"To be honest"

[beanzontoast]

Play Bullshit Bingo in meetings

Fabulous. Every day, I learn something new.

 

[snapper_37]

Or http://www.heretical.com/miscellx/ww-print.html

fiddle Word Bingo - where you can't fail to get at least a line in any meeting.

 

[Cranky]

I've just remembered this one (Mrs C first encountered it in a County Council meeting and now I've heard it on the telly)......

across the piece

What's that all about then?

 

[Bollo]

And another.....

"It's all good"

Have you watched the f&*king news! It is definitely not 'all good'.

 

[MePower]

"mate"... i`m NOT your f&(*(9g mate! And thats my brother saying it!

 

[Hover Fly]

Now, if you had 'spelt' it as m8, I would have come over there, dragged you out of your under the stairs cupboard and punched you.

 

[Maizie]

Another one i hear a lot is "i'm not being funny but..."

That's a bit like "With all due respect" - it means you're about to say something rude to someone!

And when someone says "Can I be perfectly honest with you?" it means they are about to be brutally honest. The best way to deal with "Can I be perfectly honest with you?" is to answer "I don't know, are you capable of honesty?"

 

[MePower]

Now, if you had 'spelt' it as m8, I would have come over there, dragged you out of your under the stairs cupboard and punched you.

...and dont get me started on `text speak` if anybody texts me with it, it doesnt get a reply

 

[ChrisKH]

...and dont get me started on `text speak` if anybody texts me with it, it doesnt get a reply

What's a text?

 

[Cranky]

"mate"... i`m NOT your f&(*(9g mate! And thats my brother saying it!

But worse still, IMO, is "pal".

 

[MajorMantra]

Anyone else noticed how "to be honest" is becoming a massively over-used phrase? Its starting to drive me nuts when people throw it into sentences repeatedly.

"Massive" is a completely over-used devalued word, along with "devastated", "gutted", and all the other things that footballers say when describing their silly little game.

Matthew

 

[magnatom]

But worse still, IMO, is "pal".

.... just as well you didn't say IMHO! What's that all about? Have you ever had anyone say IMDO? So why do you need the H?

 

[Over The Hill]

What is this thing with being more that 100% for something.

In an interview Blair said he was behind Brown 101% (or thereabouts) and that was thought by the media to be a sign that his support was wavering!

So is 150% the new 100%?

 

[Cranky]

.... just as well you didn't say IMHO! What's that all about? Have you ever had anyone say IMDO? So why do you need the H?

Like many of the examples in this thread, the 'H' often means the opposite!

I do get a little concerned though, as an inadvertent user/past user of some of these words and phrases myself, that if they were all outlawed, everyday language might become quite bland. And a few people would have very little left to say!

 

[Cranky]

What is this thing with being more that 100% for something.

In an interview Blair said he was behind Brown 101% (or thereabouts) and that was thought by the media to be a sign that his support was wavering!

So is 150% the new 100%?

Like the earlier examples of 'massive', 'devastated' and 'gutted' (as well as 'mortified', now I come to think of it) hyperbole is all.