Words or phrases that you hate ...

[XmisterIS]

It's easy to rattle off a list of management-speak phrases that are really irritating.

But which commonly used words or phrases do you hate?

My top two are "pate" as in "bald pate" and "sup" as in "supping a pint". I have no idea why I hate them, I just do! My ex-ex-ex (yes, it's gone from one "ex" to 3 in the space of 5 months

) used to hate the word "liquor". Again, neither she nor I could figure out why ...

There are others which lie in the grey area between management-speak and normal parlance, such as "sought after" and "exclusive", commonly seen in estate agents' adverts.

 

[Angelfishsolo]

of - instead of have!
Bang Tidy
Where you to? - Where are you?
Uuuuurrr - Pardon.

 

[chillyuk]

Sir......

When being addressed by a policeman. You just know you are in the s**t.

 

[ianrauk]

Meh.

No not this thread being Meh. The word Meh... it's not a bloody word.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

The phrase 'for my sins'. I'm sure it's only used by the 'flagon of your finest foaming ale stout yeoman of the bar' types.

 

[Fnaar]

"racialist" as in "I'm not a racialist, but"... you know that this will be followed by some racist rant or other...

 

[Silver Fox]

"Hi Guys" ... an irritating American import, like so many things that seem to trickle across the Atlantic.

 

[swee'pea99]

Unique.




(Aside: I used the expression 'Let's do that thang" t'other night. My 15 year old winced and said 'Tell me you didn't just say what I think you just said.' So naturally I said it again. )

 

[Hilldodger]

"Back in the day" WTF is that all about?

 

[Ludwig]

Entry level

 

[Dan B]

"turned around and said".

So I turned around and said "what?" and he turned around and said "why are you facing away from me when you speak to me" and then I turned around and said "I'm not; you are" - I can't help but think of two people in conversation with each other while taking it in turns to pirouette, after the fashion of those big reel-to-reel tape recorders that 1970s "computer room" film sets required along with the flashing lights and banks of switches.

 

[JBP]

'Obviously' when somebody is explaining something. If it was obvious you wouldn't be explaining it, would you.

And 'like' when spoken by an American tourist as every other word to their friend/companion. Nothing against Americans, just the ones that don't have the vocabulary to construct a proper sentence.

 

[threebikesmcginty]

Saying 'yeah?' at the end of each sentence expecting some kind of confirmation from you that you're still listening or haven't died.

 

[marinyork]

Saying 'yeah?' at the end of each sentence expecting some kind of confirmation from you that you're still listening or haven't died.

Reminds me a bit of inflexions at the end of a sentence, Kilroy style .

 

[slowmotion]

in-store
price point
"was" (as in "bicycles was £450, now £399")