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 Bez
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"[i]Colourway. Price point.[/i]"

A synonym for "colour scheme" actually winds you up? And a concise way of saying "approximate price range which is differentiable and identifiable within an economic market"? You wouldn't get more annoyed by that phrase?


 
Posted : 20/08/2013 9:18 pm
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Traumatic. As in "I've had a really traumatic day at work". Really?

Depends on the person's profession.


 
Posted : 20/08/2013 9:18 pm
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Think Tank


 
Posted : 20/08/2013 9:19 pm
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PC or politically correct, just why should you change the way you think just so youre politically correct.

unexpected item in bagging area,its a bloody shelf, not a bagging area.


 
Posted : 20/08/2013 9:20 pm
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"Grab". As in, "Grab a 5mm hex wrench."


 
Posted : 20/08/2013 9:22 pm
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Most of all of the above. But I'll add Afgan, as a place, military folk talk of tours of duty in Afgan. The country is Afganistan.


 
Posted : 20/08/2013 9:23 pm
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"[i]why should you change the way you think just so youre politically correct[/i]"

What, why should you stop being racist or sexist or homophobic or whatever? Dunno, can't think of a good reason. Anyone?

"[i]its a bloody shelf, not a bagging area[/i]"

It's an area where you put things in bags, an action known as bagging. What shall we call this area in which we bag, so as to make it easily identifiable from the shelf on the left where you put your basket whilst scanning your goods? I know, let's call it "a shelf".


 
Posted : 20/08/2013 9:23 pm
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[i]"Grab"[/i]

This is just getting silly now. Is someone going to claim that the word "potato" should never be used because it drives them round the bend?


 
Posted : 20/08/2013 9:24 pm
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"[i]The country is Afganistan.[/i]"

Technically, you live in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. But I'm guessing you contract that.

And, also technically, the country is [i]Afghanistan[/i] ๐Ÿ˜‰


 
Posted : 20/08/2013 9:26 pm
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To be fair Bez my old mate, I think you're the only person taking it seriously. ๐Ÿ™‚


 
Posted : 20/08/2013 9:27 pm
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To be fair, I may not be taking it entirely seriously ๐Ÿ˜‰


 
Posted : 20/08/2013 9:28 pm
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To be fair Bez my old mate, I think you're the only person taking it seriously.

You may not be taking it seriously, but I am. Those words up there are destroying my belief in humanity.


 
Posted : 20/08/2013 9:29 pm
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๐Ÿ™‚


 
Posted : 20/08/2013 9:30 pm
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TJ says - the word "moderator" annoys him. * this may not be strictly factually correct.


 
Posted : 20/08/2013 9:30 pm
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Oh, I'm definitely taking it [i]partly[/i] seriously ๐Ÿ™‚


 
Posted : 20/08/2013 9:31 pm
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its a bloody shelf, not a bagging area"

It's an area where you put things in bags, an action known as bagging. What shall we call this area in which we bag, so as to make it easily identifiable from the shelf on the left where you put your basket whilst scanning your goods? I know, let's call it "a shelf".

see its a shelf.


 
Posted : 20/08/2013 9:32 pm
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"Hun" and "Babes" don't know why it just grates my gears, got that today from a customer, never met them before.

Chillax, it's not even a word, don't know where it came from, but it can go straight back there.


 
Posted : 20/08/2013 9:33 pm
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Partner - eg our HR partners
Clearly - if it was that clear we'd all see it
Glide path

Aghhhhhhh it's pish


 
Posted : 20/08/2013 9:35 pm
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Empowered.


 
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What shall we call this area in which we bag

The bagodrome
[i]Unexpected item in the bagodrome[/i]
8)


 
Posted : 20/08/2013 9:36 pm
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we have a 'business hub' at work.

It's a bloody stationary cupboard you c**k!!!!!


 
Posted : 20/08/2013 9:36 pm
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Bez taking things seriously earlier


 
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TJ would like to add "shibboleth" to the list of annoying words.


 
Posted : 20/08/2013 9:36 pm
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Extrapolate = turn a stat which may have some relevance into one that has none.


 
Posted : 20/08/2013 9:38 pm
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I can't believe nobody has yet mentioned "literally".


 
Posted : 20/08/2013 9:38 pm
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'business hub'

๐Ÿ˜†


 
Posted : 20/08/2013 9:38 pm
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I like "bagodrome".

EVACUATE THE BAGODROME


 
Posted : 20/08/2013 9:38 pm
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Column - We all know why.

That is all.


 
Posted : 20/08/2013 9:39 pm
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service users, for people who are living in care homes.

service providors for those who provide services for service users,


 
Posted : 20/08/2013 9:39 pm
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I am a big fan of colorway.

Fettle and Chapeau can take a running jump...


 
Posted : 20/08/2013 9:41 pm
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Posted : 20/08/2013 9:41 pm
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Extrapolate = turn a stat which may have some relevance into one that has none.

I like to think of it as guess work, as in 'can we extrapolate the costs' ๐Ÿ™„

No shortage of grade A lunatics at our place I can tell ya.

and yip that 'business hub' is true, as is the 'information node'

it's a bloody notice board!!!!!!! ๐Ÿ˜ก


 
Posted : 20/08/2013 9:42 pm
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Jamie - Member

I am a big fan of colorway.

You're dead to me now.


 
Posted : 20/08/2013 9:43 pm
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Sterling work from Bez. Can I get some of what he's having?


 
Posted : 20/08/2013 9:43 pm
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You're dead to me now.

I should actually probably tell you I am actually an actual ghost. So always have actually been dead to you, actually.

Wooooooooo!


 
Posted : 20/08/2013 9:44 pm
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I'm not keen on "actually".

Or adverbs, generally.


 
Posted : 20/08/2013 9:45 pm
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Ah. Now. "Haitch" [i]is[/i] annoying. And, since a word annoys me, I must therefore now shoot myself.


 
Posted : 20/08/2013 9:45 pm
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"Cool" when used by anyone presenting Top Gear.


 
Posted : 20/08/2013 9:49 pm
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I have a few:
Showcase
Skillset
Iconic
Epic
As someone mentioned earlier: Ourselves instead of "us",
Myself instead of "me", Yourselves instead of "you".


 
Posted : 20/08/2013 9:49 pm
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Any word that loses its 'g' ending to be replaced with a k.

Somethink
Anythink
Nothink


 
Posted : 20/08/2013 9:52 pm
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How we feel about going to Tescos?


 
Posted : 20/08/2013 9:53 pm
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How we feel about going to Tescos?

To buy strawberry's?


 
Posted : 20/08/2013 9:54 pm
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I DO like "skelington" though!


 
Posted : 20/08/2013 9:55 pm
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'Sessioning'. It's a word that people who need to practice a lot use instead of 'practice'.
That's not what it says in the Urban Dictionary though.


 
Posted : 20/08/2013 10:02 pm
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I like cottaging and dogging.


 
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