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Using "Sexy" in a business environment that has nothing to do with sex. As in "this is a very sexy proposal for our company". Well, I guess, if ripping people off is what turns you on.

― BrianB (BrianB), Wednesday, 24 December 2003 05:26 (twenty years ago) link

'exact same'.

― luna (luna.c), Wednesday, 24 December 2003 20:47 (twenty years ago) link

"bird" instead of "girl" or "woman". AAAAAARGH.

― Melly E (Melly E), Wednesday, 24 December 2003 21:10 (twenty years ago) link

When people call each other 'babe' and the completely inappropriate use of the word 'literally'. Also can I add at this point, even if it may not be entirely relevant, the unjustifiable grammatical error in Rachael Stevens' song 'Sweet Dreams My LA Ex' : "accuse me of things I never done." And I've listened hard for "I've never done" to try and give her the benefit of the doubt but she doesn't say it.

― barbara wintergreen, Monday, 29 December 2003 18:24 (twenty years ago) link

"Begging the question" and "chomping at the bit." The first is almost always used incorrectly, and the second should be "champing," Goddamn it.

― Salmon Pink (Salmon Pink), Monday, 29 December 2003 20:18 (twenty years ago) link

or "bits"

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Monday, 29 December 2003 20:34 (twenty years ago) link

'any way shape or form'. Most heard in full-media-glare denials of misdeeds. Used by dodgy sportsmen who have been 'coached' by their minders for the occasion. It immediately strips the first dozen layers of credibility from whatever statement is being made.

'poetic justice'. Used by the lazy to describe all 'justice' the speaker approves of, instead of a particular type. The adjective is rendered meaningless.

Agree re 'bird' for woman/girl, and lament its threatened return. Stinks of 'I'm being un-PC, where's my medal?'. Also the C-person uses it, which kinda ends the argument.

― Fred Nerk (Fred Nerk), Monday, 29 December 2003 23:59 (twenty years ago) link

optics

― Mr Noodles (Mr Noodles), Tuesday, 30 December 2003 00:00 (twenty years ago) link

also photonic inplace of optic

― Mr Noodles (Mr Noodles), Tuesday, 30 December 2003 00:10 (twenty years ago) link

"the....(insert superlative)...in pop."

― barbara wintergreen, Tuesday, 30 December 2003 00:19 (twenty years ago) link

To return to the top of the thread, I still after 20 odd years gag on 'outreach' as a VERB....

― Fred Nerk (Fred Nerk), Tuesday, 30 December 2003 00:46 (twenty years ago) link

the mightily empty "i could care less" variant on being unable to do the same

― ermes marana, Tuesday, 30 December 2003 01:47 (twenty years ago) link

one year passes...

People who pronounce the word "presentation" as "PRE-sentation".

― J-rock (Julien Sandiford), Thursday, 18 August 2005 07:29 (eighteen years ago) link

since i was reading some VICIOUS anti- rachael ray sentiment last night and i'm still feelin' the love: "E.V.O.O. EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL"

― s/c (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 18 August 2005 07:32 (eighteen years ago) link

"YUM-O"

― s/c (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 18 August 2005 07:33 (eighteen years ago) link

cf.

― gear (gear), Thursday, 18 August 2005 07:34 (eighteen years ago) link

Also: 'fridge,'

Wait, huh? Fridge is the thing you put food in, whats wrong with it?

― Trayce (trayce), Thursday, 18 August 2005 08:01 (eighteen years ago) link

Saying "it impacted on me" instead of "it had an impact on me"... well that's annoying enough but, just recently, I've heard people say "it impacted me" - which surely would only make sense if the speaker was a molar?

― Diddyismus (Dada), Thursday, 18 August 2005 09:10 (eighteen years ago) link

'fridge,'

I'm picturing him saying things such as "Would you like me to remove another beverage from the refrigerator for you, whilst we watch some association football?"

― Chewshabadoo (Chewshabadoo), Thursday, 18 August 2005 10:29 (eighteen years ago) link

bougie, instead of bourgeois. heard it four times last week.

― naus (Robert T), Thursday, 18 August 2005 10:38 (eighteen years ago) link

"Chav"

― Diddyismus (Dada), Thursday, 18 August 2005 10:39 (eighteen years ago) link

bourgie?

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Thursday, 18 August 2005 10:42 (eighteen years ago) link

"Yes, sir, I am bougie, I am bougie... etc."

― Win A Lie-Down, Mrs. Davies (kate), Thursday, 18 August 2005 10:44 (eighteen years ago) link

"what the...?"

― jimmy glass (electricsound), Thursday, 18 August 2005 10:46 (eighteen years ago) link

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=bougie

― naus (Robert T), Thursday, 18 August 2005 10:53 (eighteen years ago) link

"He's on fire"

As used to describe a footballer running into a streak of good form

― Diddyismus (Dada), Thursday, 18 August 2005 10:57 (eighteen years ago) link

chav, prole, "get one...", but most of all commercials selling relatively expensive goods such as electrcal gubbins, fitted kitchens and the like where people say only "one-nine-nine-nine" instead of "nominally under two thousand quid". do you think not actually saying the proper number is fooling me?!!?!!

― stelf)xxx, Thursday, 18 August 2005 11:01 (eighteen years ago) link

"Raft"

When used in phrases like "a raft of policies" or "a raft of new measures" - why?!?!??!!?

― Diddyismus (Dada), Thursday, 18 August 2005 11:03 (eighteen years ago) link

which surely would only make sense if the speaker was a molar?

Or a colon.

COINKY-DINK, "guestimate," and any time someone ends an interrogative sentence with "at," as in "Where's my keys at?" or "Where's your head at?"

― pullapartgirl (pullapartgirl), Thursday, 18 August 2005 11:22 (eighteen years ago) link

"let's unpack that (concept/policy/statement/generalisation)"

"hating on"

― gem (trisk), Thursday, 18 August 2005 11:23 (eighteen years ago) link

Oh! Oh! This one REALLY annoyed me the other day:

"Action" used as a verb. (Especially with regards to some annoying little thing I had already been doing.) "Can you please action this?" Actually, no I can't. Action is a noun. If you would like me to DO it, then just ask. Argh.

Especially when coming from the same irritating marketing bods who last week asked me to "manage the relationship" with one of our suppliers. Fuck. Right. Off.

― Win A Lie-Down, Mrs. Davies (kate), Thursday, 18 August 2005 11:25 (eighteen years ago) link

oh i used to have a PA in the cubicle next to me for a while that said 'diarise' as in 'sure, john is free on tuesday morning, i'll diarise it'. aaaaarrrrggghh

― gem (trisk), Thursday, 18 August 2005 11:26 (eighteen years ago) link

"Boss"

A term of address directed at Turkish shopkeepers by 13 year old boys and directed by Turkish shopkeepers at everyone else. The most annoying ever.

― Diddyismus (Dada), Thursday, 18 August 2005 11:27 (eighteen years ago) link

I'm not your fucking boss!!!!!!!!!!

― Diddyismus (Dada), Thursday, 18 August 2005 11:28 (eighteen years ago) link

"Madam" when used by shop assistants. This kept happening to me yesterday.

DON'T MADAM ME, YOU LITTLE...!!! OK, according to Watching The English, this means that they have socio-status assessed me as middle class or higher. But it irritates me because it makes me feel old.

― Win A Lie-Down, Mrs. Davies (kate), Thursday, 18 August 2005 11:30 (eighteen years ago) link

i like most of these. i just like variety. i do hate 'action', 'impact on, etc, though.

― N_RQ, Thursday, 18 August 2005 11:30 (eighteen years ago) link

dude, i call people 'boss'.

― g-kit (g-kit), Thursday, 18 August 2005 11:35 (eighteen years ago) link

I don't want you to think that I obsess over it, but "obsessing over something" as opposed to "being obsessed with/about something"

― Diddyismus (Dada), Thursday, 18 August 2005 11:38 (eighteen years ago) link

People saying 'momentarily' when what they mean is 'in a moment'.

'Whilst'

― estela (estela), Thursday, 18 August 2005 11:38 (eighteen years ago) link

oh yeah i fkn hate 'whilst' and 'amongst'.

― N_RQ, Thursday, 18 August 2005 11:39 (eighteen years ago) link

i like whilst too! it's kinda romantic, like 'betwixt'.

― g-kit (g-kit), Thursday, 18 August 2005 11:45 (eighteen years ago) link

'betwexit' is ok, a girl i liked used it instead of between all the time. but whilst can fuck off.

― N_RQ, Thursday, 18 August 2005 11:46 (eighteen years ago) link

"The plane will be taking off momentarily"

"AARRGGHHH!!! I certainly hope it will be taking off longer than that - we're flying to London!"

― Win A Lie-Down, Mrs. Davies (kate), Thursday, 18 August 2005 11:47 (eighteen years ago) link

'betwexit' = betwizzle, obv

― N_RQ, Thursday, 18 August 2005 11:47 (eighteen years ago) link

i bet you all hate 'innit', too. i can't help it! *weeps*

― g-kit (g-kit), Thursday, 18 August 2005 11:48 (eighteen years ago) link

u say innit, only to piss people off, though, geez.

― N_RQ, Thursday, 18 August 2005 11:50 (eighteen years ago) link

everyone on this thread: get one grip

― Britain's Jauntiest Shepherd (Alan), Thursday, 18 August 2005 11:51 (eighteen years ago) link

People who say or write 'cliche' when they mean 'cliched'–it's becoming very common and it really annoys me.

― estela (estela), Thursday, 18 August 2005 11:52 (eighteen years ago) link

everyone on this thread: get one grip

"No can do"

― Diddyismus (Dada), Thursday, 18 August 2005 11:53 (eighteen years ago) link

I agree with the original poster about 'veggies'.

― estela (estela), Thursday, 18 August 2005 11:53 (eighteen years ago) link

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the worst though is calling someone "a" goat; similar to how the word unique can't be modified, you can only be "the" goat in a particular field, by definition. but does that stop these basic motherfuckers no

― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 29 May 2024 14:33 (four days ago) link

Words, usages, and phrases that really get your goat

― jmm, Wednesday, 29 May 2024 14:41 (four days ago) link

it's baaaaa-ad

― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 29 May 2024 14:44 (four days ago) link

I'm glad this was brought up since I too remember "goat" being a bad thing in sports, or at least seeing something where it was used that way

― frogbs, Wednesday, 29 May 2024 14:44 (four days ago) link

No point bleating about it though.

― Poets Win Prizes (Tom D.), Wednesday, 29 May 2024 14:44 (four days ago) link

Reminder of the level of competition for GOAT:

Goat on roof 'only respects one man'

― jmm, Wednesday, 29 May 2024 14:59 (four days ago) link

So, "goat" means he's "bad"..

― Mark G, Wednesday, 29 May 2024 15:04 (four days ago) link

the other thing is that sports GOAT arguments are really boring especially since you're often comparing guys who played in totally different eras since a totally different set of players. you can just say whatever you want.

― frogbs, Wednesday, 29 May 2024 15:09 (four days ago) link

yeah during football season FB kept suggesting these groups where people were basically taking two players, posting their stat sheet from this stat app that allows side by side comparisons, and writing SEE, XXX IS BETTER...

and one guy would be a QB from the 80s and the other would be like, Josh Allen.

― Iacocca Cola (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 29 May 2024 15:11 (four days ago) link

I really don’t like seeing the word “re-sent” when the dash is left out, it causes undue alarm initially

― brimstead, Wednesday, 29 May 2024 17:42 (four days ago) link

“no problem, I just resent it”

― brimstead, Wednesday, 29 May 2024 17:43 (four days ago) link

Maybe I've lowkey had it with lowkey now

Why does it lowkey feel like nobody has a Dalmatian anymore
— pris (@pwiscila) May 26, 2024

― Alba, Wednesday, 29 May 2024 17:54 (four days ago) link

For starters it would cause massive confusion with the Sandringham Hotel in Melbourne. Which IS the Sando.

citation needed

― bae (sic), Wednesday, 29 May 2024 19:38 (four days ago) link

x-post - She is right though. I literally said this to someone within the last week. I feel like I've seen 2 Dalmatians in my whole life.

― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Thursday, 30 May 2024 08:45 (three days ago) link

The problem with Dalmatians is that many are born deaf or blind or both because the gene pool is kind of shallow.

― guillotine vogue (suzy), Thursday, 30 May 2024 10:20 (three days ago) link

Makes that 101 all the more miraculous.

― Jeff, Thursday, 30 May 2024 10:23 (three days ago) link

xpost - Ah, ok. Didn't know that.

― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Thursday, 30 May 2024 10:40 (three days ago) link

they are also notoriously difficult to train

― butt dumb tight my boners got boners (the table is the table), Friday, 31 May 2024 14:18 (two days ago) link

Before I moved to my new flat in my old neighbourhood I'd see a couple of Dalmatian/Great Dane cross-breeds out on their walk. Nice change from all the Cockapoos and Dachshunds (all v good boys and girls tho they be).

― nashwan, Friday, 31 May 2024 14:22 (two days ago) link

dalmatians are lowkey goated when spots are the vibe

― jaymc, Friday, 31 May 2024 14:35 (two days ago) link

The puppies are just so cute.

― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Friday, 31 May 2024 14:40 (two days ago) link

FPed you for that jaymc

― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Friday, 31 May 2024 14:47 (two days ago) link

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