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A phrase I use all the time, which winds me up but i cant stop is:
'I was thinking to myself'
Until I become adept at telepathy, its highly unlikely I'll be thinking to anyone else!
"yeah, no" as a way to start a sentence. Is it yes or is it no. Probably neither.
Along with "I mean" (Froome is bad for this on the TdF interviews!)
Just start a sentence! And no, do not start it with "So..."
Once you here these things, they become pervasive!
I work in an office so it's all the usual management bollocks.
I particularly dislike 'moving forward' and 'synergy'.
But if I had to pick one it'd be 'to be honest' - does that mean that the rest of the time you're not being honest? To be honest, I hate it!
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"On trend" makes me want to stab fashion gurus!
Massive overuse of the words "amazing" and "awesome" to describe fairly banal everyday happenings.
Sending the Voyager space probe to the very edge of our solar system and beyond is AMAZING, seeing Gemma drink 3 shots of Jagermeister on Saturday night then slide down a set of stairs on her arse, is not.
its great being grumpy innit. :D..so many on good ones already but i hate "see if we Can't" as in "lets see if we cant go over there and sort that out"....arrghh if you want to see if you cant just dont...surley you want to see if you can..arghh oh and when some one snarls "i beg your pardon" i like to reply with why? you havent done anything.. why do you beg for my pardon ..
I'm sitting by bloke at work who, on the phone, says approximately 250 000 times a day "I'm calling on the behalf of...". That extra "the" is slowly killing me.
+1 for 'on-trend'
A natural bed-fellow for: 'Still relevant'.
Gnnnnnn!
'don't suffer fools gladly'
meaning:
'I'm intolerant of people who might not be as experienced as me because I'm too thick to know how to teach/lead/mentor/educate/assist/motivate them'
back in the day
old skool (sic)
to be fair
like
you can't stop progress
luxury........
plus all the Yiddish words that seem to be creeping into the Guardian
Also, 'Irrational Hatred' especially in this current threads instance, as most of these points are perfectly rational.
'I'm intolerant of people who might not be as experienced as me because I'm too thick to know how to teach/lead/mentor/educate/assist/motivate them'
This describes me. Shame. 😳
I invented a word:
[b]prevex[/b]
For those phrases employed in insincere and desperately annoying attempts to somehow minimise the insult/prejudice which invariably follows.
(The bit that comes before the vexation)
ie 'not being funny, but...'
'prevex' it's not even a word.
^^ very good. I also (rationally) hate that phrase.
Jeez, you lot need to like, so, TOTALLY get over yourselves!
Thank you for reaching out...
(I'll ****ing reach out in a minute.)
This seems to infect whole bits of organisations. "Should I reach out to the XYZ?" No, just bloody phone them.
Malvern rider -I like it along with "no offence but..."
Or "I know you are xyz but.."
I prefer to skillet whip the people who do this.
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so those phrases get really panned
Sending the Voyager space probe to the very edge of our solar system and beyond is AMAZING, seeing Gemma drink 3 shots of Jagermeister on Saturday night then slide down a set of stairs on her arse, is not.
That depends. Have you got a photo of Gemma? LOL.
"Hence why" is annoying.
Most nouns that are transformed into verbs are annoying: "medal", "podium" etc.
Misuse of literally makes me want to stab people. As does using "like" as a hedge word constantly (although I know I do it occasionally). Anyone who uses 'lol' should be beaten.
Thank you for reaching out...
I've started to quite like this one. I will never use it, but the sentiment is warmer than "thank you for contacting me". It's a question of context. If someone wants to "reach out" and sell me PPI this is more than irksome. If on the other hand someone has a project in the go, knows I have expertise to help, and we can both benefit, then I am very happy someone thought of me and "reached out". I couldn't bring myself to use the phrase though..
This far into the thread and no "should of"?
Is disappoint LOL.
That's just grammatically wrong, rather than a phrase though really.
If we're doing those I could write a ****ing novel.
Less/fewer annoys me. Saying "somethink". "Haitch". Uninterested and disinterested.
British people who use the word "douche" set off my ****er alarm. I think my reaction is quite rational though.
"Amazeballs" and "totes" are four years out of date though. If you hear anyone saying them just tell them to get with the programme, grandad.
Blah de blah de blah !
Anyone saying the above gets to see my back, like nails on a black board
I have a very long list. Today my featured abomination is inserting the word "actual" or "actually" randomly in places it isn't needed.
For example: "this is my actual car". As if they also have a "virtual car" parked behind the house.
Or "I wrote that report last week, actually".
"I'm not being funny, but..." when used to start a sentence. Often used when saying something serious. Just say the serious thing and don't qualify it first.
My sister and cousin say this all the bloomin' time and I feel like getting stabby now when they do
"Oh my days".
I know someone said it on the last page, but it deserves another one. My uni housemate said it constantly. Then she died. Don't think the events were related.
While I hate bullshit bingo phrases as much as the next man, a lot if these are just verbal tics. Letting yourself get wound up by people filling in a space in their mind/mouth process with "verbiage" * is a short cut to a heart attack, inst it?
* please do let me know if that's on 'the list'
Am guilty of the "yeah,no" thing, I'll have myself flogged
a lot if these are just verbal tics.
Yeah, and the problem is that they're contagious. I was at a coffee shop yesterday and thinking about other things, the assistant asked "what can I get you?" and out of my mouth fell "can I get..." I winced as I said it.
I will also have myself flogged immediately, of course.
I've caught the starting sentences with "so" thing, too. 🙁
Can I get.... Very commonly used here in Oz.
When someone says Pacific instead of specific. Ffs people.
The point for me is that I love the playfulness of words and it's great to listen to people who have an inventive facility with the language, and there are some on here. The phrases that people groan about militate against creativity and if all people do is repeat stock phrases then you never really know what they actually (sic) think. Hackneyed phrases stifle thought and imagery.
We should have a face to face...
We should get some dialogue going...
I can't stand it when someone I don't know says "See you later",
for example after paying at the supermarket checkout.
My response tends to be, "Cool, what time?"
"...on so many levels"
Part and parcel, what's that all about? Is it even a thing?
That's my current top 3
I've noticed myself using "Can i get" quite a lot and hate it, probably spent too much time with Americans. I did ask them about it once and apparently "please may I have" can be seen as a bit pissy over there.
My pet hate is "axed" as in "I axed you a question"
"Obviously"
My missus is currently using this everywhere. "Obviously, I bumped into Fred at the shops". Well, no it's not obvious as I wasn't there.
"I'm on it."
The point for me is that I love the playfulness of words and it's great to listen to people who have an inventive facility with the language, and there are some on here. The phrases that people groan about militate against creativity and if all people do is repeat stock phrases then you never really know what they actually (sic) think. Hackneyed phrases stifle thought and imagery.
I agree, and as a geek being fond of wordplay is pretty much mandatory. But there's wordplay, there's ignorance and then there's plain confusing. Things like "he could of come with us" isn't witty wordplay or evolving the language, it's just wrong.
"natch". What on earth is that all about? Barely saves 4 letters verses the real word, and makes you look like a plonker in the process.
When someone says Pacific instead of specific. Ffs people.
Aww, that sounds cute.
Crap portmanteaus. Rarely as funny or clever as the speaker imagines, sometimes plain lazy.
Chillax.
Brunch.
Cockerpoo.
Manbag/widge/etc.
I had to tell a management consultant to explain what a "washup meeting" was. i did point out it was a bull shit word and to stop using it.
All the usual words are bounded round here and it wind me up a treat.
I'm off to chilax.