If there's one word I hate....

[Cyclist33]

I hate the word 'absolutely' which seems to have become incredibly ubiquitous these days

incredibly ubiquitous is tautological. things can only be ubiquitous or not. it's not a comparative state.

 

[Rezillo]

Right, quite frankly, let me be absolutely clear that if ubiquitous hate annoys you, unsubscribe from this forum. Chillax, go to a workshop or whatever.

N.B. Whatever is mine.

 

[Paul.G.]

Innovation, what happened to good old invention! I even heard someone on TV recently describing Brunel as an "innovator"

 

[Smurfy]

'Happyslapping', there's nothing 'happy' about it, 'cowardly-thuggery' is an appropriate description for this type of behaviour.

Same applies to 'Joy-Riding', and various other misdescriptions of criminal behaviour.

 

[Lullabelle]

I used to work with someone who would stop part sentence and say 'do you get me' as though he thought I couldn't understand basic English

 

[Archie_tect]

I can't stand 'superb' which was used to distraction by someone I had to work with for 3 years... then Skoda used it!

 

[Gary E]

[QUOTE 2296155, member: 259"]In England it dates from the 14th century. [/quote]
Thanks.

 

[ianrauk]

'Happyslapping', there's nothing 'happy' about it, 'cowardly-thuggery' is an appropriate description for this type of behaviour.

Same applies to 'Joy-Riding', and various other misdescriptions of criminal behaviour.

Off topic but I saw a 'happy slapping' on Lewisham station one night.
Thing is the happy slapper picked the wrong person. I have never seen someone react so quick with a punch.
Floored the slapper with a single blow. This of course was caught on camera phone by all his laughing mates.

 

[Smurfy]

Off topic but I saw a 'happy slapping' on Lewisham station one night.
Thing is the happy slapper picked the wrong person. I have never seen someone react so quick with a punch.
Floored the slapper with a single blow. This of course was caught on camera phone by all his laughing mates.

No, no! They picked the right person!

 

[gbb]

Craic !!. i don't understand why it suddenly gets overly used by non Irish at Christmas and the New Year..'the craic should be great'
No-one (barring quite rightly the Irish) uses that word in a day to day setting...

 

[tomahawk]

incredibly ubiquitous is tautological. things can only be ubiquitous or not. it's not a comparative state.

Yes, but it's definitely more ubiquitous than it used to be.

"Awesome" is an annoying word - overused.

"Experience" - as in the Alton Towers Experience etc etc. It's just an excuse to charge you more for things,

 

[Moon bunny]

Craic !!. i don't understand why it suddenly gets overly used by non Irish at Christmas and the New Year..'the craic should be great'
No-one (barring quite rightly the Irish) uses that word in a day to day setting...

Hover Fly of this parish has just shown me a book of Furness dialect words which shows how "craic" was an English word spelled "crack" in the 1860s, which passed into Irish during the 1950s. The Gaelicisation into "craic" is a "faic" encouraged by the Irish tourism industry.

 

[Moon bunny]

"Kick start" and it's hideous twin "kicks in".

 

[just jim]

"Moving Forward"
They drop it in, at every opportunity.

 

[JtB]

Starting a sentence "To be honest. ..."