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Using "Sexy" in a business environment that has nothing to do with sex. As in "this is a very sexy proposal for our company". Well, I guess, if ripping people off is what turns you on.

― BrianB (BrianB), Wednesday, 24 December 2003 05:26 (twenty years ago) link

'exact same'.

― luna (luna.c), Wednesday, 24 December 2003 20:47 (twenty years ago) link

"bird" instead of "girl" or "woman". AAAAAARGH.

― Melly E (Melly E), Wednesday, 24 December 2003 21:10 (twenty years ago) link

When people call each other 'babe' and the completely inappropriate use of the word 'literally'. Also can I add at this point, even if it may not be entirely relevant, the unjustifiable grammatical error in Rachael Stevens' song 'Sweet Dreams My LA Ex' : "accuse me of things I never done." And I've listened hard for "I've never done" to try and give her the benefit of the doubt but she doesn't say it.

― barbara wintergreen, Monday, 29 December 2003 18:24 (twenty years ago) link

"Begging the question" and "chomping at the bit." The first is almost always used incorrectly, and the second should be "champing," Goddamn it.

― Salmon Pink (Salmon Pink), Monday, 29 December 2003 20:18 (twenty years ago) link

or "bits"

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Monday, 29 December 2003 20:34 (twenty years ago) link

'any way shape or form'. Most heard in full-media-glare denials of misdeeds. Used by dodgy sportsmen who have been 'coached' by their minders for the occasion. It immediately strips the first dozen layers of credibility from whatever statement is being made.

'poetic justice'. Used by the lazy to describe all 'justice' the speaker approves of, instead of a particular type. The adjective is rendered meaningless.

Agree re 'bird' for woman/girl, and lament its threatened return. Stinks of 'I'm being un-PC, where's my medal?'. Also the C-person uses it, which kinda ends the argument.

― Fred Nerk (Fred Nerk), Monday, 29 December 2003 23:59 (twenty years ago) link

optics

― Mr Noodles (Mr Noodles), Tuesday, 30 December 2003 00:00 (twenty years ago) link

also photonic inplace of optic

― Mr Noodles (Mr Noodles), Tuesday, 30 December 2003 00:10 (twenty years ago) link

"the....(insert superlative)...in pop."

― barbara wintergreen, Tuesday, 30 December 2003 00:19 (twenty years ago) link

To return to the top of the thread, I still after 20 odd years gag on 'outreach' as a VERB....

― Fred Nerk (Fred Nerk), Tuesday, 30 December 2003 00:46 (twenty years ago) link

the mightily empty "i could care less" variant on being unable to do the same

― ermes marana, Tuesday, 30 December 2003 01:47 (twenty years ago) link

one year passes...

People who pronounce the word "presentation" as "PRE-sentation".

― J-rock (Julien Sandiford), Thursday, 18 August 2005 07:29 (eighteen years ago) link

since i was reading some VICIOUS anti- rachael ray sentiment last night and i'm still feelin' the love: "E.V.O.O. EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL"

― s/c (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 18 August 2005 07:32 (eighteen years ago) link

"YUM-O"

― s/c (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 18 August 2005 07:33 (eighteen years ago) link

cf.

― gear (gear), Thursday, 18 August 2005 07:34 (eighteen years ago) link

Also: 'fridge,'

Wait, huh? Fridge is the thing you put food in, whats wrong with it?

― Trayce (trayce), Thursday, 18 August 2005 08:01 (eighteen years ago) link

Saying "it impacted on me" instead of "it had an impact on me"... well that's annoying enough but, just recently, I've heard people say "it impacted me" - which surely would only make sense if the speaker was a molar?

― Diddyismus (Dada), Thursday, 18 August 2005 09:10 (eighteen years ago) link

'fridge,'

I'm picturing him saying things such as "Would you like me to remove another beverage from the refrigerator for you, whilst we watch some association football?"

― Chewshabadoo (Chewshabadoo), Thursday, 18 August 2005 10:29 (eighteen years ago) link

bougie, instead of bourgeois. heard it four times last week.

― naus (Robert T), Thursday, 18 August 2005 10:38 (eighteen years ago) link

"Chav"

― Diddyismus (Dada), Thursday, 18 August 2005 10:39 (eighteen years ago) link

bourgie?

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Thursday, 18 August 2005 10:42 (eighteen years ago) link

"Yes, sir, I am bougie, I am bougie... etc."

― Win A Lie-Down, Mrs. Davies (kate), Thursday, 18 August 2005 10:44 (eighteen years ago) link

"what the...?"

― jimmy glass (electricsound), Thursday, 18 August 2005 10:46 (eighteen years ago) link

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=bougie

― naus (Robert T), Thursday, 18 August 2005 10:53 (eighteen years ago) link

"He's on fire"

As used to describe a footballer running into a streak of good form

― Diddyismus (Dada), Thursday, 18 August 2005 10:57 (eighteen years ago) link

chav, prole, "get one...", but most of all commercials selling relatively expensive goods such as electrcal gubbins, fitted kitchens and the like where people say only "one-nine-nine-nine" instead of "nominally under two thousand quid". do you think not actually saying the proper number is fooling me?!!?!!

― stelf)xxx, Thursday, 18 August 2005 11:01 (eighteen years ago) link

"Raft"

When used in phrases like "a raft of policies" or "a raft of new measures" - why?!?!??!!?

― Diddyismus (Dada), Thursday, 18 August 2005 11:03 (eighteen years ago) link

which surely would only make sense if the speaker was a molar?

Or a colon.

COINKY-DINK, "guestimate," and any time someone ends an interrogative sentence with "at," as in "Where's my keys at?" or "Where's your head at?"

― pullapartgirl (pullapartgirl), Thursday, 18 August 2005 11:22 (eighteen years ago) link

"let's unpack that (concept/policy/statement/generalisation)"

"hating on"

― gem (trisk), Thursday, 18 August 2005 11:23 (eighteen years ago) link

Oh! Oh! This one REALLY annoyed me the other day:

"Action" used as a verb. (Especially with regards to some annoying little thing I had already been doing.) "Can you please action this?" Actually, no I can't. Action is a noun. If you would like me to DO it, then just ask. Argh.

Especially when coming from the same irritating marketing bods who last week asked me to "manage the relationship" with one of our suppliers. Fuck. Right. Off.

― Win A Lie-Down, Mrs. Davies (kate), Thursday, 18 August 2005 11:25 (eighteen years ago) link

oh i used to have a PA in the cubicle next to me for a while that said 'diarise' as in 'sure, john is free on tuesday morning, i'll diarise it'. aaaaarrrrggghh

― gem (trisk), Thursday, 18 August 2005 11:26 (eighteen years ago) link

"Boss"

A term of address directed at Turkish shopkeepers by 13 year old boys and directed by Turkish shopkeepers at everyone else. The most annoying ever.

― Diddyismus (Dada), Thursday, 18 August 2005 11:27 (eighteen years ago) link

I'm not your fucking boss!!!!!!!!!!

― Diddyismus (Dada), Thursday, 18 August 2005 11:28 (eighteen years ago) link

"Madam" when used by shop assistants. This kept happening to me yesterday.

DON'T MADAM ME, YOU LITTLE...!!! OK, according to Watching The English, this means that they have socio-status assessed me as middle class or higher. But it irritates me because it makes me feel old.

― Win A Lie-Down, Mrs. Davies (kate), Thursday, 18 August 2005 11:30 (eighteen years ago) link

i like most of these. i just like variety. i do hate 'action', 'impact on, etc, though.

― N_RQ, Thursday, 18 August 2005 11:30 (eighteen years ago) link

dude, i call people 'boss'.

― g-kit (g-kit), Thursday, 18 August 2005 11:35 (eighteen years ago) link

I don't want you to think that I obsess over it, but "obsessing over something" as opposed to "being obsessed with/about something"

― Diddyismus (Dada), Thursday, 18 August 2005 11:38 (eighteen years ago) link

People saying 'momentarily' when what they mean is 'in a moment'.

'Whilst'

― estela (estela), Thursday, 18 August 2005 11:38 (eighteen years ago) link

oh yeah i fkn hate 'whilst' and 'amongst'.

― N_RQ, Thursday, 18 August 2005 11:39 (eighteen years ago) link

i like whilst too! it's kinda romantic, like 'betwixt'.

― g-kit (g-kit), Thursday, 18 August 2005 11:45 (eighteen years ago) link

'betwexit' is ok, a girl i liked used it instead of between all the time. but whilst can fuck off.

― N_RQ, Thursday, 18 August 2005 11:46 (eighteen years ago) link

"The plane will be taking off momentarily"

"AARRGGHHH!!! I certainly hope it will be taking off longer than that - we're flying to London!"

― Win A Lie-Down, Mrs. Davies (kate), Thursday, 18 August 2005 11:47 (eighteen years ago) link

'betwexit' = betwizzle, obv

― N_RQ, Thursday, 18 August 2005 11:47 (eighteen years ago) link

i bet you all hate 'innit', too. i can't help it! *weeps*

― g-kit (g-kit), Thursday, 18 August 2005 11:48 (eighteen years ago) link

u say innit, only to piss people off, though, geez.

― N_RQ, Thursday, 18 August 2005 11:50 (eighteen years ago) link

everyone on this thread: get one grip

― Britain's Jauntiest Shepherd (Alan), Thursday, 18 August 2005 11:51 (eighteen years ago) link

People who say or write 'cliche' when they mean 'cliched'–it's becoming very common and it really annoys me.

― estela (estela), Thursday, 18 August 2005 11:52 (eighteen years ago) link

everyone on this thread: get one grip

"No can do"

― Diddyismus (Dada), Thursday, 18 August 2005 11:53 (eighteen years ago) link

I agree with the original poster about 'veggies'.

― estela (estela), Thursday, 18 August 2005 11:53 (eighteen years ago) link

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I can't go a day without encountering the word "liminal" and it drives me nuts.

― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 14 April 2024 15:13 (two days ago) link

That's a great word!

― beard papa, Sunday, 14 April 2024 16:37 (two days ago) link

I like it, aesthetically, but I'm pretty tired of encountering it.

― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 14 April 2024 16:39 (two days ago) link

Yeah "liminal" is a word that all of a sudden i started seeing every day.

― Kim Kimberly, Sunday, 14 April 2024 16:41 (two days ago) link

i just played superliminal last week for the first time and i loved it

― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 14 April 2024 16:41 (two days ago) link

i wonder if it's related to everybody being a "switch" nowadays ;)

― budo jeru, Sunday, 14 April 2024 16:44 (two days ago) link

Liminal became an aesthetic identity. It always happens to the best words.

― Jeff, Sunday, 14 April 2024 16:45 (two days ago) link

It's just nice to see that the singer for Kajagoogoo is still the talk of the town.

― Muad'Doob (Moodles), Sunday, 14 April 2024 17:38 (two days ago) link

Umm, he was actually the bass player

― Andy the Grasshopper, Sunday, 14 April 2024 17:40 (two days ago) link

Ha i was thinking earlier this week how liminal has been ruined

― you can see me from westbury white horse, Sunday, 14 April 2024 22:23 (two days ago) link

and 'liminal space' in particular. which doesn't have any good synonyms but now means the creepypasta thing where everything looks like the video to one of moby's ambient tunes

― you can see me from westbury white horse, Sunday, 14 April 2024 22:25 (two days ago) link

except when australians do it! idk why. it just seems so hot and dusty over there they deserve a little fun
It kills me when people say this, as I stare out the window after a week of miserable pissy drizzle and 14C days, th weak watery autumn sun trying its best on grey Melbourne cobbles.

― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Sunday, 14 April 2024 22:52 (two days ago) link

i was purely joking, sounds like you do deserve a little fun though!

― karl...arlk...rlka...lkar..., Sunday, 14 April 2024 23:02 (two days ago) link

“liminal space” synonym is “the backrooms” according to the kids iirc

― Humanitarian Pause (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 14 April 2024 23:38 (two days ago) link

^ yes

I kept getting backrooms stuff on Tik Tok and had to figure out wtf it was supposed to be.

― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Monday, 15 April 2024 09:46 (yesterday) link

The what? What’s the back rooms?

― Piggy Lepton (La Lechera), Monday, 15 April 2024 12:55 (yesterday) link

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Backrooms

― Benson and the Jets (ENBB), Monday, 15 April 2024 12:57 (yesterday) link

John cale to thread

― subpost master (wins), Monday, 15 April 2024 13:00 (yesterday) link

Ah OK like Severance

― kinder, Monday, 15 April 2024 14:42 (yesterday) link

Doesn't annoy me that much except when watching US State Department press conferences (like right now) where absolutely everybody says it every minute or so: "speaks to" instead of "speaks about" or "speaks of".

― My God's got no nose... (Tom D.), Monday, 15 April 2024 17:21 (yesterday) link

It's just nice to see that the singer for Kajagoogoo is still the talk of the town.

the neverending usaaaaage

― soup of magpies (geoffreyess), Monday, 15 April 2024 18:16 (yesterday) link

based on that wikipedia article, I'd identify that backrooms stuff as just yer basic "objective correlative" for a particular kind of dread that has been showing up in post-armageddon films and stories for half a century at least. otherwise known as "here's the church and here's the steeple, open the doors, where are all the people?"

― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Monday, 15 April 2024 18:43 (yesterday) link

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