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13th Mar 2008, 12:07 AM #1Pip Madeley Guest
Words And Phrases We Love To Hate
Anyone?
I'll start us off with this:
Zeitgeist
Sigh.
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13th Mar 2008, 12:18 AM #2
"No brainer".
I hate it beyond all imaginings.
Why do I hate it? Well that's a no brainer...
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13th Mar 2008, 1:43 AM #3
This is so totally like.......
Kidspeak, I hate it.
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13th Mar 2008, 2:02 AM #4Wayne Guest
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.
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13th Mar 2008, 2:28 AM #5
"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."RIP Henchman No.24."
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13th Mar 2008, 7:23 AM #6
"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!I’m being extremely clever up here and there’s no one to stand around looking impressed! What’s the point in having you all?
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13th Mar 2008, 7:56 AM #7
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
I've just got my handcuffs and my truncheon and that's enough.
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13th Mar 2008, 1:19 PM #8
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"
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13th Mar 2008, 5:46 PM #9WhiteCrow Guest
Doctor Who fans who keep saying "deus ex machina".
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13th Mar 2008, 5:49 PM #10Captain Tancredi Guest
"Action" used as a verb.
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13th Mar 2008, 6:15 PM #11
Meetings with titles such as "Project Gumblejack - the way forward" or "Project Speelsnape - a vision" are irritating.
Dennis, Francois, Melba and Smasher are competing to see who can wine and dine Lola Whitecastle and win the contract to write her memoirs. Can Dennis learn how to be charming? Can Francois concentrate on anything else when food is on the table? Will Smasher keep his temper under control?
If only the 28th century didn't keep popping up to get in Dennis's way...
#dammitbrent
The eleventh annual Brenty Four serial is another Planet Skaro exclusive. A new episode each day until Christmas in the Brenty Four-um.
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13th Mar 2008, 7:00 PM #12Gotten is a particular bugbear
I really hate the expression "fan boy". Just over-used and anf irritating.
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13th Mar 2008, 9:17 PM #13
Shut-it!
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13th Mar 2008, 9:57 PM #14
"I can slag off RTD and his sic fanboys if I like."
Pity. I have no understanding of the word. It is not registered in my vocabulary bank. EXTERMINATE!
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13th Mar 2008, 11:01 PM #15
The word 'More-ish' makes me want to commit unspeakable acts of violence.
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13th Mar 2008, 11:03 PM #16Wayne Guest
That's a fairly inoffensive one isn't it? I sometimes say that. I'd better be careful next month.
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13th Mar 2008, 11:09 PM #17
I don't know, it just really irritates me!
Just remember not to use it if you fancy another pint!!!
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13th Mar 2008, 11:12 PM #18
I've just thought of another one.
When the word "ask" gets pronounced as "arks".I’m being extremely clever up here and there’s no one to stand around looking impressed! What’s the point in having you all?
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13th Mar 2008, 11:18 PM #19
"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.
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13th Mar 2008, 11:25 PM #20WhiteCrow Guest
Management buzz-words like
leverage
synergy
win-win
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13th Mar 2008, 11:28 PM #21Wayne Guest
"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.
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14th Mar 2008, 12:46 AM #22
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14th Mar 2008, 8:43 AM #23
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...."
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14th Mar 2008, 8:44 AM #24
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.
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14th Mar 2008, 10:14 AM #25
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.
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