Words that annoy ...

[marinyork]

'Increasingly' ie things are increasingly becoming more X. No, they're not things are becoming more X

I hadn't really thought about that before. Do you mean you don't like using increasingly outside of the special cases of becoming more X, or at all? Also is this motivated from the language side of things?

 

[Aperitif]

Can someone remember the cretinous phrase used when Gordon GiBrown met Barack Obama for a piddly widdly press conference? It was a quiz question on Crackle TV last Friday...um..
If I could remember it, I wouldn't like that either.


EDIT: "Pool spray"

 

[just jim]

"Deliverables"

 

[Creamcrackered]

Have we had "awesome" yet? The most over used adjective on the planet - now reserved only for things that aren't, as in "I managed to cross the road today - awesome"

 

[Creamcrackered]

And "issues". They're not issues, they're problems... say what you mean ffs.

 

[Aperitif]

And "issues". They're not issues, they're problems... say what you mean ffs.

And when solved, do they become 'clean ex-issues'?

 

[PaulB]

What about "like"? When used as in, "And I was like...whatever."

 

[ACS]

Amazing.......everything is chuffin' AAAAmazing, no its not!

and xxxxxx does not get tougher than this! really......try doing it with no legs, no arms you loud mouthed tw@t.

 

[domd1979]

Optioneering

 

[rich p]

Have we had "awesome" yet? The most over used adjective on the planet - now reserved only for things that aren't, as in "I managed to cross the road today - awesome"

"on the planet"

Really annoying

 

[Maz]

Showcase (We need to showcase this project...)
Ring-fence (We need to ring-fence this money for...)

*SHUDDER!*

 

[Abitrary]

zeitgeist
chutzpah


Only ever used by pretentious journalists...

zeitgeist is a great word, and I use it all the time but mainly because it sounds nice. It really is a great sounding word, isn't it?

It's usually something to do with 60s/70s etc zeitgeist, my context, that is.

 

[Piemaster]

Oooh just got a 'commonality' on Newsnight.
Actually Newsnight is a good source of material for this thread.

At what point did I change from living in a house to living in a 'property'? And is 'relaxing' the same flaking out kn@ckered at the end of the day? Too many property programs

Word that annoys me most? Work.

 

[Noodley]

Can't be arsed reading the thread so this have been mentioned before.

Product. When it refers to something which is not a product.

 

[Abitrary]

must admit, that I get annoyed by the word 'resource', as in, your task will get done if we've got the resource to do it.

This word is paving the way for robots if you ask me.