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Really? I've only ever heard it used by Americans.
It's used on this thread. Not by me. Listen out. You will hear it a bit.
Either of
- Intellectual; or
- Expert
Where it is being used as an insult on social media to fail to make or avoid making a coherent counterpoint. Use in this manner will typically be by someone.
- Whose idea of reasoned debate is only allowing posts that agree with them and to insult and harangue anyone who does not
- Will not respond to evidence, facts or figures except to proclaim them lies (probably of the establishment or some variation of elites) and that you should do some proper research (i.e. weird conspiracy YouTubers or "auditor", who might fit the definition of self proclaimed experts).
- Who considers simply being able to write a reasoned argument in clear English with punctuation and a modest number of capitals some kind of intellectual one-upmanship.
Sometimes (but not oftentimes) prefixed with "self proclaimed".
Ban to extend into afterlife where the person on the receiving end did not in fact claim to be either of those things.
And no I've not been on the receiving end but has been quite prevalent in the flag waving posts (and related unpleasantness) across FB and LI these last few weeks.
Pivot your side hustle 🤮
I know it's tongue in cheek but it's so shit.
Don't be triggered by it. Just keep calm and carry on.
My understanding is that "outside" refers to a physical space whereas "outwith" is more intangible. So you could be outside your car, whereas you could have a question which is outwith the subject of a forum thread.
That's pretty much correct. I hear "outwith" regularly and I've seen it used in legal documents. I guess some folks might use "beyond" in its place (like in your forum example)?
"Can i not talk?" is perfectly correct, or rather i can be dunno about the case you describe.
It means "is not talking an option for me?"
It means is remaining silent and listening to you the only option for me, or will you STFU for a minute and let me speak?
Upgrade:
Particularly when seen on a food menu;
’upgrade for £3 and get xtra hot chilli sauce and another two fries’.
Handlebars:
It’s a handlebar.
Anchors:
Those are the bloody brakes.
Get into the weeds
Are we gardening or working ?
Upgrade:
Particularly when seen on a food menu;
’upgrade for £3 and get xtra hot chilli sauce and another two fries’.
Handlebars:
It’s a handlebar.
Anchors:
Those are the bloody brakes.
Its handlebars plural. It always has been since the time when handle bars were infact two seperate bars.
My understanding is that "outside" refers to a physical space whereas "outwith" is more intangible. So you could be outside your car, whereas you could have a question which is outwith the subject of a forum thread.
That's pretty much correct. I hear "outwith" regularly and I've seen it used in legal documents. I guess some folks might use "beyond" in its place (like in your forum example)?
Means something different. Outwith means it is specifically not included. Beyond just implies its behind some sort of limit but 'could be'.
Something behind you is outwith your field of view.
Something infront of you but beyond the hill is still in your field of view its just behind something
Have a friend (Scottish) that used 'outwith' a lot in the documents we put together for a previous employer. I was against using it at the time (because I thought our audience would not understand the word and how it was being used in that context), but I used it a lot when I knew people would understand it.
for me, it's starting posts with "you do know ..."
Passive-aggressive point scoring ****tery at its peak
Upgrade:
Particularly when seen on a food menu;
’upgrade for £3 and get xtra hot chilli sauce and another two fries’.
Handlebars:
It’s a handlebar.
Anchors:
Those are the bloody brakes.
Its handlebars plural. It always has been since the time when handle bars were infact two seperate bars.
I haven’t bought a handlebars in ages !
Same goes for a forks .
Upgrade:
Particularly when seen on a food menu;
’upgrade for £3 and get xtra hot chilli sauce and another two fries’.
Handlebars:
It’s a handlebar.
Anchors:
Those are the bloody brakes.
Its handlebars plural. It always has been since the time when handle bars were infact two seperate bars.
I haven’t bought a handlebars in ages !
Same goes for a forks .
Well you wouldn't, you would buy handlebars. Thats why when you google handlebars you get the option to buy handlebars.
You kinda proving the point.
Or maybe you wear trouser and pant
A friend once had to ride one handed for a while after breaking his arm. So he sawed one side off his handlebars, turning them into a handlebar for one-handed operation.
Really? I've only ever heard it used by Americans. I therefore find it entirely unobjectionable.
FTFY
Outwith....it's a Scottish thing, I use it all the time, I only actually googled it after word, outlook etc etc kept flagging it.
It's used on car park signs, no parking outwith the stated hours
Inappropriate use of American idioms. Two that spring to mind - "rain check" - it's not a check as in "test" or whatever. It's a ticket for a postponed event. "Wheelhouse" is not a nautical term, it's a baseball term. Probably there are others; please don't reminds me of them.
Have a friend (Scottish) that used 'outwith' a lot
See also: uplift
Both at once: When still a recent immigrant from England, I remember the bus timetable for the rural services into Glasgow, which restricted their use within the city to ensure there was space for the people who needed them - "This service will only uplift passengers travelling outwith the city boundary"
- ’Sleeps’ until ‘hollibobs’ or Chrimbo
Only one more sleep until Chrimbo, everyone! Hope you've all got your picky bits done and are snuggling under a lecky blanky for some Strickers on the tellybox! Maybe a cheeky grig hidden from the outlaws in the Stanley Cup?!?!?
“Most moral” is the ultimate oxymoron imho,
Any other teachers driven insane by 'learning journey'?
Only one more sleep until Chrimbo
"Only 1 more batting collapse until Christmas", as someone on the BBC website commented after day 2 of the Adelaide test.
Reach out
The very worst of all the Americanisms that have polluted the English language. I feel myself physically bristling when people use it. Any email that starts with “I’m just reaching out to you….” Is immediately deleted without me reading another word
Its It’s handlebars plural. It always has been since the time when handle bars were infact in fact two seperate separate bars.
Also:
Abit A bit
Alot A lot
Incase In case
Any other teachers driven insane by 'learning journey'?
I think that applies to any ‘journey’ as summed up perfectly by Russell Kane
Gotten
Out June 4th
Oh yeah, reach out. Grrrrr.
Anchors:
Those are the bloody brakes.
This is particularly prominent in magazines when they're trying to find as many words as possible for the same thing so they don't have to keep typing 'brakes' (for example).
Brakes / anchors / stoppers.
Similarly with referring to wheels as "hoops". No you absolute cretin, a hoop is a circle like a basketball hoop or a child's toy, you could even refer to a rim as a hoop (although you'd still sound like a ****). Once you put a hub in the middle and connect it all up with spokes, it ceases to be a hoop and it becomes... a WHEEL.
The days of MBR desperately trying not to type "full sus" or "full suspension" every time and instead coming up with total crap like:
dual boinger
double bouncer
full squisher
or the thoroughly awful "duallie".
I think I stopped buying it when they reviewed a (very good) hardtail but scored it as "an acceptable winter road-based alternative to your summer duallie".
Right, you've got no ****ing idea what you're talking about, never buying another copy ever again.
The latest business BS
we have to “lean in” to make this thread more irritating
Gotten
A perfectly good old English word, used by Shakespeare, and useful for distinguishing between the past tense and past participle. See also "ill-gotten gains".
I'm with you on "reach out", though. You're emailing me, not reaching out.
useful for distinguishing
Really? Useful?? For distinguishing 😁?
Aside from "Ill gotten" which is an idiom really, "gotten" is archaic in this country and when I hear it used instead of the perfect good "got" it is as another creeping Americanism.
Anyway here's another that really does warrant a lifetime ban: "switch up". How is this different to "switch"?
Anyway here's another that really does warrant a lifetime ban: "switch up". How is this different to "switch"?
You can switch things out as well!
(see also: swap out)
😉
. Any email that starts with “I’m just reaching out to you….” Is immediately deleted without me reading another word
I'm pretty minimalist when it comes to this stuff. 'Reach out' or variations on it are horrific. 'Steed' when applied to bikes is just horrible as is the whole 'quiver' and/or 'quiver killer' bollocks. And most archaisms, 'amongst' rather than among unless you are genuinely Victorian. And any sort of qualification of unique, mostly 'very unique', 'extremely unique', 'virtually unique' etc. It's either unique or it's not. Oh, and 'could of', what is that about?
You can switch things out as well!
(see also: swap out)
Aaaargh☹️
I may have said this 4 years ago but I am not going through seven pages to check. The expression "for free" completely winds me up. Free is not a value so you cannot have something for that amount. What you mean is " free of charge " or to be lazy "free". EG You can park free (of charge) . Alternatively if "for" is a beloved word that you must use how about "for nothing"?
Starting sentences with "so" or "because" is also horrible. I will not respond to "guys" either. Especially when some spotty youth uses it when serving me a meal. Sir is the correct form of address thank you.
When I am feeling really bloody minded the word accident makes me somewhat cross. Particularly when dealing with kids at school or reading press articles about motoring incidents. They were not accidents, they were errors created by incompetence or neglect. I dropped the wife's favourite mug because I didn't dry my hands first.
Twixmas -
Surely four years ago rather than the visually painful 4 years ago
Something completely inconsequential to most people in the world, but a hill I will die on. Of course I couldn't really give a shit, but go on, picture me on a hill, shouting at the sky, suddenly grabbing my chest and falling down, dead. Dead on a hill because somebody ate a twix in a way I dislike!
I'm stood
I'm sat
I was stood
I was sat
Unless someone plonked you there, it's standing/sitting.
Really? Useful?? For distinguishing
?
Yes, for the reason I gave.
Handlebars:
It’s a handlebar.
So you would wear glass, instead of glasses, because they’re all one thing that goes across your face?
Or how about pant, instead of pants?
as is the whole 'quiver' and/or 'quiver killer' bollocks
I agree, when applying to bikes, but in my chosen sport I do have a quiver, used for its correct purpose, and here I am, with a quiver, being used in its correct context…
😁
"In your cinema January fourteenth"
No, it's "in your cinema on January the fourteenth" you plonkers