That was just another easy reason to hate my (thankfully) former dipshit supervisor. 

Kim Jong - Healthy > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 01/30/2019 at 01:08

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VajazzleMcDildertits - read carefully, respond politely > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 01/30/2019 at 01:13

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I prefer a more neutral “many/large/substantial” when doing corporate emails, depending on whether I need a noun or adjective. 

random001 > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 01/30/2019 at 05:35

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Pre-detonation is deflagration...

Monkey B > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 01/30/2019 at 09:03

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‘ same difference’ ...tha t one dr ives me up a tree

Thomas Donohue > Rico 01/30/2019 at 10:35

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“Should of” is my kryptonite. 

Tomorrow we shall cover people saying “No problem” instead of “You’re welcome.”

If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent > Rico 01/30/2019 at 11:42

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There’s a strange epidemic in car ads where people omit the words “to be”, i.e. “alternator needs to be replaced” becomes “alternator needs replaced”.

It makes my eye twitch.

i86hotdogs > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 01/30/2019 at 11:53

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I have a hatred for p eo ple who call the piece of the exhaust system that changes harmful gases into less harmful gasses, “Cadillac converters”

ateamfan42 > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 01/30/2019 at 14:23

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It has the same effect on me as when someone says ‘irregardless’.

What really bugs me, is that if it actually was a real word, it would literally mean “not without regard”-- w hich is a double-negative mess with no point.

T5Killer > Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing. 01/30/2019 at 19:48

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I lothe “you people” I work tech support and get that all the time. 

Rico > If only EssExTee could be so grossly incandescent 01/30/2019 at 19:56

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Needs replacing would fit perfectly there too, lazy bastards.