Is 'In terms of' the new 'So'?

[slowwww]

Disagree. Very useful tool when:-

• You haven't got a clue how to answer the question and you're stalling for time while the brain slowly engages, or
• You not sure whether the questionner know what the 'eff they're talking about and you want them to show their hand before you decide whether to dignify their question with an answer

.......should've been a politician

 

[Berk on a Bike]

So a conjunction is the wrong type of word to start a sentence with.

And a preposition is the wrong type of word to end a sentence with.

 

[Glow worm]

Not so much a phrase, but the relentless invasion of the tendency for folk to say everything as if it were a question I find infuriating (upspeak I think it's called).
It's not just teenagers doing it, but folk who really should know better. For example, Environment Secretary, Liz Truss was on the radio this morning coming out with stuff like 'the government is investing billions in flood defences?' and 'the rainfall was unprecedented?' then something like 'we're working closely with partners on the ground?'. It just sounded as if she was answering questions with a load more questiosn- most odd!

 

[ScotiaLass]

Dodgy use of the word literally makes me literally explode with rage. It's almost as if the word has come to mean the opposite of its real meaning.

You are literally, so right! Innit

 

[outlash]

top bantz

 

[mybike]

Not so much a phrase, but the relentless invasion of the tendency for folk to say everything as if it were a question I find infuriating (upspeak I think it's called).
It's not just teenagers doing it, but folk who really should know better. For example, Environment Secretary, Liz Truss was on the radio this morning coming out with stuff like 'the government is investing billions in flood defences?' and 'the rainfall was unprecedented?' then something like 'we're working closely with partners on the ground?'. It just sounded as if she was answering questions with a load more questiosn- most odd!

What gets me is when people use billion for thousand million. A billion is a million million, always has been and always will be despite those colonials.

 

[mustang1]

So, moving forwards, one could of got off. Oh whatev.

 

[mustang1]

What gets me is when people use billion for thousand million. A billion is a million million, always has been and always will be despite those colonials.

In which film does the quote
"Who wants to be a millanaire?" Come from?

 

[andyfraser]

What gets me is when people use billion for thousand million. A billion is a million million, always has been and always will be despite those colonials.

I've switched mostly to the short scale just so Americans are less confusing but I happily switch back to the long scale on the continent.

 

[Tim Hall]

"Where's the refectory at, peanut? "

ASJT by the built in bowdleriser.

 

[vernon]

[QUOTE 4046001, member: 259"]Has anyone sourced a copy of Eat's Shoots and Leaves recently? That will likely give us some guidance.[/QUOTE]

I've got a copy of Eats Shites and Leaves.

Will that do?

 

[Deleted member 23692]

In terms of is now endemic.

There are certain organisations I deal with whose staff cannot utter a sentence without including it. All it does is make the speaker sound like an idiot. and if they stick 'going forward' on the end of a sentence it removes all doubt.

 

[Markymark]

Bloody language evolving. Never happened before. We really must put a stop to it.

 

[DaveReading]

It did used to be a million million. Harold Wilson officially abandoned the British version in 1974.

 

[Levo-Lon]

[QUOTE 4045701, member: 45"]To be fair, it's just the fluidity of language with a bit of laziness thrown in.[/QUOTE]

Absolutely.. that one annoys me