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We will be in touch
My mrs is watching Love island and nearly everyone uses the phrase 'I'm not gonna lie'
surely it should be a given that you won't lie so why should you emphasise that you are not lying about a certain subject
What are your hateful phrases
Let’s watch Love Island.
It is what it is. Saying nothing at all would be more helpful.
Going forward.
Them's the breaks...
In any way, shape or form, it is what it is, at the end of the day.
Drac beat me to it. My Roomba is less vacuous than that show.
Anyway, Last Orders.
“So…..”
‘Can I get…’
Would of
When they actually mean would’ve.
I get that they sound very similar, but not when they’re written down ffs
“the all important…”
"Living my best life" - how do you know it couldn't be better?
"part out"/"split out" - horrible Americanisms
I'm sure there#'s many, many more . . .
Turn that frown upside down.
Live Laugh Love.
"That's better"
An expression a colleague used to say often to himself after eating something he liked. i.e. sweet stuff only. I actually asked if he was insane in his main brain. I really don't need to know whether it tasted good or not after seeing him stuffed his face with his sweet stuff like a chocolate bar. The world is not made up of sweat or blunt food only.
Life hacks
“My bad”
Yes, you made a mistake and people should be able to admit it, but say sorry like an adult and learn from it rather than just spouting that crap and carrying on doing the same shit.
'You only live once'
You live every day, you only die once.
Switch up (should be just switch, or possibly another word altogether), double down (should be double up).
"What can I do you for?" all I can think is you could start by learning to speak properly...
Living my best life”
This ^^^^
'What a wonderful space'
No, it's a room.
Using a noun as a verb...
"New way to laptop"
For example
Conservative leadership contest.
"I'll be in touch"
As in I had an audition for a band. I did not do very well.
It was clear I was not getting a positive call back. Grow some and say, sorry it's not happening!
They haven't been. The advert went from
bass player wanted to
Competent bass player wanted (!)
"Cash waiting..."
No shit - how else did you expect to pay for stuff, buttons perhaps!
No shit – how else did you expect to pay for stuff, buttons perhaps!
Cheque.
Using a noun as a verb…
..or a verb as a noun. See 'disconnect'
"iconic"
Everything is bl00dy "iconic" at the moment Ggggrrrrrrrrrr.......
Is Is this going to be one of those threads that reveal once again that 1. Language use moves on , and 2. middle aged people don't react well to that phenomenon? I'm always reminded of my mum's somewhat misguided attempt to "reclaim" the word gay in the 90's
...at all?
...today?
...for you?
...for your table?
Guys,...
Can you tell I went to a Bill's this weekend?
FFAS.
Hotting up.
"this is history in the making" yes, it is literally with every second that passes.
Is Is this going to be one of those threads
You know dat.
double down (should be double up).
Does this not come from gambling originally? From placing chips down on a table. Makes complete sense if so.
“I got it for free”
No you didn’t, you moron. You did not exchange some ‘free’ for whatever it is you got. You got it free of charge or other obligation in the opposite direction.
M&S self checkouts are the worst culprit for this!
Spoilers/Contains Spoilers on thread titles
Of course it ****ing does. It's a thread about x. You don't need to be a genius to realise that it might contain info about x
🤬😈😠😡
Hate is a strong word. But, I dislike: 'Tearing up' (crying). No you're feeling 'tearful'.
All the typical: 'blue sky thinking', 'pushing the envelope', 'can I get' and many more.
“Absolute scenes” - increasingly used by 5 Live commentators.
Also use of “obviously” at the start of conversations, no need for it.
richwales
“Absolute scenes”
+1
ooh, what a triggering (thats a word, not a phrase) thread! So many of those already mentioned. I also hate -
"You're joking me" ...no, I might be joking but I'm not joking [i]you[/i] 😖
'Near miss', does that mean they nearly missed and actually hit?
'Slow up' is the opposite 'speed down'?
Upcycle!
“Living my best life”
I’ve only ever heard this used sarcastically (either that or I’m further along the ASD spectrum than I thought). Perhaps I should watch more reality TV
"Boots on the ground."
What, are you going to fly over in a helicopter and throw footwear at the enemy? I think you mean, "Soldiers on the ground."
Any sentence starting with so.
At this precise moment, waiting for my other half to stop faffing so we can go on holiday, the phrase "I just need to...." is making my urine steam.
Oh bloody hell, how long have you got? It's a long, long list, this is just a taster of what's in my head.
"Triggering"
"Oh my days!"
"medaling" as a verb
"'low it" (as in a contraction of 'allow it')
Bruv, bruh, cuz (cousin) etc
Redoubling (with regard to efforts)
Dis or dat (it's fine if that's your own cultural language, but not when misappropriated)
Aks, instead of ask (see above disclaimer, it's a Caribbean adaptation afaik)
Innit, when used as a full stop
Bear, instead of very, eg I'm bear hot, innit.
I could give a toss/s**t - surely you mean you couldn't
Any Americanism
To be honest, most youth language I find disdainful, but I'm middle-aged and grumpy, and I fully get that language evolves very quickly, otherwise we'd all be talking like Shakespeare, forsooth.
Not a phrase but "100%"
'with all due respect' (what you mean is, I think you are a moron...just say it like it is)
'let me double check' (what you mean is, I haven't checked yet and will do so now...)
In tour de france post stage interviews "full gas".
otherwise we’d all be talking like Shakespeare, forsooth.
Indeed. Oft, when I'm abroad on the circumjacent champaign; I take affright and often feel that I've been a victim of an ambuscade by some errant and baseborn ner'-do well, who assaults me with some affright to the language as an assay to elicit some communicant or jest at my expense.
However. Hither we to the future! Yclepe progress! . lest we be mistook for a mazed lurdan, mayhap this will go on long after we're dead, and the trimbal of youth will sound 'ereto all
Using "space" instead of "room" is quite annoying.
But sometimes i really enjoy it when Kevin McCloud goes full bullshit architect speak - "the structure is engaging in a constant dialogue within its own context" which simply means it fits into its soundings quite well.
Giving it 110%
When my wife recounts a conversation, its all ‘he turned round and said this’ and ‘she turned round and said that’. Makes me dizzy just listening to it
“New way to laptop”
I quite like that advert (linguistics aside)
But sometimes i really enjoy it when Kevin McCloud goes full bullshit architect speak – “the structure is engaging in a constant dialogue within its own context” which simply means it fits into its soundings quite well.
May also be translated as "its not a f*****g monstrosity like some of the shit I have to endure"
I may also add:
The art of the possible. 🤮 "...what I've also been up to in this space..." during any meetings. Rant. Rage.
Oh, and anything remotely related to 'Agile' especially the acronyms. In fact, all acronyms.
To tell the truth, to be honest
If that makes sense
Can I get
I'm good
He was like and I was like...
“Cash waiting…”
No shit – how else did you expect to pay for stuff, buttons perhaps!
I think this is ok. If they are saying "cash waiting" it means they have the money ready to pay you, as opposed to, they need to sell something else/arrange a loan.
Kind of like the difference in a property transaction between a cash buyer and someone in a chain.
“Shit the bed”. I’m not prudish but this seems like a needlessly unpleasant expression.
"Let me be clear..."
"For the avoidance of doubt"
“Shit the bed”. I’m not prudish but this seems like a needlessly unpleasant expression
I posted in the other thread before I'd seen this! 😀
Yeah, I think the best idea is not to take these things literally. I mean, I just threw something in the bin and missed and said "**** a duck" ...!
“What can I do you for?”
I always thought this was intentional. Is it not?
Is this going to be one of those threads that reveal once again that 1. Language use moves on , and 2. middle aged people don’t react well to that phenomenon?
3. passive xenophobia about those bloody colonials.
Aks, instead of ask (see above disclaimer, it’s a Caribbean adaptation afaik)
Aks is an intersting one- it's not a recent adaption in pronunciation but actually a continuation of a very old one. You could, in fact, argue that pronouncing it 'ask' is the (relatively) new upstart worthy of derision lol
"reaching out" ...why did contacting become this?
And if we taking about Love Island, anyone proclaiming they have to be "true to themselves" 🤬
I can't be the only person who hasn't seen and will never see a single second of Love Island?? (that's not a phrase btw)
No, you are not.
Them’s the breaks…
Maybe you'd like, "them's the brakes."
To be used whilst driving one's automobile, immediately after performing an emergency stop.
“Where we’re at”
Maybe you’d like, “them’s the brakes.”
To be used whilst
Losing your premier-ship due to one's inability to not lie, to function like a reasonable adult, or not break the laws you implemented yourself
“part out”
Is that not a mishearing of parse? (either by the originator, or yourself)
"Going forward". Entirely unnecessary unless they've found a way to change things that have already happened.
“reaching out”
I think it's meant to make it look like they tried harder than simply sending a short and easily ignored email. I still can't stand it though.
That’s bear jokes fam.
word, innit.
Mindful when what they actual mean is considered, thought about, or be aware of
How have we got to this stage without:
"Makes the trails come alive"???????
I will not "touch your base" no matter how you put it.
"You do you"
"Living my/their best life"
Using "floor" instead of "ground"
Super this, Super that as per the Super thread
My bad
Can I get?
And a new one I have just learnt from someone else's post "Bear hot" WTF is that about?
"My bad..." = First punch
"Mitigation Strategy.." = Second punch 🙂