Words And Phrases We Love To Hate

[Pip Madeley]

Anyone?

I'll start us off with this:

Zeitgeist

Sigh.

[Simon R]

"No brainer".

I hate it beyond all imaginings.

Why do I hate it? Well that's a no brainer...

[Stephen Morgan]

This is so totally like.......

Kidspeak, I hate it.

[Wayne]

Innit.

Don't mind it being substituted for "isn't it". I say that myself. But an everyday example i heard at the gym today says it all: "I thought i recognised you from somewhere innit."
It bugs me.

[Alex]

"End of the day", especially when used about twenty times in the same conversation.

"Rumpy Pumpy" sets my teeth on edge too, I'm not sure why but I can't help but picture very old posh women with ginormous teeth having sex when I hear it.

[duncan]

"shut up", "Go Away", "ooohhhhh!" and any other phrases my soon to be teenage son keeps coming out with.

"This tax is for the environment". HA! What rubbish!

[SiHart]

Americanisms in English everyday talk- Gotten is a particular bugbear and that horrible phrase "that's it, period" really winds me up.

Like Wayne I also dislike the use of innit.

Si xx

[Dirk Gently]

Chav speak. "I mean like you know like I was like goinin like & she was all like & I was like no way like & she was all way like"

[WhiteCrow]

Doctor Who fans who keep saying "deus ex machina".

[Captain Tancredi]

"Action" used as a verb.

[Lissa]

Meetings with titles such as "Project Gumblejack - the way forward" or "Project Speelsnape - a vision" are irritating.

[Simon R]

Gotten is a particular bugbear

I've always hated the word "gotten" it just sounds wrong.

I really hate the expression "fan boy". Just over-used and anf irritating.

[Ralph]

Shut-it!

[Rob McCow]

"I can slag off RTD and his sic fanboys if I like."

[Dave Tudor]

The word 'More-ish' makes me want to commit unspeakable acts of violence.

[Wayne]

That's a fairly inoffensive one isn't it? I sometimes say that. I'd better be careful next month.

[Dave Tudor]

I don't know, it just really irritates me!

Just remember not to use it if you fancy another pint!!!

[duncan]

I've just thought of another one.

When the word "ask" gets pronounced as "arks".

[Simon R]

"arks" is a strange one. They all seem to do it on "EastEnders" almost like it's an injoke. I can't understand why anyone would pronounce it that way.

[WhiteCrow]

Management buzz-words like

leverage

synergy

win-win

[Wayne]

"arks" or "axe". That one gets on my nerves too. I lot of black folk seem to pronounce it like that for some reason. Then people copy it 'coz they think it's cool.

[Alex]

The word 'More-ish' makes me want to commit unspeakable acts of violence.

I like that word though, mainly because of the Harry Hill* joke - "The problem with heroin is it's very more-ish".




* And more recently, Russell Brand, the thieving little joke b'stard that he is.

[Paul Monk]

All management speak. Here's some examples.

ballpark figure
be proactive not reactive
bring it to the table
mission critical
move the goalposts
think outside the box
blue-sky thinking
pushing the envelope
there is no 'I' in team
knowledge base
core competencies
win-win situation
client focus
deliverables
incentivise
take it to the next level

You can also have fun with these at meetings with buzzword bingo!
http://lurkertech.com/buzzword-bingo/

Also people that start sentences "To be honest...."

[Paul Monk]

Also I had to attend a sickness abscence review meeting a while ago and they kept using the phrase "manage your sickness" which is the most ridiculous phrase ever.

[Si Hunt]

I've always cringed at the word "fandom". I don't know why, it just sounds awful!

And I hate it when people end sentences to sound like a question when it isn't one.

Si.