Terms or phrases that make your skin crawl
Discussion
Echoing Prawn boys comments about luxury branded goods, the fact that everything has to be described as premium also gets on my fu@king nerves. Premium coffee, Premium toilet paper. I'm sure there must be Premium fu@king bleach on the supermarket shelves. Oh why has luxury all of a sudden turned into Lugsuaire.
MondyJim said:
It really annoys me when people who are describing a conversation that they have had say the following:
"They said x"
"So I turn round and said y"
"then they turned round and said z"
"So i turned round and said".....
Were you both literally turning through 360 degrees before each sentence? No, I doubt it, shut up!!
I was just about to type that very thing. I worked beside a girl who described all her conversations like that. Drove me up the wall."They said x"
"So I turn round and said y"
"then they turned round and said z"
"So i turned round and said".....
Were you both literally turning through 360 degrees before each sentence? No, I doubt it, shut up!!
Usually younger people say this "I was like so cross" or "I was like well freaked out" well we're you or weren't you? You can't be "like" cross, either you're angry or you're not. Also, it's not "well", it's "very".
Lol - learn to write and speak.
Shop assistants calling me "mate" it "Bruv". I think you'll find it's sir or Mr Davies. You are being paid to serve me, not pretend to be my friend or brother.
But the worst thing of all has got to be "TVR's, yeah I've heard of those, they break down all the time"
No. They. Fu**ing. Do. Not. Learn what to do with the basic of all tool kits and you'll be fine, it's not difficult to tinker and maintain a relatively simple bit of kit.
Lol - learn to write and speak.
Shop assistants calling me "mate" it "Bruv". I think you'll find it's sir or Mr Davies. You are being paid to serve me, not pretend to be my friend or brother.
But the worst thing of all has got to be "TVR's, yeah I've heard of those, they break down all the time"
No. They. Fu**ing. Do. Not. Learn what to do with the basic of all tool kits and you'll be fine, it's not difficult to tinker and maintain a relatively simple bit of kit.
MondyJim said:
It really annoys me when people who are describing a conversation that they have had say the following:
"They said x"
"So I turn round and said y"
"then they turned round and said z"
"So i turned round and said".....
Were you both literally turning through 360 degrees before each sentence? No, I doubt it, shut up!!
Are you from the West Midlands? Everyone I know seems to say that in conversation and it hacks me off too, wonder if it's a local dialect thing."They said x"
"So I turn round and said y"
"then they turned round and said z"
"So i turned round and said".....
Were you both literally turning through 360 degrees before each sentence? No, I doubt it, shut up!!
One that I hate mostly used by American media is "baby mama" or "baby daddy" to describe the mother/father of someone's child when they are no longer together.
marmitemania said:
Echoing Prawn boys comments about luxury branded goods, the fact that everything has to be described as premium also gets on my fu@king nerves. Premium coffee, Premium toilet paper. I'm sure there must be Premium fu@king bleach on the supermarket shelves. Oh why has luxury all of a sudden turned into Lugsuaire.
Aldi yoghurt.
H22observer said:
marmitemania said:
Echoing Prawn boys comments about luxury branded goods, the fact that everything has to be described as premium also gets on my fu@king nerves. Premium coffee, Premium toilet paper. I'm sure there must be Premium fu@king bleach on the supermarket shelves. Oh why has luxury all of a sudden turned into Lugsuaire.
Aldi yoghurt.
DavePieman said:
Are you from the West Midlands? Everyone I know seems to say that in conversation and it hacks me off too, wonder if it's a local dialect thing.
One that I hate mostly used by American media is "baby mama" or "baby daddy" to describe the mother/father of someone's child when they are no longer together.
No, but not too far away, Chester. Seems to mostly be people from Liverpool/Wirral that say it round here.One that I hate mostly used by American media is "baby mama" or "baby daddy" to describe the mother/father of someone's child when they are no longer together.
"We are where we are"
One of the most common phrases I hear at work from employees and managers alike, and I hate it as it just means that they've essentially given up on whatever the situation is and will wait for it to sort itself out.
I also tend to hear it when someone can't be arsed to carry out a task and is happy to leave things as is, even if things are s
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One of the most common phrases I hear at work from employees and managers alike, and I hate it as it just means that they've essentially given up on whatever the situation is and will wait for it to sort itself out.
I also tend to hear it when someone can't be arsed to carry out a task and is happy to leave things as is, even if things are s
t.StuntmanMike said:
Rulle7 said:
Am I the only one who stops reading a post the second I encounter an 'of' where a 'have' should be used, as in; "I should of studied more at school."?
If the basic components of your own native tongue are unknown to you, I feel your opinions or advice will likely be based on a similar lack of understanding of the basic components of the issue at hand.
'Reveal' as a noun is another cringe-worthy term.
I think that's your problem, not theirs, some people have not had the benefit of an education, some people have had to learn in adult life as they go along, do you regard these people as idiots, are you so intolerant, really?If the basic components of your own native tongue are unknown to you, I feel your opinions or advice will likely be based on a similar lack of understanding of the basic components of the issue at hand.
'Reveal' as a noun is another cringe-worthy term.
It is a lack of care.
There's a big difference between not knowing and not caring.
As for being intolerant, perhaps I am.
I would rather phrase it as being careful with whom I take advice from and whose opinions are worthy of consideration.
I can't believe no one has mentioned "at the end of the day.." yet.
On a traffic cop show recently, some young scrote is cuffed and each of his many utterances of protest is prefixed with this bloody phrase. Said so often it morphs into entheday ..
Also on my annoying list;
Basically ..
I can't lie to you ..
Can I get ..
.. turned round and said ..
I'm not being funny but ..
On a traffic cop show recently, some young scrote is cuffed and each of his many utterances of protest is prefixed with this bloody phrase. Said so often it morphs into entheday ..
Also on my annoying list;
Basically ..
I can't lie to you ..
Can I get ..
.. turned round and said ..
I'm not being funny but ..
A few years ago I used to have a boss who used all the managementspeak words of the day - "touch base", "deliver", blue sky thinking", "stakeholders, partners and other agencies", "level playing field", "same hymn sheet", colleague empowerment", "step up to the plate" etc
Team meetings with him were hilarious, with everyone trying to avoid eye contact when he spouted his latest phrase in case we burst out laughing. He was universally loathed by staff (except his inner sanctum of blue eyed boys and girls), and his use of management buzzwords just made it all the worse.
Team meetings with him were hilarious, with everyone trying to avoid eye contact when he spouted his latest phrase in case we burst out laughing. He was universally loathed by staff (except his inner sanctum of blue eyed boys and girls), and his use of management buzzwords just made it all the worse.
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