Words or phrases that you hate ...

[EltonFrog]

Thanks buddy!

I am not your feckin buddy!

 

[Ron-da-Valli]

"Jog on" as used by council estate skanks. ( Mind you Charles Dickens first used that phrase in the Pickwick Papers!)

 

[Accy cyclist]

There's a sports presenter on Radio Lancashire. He keeps saying "free" instead of three.
They also like to use the word admit/admitted incorrectly! For example "He's admitted that he's happy with his new contract".

 

[Lullabelle]

You get meh?

 

[Lullabelle]

Earlier we went into Thorntons and the girl behind the counter said '1 box of diabetic chocolates yeah?' I know what I bought

 

[glasgowcyclist]

"Off", as used by TV chefs, for example; fry off, steam off, sauté off, toast off. I wish they'd just fark off.

GC

 

[Profpointy]

"synergy", and the plural "synergies" tells me this meeting will be long, pointless and full of meaningless twaddle.

ah but synergy is the new paradigm !

 

[snorri]

[QUOTE 3402904, member: 259"]It does mine, to be honest.[/QUOTE]
People who say "to be honest", are they dishonest unless stating otherwise?

 

[glasgowcyclist]

People who say "to be honest", are they dishonest unless stating otherwise?

Or "it goes without saying", then go on to say it.

GC

 

[JtB]

Don't like "biking" (instead of "cycling").

 

[Profpointy]

Two I hate are "reaching a crescendo" - umm? reaching a fortissimo might be what they are angling for. For the non-musical, a crescendo is a increase in volume, more or less gradually, and could be from pp to p.

And another mis-analogy is "a quantum leap" in, say, performance. So that would be the smallest possible finite change then

 

[MontyVeda]

probably already mentioned... but upcycled does my tits in

 

[EltonFrog]

"As you know" which means, I know you know but I'm going to tell you any way.

"for free" It is not "for free" it's "free" or "for nothing"

And radio presenters who say "Up for Grabs", I'd like to shove the microphone down their throat.

 

[Accy cyclist]

"What's for us's dinner mam"?

 

[Cuchilo]

When discussing a job and the matter of money comes up . The person paying for the job says " we'll sort something out "