Commonly used terms you can't stand

Grab All Association · 09-02-2018 04:35AM

Selfie. We had at least 8 years of people uploading photos to MySpace and Bebo before some Australian douche penned that word.

It’s the dredge. Journal.ie “journalists” use this term a lot. Wtf does that even mean?

Social media. Some mid aged quango biddy who’s part of the golden circle comes on Rté and uses this term when describing social network platforms like Facebook and/or Twitter.

mikemac2 · 09-02-2018 04:38AM

Six of one, half a dozen of the other

Cookie_Monster · 09-02-2018 05:06AM

prinzeugen wrote: »

Experience.

I would love to meet the hipster corporate twat or twats that decided that to describe everything we do as a bloody "experience".

Its only in the past 2-3 years that this crap caught on.

You " experience" a shop or a bank now rather than visit, use or shop in one.

You "experience" a hotel rather than stay in one.

The terms we once used like shopping, banking, visiting, staying, browsing, traveling, service etc, etc have all been replaced by the word "experience".

Its even in job titles as well. " Brand experience manager"... In charge of the customer service desk in a shop.

it's because bricks and mortar store need to make it a thing now to survive with online shopping. the only reason you go to a store and not buy a thing online is for the experience don'tcha know.

mrslancaster · 09-02-2018 05:09AM

supermarket ads & people who say 'kay-jees' for kgs.

kilograms or kilos seems to work fine in other countries & afair in the past we didn't say 'elle-bees' for lbs, we said pounds. ��

gazzer · 09-02-2018 05:39AM

Don't know why but I cringe every time I hear the word "diaspora"

twignme · 09-02-2018 05:40AM

Text me in. Mostly heard on the radio.
Journey.

prinzeugen · 09-02-2018 05:43AM

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

it's because bricks and mortar store need to make it a thing now to survive with online shopping. the only reason you go to a store and not buy a thing online is for the experience don'tcha know.

Its not just bricks and mortar places. Its 99% of websites as well.

They have a wee pop up about cookies and its all to do with improving our "experience"
(once called a visit) allegedly.

queueeye · 09-02-2018 07:58AM

Zeitgeist.

Its impossible to hear someone say it and not think they're a pretentious wanker.

Irish Guitarist · 09-02-2018 08:03AM

The word 'hack' in place of the word 'tip'. It's usually accompanied by the sentence "things you're doing wrong". In an article titled something like "Try these simple breakfast hacks" you'll be told to place your toaster on its side and put a slice of bread with some cheese in it. That's not a 'hack', it's sheer stupidity. You could end up with your cheese on toast being thrown on the floor, or even worse your toaster being destroyed by melted cheese. And, no, putting a slice of bread with grated cheese under the grill isn't 'doing it wrong'.

Another 'thing you're doing wrong' is that one about peeling a banana from the other end. Why exactly is it wrong? What benefit does peeling it from the opposite end provide?

Ash.J.Williams · 09-02-2018 08:17AM

There's definitely such thing as snowflakes

Igotadose · 09-02-2018 08:20AM

Very unique.

Jayesdiem · 09-02-2018 08:23AM

He was the life and soul of the party

De Bhál · 09-02-2018 08:28AM

I think I'll have a sneaky...

sligojoek · 09-02-2018 09:24AM

Work-life balance

jojofizzio · 09-02-2018 09:30AM

“In terms of”....my boss...in ..every...sentence &#55357;&#56865;

Jerichoholic · 09-02-2018 10:08AM

"Guys"

Hi guys. Ok Guys. What's up Guys?

Guys?

PandaPoo · 09-02-2018 10:09AM

Irish Guitarist wrote: »

Another 'thing you're doing wrong' is that one about peeling a banana from the other end. Why exactly is it wrong? What benefit does peeling it from the opposite end provide?

I think it's much better! Sometimes my bananas are too ripe so I try to peel it from the normal end but it just bends. The other end is so much easier. You pinch, it opens, you take that nasty black thing off and boom you're good to go.

Boom being used as I did above really annoys me

Bob Harris · 09-02-2018 10:19AM

The word tush or tushy. Fuckin' hate them.

Jerichoholic · 09-02-2018 10:21AM

Lit

Cee-Jay-Cee · 09-02-2018 10:28AM

BuilderPlumber wrote: »

Usually mentioned along with the term snowflake. This term is often used by bullies and the like to degrade people who are more sensitive than them. When applied to a whole generation, this is not pleasant. People like Bill Cullen from an older generation tend to think the younger generation has it softer when in fact each generation brings its own problems and no generation is perfect.

Snowflakes are not people who are genuinely more sensitive than others, they're idiots who chose to be offended by anything and everything just to appear sensitive but in reality these people are so thick and stupid that they have no idea what they feel about anything. In most cases their parents are to blame, they have brought them up wrapped in cotton wool, over protected them and led them to believe that anyone or anything that goes against their views/feelings are to be avoided. It is a perfect term for these idiots and I will continue to use it when appropriate.

Solomon Pleasant · 09-02-2018 10:36AM

The vast majority of that self-promotional BS which is so prevalent on Linked-In. I’m not sure why, but it just reeks of verbal diarrhoea.
I’ve actually felt embarrassed for people when I read some of the things on it.

Rubberlegs · 09-02-2018 10:44AM

Keep calm and anything that follows can fcuk off.
Anything being described as "lush "
When an outfit is described as taking you from "work to play" makes me want to vomit.

CrankyHaus · 09-02-2018 11:00AM

Woke.

A label to distinguish between those who match your precise ideological prescriptions and the unbelievers who are to be shunned.

It's Orwellian. Identical really to the East German label of "politically correct" (Which was different to our modern use of the term politically correct which is far more benign, and usually refers to minimum standards of treating others with basic equal respect).

_Dara_ · 09-02-2018 11:00AM

Jayesdiem wrote: »

He was the life and soul of the party

“She had a smile that lit up a room.” Nobody better fucking say that at my funeral.

Jerichoholic · 09-02-2018 11:03AM

Solomon Pleasant wrote: »

The vast majority of that self-promotional BS which is so prevalent on Linked-In. I’m not sure why, but it just reeks of verbal diarrhoea.
I’ve actually felt embarrassed for people when I read some of the things on it.

It's the cringiest thing ever made. I refuse to have anything to do with it.

i71jskz5xu42pb · 09-02-2018 11:03AM

Ludikrus wrote: »

110%

More generally, startup jargon/Americanisms - "on fire", "lit", "crushing it", "killing it", just makes me cringe for the person using it.

Limmy could do this whole thread

Jerichoholic · 09-02-2018 11:04AM

Limmy is right about everything.

jimgoose · 09-02-2018 11:06AM

Solomon Pleasant wrote: »

The vast majority of that self-promotional BS which is so prevalent on Linked-In. I’m not sure why, but it just reeks of verbal diarrhoea.
I’ve actually felt embarrassed for people when I read some of the things on it.

Mike McGann a.k.a. Mike Winnett is a great antidote to some of that crapola, he's a sort of Godfrey Elfwick of LinkedIn. :pac:

jimgoose · 09-02-2018 11:07AM

CrankyHaus wrote: »

...refers to minimum standards of treating others with basic equal respect).

You are of course aware that there are those who would define "woke" very similarly, i.e. as "awareness of minimum standards of treating others with basic equal respect"?

_Dara_ · 09-02-2018 11:12AM

Omackeral wrote: »

Yeah, I’ve got that in the past. I’m thinking “Everything happens for a reason, eh? So there’s a reason I have cancer in my spine and a soft organ? I... see.” whilst nodding at them with my eyelids at half-mast and lips slightly pursed.

It’s a truly mindless expression that people should think twice before using.

Commonly used terms you can't stand

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