Words or phrases that you hate ...

[deptfordmarmoset]

[QUOTE 3410458, member: 76"]'What is the difference, both words have electric in them'.........well 'electronic' bloody well doesn't does it![/QUOTE]
Any crossword solver can see electric in electronic but they can also work out why there's also an on in the clue.

 

[the_mikey]

Don't like "biking" (instead of "cycling").

Equally I don't like the word 'biker'.

 

[Tim Hall]

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

To be fair, as pointed out on (I think) The News Quiz, Plebgate was correct, as it contained both a Pleb and a gate.

A few years ago, when the governing body of football lived on the north side of Hyde Park, there was a letter in The Guardian hoping for a scandal at the FA. Then they could call it Lancaster Gate Gate.

 

[Accy cyclist]

The dropping of the letter t is becoming more frequent. Michael Vaughan the former England cricket captain's use of "be' 'er ba' 'ing......grrr!

 

[Alex H]

'delicacy' - when referring to food. It usually turns out to be some bizarre concoction made from something you wouldn't touch if you were starving - particularly loved by food snobs, who can sense the most wonderful flavours and aromas, even though they are not there

This is NOT a delicacy

The French delicacy made of 25 layers of pig intestines

Guemene-sur-Scorff in north-west France may not be well known internationally, but a popular French delicacy was born in the town. The andouille de Guemene is a pork sausage made from pigs' intestines and stomachs.

 

[ianrauk]

The dropping of the letter t is becoming more frequent. Michael Vaughan the former England cricket captain's use of "be' 'er ba' 'ing......grrr!

More frequent?
It's never existed in the South East.

 

[Accy cyclist]

More frequent?
It's never existed in the South East.

Sorry i gave him too much credit.he says ba' 'in' not ba' 'ing!

 

[Tim Hall]

Sorry i gave him too much credit.he says ba' 'in' not ba' 'ing!

Glo'all stop, innit.

 

[brand]

'delicacy' - when referring to food. It usually turns out to be some bizarre concoction made from something you wouldn't touch if you were starving - particularly loved by food snobs, who can sense the most wonderful flavours and aromas, even though they are not there

This is NOT a delicacy

The French delicacy made of 25 layers of pig intestines

Guemene-sur-Scorff in north-west France may not be well known internationally, but a popular French delicacy was born in the town. The andouille de Guemene is a pork sausage made from pigs' intestines and stomachs.

Waste not, want not!

 

[brand]

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

Not directly related.
The bone idol naming of streets in Louth, a small Lincolnshire town.
cistern gate
Eastgate
Westgate
Northgate
Chequergate
Upgate
Kidgate
Ramsgate
Barton Gate
That's just bone idol.

 

[brand]

"Going Forward"

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

Or the Italian version "We'll learn the lesson going backwards"

 

[AndyRM]

I was really pleased when the patella won last years Bone Idol. Of the current contestants, the clavicle is my favourite.

 

[brand]

As for the 'holistic approach to.......'.

HOLISTIC PHILOSOPHY; characterized by the belief that the parts of something are intimately interconnected and explicable only by reference to the whole. Also known as bollocks.

HOLISTIC MEDICINE; characterized by the treatment of the whole person, taking into account mental and social factors, rather than just the symptoms of a disease...how does that work with Ebola, a tooth ache or broken leg?

Holistic = total shite

 

[Doseone]

Banter.

 

[Saluki]

Not directly related.
The bone idol naming of streets in Louth, a small Lincolnshire town.
cistern gate
Eastgate
Westgate
Northgate
Chequergate
Upgate
Kidgate
Ramsgate
Barton Gate
That's just bone idol.

No Watergate then?