Terms or phrases that make your skin crawl

Terms or phrases that make your skin crawl

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Tony2or4

1,283 posts

164 months

Tuesday 22nd July 2014
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Hackney said:
NiceCupOfTea said:
"It needs fixed"
This is an Irish-ism. I think it's a general drop the "to be" part of a sentence.
'To be' - or not 'To be': that is the question.
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RDMcG

19,096 posts

206 months

Tuesday 22nd July 2014
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A very,very nasty one from the US currently is 'Lean in"...which seems to mean, push hard, show initiative, get involved with the team or something....

"In order to get the new ProtoLagget v.4 ready to ship, I want you all to really LEAN IN.."....

Common in tech firms, quite horrible.

AdeTuono

7,240 posts

226 months

Tuesday 22nd July 2014
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sts and giggles....

evenflow

8,784 posts

281 months

Tuesday 22nd July 2014
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"Goods and chattels"

Piginapoke

4,736 posts

184 months

Tuesday 22nd July 2014
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"Heads-Up"


johnvthe2nd

1,285 posts

196 months

Tuesday 22nd July 2014
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VernalEquinox said:
If you refer to a drawer as a 'draw' I want to hurt you.
yes .. probably 75% (conservative) of ebay adds for chests of drawers refer to them as 'draws' .. which considerably cuts down your options if you actually want to buy one biggrin

motco

15,919 posts

245 months

Tuesday 22nd July 2014
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evenflow said:
"Goods and chattels"
A perfectly good English expression Old Boy! biggrin

DickyC

49,549 posts

197 months

Tuesday 22nd July 2014
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I get where you're coming from.

LukeR94

2,218 posts

140 months

Tuesday 22nd July 2014
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"Think-Tank"


"Oh, Im at a think-tank this Friday, Sorry I cant make it"


Just hate it, dont know why.

furious

marshalla

15,902 posts

200 months

Tuesday 22nd July 2014
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"I hear what you say" = "I am aware that you are making a noise, but I really have no interest in even attempting to understand you"

Tonsko

6,299 posts

214 months

Tuesday 22nd July 2014
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Cotty said:
evenflow said:
Epic.

Also, if I see another one of these I am going to have an eppy.

At least thats the original poster. The ones that get on my tits are the variations

http://www.the5to9life.com/2012/04/the-story-of-ke...

irocfan

40,155 posts

189 months

Tuesday 22nd July 2014
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johnvthe2nd said:
VernalEquinox said:
If you refer to a drawer as a 'draw' I want to hurt you.
yes .. probably 75% (conservative) of ebay adds for chests of drawers refer to them as 'draws' .. which considerably cuts down your options if you actually want to buy one biggrin
of course you have the classic chesters or walldrobes... <sigh>

Rawwr

22,722 posts

233 months

Tuesday 22nd July 2014
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"Derek is 70 years young today!"

No, Derek is really old and probably going to die soon.

Rotaree

1,146 posts

260 months

Tuesday 22nd July 2014
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Hackney said:
This is an Irish-ism. My wife uses it a lot. I think it's a general drop the "to be" part of a sentence.
"The house needs cleaned", etc.

I've gotten used to it.
'Gotten' I utterly despise this hideous Americanism!

BristolRich

545 posts

132 months

Tuesday 22nd July 2014
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"My bad"...furious

Adenauer

18,564 posts

235 months

Tuesday 22nd July 2014
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Rotaree said:
'Gotten' I utterly despise this hideous Americanism!
I'd happily boil people in oil for using that word.

oddball1973

1,178 posts

122 months

Tuesday 22nd July 2014
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'jog on'

Can we stick the standard issue 'f**k off' please?

Oh and people who went to school and did math. aaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrgggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

HarryFlatters

4,203 posts

211 months

Tuesday 22nd July 2014
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oddball1973 said:
Oh and people who went to school and did math. aaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrgggggggggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!
My sister-in-law is American. This annoys me more than trunks, sidewalks and all that jazz.

Maybe they only do one sum, so math, as a singular noun, would be correct?

Dr Jekyll

23,820 posts

260 months

Tuesday 22nd July 2014
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Rotaree said:
'Gotten' I utterly despise this hideous Americanism!
Not really an Americanism, an old English word (as in English English) that has fallen out of use here.

marshalla

15,902 posts

200 months

Tuesday 22nd July 2014
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Dr Jekyll said:
Rotaree said:
'Gotten' I utterly despise this hideous Americanism!
Not really an Americanism, an old English word (as in English English) that has fallen out of use here.
Almost completely forgotten.