Terms or phrases that make your skin crawl

[marmitemania]

PHmember said:

A woman I know is off on her 'hollibobs', grow up FFS, you're nearly 40.

Another one is 'swap out' when talking about changing parts.

Yes I agree with the 'swap out' next thing we will all be taking our cars to the auto repair shop and filling them up at gas stations of course we will have got to these places via a freeway. I have noticed that windshield seems to be creeping into everyday use. WHY WHY WHY?????

[Jarcy]

"The Beast". Even the new owner of my BMW 530i described it as the beast.

[robsco]

"Drinks and nibbles". Infuriating.

[J4CKO]

"Can I Get", god I hate that.

Brought instead of bought.

[silverfoxcc]

Three phrases that really do my head

These two are much the same but to me are totally wrong

Needless to say...

It goes without saying that...

and then the cretins tell you what they have just said doesn't need explaining!!!!

And my BiL really boils my piss with this one, as did a woman I used to work with
It's when you are discussing something and then right after you have said something, they come out with

'I was going to say that'
Well why the fk didn't you?

Edited by silverfoxcc on Sunday 13th July 19:20

[lord trumpton]

'So'

Person A - For how long have you owned your BMW M3?

Person B - So Ive owned if for around 2 years no.

[Squiggs]

motco said:

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?'?

I sense those more accurately worded phrases may have, in one sense or another, completely slipped from BBC news reporters vocabulary

[marshalla]

"is quality" - meaningless without a qualifier.
calling me "mate", "pal, or "friend" if I don't know you -
"could potentially" - pointless double conditional. Either word on its own is enough.

[Squishey]

"For sure". Don't they mean "sure"?

[PHmember]

Squishey said:

"For sure". Don't they mean "sure"?

For sure.

[Mastodon2]

Dippy lasses who "cuggles" an awful portmanteau of "cuddles" and "hugs". The true mark of a moron.

[wildone63]

Going forward
Chrimbo
Were all in this together
Factoid
Can i get ?
Uber
Middle England - does this term mean the geographical centre of England or what?
Oxbridge - there no such place name anywhere in the UK
A vehicle for sale being described as 'honest' wtf is that suposed to mean?

Edited by wildone63 on Wednesday 16th July 06:21

[marshalla]

"pre-existing"
"pre-booked"

pointless phrases with a redundant prefix.

[AdeTuono]

marshalla said:

"pre-existing"
"pre-booked"

pointless phrases with a redundant prefix.

Don't you mean pre-prefix?

[FastRich]

MagneticMeerkat said:

Perhaps you ought to learn to write grammatically correct English before commenting on other people's usage...

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

Ah, yes I see what's happened here. I failed to check what the auto correct function "corrected" before clicking submit.

You say you're not a pedant but as you have made an ostentatious and arrogant show of learning, I disagree.

Anyway, well done and congratulations for picking this up, you must be very proud of yourself. Clever boy.

[FastRich]

J4CKO said:

Brought instead of bought.

YES!! Definitely with you on that! I have a friend who does this all the time. Every time he says it, I say "Oh have you? How exciting! But why did you bring it here?" He still hasn't managed to work it out.

[twing]

A few from the weekend..

Pelanties
Skelenton
and one that keeps cropping up... Vauxhall Viravio

[DickyC]

It does my head in.

[Hackney]

People who "bib" their horn. No, you tt, you pip it or honk it. Bibs are for babies.
And bumbers. No, you cretin, it's a bumper.

[AdeTuono]

Hackney said:

People who "bib" their horn. No, you tt, you pip it or honk it. Bibs are for babies.

Onomatopoeiacaly (sp?), 'bib' make more sense that either of the ones you quote.