Guest Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 I can't abide that expression that seems to be 'au parfum' at the moment. When people say "It's a given" when they mean something goes without saying. At first, I misheard it and thought 'what the heck has a primate got to do with anything?' It's an awful expression and it's like nails down a blackboard to me. It goes hand in hand with "It ticks all the boxes". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Looney Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 Oh, I was hoping for a monkey related story! The problem with phrases like that are once you've noticed how much they annoy you you can't help notice them more when people say them..grrr! [Does that above sentence make any sense? I know what I meant! ] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 QUALITY! Drives me nuts. On the other hand I've been working with kids too long and I pick things up from them. Which sometimes embarasses me when I'm with my peers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clootie Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 (edited) It goes hand in hand with "It ticks all the boxes". Grrrrr - hate that expression Random seems to be the word of the moment with kids. Edited November 5, 2008 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 TOUCHING BASE Drives me potty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreenGirl Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 Yep, I hate cliches, and you are probably aware of a game you can play at work called #$%%"*%£ bingo - all the overused expressions like 'out of the box' 'bluesky' 'helicopter vision', drives me mad and are completely meaningless. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard T Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 "giving a heads up" and similar phrases. "Back in the day". The "whizz-kids" where I work have started saying "Roger that" in e-mails instead of "OK" or "I agree". And they sign off with "Best." because obviously they are far too busy to write "Best regards" in full. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 I also hate it when people greet you with 'a'right?' as in all right? I just think it sound lazy & nasty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A chickychickychick-ENN!! Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 Richard you are so right! Whenver I hear someone saying 'heads up' I imagine all the fascist idiots in suits who say it all the time as meerkats, bobbing up and down to see if the head honcho is within sight so they can impress him with all their jargon. I also hate the phrase 'on trend' as in 'the tulip skirt is so on trend for this season.' It's 'IN FASHION'. 'Trend' is not part of a verb! It's 'in fashion' or 'trendy'! But thanks for the heads up on the gibbon. Anna x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Looney Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 I also hate it when people greet you with 'a'right?' as in all right?I just think it sound lazy & nasty I do this....but I'm sure it is a local thing, as where I grew up everyone says it and it was perfectly acceptable We also greet people with "nathen" as in "now then" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tessa the Duchess Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 My latest hate phrase is 'top of the hour' instead of saying 'at six o'clock' it drives me nuts, and to my horror even David Dimbleby has started using it Tessa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard T Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 My latest hate phrase is 'top of the hour' instead of saying 'at six o'clock' it drives me nuts, and to my horror even David Dimbleby has started using it Tessa So it's not just the "kids" who say it then? (one for Lesley there) I'm also not keen on "cheers" instead of "thank you". (Actually, I'm probably not keen on any terms that didn't exist in about 1974. ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crazygal Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 Gosh I'm guilty of saying "a-right?" too. (in an oarrr accent) I also think its a local thing, having been brought up in the West country- but maybe folks round here don't like it?! I just think I'm being friendly!! I personally hate the phrase "its all singing and dancing" especially when referring to a new computer system or suchlike. grrrr. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Speckled Hen Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 I also hate it when people greet you with 'a'right?' as in all right?I just think it sound lazy & nasty I do this....but I'm sure it is a local thing, as where I grew up everyone says it and it was perfectly acceptable We also greet people with "nathen" as in "now then" Up here too. "a'right?" It's not a question and you're not supposed to say, "OK thanks"; the correct reply is "a'right." It's just a way of saying hello as is "now then" but that can also mean ,"right I'm here, what going on?" As for all the nuisance words, some become common parlance and the others wither and die as they should. I think the SINGLE worse thing in the way people communicate is to call perfect strangers by their first name, totally disrespectful and I hate it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KimmyCustard Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 Yes! This is one of my pet hates, the kids OH and I deal with whilst at work seem to speak another language! We get: Ja git me? translated as: Do you understand me? Innit? translated as: Isn't it? Naa ah meen? translated as: Do you know what I mean? I refuse to speak to these children until they speak properly to me, then they suddenly grasp the English language and can have a reasonable conversation without me having to guess their last utterance! Grrrrrrrrrrrr.............. Kimmy x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackrocksrock Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 you would laugh at the dialect up here then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A chickychickychick-ENN!! Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 'Is it?' as the response to any question or statement drives me crackers. As in: 'I'm going out tonight.' 'IZ EEET?' 'Goats have a rectangular pupil.' 'IZ EEET?' 'Do you always say 'is it'?' 'IZ EEET?' A checkout girl once said 'is it' to me in this kind of context and I said 'yes it is,' back to her. She looked at me genuinely gobsmacked, as if she had never considered what she had been saying. I also hate 'you know what I is saying?' on the end of sentences. It's 'I am' not 'I is' and definitely not 'I are' or the absolute worst, 'I R' - as in that quite catchy Timbaland song earlier this summer which was called 'The way I R'. It's AM. Surely it's not that hard to know 'I AM'?! But apparently it are that hard. Gah! Anna x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chook n Boo Mum Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 The most irritating thing is when I hear myself slipping into their language! I then snap out so quickly that I scare myself & start correcting the slightest misdemeanour to overcompensate!! My DD takes great pleasure in correcting me if I slip up..... bless her Sha x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
