Terms or phrases that make your skin crawl
Discussion
motco said:
...our country... Why not UK or Britain? Oh yes, it sounds sort of patriotic and caring to say "Our country"
The other thing that politicians (Nick Clegg is the master of this) do to dodge the question is ask themselves a question that was never asked in the first place and waffle on for the best part of a minute (See Question Time tonight at 22:35 for an example of this).H22observer said:
motco said:
...our country... Why not UK or Britain? Oh yes, it sounds sort of patriotic and caring to say "Our country"
The other thing that politicians (Nick Clegg is the master of this) do to dodge the question is ask themselves a question that was never asked in the first place and waffle on for the best part of a minute (See Question Time tonight at 22:35 for an example of this).
"Can I get?" is about the most annoying one for me. Especially when used repeatedly when ordering a salad that someone's making for you. Can I get chicken <bloke chucks in chicken> Can I get green beans <ditto> ... and to crown it: can I get mayo with that?
FFS, no you can't get it, that's what the bloke mixing the salad is for you muppet t
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"Please may I have", "I'd like some", "May I have", "Please could you add", "Could you pour some mayonnaise over it please?" So many much more elegant ways of putting it.
Oh, and "incentivise". The verb is to incent. There isn't such a word as incentivise.
...and breathe.
FFS, no you can't get it, that's what the bloke mixing the salad is for you muppet t
t."Please may I have", "I'd like some", "May I have", "Please could you add", "Could you pour some mayonnaise over it please?" So many much more elegant ways of putting it.
Oh, and "incentivise". The verb is to incent. There isn't such a word as incentivise.
...and breathe.
"Gobsmacked" I've always hated that one.
"Going forward", "singing from the same hymn sheet", "can we touch base", " it's on my radar" and all other office speak bullst usually spouted by middle management to cover up they don't know what they're actually talking about!
I'm sure there are many more I just can't think of them at the moment.
"Going forward", "singing from the same hymn sheet", "can we touch base", " it's on my radar" and all other office speak bulls
t usually spouted by middle management to cover up they don't know what they're actually talking about!I'm sure there are many more I just can't think of them at the moment.
I detest "Gas Guzzler" and "juggernaut".
These two are normally found in articles written by idiots for poor quality newspapers or magazines and are a warning to the reader that the author is either openly anti Car or Lorry or is at the very least someone who drives a Nissan Micra and views the motor vehicle as little more than a tool. Possibly to "go from A to B" which is another of my phrases of hate.
These two are normally found in articles written by idiots for poor quality newspapers or magazines and are a warning to the reader that the author is either openly anti Car or Lorry or is at the very least someone who drives a Nissan Micra and views the motor vehicle as little more than a tool. Possibly to "go from A to B" which is another of my phrases of hate.
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