Phrases that annoy you the most

[Johnnytheboy]

AudiSport said:

To be honest..

See "I'm not going to lie" above.

[Johnspex]

101 pronounced one oh one.
It would appear to be some kind of low education level in the USA. However people in the UK use it as well as though it is an English term (English in the sense of language).
It's a bit like, gotten, can I get, rims, stock, street, and any number of other terms picked up from American tv shows. I'm sure if you gave the morons who use these terms a gun they'd hold it horizontally and call you Bro.
wkers.

[Blown2CV]

to be honest, i turned around to him and said i'm not gonna lie

[nonsequitur]

Johnspex said:

101 pronounced one oh one.
It would appear to be some kind of low education level in the USA. However people in the UK use it as well as though it is an English term (English in the sense of language).
It's a bit like, gotten, can I get, rims, stock, street, and any number of other terms picked up from American tv shows. I'm sure if you gave the morons who use these terms a gun they'd hold it horizontally and call you Bro.
wkers.

Porche 911, anyone?

[AppleJuice]

Johnspex said:

101 pronounced one oh one.
It would appear to be some kind of low education level in the USA. However people in the UK use it as well as though it is an English term (English in the sense of language).
It's a bit like, gotten, can I get, rims, stock, street, and any number of other terms picked up from American tv shows. I'm sure if you gave the morons who use these terms a gun they'd hold it horizontally and call you Bro.
wkers.

Agree with you except for the pronounciation of the place which contains the worst thing in the world.

[Tyre Tread]

Cloudy147 said:

The full phrase used was "Selling the Sizzle".

I'm told the full catchphrase is "sell the sizzle not the sausage". I've no fekkin idea what that even means. Personally, I want a sausage not a sizzle if I'm hungry. And if I'm not hungry I don't want anything sizzling in the kitchen as that could lead to fires.

Anyhow... our execs don't use the full phrase. They are just "selling the sizzle". A lot. Sigh...

It relates to selling the features and benefits of a product rather than the product itself.

[singlecoil]

Swap out.

Go ahead and...

Spat my coffee.

[AppleJuice]

Classy - even more so when people pretend to use it 'ironically'

[anonymous-user]

Supercar

[davhill]

Someone (Mr2Mike? ) mentioned how the phrase 'Cor Blimey' is rarely seen or heard now.

It's a corruption of a very old oath, 'God blind me.'

Perhaps it's died out because the majority is Godless.

[gothatway]

davhill said:

Perhaps it's died out because the majority is Godless.

As evidenced by the fact that one never hears "OMG" nowadays ?

[Vocal Minority]

Ah - PH’s running battle with all vernacular and metaphorical language continues

Bang on trend...

[nonsequitur]

Blown2CV said:

Cloudy147 said:

Blown2CV said:

Sizzle is a new one on me. Can you define please?

The full phrase used was "Selling the Sizzle".

I'm told the full catchphrase is "sell the sizzle not the sausage". I've no fekkin idea what that even means. Personally, I want a sausage not a sizzle if I'm hungry. And if I'm not hungry I don't want anything sizzling in the kitchen as that could lead to fires.

Anyhow... our execs don't use the full phrase. They are just "selling the sizzle". A lot. Sigh...

i think i get it. If your company sells 'sizzle' and not 'sausage' (as it were) does that mean they are hoodwinking people?? Sounds like a metaphor for a scam to me.

Yes, sell the idea of a product, not the actual product.

[NDA]

Cloudy147 said:

Blown2CV said:

Sizzle is a new one on me. Can you define please?

The full phrase used was "Selling the Sizzle".

I'm told the full catchphrase is "sell the sizzle not the sausage". I've no fekkin idea what that even means. Personally, I want a sausage not a sizzle if I'm hungry. And if I'm not hungry I don't want anything sizzling in the kitchen as that could lead to fires.

Anyhow... our execs don't use the full phrase. They are just "selling the sizzle". A lot. Sigh...

I thought it derived from the phrase "it's all sizzle and no steak".

[Shakermaker]

Johnspex said:

101 pronounced one oh one.
It would appear to be some kind of low education level in the USA. However people in the UK use it as well as though it is an English term (English in the sense of language).
It's a bit like, gotten, can I get, rims, stock, street, and any number of other terms picked up from American tv shows. I'm sure if you gave the morons who use these terms a gun they'd hold it horizontally and call you Bro.
wkers.

101 in the USA is often the entry level class - Year 1, Lesson 01. And it would progress onwards, so you'd then do 102, 103 etc, and then start next year with 201, 202 etc. it was probably originally written as 1-01 or similar.

It's often used then to tell someone that they've made a mistake, in much the same way we in the UK might say "a 10 year old could do that!" they would say "that's (subject) 101!"

It is not, one hundred and one. Which is also many more syllables.

[Skyedriver]

davhill said:

Someone (Mr2Mike? ) mentioned how the phrase 'Cor Blimey' is rarely seen or heard now.

It's a corruption of a very old oath, 'God blind me.'

Perhaps it's died out because the majority is Godless.

The majority is Godless or are Godless.
Discuss

[Shakermaker]

Blown2CV said:

Cloudy147 said:

Blown2CV said:

Sizzle is a new one on me. Can you define please?

The full phrase used was "Selling the Sizzle".

I'm told the full catchphrase is "sell the sizzle not the sausage". I've no fekkin idea what that even means. Personally, I want a sausage not a sizzle if I'm hungry. And if I'm not hungry I don't want anything sizzling in the kitchen as that could lead to fires.

Anyhow... our execs don't use the full phrase. They are just "selling the sizzle". A lot. Sigh...

i think i get it. If your company sells 'sizzle' and not 'sausage' (as it were) does that mean they are hoodwinking people?? Sounds like a metaphor for a scam to me.

Not quite a scam as such, more, you want your product sold because everyone has already heard about it, without ever seeing it. See Tesla Model 3, load of them are already sold based almost entirely on "sizzle" without anyone yet having had a "sausage"

[Johnnytheboy]

Skyedriver said:

davhill said:

Someone (Mr2Mike? ) mentioned how the phrase 'Cor Blimey' is rarely seen or heard now.

It's a corruption of a very old oath, 'God blind me.'

Perhaps it's died out because the majority is Godless.

The majority is Godless or are Godless.
Discuss

See also "bloody" or "by our lady" many years ago....

[jet_noise]

Someone "reached out" to me today.

Were they the Four Tops?
No, a recruitment consultant.

[Usget]

Shakermaker said:

Blown2CV said:

Cloudy147 said:

Blown2CV said:

Sizzle is a new one on me. Can you define please?

The full phrase used was "Selling the Sizzle".

I'm told the full catchphrase is "sell the sizzle not the sausage". I've no fekkin idea what that even means. Personally, I want a sausage not a sizzle if I'm hungry. And if I'm not hungry I don't want anything sizzling in the kitchen as that could lead to fires.

Anyhow... our execs don't use the full phrase. They are just "selling the sizzle". A lot. Sigh...

i think i get it. If your company sells 'sizzle' and not 'sausage' (as it were) does that mean they are hoodwinking people?? Sounds like a metaphor for a scam to me.

Not quite a scam as such, more, you want your product sold because everyone has already heard about it, without ever seeing it. See Tesla Model 3, load of them are already sold based almost entirely on "sizzle" without anyone yet having had a "sausage"

Nah, it means to sell the experience of using the product rather than the actual brass tacks of the product.

Take Red Bull as an example. Would their marketing be as effective if they just listed the ingredients and quantities? "We make a sweet, sticky, caffeinated drink. Please buy it." Or are they more effective because they sell the dream, the idea that, when you are sufficiently caffeinated, you too will be able to compete in extreme sports/win F1 races with a slightly inferior car/make an amusing box car racer.

To take another caffeinated example, it's the lady sniffing the delectable aroma of Nescafe, rather than "500g for £2.50"

Still a god-awful phrase.