Terms or phrases that make your skin crawl

[GTIR]

"Sir Chris of Harris"

I bet he's never even been to Scotland!

[DavePieman]

Any made-up word from reality TV shows, e.g. amazeballs.

[The Hypno-Toad]

H22observer said:

"Lessons will be learned"

Anyone, ANYONE who ever says this is an untrustworthy scumbag.

What they actually mean is;

"You've found out about our expenses claims/call girls/rent boys/paedo ring/bribes/drug addiction/criminally bad mis-management/totally catastrophic ineptitude/fixing of exam results/mis-counting of immigrants/lack of airport security/syphoning off of funds meant for NHS trusts/lack of the very basic rules of health and safety & we will endeavour to make sure it won't happen again.

By which we mean, next time we do it, we'll just make sure we do a better job of the cover-up,"

[Jaroon]

"Turned up to eleven" especially when used by motoring journalists. Yes I get the reference and have done for many years, can we stop now.

[Spanglepants]

For sure

[DUMBO100]

How's Business? Can we schedule a meeting? I want to discuss your pain points.

"The pain is in my arse and you are the cause of it"

[selym]

LewG said:

'Banter' or worse still, 'bants'

Especially 'bants' from a bunch of 40 year olds on here!

[selym]

DavePieman said:

Any made-up word from reality TV shows, e.g. amazeballs.

Even worse when prefixed with 'totes'. Especially when muttered by a fat prick who lives close to me. I'd like five minutes to give him a totes kickingballs.

[marmitemania]

hogfisch said:

"Chillax"

Any use of this word should be punishable by firing squad

This is usually preceded by kick back &. Kick back means what exactly? The only thing I'm going to kick back is your fu@king gormless face.

[tori]

"Physicality", "enable", "facilitate", "pamper"


"go fk yourself"

[InductionRoar]

crossy67 said:

And (I've said this before but) So. Some people seem to be unable to begin a sentence without so.

Or equally as annoying when they end every conversation with so... Why?

[H22observer]

Morningside said:

Followed by
"Ring fenced"
"Safeguards have been put in place"
"We will make sure that it will never happen again"

Edited by Morningside on Thursday 10th July 20:52

"Tackling the deficit and dealing with our debts"

Translation - "We are still racking up massive debts, but the general public are gullible morons so we will present it in a way that looks like we have it under control, even though it isn't."

[Adam B]

In yoof speak qualifies, along with Estuary English

Innit
Aksed instead of asked

And the infuriating habit Americans have of welcoming you with:

"What's going on?" - quite a few billions things, can you be a bit more specific
"What's up?" - inflation? helium? My blood pressure?

[davhill]

'Goss' for gossip

'Awesome'

and the worst one 'Iconic'.

Taking these three away would leave a modern presenter speechless.

[wilfandrowlf]

shirt said:

'touch base' is the one that really annoys me, especially when used by someone i have respect for. it has no meaning and is absurd.

This....
What the fk does it actually mean?
Why not say "I'll give you a call" or something similar.
If someone uses it on me I instantly think "what a tt" and usually walk away!



That is all.

[Pit Pony]

Burn down chart.
Line of balance

I had to say "I have no idea what you are talking about, because in my 25 year career, I have never come across those terms"

and when I found out what they were I said "So that's a chart summarising the delivery plan for the arrears, and a delivery plan for arrears? Why not say that instead of confusing people? "

[spud989]

Crimbo
Faggot
Let me play devil's advocate
Exciting opportunity
'Cringey' (worst of all, I think)

And, a few years ago at uni, whenever some southern tt would utter 'yah' in response to anything, usually whilst wearing a set of pyjamas in broad daylight.

[selym]

Anyone over the age of about 15 who mutters the legendary 'LOL'.

My old boss went on about 'solutioneering' and 'long screwdrivering' and it didn't take too long until I heard the same guff from the arris kissers!

[H22observer]

"Holding this country/city to ransom"

I've actually lost count of how many times i've heard this lazy tabloidy phrase over the last 4 years, every single time a large group of people collectively decide that they want to take a day's unpaid leave.

[Fun Bus]

EggsBenedict said:

"Can I get?"

I was stood at a bar the other day and heard a lady use the phrase "I need..." when placing her order.

I nearly punched her in the sponge.