Phrases I`m getting increasingly sick of hearing
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Pale Rider
Legendary Member
Using 'floor' when it should be 'ground' irritates me.
A floor is the walking surface of a building with a roof, it is not a substitute for ground in the open air.
Football commentators do it all the time - the player was knocked to the floor.
Cyclists fall into the same trap - I had a blowout and hit the floor.
One could argue an indoor football arena and an indoor velodrome both have a floor.
A floor is the walking surface of a building with a roof, it is not a substitute for ground in the open air.
Football commentators do it all the time - the player was knocked to the floor.
Cyclists fall into the same trap - I had a blowout and hit the floor.
One could argue an indoor football arena and an indoor velodrome both have a floor.
Hover Fly
Lazy so and so
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- Besides the lake, beneath the trees
Not one particular phrase, but health professionals talking to adults as if they addressing children.
"We'll just have a little peep..."
"We'll just have a little peep..."
swee'pea99
Legendary Member
I bet you say that to all the girls.
Julia9054
Guru
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- Knaresborough
Oh god yes!
Julia9054
Guru
- Location
- Knaresborough
I get irritated by the misuse of „less“ and „fewer“
I also realise this makes me an annoying pedant as the meaning is no less clear by the use of the wrong word.
I fight hard to keep my pompous opinions to myself. It’s a struggle!
I also realise this makes me an annoying pedant as the meaning is no less clear by the use of the wrong word.
I fight hard to keep my pompous opinions to myself. It’s a struggle!
glasgowcyclist
Charming but somewhat feckless
- Location
- Scotland
Me too. My wife is guilty of this and when I point out her error she says, "Every time you pick me up on a grammar rule I love you a little bit fewer."
DCBassman
Guru
- Location
- The lumpy far South West
I have had words with a GP for his constant use of baby talk. In one ear and out the other, I'm pretty sure they're trained to do this.
BianchiVirgin
Über Member
- Location
- Norn Iron
People saying "I was sat" or "I was stood" type phrases. Boils my p*ss. It should of course be sitting or standing respectively.
Pale Rider
Legendary Member
Misuse of the word 'like' to mean 'such as' is another common one.
Someone might say: "Footballers like Lionel Messi earn millions," meaning Messi is an example of a well-paid footballer.
What the first part of the phrase correctly means is footballers, as a body of men, collectively like - are fond of - Lionel Messi.
It should be: "Footballers such as Lionel Messi earn millions."
Someone might say: "Footballers like Lionel Messi earn millions," meaning Messi is an example of a well-paid footballer.
What the first part of the phrase correctly means is footballers, as a body of men, collectively like - are fond of - Lionel Messi.
It should be: "Footballers such as Lionel Messi earn millions."
Salad Dodger
Guru
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- Kent Coast
Phrases I am getting sick of hearing:
"Woke" Although, as an old white straight male I probably object to some of the notions behind "woke" or "wokeness", that is not the point of my rant. I just detest the construction of a sentence such as "John is woke" or "You will see numerous examples of wokeness in the book".
"Rocks" in the sense of "Tom rocks grey trousers and a blue shirt" or "your dining room needs to rock the latest trend from Paris".
"Woke" Although, as an old white straight male I probably object to some of the notions behind "woke" or "wokeness", that is not the point of my rant. I just detest the construction of a sentence such as "John is woke" or "You will see numerous examples of wokeness in the book".
"Rocks" in the sense of "Tom rocks grey trousers and a blue shirt" or "your dining room needs to rock the latest trend from Paris".
Joey Shabadoo
My pronouns are "He", "Him" and "buggerlugs"
I agree, it's abysmal (ab)use of English.
Surely everyone knows it should be -
'More quickerer, and more fasterer'
One of my mother-in-law's favourite phrases - "The hurrier you go, the behinder you get"
Joey Shabadoo
My pronouns are "He", "Him" and "buggerlugs"
Rocky
Hello decadence
Although, the phrase Tom woke up and got his rocks off, seems much more enticing.
mustang1
Guru
- Location
- London, UK
First World Problem.
When you tell someone of a problem and they respond with "that's a first world problem". Like so what? Does that mean it's any less important? What if they tell me they didn't get paid for a job, should I tell them it's a first world problem?
Wth.
When you tell someone of a problem and they respond with "that's a first world problem". Like so what? Does that mean it's any less important? What if they tell me they didn't get paid for a job, should I tell them it's a first world problem?
Wth.
