Words that annoy ...

[allen-uk]

NEWBIE!!!

Silly Americanism. I am not and have never been a newbie.


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[allen-uk]

Oh, and BOX sets. They ain't box sets, they're BOXED sets.

Gordon bennet.

 

[jxyzb]

Techie.

It is used disparagingly by people who can't make things work , and who are usually paid lots of money not to so , about those people who can make things work , and are usually paid correspondingly less.

 

[PaulB]

BOGOF. That would be pronounced "bogov" so why do the divs who think it's an amusing acronym pronounce it "bog off"? They could say "buy one get one for free" and that would make everything right but I can't see this happening, can you?

 

[Paulus]

A word that has come into the language recently, medaled, as in Sir Chris Hoy medaled 3 times at the Bejing olympics.

 

[BigonaBianchi]

I heard a new one ...

it's no longer brainstorming but 'an idea shower'...hmm..I have a few ideas of my own on that one

 

[dellzeqq]

irony. I hate that word. It means less and less by the day.

 

[PaulB]

A word that has come into the language recently, medaled, as in Sir Chris Hoy medaled 3 times at the Bejing olympics.

Amen! I literally HATE that.

 

[PaulB]

it's no longer brainstorming but 'an idea shower'

Apparently, it's offensive to those with epiliepsy so they had to change it!

 

[bonj2]

NEWBIE!!!

Silly Americanism. I am not and have never been a newbie.


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but you 've only got 91 posts, course you are!

 

[marinyork]

Apparently, it's offensive to those with epiliepsy so they had to change it!

I agree with BFTB but for the reasons you've said. I think it is in the imaginings of the minds of the people that thought it up and an absurd phrase.

 

[Kirstie]

'Increasingly' ie things are increasingly becoming more X. No, they're not things are becoming more X
And 'going forward'. This is a particular favourite in my organization, and bugs the hell out of me.

 

[BigonaBianchi]

one thing that really annoys me is when people speak in abbreviations & expect you to know wtf they are talking about...you know the type, usually a suit, laptop type...they use it as a power trip over you...so I just tell them nicely to do me the courtesy of not being a pratt , at least when they are with me.

 

[oxbob]

"Hey bob what you doing later i need a hand"

 

[Headgardener]

I heard a new one ...

it's no longer brainstorming but 'an idea shower'...hmm..I have a few ideas of my own on that one

Apparently, it's offensive to those with epiliepsy so they had to change it!

Doesn't bother me.