Terms or phrases that make your skin crawl

[Tony2or4]

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.

[RDMcG]

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]

sts and giggles....

[evenflow]

"Goods and chattels"

[Piginapoke]

"Heads-Up"

[johnvthe2nd]

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

[motco]

evenflow said:

"Goods and chattels"

A perfectly good English expression Old Boy!

[DickyC]

I get where you're coming from.

[LukeR94]

"Think-Tank"


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


Just hate it, dont know why.

[marshalla]

"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]

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]

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

of course you have the classic chesters or walldrobes... <sigh>

[Rawwr]

"Derek is 70 years young today!"

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

[Rotaree]

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]

"My bad"...

[Adenauer]

Rotaree said:

'Gotten' I utterly despise this hideous Americanism!

I'd happily boil people in oil for using that word.

[oddball1973]

'jog on'

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

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

[HarryFlatters]

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]

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]

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.