Words and Phrases You Hate
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property market
investment return
manchester united
taxpayers' money
developing nations
rugger
accountancy speak
johnie wilkinson
stewed prunes
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"I can't believe you want me to do THAT!"0
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People who use 'close the gap' when they mean 'narrow the gap', as in 'if Chelsea win today they'll close the gap to Manchester United to 2 points'. Close the gap means the gap is closed and therefore there is no gap, they mean narrow the gap to 2 points. Just lazy lazy journalism... :x :x'Hello to Jason Isaacs'0
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"Team Leader"
Some woman reporter on R5 who prefixes everything she ever says with "I can tell you .." yes I know, that is your job!
"Actually" when used every other, actually, word.
People who say "LOL" instead of laughing.
Oh, mentioned near the start of the thread but another vote for "Don't worry I'm not trying to sell you anything", by someone who then immediately goes on to try and sell you something. Often employed by dodgy npower salesmen.0 -
+1 for "irregardless"
Also newsreaders speaking as though they are reading out tabloid newspaper headlines.
Lucy Kellaway used to write a great spoof in the FT (sorry!) about management speak. Full of creovative ways to improve your integethics. I used to throw a few of these in during particularly boring meetings, just to see who realised I was taking the piss.
I do say some annoying things myself without realising - call a mobile 'phone a cell phone, sometimes say "hey" as a greeting. My excuse is that I used to live in the States, but I really should be over it by now.0 -
is it not a case of hating the person who's said it rather than the phrase that is hated
(just a question, don't hate me for it 
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Oooh, oooh, also "strategy" and "vision" - why does every frigging task need such a thing???
Even worse, "meta-strategy", ie the strategy to be adopted to define the strategy. FFS, just get on and do it!!!0 -
..is it in yet! :shock:FCN 8 mainly
FCN 4 sometimes0 -
How about 'measure exactly about...'. I hated Chemistry at Uni.Winner: PTP Vuelta 2007
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innit? after every sentence0
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24/7
Why not 'all the time' or '24hours a day'?I have pain!0 -
"Militry"
"Contempry"
"Evolutionry"
"Precautionry"
(My spell check just went postal.)0 -
innit0
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How many times did Shelly Allcott start a sentence with 'Yeah no' on breakfast news this morning! :evil:Cycling - The pastime of spending large sums of money you don't really have on something you don't really need.0
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The use of the word 'party' as a verb tends to get right on my nerves - it's one of those phrases that kinda works in an American accent but some twunt from Rochdale declaring he's 'gonna really party' is just asking for a kicking...0
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I love the fact that one news story on Radio1 goes immediately into the next one. If you're only half-listening, you can catch some pretty amusing stories sometimes when they all get melded together!Heavymental wrote:Blllahh. Just remembered, the news on Radio 1 is the worst for this one...
"its come out that..." wtf? I know teenagers are their target audience but Radio 1 news is so dumbed down its incredible. Its mainly because of the awful voices the newreader uses to be fair. Like she's talking to an idiot or a child.
Anyway, phrases I hate..
"yeah" - when you're talking to someone, and they keep going, "yeah..... yeah..... yeah..."
(in welsh - doesn't translate directly) "make sure you don't crash" when borroing a van or car!
"blog"
"blogosphere"
And every time I hear someone pronounce internet geek-speak like LOL, ROFL and so on in actual speech it drives me up the wall!0 -
I get irrationally annoyed with any media news item thats start with "It has been reported that"...or " a new report out today..." without referencing the source. Radio 4 are as bad as Radio in this respect, in fact worse, as they should know better and stop talking to us like imbeciles! Reports dont just magic out of thin air, so stop having us believe that they do and are therefore credible. Aaargh!0
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PIN number0
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You will all be pleased to know that my company now has a Strategic Vision Department to optimise our ability to bring new offerings to market, drive more sales leads into the business and position the company as the market leader in reputation measurement in the UK.
Tell me!FCN 8 - Touring Bike with panniers.
http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/Darren
http://www.amershamrcc.co.uk/0 -
knight2k wrote:You will all be pleased to know that my company now has a Strategic Vision Department to optimise our ability to bring new offerings to market, drive more sales leads into the business and position the company as the market leader in reputation measurement in the UK.
Sounds like the focus groups put an awful lot of blue-sky thinking into pushing the envelope there....
On the actual subjet of annoying phrases - is it just me or has there been a recent rash of UK television programmes, whether current affairs, drama, etc., using the blatant Americanism - clearly derived from baseball terminology - "step up to the plate"? Surely "step up to the crease" is the appropriate term on this side of the pond?
David"It is not enough merely to win; others must lose." - Gore Vidal0 -
I've just been reminded that it really irks me when things like a current account or mortgage are described as financial 'products'. Now to me unless it's something tangible, that you physically make, it isn't a product it's a servicepm0
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"AND ANOTHER THING..." yelled in an argument.Every winner has scars.0
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On a related note, describing houses as "property".portuguese mike wrote:I've just been reminded that it really irks me when things like a current account or mortgage are described as financial 'products'. Now to me unless it's something tangible, that you physically make, it isn't a product it's a service
AND ANOTHER THING ...
The word "only" before a price. Adding the word "only" really isn't going to make us think it's cheap, people!Even if the voices aren't real, they have some very good ideas.0 -
"I don't mean to be rude, but ... "
Yes, you do. You do want to be rude. You are going to be very rude to me, right now, and you expect me to stand here and take it.
You ... you ... person who copulates with animals.
I really, really hate that.Champagne tastes. Lemonade pockets.0 -
'filling in for Simon Mayo all week' :twisted:
He won some radio award on Friday 4th April for his Radio 5 afternoon show and hasn't presented it since because he's filling in for Ken Bruce on Radio 2!!!I'd rather walk than use Shimano0 -
Shadowduck wrote:
The word "only" before a price. Adding the word "only" really isn't going to make us think it's cheap, people!
Similarly, "4 easy payments" every time I flick past QVC
How do they know they're easy?On the actual subjet of annoying phrases - is it just me or has there been a recent rash of UK television programmes, whether current affairs, drama, etc., using the blatant Americanism - clearly derived from baseball terminology - "step up to the plate"? Surely "step up to the crease" is the appropriate term on this side of the pond?
Reminds me of the Mitchell and Webb sound sketch;
"No, you kept stepping up to the table with your plate", and so on.0 -
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The use of went or goes when narrating speech.0
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How many more times on this forum will you read the word "upgrade"??? Seems like everyone is either considering an "upgade" or telling you to "upgrade". It would also
seem that anything you buy that cost more than what you have is, of course, an
"upgrade". Even bling which performs no real function, except looking good, is considered an "upgrade". Upgrade, upgrade, upgrade. Where will it end??? Most
certainly when people run out of money.
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