Phrases that annoy you the most

[Boleros]

In my former life we used to use the word promulgate all the time. Daft now when I think about it.

[jonysan]

lord trumpton said:

hidetheelephants said:

lord trumpton said:

'I done' really fcks me off

Is there context? It might be endearing uttered by a 3yr old, said by anyone much older than that it's puerile "youth" argot. At least make the effort to invent new words or repurpose old ones, this is just lazy and ungrammatical.

I done 15 press ups
i done more work than you have
i done it

That kind of ste

It's the toughie way of saying "I did". unless you a Bristolian, or Somerset, then it's natural !!

[snuffy]

Boleros said:

In my former life we used to use the word promulgate all the time. Daft now when I think about it.

Were you Sir Humphrey? He used to say that.

[hidetheelephants]

snuffy said:

This was it in full:

If you happen to see fog outside the building, please don't be alarmed. Paddy Power are using a fog machine and I can confirm the building isn't on fire.

Please cascade this throughinform your teams where necessary.

Kind regards


The Reception Team

Edited for brevity. English is a great language and people who abuse it should receive a corporate wedgie from Bob the Dinosaur.

[NRG1976]

Boleros said:

'Enjoy in good health' is one that I've seen a lot of recently. God knows why but it properly spleens when I see it, I mean why even bother saying it? It's not like people generally say 'enjoy in bad health' so why the need to say it?

It’s like saying best wishes or best of luck. It is wishing the person well to enjoy something they are happy with, without anything major spoiling the situation.

[Allan L]

snuffy said:

Email from work today:

"Please cascade this through your teams where necessary. "

"Cascade" - what's wrong with "Tell" or "Inform" ?

Thanks for sharing that with us

[Michael_B]

I think it is admirable that The Reception Team thought to reach out to everyone in such a way.

[JuniorD]

"Paint to Sample"

[Blown2CV]

JuniorD said:

"Paint to Sample"

i know you mean porsche there... they have a PTS list which you do not in fact bring a sample, they do not do any matching, and is actually just a list of more expensive colours. You can actually do paint to sample though, but that's called something else!

[redrabbit29]

I hate the word "minute" or "hot minute". It was (obviously) started by Americans I think but I've started hearing it here.

Context to mean "it's been a while":

"It's been a minute since I last had leave"

"It's been a hot minute since I last saw her"

[davidc1]

A recent one I keep hearing is something is 'baked in'

Arrggghh!

[daqinggregg]

Another from BS bingo, that is the restaurant world.

‘Wild Venison, that’s foraged on the forest floor.’

[21st Century Man]

"New, to me/us". Seems to be a mantra on here.

Great, you've got a new car, but not literally brand new. You don't have to qualify it with the "New, to me/us" bit.

If a mate says they've got a new car, that's fine, whether it's new or used. No one's going pick anyone up on it and say "Mate, it's not new, it's a 2017". They've got a new car, there's no more to be said.

But if it is that important to qualify it, just say "We've bought a car" and leave the new out of it, then you don't have to.

[hidetheelephants]

daqinggregg said:

Another from BS bingo, that is the restaurant world.

‘Wild Venison, that’s foraged on the forest floor.’

That sounds like carrion; at least roadkill might not be riddled with maggots.

[JuniorD]

Blown2CV said:

JuniorD said:

"Paint to Sample"

i know you mean porsche there... they have a PTS list which you do not in fact bring a sample, they do not do any matching, and is actually just a list of more expensive colours. You can actually do paint to sample though, but that's called something else!

That's exactly the conversation I had with the Porsche dealer.

[NapierDeltic]

"Solo traveler".

It just means you are going on holiday by yourself.

[Doofus]

NapierDeltic said:

"Solo traveler".

It just means you are going on holiday by yourself.

Yes, it does.

In the same way the 'light switch' just means a switch with which you turn on a light.

[JuniorD]

NapierDeltic said:

"Solo traveler".

It just means you are going on holiday by yourself.

Not always. To travel does not necessarily mean to go holiday. But the opposite is necessarily true.

[Tom8]

As it is election time a number of phrases come out to annoy us;

Gas lighting
Dog whistling
Whataboutery

All to shut debate and not allow anyone to have an opinion contrary to their own.

Then the old favourites;
Let me be clear...
We have always been clear...
A vote for x is a vote for y....
Crackdown on....

[snuffy]

Tom8 said:

As it is election time a number of phrases come out to annoy us;
Whataboutery

All to shut debate and not allow anyone to have an opinion contrary to their own.

This is used all the time on PH when someone's hypocrisy is pointed out to shut them down.

A: You should not do <whatever>

B: But it's ok for you to do <whatever>, which is worse. You are a hypocrite

A: That is whataboutery (i.e. I'm going to shut down your argument because you have just pointed out my hypocrisy and I dont like that).