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See? SEE!?!!?!?
I'll take it to ACAS if you will.
Anyway, shouldn't you be sleeping?
"targeted killing" - just say assassination
+1 for anything with "gate" added to it
"Reach out" - just say call or email or msg you twunts
"Literally"
Really annoys me. "Omg I literally died". [Rage]NOT YET YOU DIDN'T.[/rage]
Two words I only ever see on this forum:
1. Tosh
2. Pish
They both seem full of impotent indignant suppressed rage - words you expect a bald man in a cardigan to use at a public meeting about the rubbish collection rota.
The use of 'appeal' and 'protest' as stand alone verbs makes me want to commit mass murder.
Only started happening in the UK over the last year or so.
(Ed Reardon) BBC producers who permit these things should be flogged in the street. (Ed Reardon).
words you expect a bald man in a cardigan to use
you're aware of where you are aren't you 🙂
[/url][Rage]NOT YET YOU DIDN'T.[/rage]
*Is literally laughing out loud.*
IMO - yeah...we know. You just typed it.
IMHO - not content with patronising us all by assuming we're too stupid to recognise an opinion, now you're being all ****ing humble about it.
**** off!
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What the flipping Nora does "fractious"even mean?
So wait, your vocabulary is limited, and that's somehow our fault? Right on!
"PIN Number"
And just what do you think the "N" in PIN stands for you brainless sack of (expletive deleted)?
"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)
Oh now come on. You want us to use more words or even actually ask for something else because.. what.. ? You've got some kind of chip on your shoulder?
You lot have no concpet of what language is all about.
“Touch base with..."
“Reach out to..."
“I could care less..."
Referring to the police as the “Feds".
You lot have no [u]concpet [/u]of what language is all about.
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You lot have no concpet of what language is all about.
What, like,[i] literally[/i]?
Personally I don't get wound up by people asking for stupid sounding coffees, because coffee shops are for mugs and I don't go into them.
Everyone should just let Molgrips pretend he's in Friends if it makes him happy.
WUNUNNERD!
When I'm in a shop, and I want something off the menu, I ask for it by name.
I don't try and translate into a form that I think is acceptable because I think it's somehow just and righteous, and then have the poor sod on the other side of the counter try and figure out wtf I am talking about.
Everyone should just let Molgrips pretend he's in Friends if it makes him happy.
Coffee shops existed independently of Friends, in fact.
I bet some of your bookshelves are pretty barren tedious places, aren't they?
Referring to the police as the “Feds".
I think that's ironic humour, isn't it?
And just what do you think the "N" in PIN stands for you brainless sack of (expletive deleted)?
it's so the stupid people of the world don't get it confused with PI number or 3.14159265359
People who say "mute" when they mean "moot" as in "it's a mute point". Nuggets!
I have used the term Feds , for policemen since about 1978 ...
And yes - totally ironic after too many american cops shows ...
However
reach out
clarity
engage with
all are really w*** work jargon
words don't annoy people, people annoy people
"I went to the shops and I brought (Insert product name here) off of them"
KILL! KILL! KILL!
highclimber just made me literally LOL
I bet some of your bookshelves are pretty barren tedious places, aren't they?
Literally WTF?
" Grow a pair"
re. "reach out"
Just substitute "reach around" when using it in a work context, much more entertaining.
oo ooo oooo I have one - anyone who starts a word with hash-tag infront of it. WTF does hash-tag effing mean??
Turned round and said.
Basically
Literally.
Regular (portion of chips, coffee etc)
And all that stuff.......
And everything.... (ive washed the dishes and everything)
chakaping - Member
re. "reach out"
Just substitute "reach around" when using it in a work context, much more entertaining.
"cloth" works similarly with "touching base".
"at this moment in time" - unless you're talking about levers, what other moment would it be?!
Use of "leverage" when "borrow" or "learn" would make sense - see above on leverage!
Use of "that" for comparatives rather than "than" - grrrr...
"up" added to everything - what's the difference between "meet" and "meet up"?
And - breathe....
Guesstimate. It's one or the other.
Someone I work with will 'save down' something when she means to save an electronic file. I'm not sure if it's the correct phrase to use but it annoys me almost as much as guesstimate.
Regular (portion of chips, coffee etc)
this is another one that boils my p1ss - what is so god damned wrong with saying something is small for christ's sake
it's less ambiguous to start
coffee shops are for mugs
Well duh, how else do they serve it? (sorry, I'm in that sort of mood)
The word 'Hun' when used as a term of endearment. Unless the person you are addressing is part of the Mongol hoards, and first name is 'Atilla', the word you are looking for is 'honey' or 'hon' if you are lazy. I know of (grown up, adult) men who use the previous abomination. Makes me want to explode them to death.
While on the coffee shop tirade. i ask for a black coffee and get an "americano, no milk". Every time i hear this it is accompanied by the satisfying thunk click of a pulled back cocking handle and the selector going from single shot to american.
Reem. I have no idea what it means, but I don't like it.
Draw. As in, "the knives and forks are in the kitchen draw."
LOL, when used literally literally, is fine; as a replacement for a full stop, it makes me want to kill kittens. "I've just opened a can of coke lol I've poured it into a glass lol" - do you really go about your daily business laughing out loud all the time? Loony.
Lend instead of borrow. "That book you're reading looks good, can I lend it when you've done?" - "Unless you've got your own copy, probably not." (Excusable in Wales as, I'm told, 'lend' and 'borrow' are the same word in Welsh; if you're not Welsh, LEARN SOME WORDS.)
People who have no concept of how to use an apostrophe, so precede every "s" with one just to be on the safe side. "If you want to borrow this book, go to the library, they have lot's of book's there." If you don't know how to use an apostrophe and can't be bothered to find out, please, just don't use it, ever.
"Legos" as a pluralisation of "Lego." HULK SMASH.
I had my urethra reemed out in 2003. I know exactly what that means!
WTF does hash-tag effing mean??
its air quotes for people who've lost the use of their arms
I had my urethra reemed out in 2003. I know exactly what that means!
Docking?
ITYM "ream".
Reem is something from 'the only way is Essex'. Fuctifino what it means.
Regular (portion of chips, coffee etc)
this is another one that boils my p1ss - what is so god damned wrong with saying something is small for christ's sake
Well, regular isn't small, is it? Three sizes, small, regular and large.
Simple, hun. Now let's go and get a grande hot wet skinny latte with hazelnut and cinnamon.
Oh, oh,
Sales that advertise "up to 20% off". Meaningless, whatever you save, it'll be no more than 20%. You might save 20%, you might save nothing at all, that's still "up to" 20%. Grr.
what is so god damned wrong with saying something is small for christ's sake
Moreover, the absence of "small" as an option; you can have regular, large, or super.
so what's the plural of Lego?
so what's the plural of Lego?
Duplo!
The plural of Lego is Lego. Like sheep.
Or, if you want to be really correct, "Lego bricks."
Legii
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Like sheep.
In my mind 'sheep' is like 'cattle'
A cow, a bull, a calf - a herd of cattle
A ram, a ewe, a little lambikins - a flock sheep
well, that's me learned. Literallly! anyways up, I call a multiple of sheep SHEEPS. SO SWIVLE ON IT!
A field of sheep.
A box of Lego.
A shower of *****
In a previous job I was asked to learn someone how to complete a task.
I replied 'You mean teach them?' the response was 'Er what are you a f'in English teacher now'.
Not my fault you can't speak proper
Although, 'touching cloth' is OK.loum - Member
"cloth" works similarly with "touching base".
As mentioned way up there ^^ the misuse of 'Like'
It was 'like' brilliant.
She can 'like' sing and everyfin.
It's 'like' sic.
Arrgghhh, all from America me thinks.
Oh and the word 'basically', which in my mind has no meaning.
24/7
I'm good
People using 'like' throughout a sentence.
Using double negatives - I didn't do nothing.
Are you going to tell me that some "wendyballers" can be "chavs" too?
no i'm going to tell you being poor doesn't automatically make you a chav, which is why people like you shouldn't use the two interchangeably
being a chav makes you be a chav.
A ram, a ewe, a little lambikins - a flock sheep
*Tuts*
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Anyway, back on topic-ish, Lego will be considered an uncountable noun, as a proper noun, resulting in no plural. Sheep is irregular hence the plural being sheep. The difference being that sheep is countable, one sheep, two sheep, etc.
Lego will be considered an uncountable noun
like Playdough..?
No, because play is a verb.
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While on the coffee shop tirade. i ask for a black coffee and get an "americano, no milk". Every time i hear this it is accompanied by the satisfying thunk click of a pulled back cocking handle and the selector going from single shot to american.
Not sure I see what's wrong with that ❓
Black coffee can be made in a number of ways, they are just calling it what it is, the way they are making it.
Shot of espresso and added hot water is an Americano.
filter coffee with no milk wouldn't be. Neither would Nescafé with hot water and no milk.
Lego is the name for the system of interlocking bricks. Each one is known as a lego brick or piece. I have argued with my American family on this and they continue to use "Legos" despite there being an official statement from Lego definitively statingwhat I had said.
Re the absence of small - in Starbucks there is a small size, called short. You can ask for it, and get it, but it is not on the menu. This is much worse than simply renaming small, but what is significantly worse is than when people go in and ask for "the smallest size" they get tall, which is not the smallest.
I may well call trading standards about this.
No need to be suspicious, the answer needs some thought though. 😉
Uni, as in "I'm going to uni in September"
Are you that lazy you can't say the whole word? Or so important that the extra few seconds it takes to say university will make a difference to anything?
Abbreviations are ubiquitous, richmars. So you can't have that one I'm afraid.
Are you that lazy you [b]can't[/b] say the whole word?
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"I'm liking"
"Yes to..."
Using double negatives
Aye right.
Brutal Murder-- as opposed to a gentle one ?
Intersesting stuff David
jones25.I've always wondered what the multiple of lego was. Can anyone explain why I type like a moron when I'm pissed?
I have argued with my American family on this and they continue to use "Legos" despite there being an official statement from Lego definitively statingwhat I had said.
Funny, I can imagine only you doing this.
as stoner says, "The day to day opportunities to say "myself" are considerably fewer than some people seem to believe."
'myself solutions' must be trading somewhere these days...
wiminz
"it's all good"
innit
bless him/her
credit-crunch
oh and "do the math" 😡
Expresso
You can see why it happens but it's still cringy.
you shouldn't use the two interchangeably
I didn't, you just said that I had.
Docking
Whoa there cowboy! This is a family website.
Abbreviations are ubiquitous, richmars. So you can't have that one I'm afraid.
H8ers will H8.