Phrases I`m getting increasingly sick of hearing

[JPBoothy]

Has anybody heard of the Bulls### Bingo game? After many years of listening to the latest buzz phrases come and go during meetings at work, somebody decided to create a bingo card with each box containing a phrase to tick off while listening to the latest boring babble from another Alan Sugar wannabe. The rules/instructions were simple. Complete the card by ticking off the phrases one by one, and when your card is full just stand up 'in the middle of the meeting' and shout BULLS### !!!

You may only get one shot at this 👍

 

[dodgy]

BS bingo has been going for at least 10 years! Played it in the early 2000s in many a meeting.

 

[JPBoothy]

BS bingo has been going for at least 10 years! Played it in the early 2000s in many a meeting.

Yes, it has. It seems to make an appearance whenever a new batch of stupid buzz phrases are thought up. Some of them are so ridiculous that people don't know what they actually mean. The company I work for are mad on acronyms these days. All of the 'easy to remember' department names are now a jumble of letters and numbers that mean absolutely nothing to anybody who has been an employee for over 10yrs. What's the point 🤔

 

[DaveReading]

"Loose" instead of "Lose"

Though that doesn't really fall into the "sick of hearing it" category - people still pronounce "lose" correctly, but then spell it "loose"" when they write it down.

 

[mudsticks]

So nothing has changed then!

Some things have changed somethings haven't.

Some of us have grown into our voices, and can use them confidently, without feeling the need to adapt how we speak, (except for clarity) or even apologise for speaking at all.

But you will still hear many women prefacing their every public statement with
"I'm sorry but"

See below..

Whoa, how did the Feminist/Chauvinist card manage to get brought into what is a jolly good 'general' moan post? The phrases/words mentioned are used by all so lets get back on track here (oh damn, there is another annoying one)

I do apologise, I was responding to the post that I quoted, which was specifically aimed at women..

Sorry to bother you, n all that

 

[Rocky]

‘That begs the question’.....when people mean ‘that raises the question’.

In classical rhetoric and logic, begging the question is an informal fallacy that occurs when an argument's premises assume the truth of the conclusion, instead of supporting it. It is a type of circular reasoning: an argument that requires that the desired conclusion be true.

 

[Joey Shabadoo]

Though that doesn't really fall into the "sick of hearing it" category - people still pronounce "lose" correctly, but then spell it "loose"" when they write it down.

I hear it in my head when I read it though.

 

[lazybloke]

BS bingo has been going for at least 10 years! Played it in the early 2000s in many a meeting.

I would have estimated at least 20 years of BS Bingo, am sure it was doing the rounds at the same time as flying toaster screensavers.

 

[JPBoothy]

Some things have changed somethings haven't.

Some of us have grown into our voices, and can use them confidently, without feeling the need to adapt how we speak, (except for clarity) or even apologise for speaking at all.

But you will still hear many women prefacing their every public statement with
"I'm sorry but"

See below..



I do apologise, I was responding to the post that I quoted, which was specifically aimed at women..

Sorry to bother you, n all that

Ha Ha, then I apologise also for having misread the thread/post.. But I'm sure there is nothing specific to just Women though.

 

[mudsticks]

Ha Ha, then I apologise also for having misread the thread/post.. But I'm sure there is nothing specific to just Women though.

Well do feel free to read the post I quoted, the whole thing, not just the top part, It couldn't have been more specifically aimed at women, and their manner of speech.

Here it is again

"Already" is beginning to crop up more and more, as in: "Get something done, already!" I think it's an old Jewish habit, which is creeping into current English English.

One of the most irritating (apart from the over-use of "like") is the vocal fry. This is women who lower their voices and make them vibrate so as to sound more manly and (they think) authoritative. Jo Swinson didn't do it and her voice sounded unfashionably light and womanly as a consequence. Here's something on vocal fry:


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZbmISBPG2c

I've found I've picked up all kinds of new ways of speaking, often from the younger people that I associate with.

I'm sure some of those phrasings would massively irritate a few of the folks on here.

But in my experience, new words, and ways of expressing ideas - so long as they are intelligible - can more easily introduce new concepts - and fresh new ways of thinking.

Intelligibility is the key though

Some new phrases stick, some don't, but without new words and phrases we'd still all be speaking Middle English .

 

[clid61]

You want it all but you can't have it
It's in your face but you can't grab it
What is it?

Midlife Crisis

 

[Fab Foodie]

BS bingo has been going for at least 10 years! Played it in the early 2000s in many a meeting.

At least 20 years....

 

[Fab Foodie]

Though that doesn't really fall into the "sick of hearing it" category - people still pronounce "lose" correctly, but then spell it "loose"" when they write it down.

Loosers....

 

[mudsticks]

You want it all but you can't have it
It's in your face but you can't grab it
What is it?

Rage Against the Machine

 

[mudsticks]

Though that doesn't really fall into the "sick of hearing it" category - people still pronounce "lose" correctly, but then spell it "loose"" when they write it down.

I hear it in my head when I read it though.

I just put these kind of loosers on ignore.