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1) Trail Dog - it's a dog. You may take it out on your bike rides, but it's still just a dog.
wood of/should of/could of.
X ways to be a ...
Seagull.
It's a gull. Probably never been to the seaside.
"Pull the trigger on"
Generally used by extremely average people doing shopping on the internet.
+ 1 for Trail dog, it is literally just a bloody dog!
'Sessioning' a new name for 'practice'.
Probably X amounts more! 😉
n+1
fat bike
Dog egg.
Regular as in fries.
Guys as in high guys
Sea bass. There are no fresh water ones here.
Any fancy names for a black coffee. 👿
Epic, extreme etc for things that are not.
Can't remember what the wood is but its annoys me. A wheelie is riding a 2 wheeled mode of transport on the back wheel. Powered or not, pedalling or not.
Fenders are not things that keep mud off your bike
"Can I get..." when asking for something like an "expresso" 🙄
I think you mean "please may I have..."
'Sessioning' a new name for 'practice'.
If you session something you do the same thing over and over; if you merely practice something then you might do different things or only do it once.
Guys as in high guys
Stoners?
it used to be the "misuse" of decimate.
But I was wrong 🙁
http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2012/09/does-decimate-mean-destroy-one-tenth/
Now I settle for "Of" in place of "Have", "I could care less", "Mr. Bean and me" and that which was "mute" rather than "moot", to vaporise my micturations.
Stoners?
yerwotnow?
Craft beer = beer
Artisan bread/cupcakes/tea/anything = bread/cupcakes/tea/anything
Prefixing any superlative with 'Super'
Anything mentioned in the bullshit bingo thread.
'Newbie'
Guys as in high guys
Stoners?
Pilots? Climbers?
Pre-booked. It's just booked, FFS.
'smashed' when used to describe a very ordinary action to make it sound more exciting like:
'I was going for a Strava time so I smashed a full fat coke before I set off'
or
'the roadies with their power bars all stared at me as I smashed a Greggs corned beef pastie at the food stop'
people who misspell their into there, this is very common.
people who use the non word irregardless, there is no such word, it is regardless or irrespective.
The one in the thread title.
Or anything similar where the person uses a thesaurus to change the words of a well known phrase.
Makes me want to trotter them in the louvres.
I was going to say "smashed avocado" but I've been beaten to it.
'Stoked'..... just shut up.
Using "less" when "fewer" should be used. Elevates urine by 0.7C.
goon - MemberPre-booked. It's just booked, FFS.
Shirley Pre-Booked means it isn't booked because it is before booking? No? 😀
People writing "loose" instead of "lose".
He Found An Ordinary Thread On An Internet Forum
You Won't Believe What Happened Next
or
What Happened Next Will Blow Your Mind
There's some sensitive folks on here.
you wait till I loose my shit
Endless use of "You know". Typical in interviews with sports / acting 'celebrities'.
+ 1 for "Can I get".
We are also seeing "math" and "do the math". Aaaaarrrrrgh! Particularly when in fact simple arithmetic will suffice.
@Stoner - there was a cartoon in ? Private Eye to that effect (affect !!)
- several centurions standing in line, commenting on how decimation wasn't as bad as everyone made it out to be. Can't find it on first search..
Adding literally into a sentence adds literally nothing.
Endless use of "You know". Typical in interviews with [s]sports / acting 'celebrities'[/s] Any pro mtber with the surname 'Atherton'.
Y'know
you wait till I loose my shit
Surely you mean "misplace your stool"
goon - Member
Pre-booked. It's just booked, FFS.Shirley Pre-Booked means it isn't booked because it is before booking? No?
"If any of you have pre-booked your activities..."
"Pre-book your parking and save"
Etc.
<quote>jekkyl - Member
people who misspell their into there, this is very common</quote>
Similarly your and you're.
IMHO good grammar is the difference between knowing your sh*t and knowing you're sh*t
Do you get me?
or more phonetically
Dya git meh?
it used to be the "misuse" of decimate.
But I was wrong
I found out about this "new" meaning when being a smartarse on here. I double check everything now 🙂
Drac - nicely done.
Re. Trail Dog - it's a dog
Nope, Sorry - Trail dogs have to be trained. So they are therefore something more
like a Sheep-Dog, Guide Dog or Sniffer Dog
"Can you come into the office to run through a few things"
Not once in the last 8-10 meetings has anything useful been achieved and yet i've wasted 40 or more hours of my life.
"bruv"
No explanation necessary.
Forget the words, it doesn't matter what someone says if they use the rising inflection. My judgemental self rushes forward and diverts all content straight through and out without passing go, getting any money or attention from my grey matter.
Apparently, those that do are our future.
Nope, Sorry - Trail dogs have to be trained
No they don't.
My friend has recently started biking and her dog certainly wasn't trained.
But he follows behind her at a close but safe distance, and doesn't get in anyone's way.
Perfect trail dog, but wasn't trained in any way.
Forget the words, it doesn't matter what someone says if they use the rising inflection. My judgemental self rushes forward and diverts all content straight through and out without passing go, getting any money or attention from my grey matter.
I read this with an Ozzie accent - I couldn't help it, sorry.
Britains independent nuclear deterrent
Behind .. Meeh
How does she know when it craps ?
wood of
is that a bit like a dance-off, but mcmoonter wins?
goon +1 This has been annoying me for quite a while now. The BBC seems particularly bad at doing this. I have also heard pre-planned and even pre-prepared for heaven's sake.
Today I heard "cross-subsidised" which, from the context, seems to mean the same as "subsidised".
I don't understand folk who can't cope with other people's colloquialisms..
Could it be a indicator of small-mindedness?
Perfect trail dog, but wasn't trained in any way.
And that right there shows why you need "trail" in "trail dog." Otherwise you have [i]"Perfect dog, but wasn't trained in any way"[/i] which completely changes the meaning of the sentence.
I always get a bit twitchy when I hear the phrases
'Mike* will you get off that bloody phone and do some housework'
or
'Mike have you cleaned the bathroom...*pause*...to my standard'
or
'You're not going to drink all 4 tonight are you?'
*My name is Michael, not a bad misspelling of Jekyll.
Could it be a indicator of small-mindedness?
I pretty much agree with this but recently I saw a sign in the city centre which I despised instantly..
Pre-loved pop up sale
Using "action" and "medal" as verbs.
Confusing borrow and lend and Pacific and specific.
It is only the threat of prosecution that stops me punching anyone who begins a sentence with either "Look" or "Listen" pure cockery.
Saying "them" instead of "those", as in "look at them bananas."
Confusing "what" and "that".
It doesn't actually boil my piss, but it does make me instantly assume that you're a bit thick.
This thread Lol!
Could it be a indicator of small-mindedness?
😀
Absolutely for me! I like to regard myself as possessing a multiple personality order 😉
The use of the phrase " end of" to conclude a contested point . Normally a sign that a half wit has got to the end of their understanding.
"The Rules" mentioning or quoting them on a mountain bike forum should be an instant band.
"boils my piss" funnily enough
Drac - nicely done.
I would love to say I did it purpose but it's my dyslexia. But some people are too busy Grammar Police to realise there is sometimes a reason why people get them mixed up.
"Across the piece"
and
"Look"
Said by politicians
Threads that start with "So" and the over use of "actually"
'House slaw' - as in "served with a generous helping of our house slaw"
Rediculous - although I'm not 100% certain this isn't some known ironic thing like cheap/cheep*.
*That is ironic, right?
Pre-order and utilise - 9/10 they could utilise use instead.
I appreciate this is somewhat more specific to my situation, but still...
On dating websites, people who put that they enjoy nights out and nights in. What other options are there?
'I like spending time with my friends'. No shit?
This one isn't specific to dating sites, but social media in general, where parents get all gushy about how they love their kids, and how they are 'my absolute world'. THATS WHAT IS SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN!!!
I'm a little grumpy today.
With regards "boiling your piss" if that was to happen internally it would more than likely cause a very painful death. Does piss boiling need to occur outside the body?
Addressing total strangers as 'chap' or 'fella' (usually used by staff in achingly trendy bike shops to address customers with barely disguised disdain).
I looked up the difference between use and utilise.
Utilise - use something for a purpose that it wasn't originally intended for. So you use a spoon to eat soup, but you'd utilise it as a tyre lever. Or to pop out the eyeball of someone who used "utilise" when they meant "use".
Expresso
Expresso
Unless they're Portuguese
The [i]go-to[/i]
As in the most popular or preferred?
Thank you so much
On dating websites, people who put that they enjoy nights out and nights in. What other options are there?
'I like spending time with my friends'. No shit?This one isn't specific to dating sites, but social media in general, where parents get all gushy about how they love their kids, and how they are 'my absolute world'. THATS WHAT IS SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN!!!
I'm a little grumpy today.
Until last week I thought "netflix and chill" just meant they were really boring.
The missed opportunities 🙁
"Off of"
"Going forward"
So you use a spoon to eat soup, but you'd utilise it as a tyre lever. Or to pop out the eyeball of someone who used "utilise" when they meant "use".
Marvellous, well done sir!
Virtually all of these annoy me, and yes, I probably am small minded, but I'll still judge people for it.
Should/could/would of, your/you're and there/their/they're are the worst I think.
Uninterested and disinterested bothers me more than it should. People say "disinterested" to sound clever, when they mean uninterested.
Political correctness,
People who say im not a RACIST, BUT OBVIOUSLY ARE,
Staff at restaraunts who say "ENJOY", when they dump a crap meal in front of you.
"Like"
Starting a new topic with "so"
f1 cars that suffer from reliability problems that now have unreliability problems in 2015.
Also BME .. why am I defined by someone elses colour
From the last time I contacted a US company.
"Hey Ian, and thanks for reaching out."
**** off.
Maybe we're more annoyed at the person rather than what they're saying.
I think being irritated by the way someone expresses themselves is typically (on here anyway) people hating Americans, their idioms and colloquialisms.
At least that's what this thread reads like.
Oh, and I cant stand being called 'mate' by someone I don't know.
[quote=Stoner ]it used to be the "misuse" of decimate.
But I was wrong
> http://blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2012/09/does-decimate-mean-destroy-one-tenth/
Though that article doesn't appear to debunk the idea that people misuse "decimate" - apart from "language has an ineluctable desire to change" - which could presumably be used to excuse any language mangling, hence is my new favourite liquid by-product heater. It simply points out that another meaning [b]may[/b] have entered the English language before the one about killing one in ten. It certainly doesn't say that you are wrong, simply that you [b]may[/b] be wrong about the very original meaning. Though at this point I refer you back to [b]their[/b] first point - hoist by their own petard perchance?
As always, when I read these threads...You guys need to drink less coffee...
Less coffee, or fewer cups of coffee.
If we're allowed to do individual words, then inflammable. A word which means the same as flammable.