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[Closed] Dreadful words/phrases that should be banned.

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My two-penneth:

1.Randy
2.At the end of the day
3.Moving forward


 
Posted : 01/12/2012 11:33 pm
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When people describe themselves as "Lads". That.


 
Posted : 01/12/2012 11:35 pm
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5.To be honest

I'm guilty of using this phrase which in most contexts/conversations means literally nothing. But to be honest I use it a lot and sometimes I don't notice i'm using it until its too late.

Sambob your failure to correctly number your suggested word/phrase has got my OCD gremlins all angry. They're running around in my head setting fire to things. 😈


 
Posted : 01/12/2012 11:37 pm
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The word "banned", everyone knows bans don't work.


 
Posted : 01/12/2012 11:38 pm
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7. Big-Hitter


 
Posted : 01/12/2012 11:40 pm
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Fractious.

Since having Fledgling Ox, I've heard about umpteen million "professionals" described babies as "fractious". What the flipping Nora does "fractious"even mean? And obviously Mrs Ox uses the term at every possible juncture.

THE BABY IS JUST CRYING. NAPPY, MILK OR BED.


 
Posted : 01/12/2012 11:40 pm
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Any sentence with a forward slash in it. That and two - penneth.


 
Posted : 01/12/2012 11:41 pm
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Smash it, smash that or any variation.


 
Posted : 01/12/2012 11:41 pm
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My bad


 
Posted : 01/12/2012 11:42 pm
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What tyres for.


 
Posted : 01/12/2012 11:43 pm
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Go figure


 
Posted : 01/12/2012 11:45 pm
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Oh yeah 'my bad' - what the chuff does that mean ?
That really irritates my 'English grammar' spot


 
Posted : 01/12/2012 11:46 pm
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In it and not on it when talking about bikes

And innit , that grips my stool

Oh and that advert using the word pooh as the UK is now seemingly too thick to know that there is another meaning for the word stool

Bigger picture

Oh and , some of my best friends are .....(insert appropriate term here)


 
Posted : 01/12/2012 11:46 pm
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Turned round & said.

No you didn't !! Or maybe you did, as did he before he replied (so your telling me) then you did, then he did, then you turned round again....

Weren't you getting dizzy ? Couldn't you just stand still and converse without spinning around on the spot before each reply ?!?!!!!

Gggggrrrrrrrrrrr


 
Posted : 01/12/2012 11:46 pm
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+1 for 'innit'

Irritates the inner Grammar school teacher inside me.


 
Posted : 01/12/2012 11:49 pm
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Inappropriate use of "like"


 
Posted : 01/12/2012 11:50 pm
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"I turned around and said" Really? So you were talking to them and you turned around and said something? Are you blind?

"basically" Yeah basically fu*koff.

"it's not rocket science" No, rocket science is actually relatively simple you moron. Ever seen a firework?


 
Posted : 01/12/2012 11:51 pm
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I am not..... but. Invariably means they are going to do or be whatever they say they are not


 
Posted : 01/12/2012 11:52 pm
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Oooh, another - "not fit for purpose"


 
Posted : 01/12/2012 11:53 pm
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"What a beautiful baby"

What a load of cack. They all look like Winston Churchill sucking a beetroot. They shit in their pants and make lots of noise. I have buckets of oil more beautiful than any baby because they're no more beautiful than a rat litter.

But you can't tell the mother her baby looks like a sumo wrestler with constipation.

That's the crazy world we live in.


 
Posted : 01/12/2012 11:59 pm
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"yeah, no"

well which one is it???????


 
Posted : 02/12/2012 12:00 am
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Swap out!

Why, when swap, or change will do perfectly?


 
Posted : 02/12/2012 12:02 am
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Oh and the best one, we're all in this together


 
Posted : 02/12/2012 12:03 am
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'the boy' when commentators are talking a wendyballist
**** OFF !


 
Posted : 02/12/2012 12:11 am
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banter


 
Posted : 02/12/2012 12:13 am
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people who say the word 'literally' when they mean 'actually' or 'figuratively'. boils my p1ss


 
Posted : 02/12/2012 12:13 am
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Wendyball


 
Posted : 02/12/2012 12:14 am
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Gonna - especially when used by Mr Cameron, our glorious leader, for reasons too obvious to explain...


 
Posted : 02/12/2012 12:14 am
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"Can I get"

No, you can [u]have[/u] or **** off.


 
Posted : 02/12/2012 12:19 am
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Apparently, when people mean supposedly.

Any business speak BS.


 
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"First world problem"

I hate it!


 
Posted : 02/12/2012 12:33 am
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"Make no mistake" ... a certain US bloke started saying this in his speech then the rest follow him.


 
Posted : 02/12/2012 12:41 am
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Most of them can be summed up from a football managers vocab.


 
Posted : 02/12/2012 12:51 am
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At the end of the day, lads, I know that we should all be moving forward in this day & age, to be honest, but I literally can't think of any... Innit, like.

🙂


 
Posted : 02/12/2012 1:03 am
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oh and big mention to basically, literally and like. The campus language here at Nottingham.


 
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Most of them can be summed up from a football managers vocab.

No they can not!

Wendyball boils my p1ss as does chavball. If you don't like it there is always the vegetarian option. F*ck off.


 
Posted : 02/12/2012 1:40 am
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New sale every day! Xmas sale today! Every time you scroll up or down the page you'll accidentally click on this advert! Thank **** it's gone 🙁


 
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Oh, and the flying ox - it's not all about sleep, nappy or food. At this age they're also suffering massive growing pains which = "fractious". Often, there's absolutely zero you can do to stop them shouting.


 
Posted : 02/12/2012 1:57 am
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there is always the vegetarian option

Go on then, I'm intrigued, what is the vegetarian option ?


 
Posted : 02/12/2012 4:03 am
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"Chew the fat" ewwww

Can I get +1

People who ask for coffee in coffee barista language. Eg

"Can I get a regular skinny latte to go?"

When they should ask "can I have a Latte with skimmed milk to take away please?"

(Or better still, can I have a white coffee please)


 
Posted : 02/12/2012 5:28 am
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Oh, and the flying ox - it's not all about sleep, nappy or food. At this
age they're also suffering massive growing pains which =
"fractious". Often, there's absolutely zero you can do to stop them
shouting.

Aye, I was being obtuse. Although your post does suggest there's an actual time and a place to use the word fractious that doesn't mean every single time he so much as sneezes. My point being it's not a catch-all term, so stop using it as one.


 
Posted : 02/12/2012 5:36 am
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"Thank you for that",usually used to mean,"I don't care what you just said,and I'm not really bothered that you know"


 
Posted : 02/12/2012 6:16 am
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'Business solutions' or any other random word followed by solutions. Another one is 'I beg your pardon?' when showing displeasure in something someone has said. I mean eh?


 
Posted : 02/12/2012 6:32 am
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Going forward ... seems to be used a lot when explaining plans for the future, irks me


 
Posted : 02/12/2012 7:24 am
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"I'm not being funny but...."

Usually used at a time of frustration and irritation....
"I'm not being funny but you just stabbed me...."

DrP


 
Posted : 02/12/2012 7:28 am
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"link in"

As in "can you link in with So and So?"

[b]Speak.[/b]The correct word is [b]Speak.[/b]

Oh and So and So.


 
Posted : 02/12/2012 7:34 am
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"Out of order"

You mean "broken"


 
Posted : 02/12/2012 7:37 am
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"Look" not when it means look at something but when it means shut up, listen to me and dont dare question my opinion.

Its a politicians favourite.


 
Posted : 02/12/2012 7:44 am
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Workshop - If there are no tools in there, it isn't a workshop. And yes, I do get the irony that in any use of the word without tools you will find a room full of tools.


 
Posted : 02/12/2012 7:46 am
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"My two-peneth"


 
Posted : 02/12/2012 7:54 am
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General moaning about peoples use of language.

If you don't like it bugger off back to oxbridge...

😉


 
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"For sure" particularly when a sentence is started with it .


 
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on this forum 'pulls up a chair' really annoys me.
'at the end of the day' and 'yeah no' are ones i often moan about. had a solicitor once after a motorbike accident that used at the end of the day in every 2nd sentence and was ****ing useless.


 
Posted : 02/12/2012 8:15 am
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'Key stakeholders' what on earth does that mean in plain English

'Reach out' - oh you mean pick the phone up and call that person?

and the old favourite, use of the word like in every sentence. I once held an interview and counted it used over 45 times, not by me obviously like...


 
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Wendyball boils my p1ss as does chavball.

But they are both useful aids to identify the kind of petty, snobbish, small minded, whining, self satisfied, holier-than-though, annoying little turd that ruins this and every other place of social interraction up and down the country.


 
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'Key stakeholders' what on earth does that mean in plain English

= every Tom, Dick or Harry who thinks they have a right to stick their oar in, usually.

The day to day opportunities to say "myself" are considerably fewer than some people seem to believe.


 
Posted : 02/12/2012 8:36 am
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I'm good.

What happened to "I'm very well thank you?"


 
Posted : 02/12/2012 8:43 am
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This word is used all the time to cover everyone in every situation.
Vulnerable.
I'm sick to death of politicians using it to try and make a political point.We're all vulnerable to something.


 
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+1 'Turned round and said'
Though it's usually said as 'I turns round and says' or 'I turns rounds and tells em straight what it is right is this'


 
Posted : 02/12/2012 9:00 am
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LOL - are you actually laughing out loud.....? Or lots of love if Cameron!


 
Posted : 02/12/2012 9:17 am
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"actually". And "literally' when folks really mean 'metaphorically'.

This [url= http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/news/society/language-evolving-but-not-in-a-good-way-2012113051422 ]Daily Mash[/url] item captures the spirit.

"two penn'orth" - a contraction of "two pennies' worth". A poor substitute for 'let me force my opinion on you'


 
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"Everything happens for a reason."

*slap*


 
Posted : 02/12/2012 9:20 am
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Innit.

Also...

Chav - Wow, you're so clever sneering at poor people.
Outcomes - Did you go to business school or do you just want me to think you did?
Reach out to - Oh, you mean contact? Possibly acceptable if telling somebody to reach out to the Samaritans.

Never heard the word "fractious" applied to babies. Must be a bad dad.


 
Posted : 02/12/2012 9:21 am
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"Back in the day"
"Chav"
"In my humble opinion"


 
Posted : 02/12/2012 9:22 am
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'lartay'.

if i hear it coupled with 'can i get a' i'm ready to kill.

Chav - Wow, you're so clever sneering at poor people

why do people think that 'chav' is interchangeable with 'poor people' ?


 
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Totes amaze


 
Posted : 02/12/2012 9:26 am
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". Discuss."


 
Posted : 02/12/2012 9:31 am
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24/7


 
Posted : 02/12/2012 9:34 am
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You lot need to get laid.

No, not that phrase, you just really need it.


 
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why do people think that 'chav' is interchangeable with 'poor people' ?

In my experience it's always used to describe poor people who wear certain clothes/shout at their children (called Jayden or Hayden) in the supermarket.

Are you going to tell me that some "wendyballers" can be "chavs" too?


 
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stuff suffixed "..gate" used by the media to denote a scandal, or more commonly a storm in a teacup.

"the difference was literally night and day" used figuratively

"orchestrated litany of lies"

"dark side" in reference to road cycling. Grow a pair and refer to it properly.

"Enjoy" when uttered by "servers"

any adjective or superlative directly preceding "unique"


 
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"Touch base"

No, you're not going to "touch base" with me, you're going to talk to me 👿


 
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Here's some research from youtube


 
Posted : 02/12/2012 9:50 am
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"dark side" in reference to road cycling. Grow a pair and refer to it properly.

Shan't.
It's quite funny and appropriate, tbh.

Might stop using it when 'Wendyball' disappears. :-)*
*This could go the way of Israel/Palestine.


 
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"those ones" - Argh!


 
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Might stop using it when 'Wendyball' disappears.

Shan't.
It's quite funny and appropriate, tbh.

😉


 
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"Fry off"

Why are cooks always frying off onions. You're just frying them, where are they going? Now non-professional cooks have started saying it, pretentious knobs.


 
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When people punctuate a story or instruction with 'yeah' every 2 seconds

and chav has nothing to do with income


 
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hive-mind
refute, when used to mean deny


 
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