Words or phrases that you hate ...

[deptfordmarmoset]

''Don't take this personally but...''
It's always followed by a personal criticism which can only be taken personally by a person.

 

[Fnaar]

"going forward" started in business, now infects almost every bloody meeting I go to.

 

[nickyboy]

"Can I get....."

But I find myself increasing saying this and I don't seem to be able to stop myself

 

[brand]

WHAT ELSE CAN IT BE?
Example dickhead goes on statins for high cholesterol. 3-4 months later he Is in a lot of pain in particular in his neck. "Must be the statins". Me: " why, it could be something else" .him "I didn't have it before I started taking the statins WHAT ELSE COULD IT BE?I am going to stop the statins and give the doctor a right bollocking" 3 days later in hospital having major surgery on spine.....well it turns out it could be something else!

 

[brand]

''Don't take this personally but...''
It's always followed by a personal criticism which can only be taken personally by a person.

I don't know anyone who says that, I certainly don't. Everybody I know goes straight to the criticism!

 

[theclaud]

I don't know anyone who says that, I certainly don't. Everybody I know goes straight to the criticism!

Funny, that.

 

[brand]

"Respect"
Crossing arms, I think it is something to do with that programme x factor. self-gratification artists (not the word, the people who say it)

 

[brand]

Funny, that.
When no humour is involved and the pretentious use of a comma!

 

[theclaud]

pretentious use of a comma

Not to mention middle-class, politically-correct use of a comma. I can do hypocritical full stops too.

 

[brand]

Not to mention middle-class, politically-correct use of a comma. I can do hypocritical full stops too.

I see we agree on some things but not your pointless use of the hyphen.

 

[vernon]

Deployment of diacritical marks is über passé.

 

[theclaud]

I see we agree on some things, but not your pointless use of the hyphen.

FTFY.

 

[Dan B]

Better a pointless hyphen than a pointless full stop You wouldn't even know it was there.

 

[theclaud]

@brand you really don't want to get into a grammatical pissing match with theclaudmiester, she will chew you up and poop you out and you won't know what happened.

Walk away now before you regret it.

Nonsense. He doesn't have the capacity for regret. Anyway, I am enjoying the miraculous transformation from semi-literate rant-o-tron to language maven.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Nonsense. He doesn't have the capacity for regret. Anyway, I am enjoying the miraculous transformation from semi-literate rant-o-tron to language maven.

I'd agree with you if I knew what a maven was.

Oh yeah, ****ers who chunk in fancy words that no one understands.