Stupid Phrases

[ClichéGuevara]

"With all due respect" preceding a statement that is most likely to offer little respect at all, due or otherwise.

 

[Drago]

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Ooh, that's a good one, as if those two short words negate any further conversation, or render the speaker to be inviobly (new word (c) Drago enterprises 2021) correct.

We done to @JoeyB cos I hate "reach out". No no no! We speak to, telephone, write to, email, but only reach out to render assistance when they are drowning.

 

[Moon bunny]

...but only reach out to render assistance when they are drowning..

or take a pie, cake, biscuit etc.

 

[Dolorous Edd]

"With all due respect" preceding a statement that is most likely to offer little respect at all, due or otherwise.

There is a closely related phrase I do rather like though - "Thank you for your opinion, I'll be sure to give it the consideration it deserves"

 

[mistyoptic]

Travel news:
“The m6 is heavy this morning” sure it is, it’s made of concrete and asphalt and other heavy stuff. Tell us about the traffic on it 🙄

 

[Drago]

Yeah, and "...sheer weight of traffic...", as if the combined mass of hundreds of thousands of tons is causing the trafric jam.

 

[Alex321]

"With all due respect" preceding a statement that is most likely to offer little respect at all, due or otherwise.

You only use that phrase when what you are responding to is something you don't think deserves any respect at all, but you feel you have to pretend it does

 

[stephec]

You only use that phrase when what you are responding to is something you don't think deserves any respect at all, but you feel you have to pretend it does

And only then because you're not allowed to say, 'don't be a knob.'

 

[oldwheels]

" We got a result " by particularly footballers. Of course they got a result. Every match gets a result.

 

[Dolorous Edd]

" We got a result " by particularly footballers. Of course they got a result. Every match gets a result.

So it would be fair to say it makes you sick as a parrot, rather than over the moon?

 

[JoeyB]

"With all due respect" preceding a statement that is most likely to offer little respect at all, due or otherwise.

My version of this is "I may be speaking out of turn here but..."

It just feels a little more honest lol

 

[Profpointy]

My version of this is "I may be speaking out of turn here but..."

It just feels a little more honest lol

I'd say something like that too. It is genuinely respectful unlike "with respect" which is anything but

 

[matticus]

It is genuinely respectful unlike "with respect" which is anything but

The idea is that you have respect for the person, but perhaps not for the thing/concept/view which you are about to criticise.

(again, doesn't seem very complicated to me ... )

 

[roadrash]

very unique, ....... no its not

 

[Bromptonaut]

Nope. The first is simply police officer. There is no such thing as a serving officer, its not a term the police ever use. You can be a civilian, a retired copper, ex copper, even just a copper, but there is no such thing as a serving officer - they are simply an officer. Its a ridiculous, meaningless phrase invented by the media.

As a member of the public I think the term serving officer adds some clarity to a media report. Not just the way @T4tomo put it but also if dealing with the account of a former, retired or suspended officer.

The various former officers who've been putting their two pennyworth post Couzens might describe things they or others did while serving officers.