Words or phrases that you hate ...

[Spinney]

Any management speak ,
As long as your pre-prepared and going forward and bring to the party the get-go for the challenge ahead then we can move forward as a unit and solidify our losses and wipe our noses , Amen.

As long as you are all singing from the same hymn sheet and working on figures in the same ball park, a bit of thinking out of the box will allow you to move on and achieve the mission statement...

(aargh, I want to shoot myself..!)

 

[User6179]

As long as you are all singing from the same hymn sheet and working on figures in the same ball park, a bit of thinking out of the box will allow you to move on and achieve the mission statement...

(aargh, I want to shoot myself..!)

That's just last nights episode of The Apprentice

 

[andyfraser]

"Instant classic" as in "Their new album is an instant classic". An album (or novel or film or similar) becomes a classic because it stands the test of time ergo there can't be an instant classic.

 

[Firestorm]

The way Olympians now to medal when they aim to finish in the top three...

 

[Ern1e]

when people end a sentance with the word "LIKE" as per knwo what I mean like !!!

 

[Profpointy]

i quite like the phrase "singing from the same hymn sheet. adds a bit of colour and has pretty clear meaning. Right up there with "chocolate tea pot" and "couldn't find his arse with both hands and a mirror" and so forth.

an old boss got a laugh with "let's get this ship on the road" . A ra-ra speech to a bunch of engineers was a tough gig

 

[twentysix by twentyfive]

"Going Forward"

As in "We'll learn the lessons going forward"

 

[ianrauk]

news stories that end in '-gate' Plebgate, Dianagate etc.

 

[Thomk]

"So..........."

 

[ianrauk]

'Discuss'. Especially when the person posting it hasn't actually contributed apart from cutting/pasting a headline or suchlike

 

[Maverick Goose]

Obvs, obvs.

 

[gavgav]

i quite like the phrase "singing from the same hymn sheet. adds a bit of colour and has pretty clear meaning. Right up there with "chocolate tea pot" and "couldn't find his arse with both hands and a mirror" and so forth.

an old boss got a laugh with "let's get this ship on the road" . A ra-ra speech to a bunch of engineers was a tough gig

Nail jelly to a ceiling always makes me laugh in a good way!

 

[User6179]

Obvs, obvs.

Never heard that one but can picture Ricky Gervais saying it

 

[the_mikey]

Can I get annoys me as well, I was brought up to use 'can I please have'

I was in a shop last week, a customer walked in and started asking "can I grab a sandwich", then "can I grab a coffee too?" , I started to feel quite uncomfortable at this point, that customer was too grabby.

 

[User6179]

I was in a shop last week, a customer walked in and started asking "can I grab a sandwich", then "can I grab a coffee too?" , I started to feel quite uncomfortable at this point, that customer was too grabby.

Tis politeness , can I get a sandwich rather than get me a sandwich is more polite