What English expression do you hate the most?

[matticus]

Check out 'sealioning'.

I would disrecommend this course of action.

bobz' post is a total jellyfish.

 

[Profpointy]

I don't believe you. You are attempting to aardvark us.

Reminds me of the viz comic character Cockney Wankah. There'd been some kind of financial transaction involving paying a "pony" and "monkey" which quickly escalated in two aardvarks and a giraffe or whatever it was

 

[All uphill]

I have a particular dislike of

"It's only flat at the bottom, mate!"

 

[Andy in Germany]

I was puzzled by what this phrase really meant to the extent that I watched the film. (I do like old B&W films)

I think it's now suffering from overuse to the point where it's becoming a bit meaningless.

This is often the case, especially when ideas from Psychology fall into popular use.

 

[mistyoptic]

“It is what it is” and “we are where we are” and any similar anodyne, self excusing tat

 

[Dogtrousers]

“It is what it is” and “we are where we are” and any similar anodyne, self excusing tat

What can you do?

 

[mistyoptic]

What can you do?

Some blue sky thinking probably

 

[Andy in Germany]

Exclamation marks.

 

[postman]

Can i get.


Yes stuffed.


I would like please thank you iz wot iz propper.

 

[DaveReading]

I think merch (noun) now has a separate meaning from merchandise (noun).

Merchandise means the full selection of saleable goods. Merch means branded tat.

Now, for some people/organisations, not primarily retailers, that sell a bit of tat on the side the two are synonymous.

But for a retailer, merchandise is the proper stuff that's being sold, merchandising is the activity of planning the range of goods for sale and merch is promotional branded tat.

All merch is merchandise.
Not all merchandise is merch.

 

[Drago]

Some blue sky thinking probably

Let's put that on the back burner.

 

[mistyoptic]

Let's put that on the back burner.

Before or after we run it up the flagpole?

 

[figbat]

Before or after we run it up the flagpole?

We’ll circle back to that.

 

[Drago]

One expression I quite like.

In the Dibble HR are often referred to as Human Remains.

 

[raleighnut]

One expression I quite like.

In the Dibble HR are often referred to as Human Remains.

While the rest are referred to as currants