Terms or phrases that make your skin crawl
Discussion
Escort3500 said:
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.
Is your name George Dent?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.
ts and giggles. 
American talk shows when they tell us what time it is. eg: "Well it's 35 past the top of the hour.." Grr - just say it's 7.35 or 25 to eight.
Oh - and when a reply to a comment on a PH thread is "this". With all those years of education and this is the best way of expressing your agreement? Double grrr.
Oh - and when a reply to a comment on a PH thread is "this". With all those years of education and this is the best way of expressing your agreement? Double grrr.
Edited by cookmysock on Sunday 13th July 07:35
MagneticMeerkat said:
FastRich said:
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.
Perhaps you ought to learn to write grammatically correct English before commenting on other people's usage...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.
Were - as in the past participle of 'are' doesn't have an apostrophe. You've written 'we're' i.e. 'we are' which makes no sense in context.
TVR'S (?) - TVR's what? What does this single TVR possess? The correct plural would be TVRs.
Finally young people using young language? Oh the humanity. I'm not a pedant; I just can't stand hypocrisy.
Edited by MagneticMeerkat on Saturday 12th July 09:41
Edited by cookmysock on Sunday 13th July 07:44
cookmysock said:
American talk shows when they tell us what time it is. eg: "Well it's 35 past the top of the hour.." Grr - just say it's 7.35 or 25 to eight.
Oh - and when a reply to a comment on a PH thread is "this". With all those years of education and this is the best way of expressing your agreement? Double grrr.
This. Oh - and when a reply to a comment on a PH thread is "this". With all those years of education and this is the best way of expressing your agreement? Double grrr.
Edited by cookmysock on Sunday 13th July 07:35
Over use of the word 'sense' - particularly prevalent on BBC news!
Can you give us a sense of ......
You get a real sense of ......
I get a sense of ......
They're giving a sense of ....
We're getting a sense of .....
He/she seems to sense ....
It gives you the sense of ....
It's meant to be a factual news programme FFS - not a programme about what reporters might be sensing or a programme where reporters try to second guess others by sensing what others might sensing!
Can you give us a sense of ......
You get a real sense of ......
I get a sense of ......
They're giving a sense of ....
We're getting a sense of .....
He/she seems to sense ....
It gives you the sense of ....
It's meant to be a factual news programme FFS - not a programme about what reporters might be sensing or a programme where reporters try to second guess others by sensing what others might sensing!
fausTVR said:
cookmysock said:
American talk shows when they tell us what time it is. eg: "Well it's 35 past the top of the hour.." Grr - just say it's 7.35 or 25 to eight.
Oh - and when a reply to a comment on a PH thread is "this". With all those years of education and this is the best way of expressing your agreement? Double grrr.
This. Oh - and when a reply to a comment on a PH thread is "this". With all those years of education and this is the best way of expressing your agreement? Double grrr.
Five and twenty to eight.
PHmember said:
This, absolutely this - especially when you think that writing it means that only Pistonheads members understand what you mean & that in no way could plod workout what '95 leptons' means.
As an electron is a lepton, and element 95 is Americum (Am), I assume that plod will be searching for a speeding yank tank.Squiggs said:
Over use of the word 'sense' - particularly prevalent on BBC news!
Can you give us a sense of ......
You get a real sense of ......
I get a sense of ......
They're giving a sense of ....
We're getting a sense of .....
He/she seems to sense ....
It gives you the sense of ....
It's meant to be a factual news programme FFS - not a programme about what reporters might be sensing or a programme where reporters try to second guess others by sensing what others might sensing!
I agree and what's wrong with 'your opinion' or 'what do you think?'?Can you give us a sense of ......
You get a real sense of ......
I get a sense of ......
They're giving a sense of ....
We're getting a sense of .....
He/she seems to sense ....
It gives you the sense of ....
It's meant to be a factual news programme FFS - not a programme about what reporters might be sensing or a programme where reporters try to second guess others by sensing what others might sensing!
cookmysock said:
MagneticMeerkat said:
FastRich said:
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.
Perhaps you ought to learn to write grammatically correct English before commenting on other people's usage...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.
Were - as in the past participle of 'are' doesn't have an apostrophe. You've written 'we're' i.e. 'we are' which makes no sense in context.
TVR'S (?) - TVR's what? What does this single TVR possess? The correct plural would be TVRs.
Finally young people using young language? Oh the humanity. I'm not a pedant; I just can't stand hypocrisy.
Edited by MagneticMeerkat on Saturday 12th July 09:41
Edited by cookmysock on Sunday 13th July 07:44
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