Words I'm sick of hearing...

[dundarach]

saying or justifying the use of 'living their best life' = council

dammit wrong thread

[Galileo]

Anythink
Everythink
Nothink
Somethink

NO SUCH BLOODY WORDS. STOP SAYING THEM.

[Frimley111R]

Amazing...

The food was amazing - No it was very good/nice but food is not amazing
You're going on holiday to Spain? Amazing - No, it's just a holiday
How are you guys? Great thanks. Amazing - What is?

[Cupramax]

Latest irritation, people who put esses where they arent required. For instance, and the usual culprit...

Anyways no doubt yet another american bdisation of English.

Oh and while im at it, season, when refering to tv shows, its a fking series, now sod off.

[talksthetorque]

Frimley111R said:

Amazing...

The food was amazing - No it was very good/nice but food is not amazing
You're going on holiday to Spain? Amazing - No, it's just a holiday
How are you guys? Great thanks. Amazing - What is?

We turned up on time to a pub dinner booking and according to the lady doing front of house this was amazing.
Perhaps they get a lot of no-shows?

[Johnspex]

Albeit. It's currently the word of the moment on here. Fine, but lost of the time those using it really should be using although.

[Frimley111R]

talksthetorque said:

Frimley111R said:

Amazing...

The food was amazing - No it was very good/nice but food is not amazing
You're going on holiday to Spain? Amazing - No, it's just a holiday
How are you guys? Great thanks. Amazing - What is?

We turned up on time to a pub dinner booking and according to the lady doing front of house this was amazing.
Perhaps they get a lot of no-shows?

Last night on the BBC an interview at Glastonbury:

"So, this is David. So David, how are you?"
"Good thanks"
"Amazing"

FFS!

[craigjm]

Cupramax said:

Oh and while im at it, season, when refering to tv shows, its a fking series, now sod off.

It depends on what you are talking about. People using the word season has come about mainly due to the rise or Netflix so it has given us many Americanisms. In the US a TV series is the show itself such as “The Big Bang Theory” and a season is a run of that series. They are called seasons because they are launched at specific times of year that coincide with spring, summer etc. In that context, with an American show, it is correct to call it a season.

[67Dino]

Have we had “super” used as an adverb yet?

“Super excited to have you here”
“Super difficult to learn”
“Super pleased with my new car”

What was wrong with “very”?

And whilst I am here, I’m not so much sick of hearing but just perplexed by the rapid turnover of adjectives the kids use. Seems to me that they are now matching words and meaning at random.

I showed my son my newly acquired 1980s Bang & Olufsen system and he declared it “hard”. This meant ‘stylish’ apparently, as opposed to ‘difficult to operate’. I wouldn’t mind but it will be a different word next month.

[Sq1rL]

Another thread said:

...I cant imagine their leccy product line giving most PH'ers the fizz. We will get a nice handling but heavy leccy sports car but then what...

Leccy

ETA: I've attempted to anonymise the author and I actually agree with them, it's just the use of "leccy" that I find rather annoying.

Edited by Sq1rL on Saturday 25th June 10:06

[Sq1rL]

dundarach said:

saying or justifying the use of 'living their best life'

Oh yes, that's blood-boilingly annoying. Can you imagine how many walls in their homes are plastered with sickening "inspirational" messages?

Edited by Sq1rL on Saturday 25th June 10:15

[Fallingup]

Not a word but a phrase. "Reach out". I want to contact someone not touch them.

[craigjm]

Fallingup said:

Not a word but a phrase. "Reach out". I want to contact someone not touch them.

Yes. Used massively in the business world where speak to or contact would suffice

[talksthetorque]

Fallingup said:

Not a word but a phrase. "Reach out". I want to contact someone not touch them.

[Turtle Shed]

67Dino said:

Have we had “super” used as an adverb yet?

“Super excited to have you here”
“Super difficult to learn”
“Super pleased with my new car”

What was wrong with “very”?

And whilst I am here, I’m not so much sick of hearing but just perplexed by the rapid turnover of adjectives the kids use. Seems to me that they are now matching words and meaning at random.

I showed my son my newly acquired 1980s Bang & Olufsen system and he declared it “hard”. This meant ‘stylish’ apparently, as opposed to ‘difficult to operate’. I wouldn’t mind but it will be a different word next month.

Oh you are so right. That American throbber who cleans cars is one of the worse offenders. "This Trans Am was super dirty after 3,000 years stored in a pit of monkey faeces".

[craigjm]

Fallingup said:

Not a word but a phrase. "Reach out". I want to contact someone not touch them.

Yes. Used massively in the business world where speak to or contact would suffice

[21st Century Man]

Finglescave said:

Back In The Day

Watching the Goodwood live feed and every other sentence they are saying it. Just say what year it raced, was used whatever, just stop saying that.

Watching now, you're right, they're putting it into damn near every sentence.

[Whats on Second]

craigjm said:

It depends on what you are talking about. People using the word season has come about mainly due to the rise or Netflix so it has given us many Americanisms. In the US a TV series is the show itself such as “The Big Bang Theory” and a season is a run of that series. They are called seasons because they are launched at specific times of year that coincide with spring, summer etc. In that context, with an American show, it is correct to call it a season.

plus at 26-30 episodes, if shown weekly the run can last many months, from summer to winter.

[RDMcG]

Cheeky

-as in " I made a cheeky bid" for instance....
should be " I made an insultingly low completely irritating bid hoping to get a moron to accept it".

[Johnspex]

RDMcG said:

Cheeky

-as in " I made a cheeky bid" for instance....
should be " I made an insultingly low completely irritating bid hoping to get a moron to accept it".

If someone says cheeky pint you know they are part of a wunch of bankers.