Words that annoy me for no particular reason.

[mudsticks]

If the term appears in the BMJ and on the NHS website I think use by the BBC is not unreasonable.

Just cos the bally old BBC / NHS use it, doesn't mean we have to fall into line with it, here on CC .



I meant to say BMJ

But yeah that nest of Trotskiesque vipers, that masquerade as 'our' public broadcasting service, use it too

 

[winjim]

Bamlanivimab, just because it's got everyone worked up like a first year pharmacology undergraduate who still thinks nomenclature is the most exciting and exotic thing in the world.

 

[Dayvo]

Well yes, every word was once a neologism, but just because I used it to illustrate my agreement with a point made by another poster doesn't mean I accept its cromulence.

I probably should have put it in quotes, otherwise any string of letters becomes a word, just because I write it down, which frankly would be just fruhtenil.

I agree, it's all shitebull.

Having lived abroad for many years, the English language is 'progressing' without me onboard the linguistic journey.

I'm still stuck in the '90s phase, and find conversation with my three nieces a little dauting at times with my brother or sister having to interpret. 😜

 

[Oldhippy]

Chill or Take a chill pill. That is guaranteed to annoy me.

 

[Dayvo]

'Up to speed' as one CC member used very recently on another thread. It really gets my goat! 😖

Yes, YOU know who you are! 😡😡

😉

 

[MichaelW2]

Stunning

has been overused for years to the point where it equals "boring" in my mind.

Brilliant and it's posher more literary cousin Coruscating.
It's good but not that good.

 

[glasgowcyclist]

Fora

 

[Hover Fly]

Fetch....don't know why.
Sea bass,... no it's not it's bass.

”Bass” is a name that covers many species of fish, some freshwater, some sea.

 

[matiz]

I'm old enough to remember when "amazing"
things were really amazing like moon landings,
but it seems while watching TV almost everyone and everything is absolutely amazing.

 

[matticus]

Everything anyone says or writes should be in Dr Zeuss terms - just 100 allowed words. Like yes, good, use, eggs, ham.

Anything else is pretentious and should be mocked. Really gets my goat It annoys me.

 

[Salar]

”Bass” is a name that covers many species of fish, some freshwater, some sea.

Not in the UK though. The "freshwater" bass aka largemouth (and smallmouth) bass is primarily of North American descent.

However there are European & Asian seabass. What riles me is when the UK chef's call the UK bass sea bass.

There were rumours many years ago that the Americans, I think at Lakenheath tried to introduce largemouth bass in the UK into ponds, but I think it was a myth.

 

[Moon bunny]

Americanism, especially one of the earliest known:

Spoiler

Americanism, first used by John Witherspoon, first president of Princeton, NJ

 

[PeteXXX]

Amazeballs..
Aggghhhhhh⁴

 

[Edwardoka]

Ah, and there's anothet word that really annoys me. I think it crept in, as seems to be the norm, from the USA.

Admittedly there does some to be a lack of alternatives, but 'really' works every time, whereas 'truly' sounds insincere and comes directly from the phrasebook of wannabe religious 'saviours' who suddenly and uninvitedly turn up on your doorstep.

Well, they can just truly fack off!

I sincerely apologise. Henceforth I shall endeavour to diversify my vocabulary and utilise more loquacious terms in my epistles.

 

[All uphill]

While I was working out my notice before retirement my big boss asked me to do some plain english training for staff members. He wanted reports to be shorter and easier to read.

I was surprised to find that most of my victims could agree that plain writing was more clear, but struggled to do without jargon and cliche in their writing. I imagine the training had no lasting effect.

It is an effort, isn't it?