Anyhoo and my bad is a given.
I put forward wholesome, bodyhack and hits different.
Come join the members forum weekly book burning.
MVP
out of the box
Low hanging fruit - die
Solutionize - die
Touch base - die
Leveridge - die
Cut corners - die
Back to base - die
Call it a day - die
Reach out - die
Heads up
Ball rolling
Up in the air
Etc.
Infact any stupid business bollocks that surrounds me and no doubt many others every single bloody day. Just talk sense!
Great question 🙂
For sure
gotten
passed
mom
back in the day
reached out
bless
stay safe
Run it up the flagpole
Blue sky thinking
So words and phrases that Incur a lifetime ban
There was some bingo business phrases post on here a while back... I learnt to "ringfence the unicorn"... and used it a lot at work, now I am seeing grads come through saying it 🙂 probably not from me but I emplore you all to stop with the usual crap and "think outside the box"... Arghhhhhhhhhh
The name given to people who are from that wee place across from Cromarty on the Black Isle.
I'm like (we know what you're like from your use of English)
Can I get (no, the shopkeeper/barman is paid to get)
I'm good (not at kin English you're not)
My King
My Queen
Be true to yourself
Down to earth
Can I get (no, the shopkeeper/barman is paid to get)
Yeah, forgot that beauty
when people say pacific when they mean specific. That and nucular for nuclear.
I had a colleague who used to say irregardless a lot. Drove me mental.
Most of the above and....
Call out
Make over
From the get go
Hate on
Using "yourself" instead of "you", eg "I rang reception to sell you something and they said I should contact yourself."
Or "When would be good time to set up a meeting with yourself."
etc etc.
Actually thinking about it it's only ever sales people. Do they think it makes them sound polite or something??
Oh and a bike related one... Vertical compliance. FFS. Get in the sea.... Oh also FFS 🙂
Colourway. Winds me up no end!
Needs to be spelt without a U for full effect.
MVP
That's me out then, my son plays basketball...
I hate the "life hacks" that turn out to be just common sense...
Staycation.
Going on holiday somewhere in your home country is not a staycation unless it's in your own bloody house. That's the "stay" part of it. Think about it. You can't "go" on a "staycation".
AdverTIsment.
Can I get / I'll get
What? as opposed to pardon.
'Can I get', deserves instant death, never mind a rather lenient lifetime ban from here.
Luckily it's not a phrase that one has much call to use on a forum.
I had the displeasure the other week of having to sit in the Pedalabikeaway cafe at FOD for about 20 minutes waiting for two poxy cups of tea, but that's another story.
I would say that 90% of the people who asked for stuff said 'can I get', although one complete imbecile of a man, scoring the top imbecile prize, picked up some chocolate bars, walked to the counter and said 'can I get these, and then can I get...' whatever drinks he wanted to pour into his idiotic face.
I'm a calm and non-confrontational sort of person, but that twenty minutes of pure hell nearly made me go all Falling Down on they ass! 🙁
I hate the “life hacks” that turn out to be just common sense…
A phrase my wife keeps winding me up with!
“High-end”
Good piece of kit?
Nice piece of kit?
Toy - when referring to a very expensive car/bike/bicycle/boat/van?
The expression "get in the sea"
Pronouncing etc "ickcetera"
I’m like (we know what you’re like from your use of English)
Can I get (no, the shopkeeper/barman is paid to get)
I’m good (not at kin English you’re not)
Agree with these but keep catching myself using “can I get”
“Reach out” is my pet hate
Also people who keep saying “stay safe”. No, no I won’t, that sounds boring and frankly against my entire life philosophy. Just say “bye” or “have a good weekend” like normal people
keep calm and .....
Unfortunately, despite my hatred of 'can I get' I've accepted that language changes.
That said one of the Barmen at my local refused to serve people if they used the term, Which pleased me.
"No problem". What was wrong with "You're welcome"?
Shaun
Anyone who uses the term - 'about to pull the trigger on' - it doesn't make it dangerous or that exciting so really no need to try and tart it up as such...just buy it and be done with it.
Unfortunately, despite my hatred of ‘can I get’ I’ve accepted that language changes.
It does change, but not when it doesn't make any sense. If it makes no sense than we should push back against it!
The person you are asking is literally paid to get things for you. At no point will you be getting the thing yourself.
See also, 'I could care less' for so called evolution of language that literally does not make sense unless you have the excuse of not knowing how to speak.
Oh yeah, 'literally' when not literal.... 😂
No, no I won’t, that sounds boring and frankly against my entire life philosophy.
Unless you drink poison everyday or cross the road with your eyes closed, you are probably staying safe a lot more than your philosophy says you are.😉
also when people say '6am in the morning' when '6am' is perfectly sufficient!
'Journey' for anything that does not involve a physical displacement (or the band 🙂).
Pronouncing etc “ickcetera”
In a similar vein, pronouncing espresso "eckspresso".
I've pushed back but while it plays out we'll socialise our response with other clients.
Shaun
You're being a bit sheepish there - can you elaborate?
In a similar vein, pronouncing espresso “eckspresso”.
Or sickth.
about to pull the trigger on
And rock up. I know it's tongue in cheek but it's so shit.
I absolutely hate the word colorway. It's a colour scheme.
Nearly forgot,
Snowflake and Woke.
I actually don't even know what they mean and I don't want to either - I'm never going to use them in conver... Oh crap, now look what this thread has made me do.
A lifetime ban from the moaning old bastards on gravel bikes club? Stoked from the get go!
Are you bored enough?
You lot need to join this Facebook group.
Snowflake and Woke.
I actually don’t even know what they mean
See, I really like those. It's a handy shibboleth that you are in fact talking to a ****.
See also, "triggered," with a Brucie Bonus if it's accompanied by the photo of that little girl who must just love that she's become a meme beloved of bigoted morons.
I love animals. But people talking about their 'fur babies' or trying to rehome pets looking for their 'forever home' just makes me boak.
Starting a sentence with so
Hence why
Cockpit
Colourway
Gotten
People giving human names to their bike or car or any other inanimate object
Smash the like button.
It's on a screen. I do not have the ability to vary the force I might activate it with. Even if I could, why does it need to be smashed?
Swap out
Also, any of the regular STW clique who post on the SKS thread.
Synergise the way forward.
gotten
What possible reason could there be for objecting to this word?
North of (when referring to money etc.)
What’s wrong with ‘gotten’?
It's not British, that's what is wrong with it.
The past tense of get is got.
And yes, can I get is not the same as can I have, in the United Kingdom.
To be honest (liar!)
If that makes sense (no, use the words that do make sense)
So much of the language has been dumbed down by Neighbours, Home and Away and Friends and yet these numbskulls think they're being cool. If we had to source insightful, funny and beautifully obscene language I'd recommend Chaucer, Rabelais, Shakespeare and Joyce. Wot ho!
'Performed faultlessly'
'Capable'
See, I really like those. It’s a handy shibboleth that you are in fact talking to a ****.
You make a valid point there👍. I still hate the use of them though, even if they are a useful bellend identifier.
Redoubling
As in "we're going to redouble our efforts to...(insert impossible target here).
Hard yards. I remember when Francois Pienaar uttered the phrase in (I think) 1995 and suddenly every man and his dog was saying it. Never heard it prior to then, now it seems to be in every sports commentators phrasebook.
Aks instead of ask.
So basically...
Yeah, used as every third word in a sentence (by every 15 year old)
Innit, see also Ennit.
Get me.
Blud.
Fam.
Cuz.
Staaaaaaaaandard.
Oh my days (particular hate that one).
It does change, but not when it doesn’t make any sense. If it makes no sense than we should push back against it!
I bet you're still pushing back at the non-geometrical use of "square" to describe people that aren't "cool", right grandad? And what does bodily temperature have to do with anything, anyway?
🙂
Forgot "medalled"
And aluminum (said as aLOOOminum). Although I begrudgingly concede that the American spelling is actually the correct one. Apparently.
It’s not British, that’s what is wrong with it.
The past tense of get is got.
"Gotten has been in use since the 4th century in Britain and was used by Shakespeare. In Richard III he writes:
With much ado at length have gotten leave,
To look upon my sometimes royal master’s face.
When America was colonized, speakers of English in both the old country and the new country all used gotten. However, over time in Britain the original past participle faded away and was simply replaced by got".
In this case, as in may others, words we perceive to be Americanisms are actually Old English or Elizabethan etc, which have remained in use in the US but fallen out of favour here. Fall for Autumn is another. Bill Bryson's 'Mother Tongue' goes into this a lot. Many 'American' words, phrases and spellings are British English in origin. Maybe they speak better English than we do? I can hear heads exploding all over STW land as I type that!
It’s not British, that’s what is wrong with it.
Completely wrong.
Two choices, when you really mean two options.
Not sure this really counts as it's neither a word nor a phrase but I do hate the upward inflection at the end of a sentence used by some people when attempting to explain anything.
I have a colleague who says he’d like to “circle the wagons” when he wants to meet to discuss a problem. And he likes to get his “arms around the issue”
Many of the colleagues also like a “deep dive” and “granularity in the data” and they always want a response by “close of play” or even “COP”
close of play
Oh yes I hate that. It's not "play" its bloody work. "Close of business" would be just about acceptable but close of play is objectionable.
“Of” instead of “have”
As in “shouldn’t of said it like that”
However, over time in Britain the original past participle faded away and was simply replaced by got”.
Exactly my point. It's not British.
Btw I would find anyone talking in Elizabethan English quite annoying, whatever the entertainment value of Shakespeare.
Also the word “Granularity”,
Ok in science, not ok in business - project managers, I’m looking at you.
Deep dive can get in the sea.
And I'm never joining another organisation that has an onboarding process. I should have followed my gut instinct and run in the opposite direction.
Level Up!
