glasgowcyclist
Charming but somewhat feckless
- Location
- Scotland
Here's another: heads up.
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Words or phrases that you hate ...
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MacB
Lover of things that come in 3's
- Location
- Farnborough, Hampshire
Ouch, I'm starting to think you don't love me anymore
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ColinJ
Puzzle game procrastinator!
- Location
- Todmorden - Yorks/Lancs border
I'm sure I never heard people say it until about 10 years ago. What did they call such engagements before that? My dad used to tell me all about his 7 years in the army and I can't remember him mentioning 'fire fights'. I do remember him saying that he had been attacked more times by the USAF than by the Luftwaffe and that he did not use the term 'friendly fire'. Since this is a family forum, I had better not use the words he actually did use ...
"Contact" pre ???? But firefight is acceptable if you "have been there and done that" in fact if you have been there and done that, then anything you say is acceptable!I'm sure I never heard people say it until about 10 years ago. What did they call such engagements before that? My dad used to tell me all about his 7 years in the army and I can't remember him mentioning 'fire fights'. I do remember him saying that he had been attacked more times by the USAF than by the Luftwaffe and that he did not use the term 'friendly fire'. Since this is a family forum, I had better not use the words he actually did use ...
Accy cyclist
Legendary Member
- Location
- The hills of Accrington
Dutch footballers football managers and tv pundits who say "For sure" to start a sentence.
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A bad day.........?
threebikesmcginty
Corn Fed Hick...
- Location
- ...on the slake
andyfraser
Über Member
- Location
- Bristol
I'm sorry if these have been mentioned but I've only skimmed the conversation.
All day my OH has been saying "PIN number". No! It's PIN. It is not "personal identification number number".
I hate this trend for people say "apsolutely". It's "absolutely", "b" not "p".
I hate people using "less" when they mean "fewer". Apparently it's ok to do that now, the language evolves etc, but I still feel it's incorrect.
On the subject of language evolving, I know it's what happens but do we have to let the language devolve? Right now we have a lot of words and can be very expressive just using those words. In 50 or 100 years time, if things keep going the way they're going, we won't be able express anything at all.
On the mention of "chillax": I hate that too. Charlie Brooker made me laugh on "Have I Got News For You" when he said anyone who used a portmanteau word like "chillax" was a funt.
All day my OH has been saying "PIN number". No! It's PIN. It is not "personal identification number number".
I hate this trend for people say "apsolutely". It's "absolutely", "b" not "p".
I hate people using "less" when they mean "fewer". Apparently it's ok to do that now, the language evolves etc, but I still feel it's incorrect.
On the subject of language evolving, I know it's what happens but do we have to let the language devolve? Right now we have a lot of words and can be very expressive just using those words. In 50 or 100 years time, if things keep going the way they're going, we won't be able express anything at all.
On the mention of "chillax": I hate that too. Charlie Brooker made me laugh on "Have I Got News For You" when he said anyone who used a portmanteau word like "chillax" was a funt.
Tin Pot
Guru
I went to a Student Union meeting way back in 1974 and the chair ...
(I'm sure that he wouldn't have been called a 'chair' in those days, and that use of the word is something that I don't like)
... theguymanperson in charge of the meeting said "Brothers, sisters, a situation has developed which urgently needs to be ameliorated!"
Well, that word caught my attention! I'd never heard it until that moment, but never fear - I was going to hear it many times during the subsequent 30 minute rant. Ameliorated, ameliorate, amelioration, ameliorating. The root word was clearly a recent discovery and our host wasn't going to waste the opportunity to batter us with its numerous variations!
You know what? In the 37 years since that meeting, I don't remember anybody else using it in my presence. So feel free. If a poor situation needs to be ameliorated, the sooner you begin to ameliorate it, the better, and when you are finished doing the ameliorating, sit back and be proud of another successful amelioration!
The Simpsons. Lisa at a spelling bee if I recall correctly, used in a sentence it put down Seymour.
I'm not a fan of ecksetera or pacific, or anyone who uses words and phrases they don't understand.
If you don't know what you're saying, STFU.
Roadhump
Time you enjoyed wasting was not wasted
- Location
- The flatlands of South West Lancs
Invariably when obviously used to mean nearly always. If something is invariable, it never varies and is always the same; if it nearly always happens the same way it almost invariably happens that way.
Piemaster
Guru
- Location
- UK City of Culture
I'm not racist, but....
A favourite of the local radio phone-ins.
A favourite of the local radio phone-ins.
Accy cyclist
Legendary Member
- Location
- The hills of Accrington
The use of "i've got nothing" instead of i haven't got anything is annoying.http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-pre-election-giveaways-Autumn-statement.html
Pale Rider
Legendary Member
The single word 'enjoy', often used by waiting staff when they plonk the food in front of you.
