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  • Words which grate against the very fabric of your soul
  • alwyn
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    Oh my god, that was so banter…unts

    CountZero
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    NewLabour. A synonym for a bunch of upper middle-class twonks masquerading as having working-class sympathies.

    sweepy
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    Fail, in its internet use. I dont know why but it does my head in.

    FoxyChick
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    I've took
    It's broke
    I've wrote
    Yous lot
    etc, etc, etc…
    All of which my colleagues say on a daily basis.

    Woody
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    Awsome
    Bling
    Stoked
    Monstered
    Unbelievable
    Like
    Streamlining
    Radical
    Hero

    Nothing wrong with most of the above except some are now used so often they have lost most of their original meaning.

    deadlydarcy
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    I'm with molgrips.

    Poor flashy's been misunderstood again too.

    The words which stir the stomach to shout soup;

    I get wound up by sentences which aren't really sentences. Liberal use of the semi-colon should be avoided by the inexperienced. 🙂

    molgrips
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    Hm. Well my point still stands 🙂

    I suppose I was thinking that if something had to happen on a continuous basis then it'd have to execute quickly enough to not run up a backlog.

    iDave
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    Angela, we seem to work in the same office

    classic today was being asked how to spell 'pilot'

    then one of the main bosses saying, 'one of the things what it does be what is different is'

    yunki
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    shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit… sounds like a lot of youse lot would hate my lazy colloquialism..

    I find it hard to dislike any words really apart from some obvious ones that are used to express prejudice which I won't use here.. I think this comes from a love of the english language and all of it's enchanting diversities.
    I used to distrust that terribly well annunciated and stiff brand of english though.. It seemed very harsh and rude and dishonest..

    Then I pulled my head out of my arse and tried to stop being so shallow and xenophobic..

    FoxyChick
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    iDave…I work in a school ffs…that's how the other teachers speak!!!! 🙄

    8)

    molgrips
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    I think this comes from a love of the english language and all of it's enchanting diversities

    Abso-frigging-lutely. Right on.

    monksie
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    Free when they mean three. One is without cost, the other is a number.
    etc.etc.etc. One is enough. Adding more doesn't mean more of more.
    Youse (pronounced as Use). Try "You people", it sounds much better.

    Flash
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    "You've got to do the math", I can tolerate it from our American cousins, no excuse over here though.

    Saying "Oh" instead of zero. O is a letter zero is a number, you wouldn't spell zoo "zed zero zero".

    rusty-trowel
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    'touch base', 'hook up', SOD OFF!

    Esme
    Free Member

    Offov

    As in "Oi you! Get offov my land!"

    or The Rolling Stones' "Get Off of My Cloud"

    cheshirecat
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    "6am in the morning". It's either 6am, or 6 in the morning.

    yunki
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    Free when they mean three

    LOL.. my other half is very well spoken but has buck teeth(?) so cannot pronounce a 'th' sound having to use an 'f' instead.. a constant source of amusement to myself.. an habitual exponent of the 'ih dunt mah'er duzzit' school of linguistics..

    enfht
    Free Member

    YA' KNOW, and repeatedly saying LIKE

    RustySpanner
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    Conservative.
    Choice.
    Patriot.

    nonk
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    splirrit wirrus (would you share your curry with me old bean)

    white101
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    +1 Monksie

    My boss tells me to 'chillaxe' ….hhmmmmmm

    enough already

    every thing that is spoken in the BB house

    the word 'legend' when applied to footballers under the age of 30, popstars who've had 2 singles released and film stars from romcoms and the like.

    across the piece – I can barely tolerate any BS business speak

    bullheart
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    Actually.

    It never fails to grate when I'm listening to people who use it as a sentence filler. Mainly London folk. As in;

    "I actually think that you actually don't believe what you're actually sayin' bruv"

    ****.

    john_drummer
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    nonk's example is almost Yorkshire Dialect. Nowt up wi that, lad.

    iDave
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    oh and 'apparently'

    it just means you're about to be lied to…..

    monksie
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    I hate "and stuff" after (seemingly) every sentence. What stuff? Do you mean some knd of singular to stuffing as in the substance used to plump up cushions?
    I'm going to bed before I really start ranting.

    StefMcDef
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    S'funny, the other thread was about words you like the sound of. End of. This thread has evolved to describe words you dislike the misuse of, or the connotations of.

    I dislike words that I've only ever seen written down, that I don't actually know the sound of. Words I make an arse of myself with when I try to slip them into conversation. Foreign words, mostly. Pince-nez. Laissez-faire. Zeitgeist. Tange. Bontrager. That kind of thing.

    Mintman
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    White101 beat me to it. But…

    Chillax

    …makes me sad.

    dawson
    Full Member

    Absolutely, but pronounced Ab-so-lutely.

    You'll know exactly what I mean the next time you hear it. makes me f&&king boil..

    antigee
    Full Member

    icon as used to describe anything or anyone in the news

    more personal but it really gets me ap as in application or is it apple application? i'm pretty sure it will morph into more general use and i look forward to buying a fridge with iconic lifestyle aps

    ahwiles
    Free Member

    'incentivise'

    usually used by his bloody toniness – the git. what's wrong with 'encourage' or 'motivate'?

    'synergy' – although this word is also usefull, if you hear someone use it you know you can stop listening to them, safe in the knowledge that they're idiots.

    and if i'm allowed to complain about phrases as well as words:

    'was like'

    as in; 'i was like XXXXX, and he was like XXXXX'

    i've reached the end of my patience with people who use this, and now repeat the word 'like' everytime they use it as above, they quickly stop.

    santacruzsi
    Free Member

    "good times" or on the other hand "bad times" !

    alanw2007
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    Colourway

    Makes me grind my teeth every time I see it. Grrrr.

    mastiles_fanylion
    Free Member

    Whatever

    singletrackhor
    Free Member

    Lessons have been learnt.

    bravohotel9er
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    'Oh my days!'

    This little expression seems to be the exclusive preserve of slack jawed wiggers and the permatanned communal sperm receptacles who love them.

    diggers
    Free Member

    Reality Star

    Ti29er
    Free Member

    Your – when they meant you're
    There – when they meant their
    to – when they meant too

    Gunna}
    Gonna} Say “No” to Americanisms! These are not English words.

    Sentences that start, "Basically…" Shoot them on the spot! Don't hesitate – they are idiots and should not be allowed to exist (despot that I am!).

    The verb To Sit is always (or so it seems) conjugated incorrectly:
    "I was sat by the car…" wrong.
    "I was sitting by the car…" correct.

    Innit ????????????????????????????????????????????????????

    Hero – when used to describe to££ers who kick a football – or such like. Send them all to Helmand & let's see some genuine heroism.

    bassspine
    Free Member

    simples

    Edric64
    Free Member

    Transportation
    Rad
    Sweet ,as in it will be a sweet ride (a favourite of the bloke in Bad Ass Bikes)
    Totally stoked (Like a steam engine?)
    Ball park figures
    Blue sky thinking

    molgrips
    Free Member

    more personal but it really gets me ap as in application or is it apple application?

    App was in use many many years before iPhones came out.

    Some right pathetic losers on this thread. Get a grip!

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