Words or phrases that you have a hatred for...........
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Now I know this is going to be a subject that will attract the trolls like flies to s
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I have noticed that a lot of people (usually in the media) who are using the word 'basically' at the beginning of a sentence more and more and the BBC seem to be the worse offenders when they should know better. My English teacher banned it from us using it in his lessons along with a few other words and sayings as he said only uneducated idiots say things like that!
I think that it is a word that does not mean anything and I have yet to hear it used when missing the word out of the sentence it would have still made sense. It seems to be used every time somebody is explaining something.
There are quite a few others that I can think of but I'll leave those for others to post, so to start things off I have banned 'basically' from this thread, is there a word or phrase that people use that really annoy you?
Every suggestion can then be banned from this thread as well
t...........I have noticed that a lot of people (usually in the media) who are using the word 'basically' at the beginning of a sentence more and more and the BBC seem to be the worse offenders when they should know better. My English teacher banned it from us using it in his lessons along with a few other words and sayings as he said only uneducated idiots say things like that!
I think that it is a word that does not mean anything and I have yet to hear it used when missing the word out of the sentence it would have still made sense. It seems to be used every time somebody is explaining something.
There are quite a few others that I can think of but I'll leave those for others to post, so to start things off I have banned 'basically' from this thread, is there a word or phrase that people use that really annoy you?
Every suggestion can then be banned from this thread as well
did, it's didKiddies. Awful word to describe children.
Coolio. Awful word to describe something good. Used by London-type women who smoke menthol cigarettes in All Bar One on a Friday night and aspire to snare a footballer.
Also used by London-type men who wear big knots in their ties, too much hair gel, drink Corona in All Bar One and look for 'fillies' whilst trying to score 'chop'. Tvats.
Coolio. Awful word to describe something good. Used by London-type women who smoke menthol cigarettes in All Bar One on a Friday night and aspire to snare a footballer.
Also used by London-type men who wear big knots in their ties, too much hair gel, drink Corona in All Bar One and look for 'fillies' whilst trying to score 'chop'. Tvats.
maxrider said:
Something that I'm hearing more and more, particularly on Radio1
That bridesmaid Mills uses "off of" in sentences such as "Katy off of Brighton" all the time and it really grinds my gears. Its fooking "from" you nob, it isn't really that hard is it?!
Edited by TomE on Friday 22 May 15:01
The word 'banter'.
"Oh mate, classic banter last night!"
It makes no sense in that context and makes you sound like an utter cretin. Stop it.
The other one which makes my skin crawl is....
"I done the same thing a couple of weeks back."
That's not even English. I'd be appalled if I overheard a ten year old speak like that, let alone an adult.
"Oh mate, classic banter last night!"
It makes no sense in that context and makes you sound like an utter cretin. Stop it.
The other one which makes my skin crawl is....
"I done the same thing a couple of weeks back."
That's not even English. I'd be appalled if I overheard a ten year old speak like that, let alone an adult.
Steve748 said:
Mattygooner said:
Basically it is words like Bas ic and ally that annoy me, when ever i see Basically what i just wrote it makes me want to punch Yo Sushi motorised tricycle drivers.
So basically to sum up..
flies to S H I T I knew there would be an arsole somewhere So basically to sum up..
You should know these basic things.
"move forward", every politician and business buz word user, seems to love this one..."lets wrap up this brainstorming session with synergies across the board and discuss how we move forward" Arrrrrrrrrrghhhhhh..
"honest" is another word that is used in all sorts of murder inducing ways... "let's be honest" usually prefixes the most bile turning lies known to man.
"Lets be clear" another politco favourite, "lets be clear, I will be ripping the tax payer off for every cent I can get" a favourite phrase use by Herr Mendelsohn.... Which is often followed by the most opaque double speak in the Known universe.
"honest" is another word that is used in all sorts of murder inducing ways... "let's be honest" usually prefixes the most bile turning lies known to man.
"Lets be clear" another politco favourite, "lets be clear, I will be ripping the tax payer off for every cent I can get" a favourite phrase use by Herr Mendelsohn.... Which is often followed by the most opaque double speak in the Known universe.
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