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My new most hated phrase.

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    #62
    El_Duderino 09
    Registered Users Posts: 19,967 ✭✭✭✭El_Duderino 09


    whisky_galore wrote: »
    Mostly used in the business world by types who like to sound more intelligent than they really are by parroting these phrases they heard in a management course. They're David Brent style clichés.

    It never occurred to me that they wanted to sound intelligent. It just seems like the 'in-group' term. It's a business term, so when used in work it's perfectly understood.


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    #63
    mojesius
    Registered Users Posts: 4,322 ✭✭✭mojesius


    Pissy pubs


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    #64
    whisky_galore
    Registered Users Posts: 15,770 ✭✭✭✭whisky_galore


    El_Duderino 09 wrote: »
    It never occurred to me that they wanted to sound intelligent. It just seems like the 'in-group' term. It's a business term, so when used in work it's perfectly understood.

    It's a load of ****, used by ****.


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    #65
    El_Duderino 09
    Registered Users Posts: 19,967 ✭✭✭✭El_Duderino 09


    whisky_galore wrote: »
    It's a load of ****, used by ****.

    LOL. OK. As long as you're happy

    I can't bring myself to get cross about it


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    #66
    Seamai
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,250 ✭✭✭Seamai


    ThewhiteJesus wrote: »
    Drill down or worse still my bad !

    Well at least "Drill down" describes what someone is doing and makes sense but "My Bad" makes my blood boil.


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    #67
    Riddle101
    Registered Users Posts: 8,380 ✭✭✭Riddle101


    Make America Great Again
    MAGA


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    #68
    SB71
    Closed Accounts Posts: 297 ✭✭SB71


    staycation, jesus a god awful phrase, it's a weekend away or holiday at home none of which interest me either asyou pay a fortune then it rains!!


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    #69
    odyssey06
    Registered Users Posts: 27,956 ✭✭✭✭odyssey06


    SB71 wrote: »
    staycation, jesus a god awful phrase, it's a weekend away or holiday at home none of which interest me either asyou pay a fortune then it rains!!

    Staycation fits in a headline, tweet or link title.
    Its that simple why these words catch on.
    One word beats a phrase every time.

    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



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    #70
    ThewhiteJesus
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,714 ✭✭✭ThewhiteJesus


    when people say go on before they say goodbye on a phonecall,
    go on, go on i'll fking go on when i want !


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    #71
    Kilboor
    Registered Users Posts: 1,224 ✭✭✭Kilboor


    Heard the word Holibops on the radio last week...

    Still frown every time I think of it


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    #72
    D3V!L
    Registered Users Posts: 2,923 ✭✭✭D3V!L


    Kilboor wrote: »
    Heard the word Holibops on the radio last week...

    Still frown every time I think of it

    I'm actually embarrassed for you for hearing that phrase. :o


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    #73
    kevcos
    Registered Users Posts: 220 ✭✭kevcos


    I'm sure calling them Wet Pubs is cultural appropriation, possibly even appropriated from the very same cultural from whence it came.


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    #74
    storker
    Registered Users Posts: 5,644 ✭✭✭storker


    whisky_galore wrote: »
    Mostly used in the business world by types who like to sound more intelligent than they really are by parroting these phrases they heard in a management course. They're David Brent style clichés.

    It's OK if it's the Four Tops saying it. :D


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    #75
    dxhound2005
    Registered Users Posts: 20,538 ✭✭✭✭dxhound2005


    SB71 wrote: »
    staycation, jesus a god awful phrase, it's a weekend away or holiday at home none of which interest me either asyou pay a fortune then it rains!!

    It's perfectly good at conveying its meaning. Just like thousands of other words which come into the language as it evolves. Internet (International + Network), Smog (Smoke + Fog), Motorcycle (Motorised + Bicycle) and Breathalyser (Breath + Analyser).


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    #76
    ShatterAlan
    Registered Users Posts: 2,807 ✭✭✭ShatterAlan


    Potential-Monke wrote: »
    A quick Google shows it's a pub with a sink behind the bar, whereas a pub with no sink behind the bar is a dry-pub. So still doesn't make sense. It's bastardised to mean pubs that only serve drink (wet), compared to those who serve food (dry(?) products).


    I don't think I've ever been in a pub without a sink behind the bar. Frequesntly if I'm gasping with the thirst and go for a pint I'll preface my first pint with a glass of water with ice and down it in one. It's always poured from a tap at the bar.


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    #77
    Randy Archer
    Registered Users Posts: 859 ✭✭✭Randy Archer


    “Literally” - do I really need to explain that one ?

    “Fun fact” - very annoying Americanism ,often uttered by a “dork” before an unintentional Ill informed statement

    “ #Me too”
    “#i believe her” - so much for due process

    “Stupid idiot” - what ? There’s different types of idiot?


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    #78
    Kilboor
    Registered Users Posts: 1,224 ✭✭✭Kilboor


    Randy Archer wrote: »
    “Literally” - do I really need to explain that one ?

    “Fun fact” - very annoying Americanism ,often uttered by a “dork” before an unintentional Ill informed statement

    “ #Me too”
    “#i believe her” - so much for due process

    “Stupid idiot” - what ? There’s different types of idiot?

    Fun fact you're literally a stupid idiot #MeToo


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    #79
    imme
    Registered Users Posts: 3,200 ✭✭✭imme


    Kilboor wrote: »
    Heard the word Holibops on the radio last week...

    Still frown every time I think of it

    I don't use the term holibops but I do like to hear it as we all know what it means, good times:D



    I hate the phrase that something "dropped", or waiting for something to drop, it is discusting.


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    #80
    Badly Drunk Boy
    Registered Users Posts: 6,457 ✭✭✭Badly Drunk Boy


    "Hurt on".

    "Woke" but not like having arisen from unconsciousness. ;)
    Gregor Samsa wrote: »
    Didn’t we just have this thread?

    We always have this thread. :D


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    #81
    irishblessing
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 962 ✭✭✭irishblessing


    WAP

    Wet as$ pubs :pac:


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    #82
    CiarraiManc
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 204 ✭✭CiarraiManc


    agreed i can't remove the image of someone taking a piss in the floor when i hear wet pub


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    #83
    Blondini
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,480 ✭✭✭Blondini


    Wet pubs will remain closed because of the uptick in cases.

    UPTICK, FCUCKING UPTICK.

    Where did this shiit come from suddenly? What's wrong with the word "increase" ?

    Bastaards.


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    #84
    Quantum Erasure
    Registered Users Posts: 8,175 ✭✭✭Quantum Erasure


    "lived experience"


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    #85
    gozunda
    Registered Users Posts: 18,996 ✭✭✭✭gozunda


    "Wild swimming" used to describe going for a dip in the sea

    :rolleyes:


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    #86
    banie01
    Registered Users Posts: 16,485 ✭✭✭✭banie01


    Ten of Swords wrote: »
    Should be replaced with Moist Pubs

    Imagine having a predicted text 'mare and inviting all your mates for a drink down your moist pubes!!!


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    #87
    whisky_galore
    Registered Users Posts: 15,770 ✭✭✭✭whisky_galore


    "Rescue Dog"

    When I heard this first, i thought it was a dog that rescued people.


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    #88
    McGinniesta
    Registered Users Posts: 4,402 ✭✭✭McGinniesta


    Flatten the curve is another rather annoying phrase


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    #89
    dxhound2005
    Registered Users Posts: 20,538 ✭✭✭✭dxhound2005


    Blondini wrote: »
    Wet pubs will remain closed because of the uptick in cases.

    UPTICK, FCUCKING UPTICK.

    Where did this shiit come from suddenly? What's wrong with the word "increase" ?

    Bastaards.

    There has been an upswing in the usage of uptick. I'm upbeat about the new usages in language, keeps things from going stale. But of course I'm not happy about the upsurge in virus numbers.


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    #90
    PhilOssophy
    Registered Users Posts: 2,114 ✭✭✭PhilOssophy


    Could we all agree on un-dry pubs?


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    #91
    odyssey06
    Registered Users Posts: 27,956 ✭✭✭✭odyssey06


    PhilOssophy wrote: »
    Could we all agree on un-dry pubs?

    Boozers?
    Bars?

    "To follow knowledge like a sinking star..." (Tennyson's Ulysses)



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