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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 8:34 am
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"Out of order"

You mean "broken"


 
Posted : 02/12/2012 8:37 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 8:44 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 8:46 am
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"My two-peneth"


 
Posted : 02/12/2012 8:54 am
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General moaning about peoples use of language.

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

😉


 
Posted : 02/12/2012 8:56 am
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"For sure" particularly when a sentence is started with it .


 
Posted : 02/12/2012 9:09 am
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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 9:15 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...


 
Posted : 02/12/2012 9:22 am
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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.


 
Posted : 02/12/2012 9:27 am
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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 9:36 am
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I'm good.

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


 
Posted : 02/12/2012 9:43 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.


 
Posted : 02/12/2012 9:46 am
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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 10:00 am
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LOL - are you actually laughing out loud.....? Or lots of love if Cameron!


 
Posted : 02/12/2012 10:17 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'


 
Posted : 02/12/2012 10:18 am
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"Everything happens for a reason."

*slap*


 
Posted : 02/12/2012 10:20 am
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banter

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 10:21 am
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"Back in the day"
"Chav"
"In my humble opinion"


 
Posted : 02/12/2012 10:22 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' ?


 
Posted : 02/12/2012 10:24 am
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Totes amaze


 
Posted : 02/12/2012 10:26 am
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". Discuss."


 
Posted : 02/12/2012 10:31 am
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24/7


 
Posted : 02/12/2012 10:34 am
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You lot need to get laid.

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


 
Posted : 02/12/2012 10:37 am
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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?


 
Posted : 02/12/2012 10:44 am
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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"


 
Posted : 02/12/2012 10:45 am
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"Touch base"

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


 
Posted : 02/12/2012 10:49 am
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Here's some research from youtube


 
Posted : 02/12/2012 10:50 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.


 
Posted : 02/12/2012 10:51 am
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"those ones" - Argh!


 
Posted : 02/12/2012 10:52 am
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Might stop using it when 'Wendyball' disappears.

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

😉


 
Posted : 02/12/2012 10:56 am
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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.


 
Posted : 02/12/2012 10:58 am
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When people punctuate a story or instruction with 'yeah' every 2 seconds

and chav has nothing to do with income


 
Posted : 02/12/2012 10:59 am
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hive-mind
refute, when used to mean deny


 
Posted : 02/12/2012 11:05 am
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See? SEE!?!!?!?

I'll take it to ACAS if you will.

Anyway, shouldn't you be sleeping?


 
Posted : 02/12/2012 11:06 am
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"targeted killing" - just say assassination

+1 for anything with "gate" added to it


 
Posted : 02/12/2012 11:11 am
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"Reach out" - just say call or email or msg you twunts


 
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Posted : 02/12/2012 11:16 am
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"Literally"

Really annoys me. "Omg I literally died". [Rage]NOT YET YOU DIDN'T.[/rage]


 
Posted : 02/12/2012 11:16 am
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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.


 
Posted : 02/12/2012 11:17 am
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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).


 
Posted : 02/12/2012 11:17 am
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words you expect a bald man in a cardigan to use

you're aware of where you are aren't you 🙂


 
Posted : 02/12/2012 11:20 am
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[url= http://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/dreadful-wordsphrases-that-should-be-banned/page/3#post-4430504 ]

[Rage]NOT YET YOU DIDN'T.[/rage]
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*Is literally laughing out loud.*


 
Posted : 02/12/2012 11:25 am
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMCkuqL9IcM


 
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