What words should be banned?

Seamai · 13-06-2020 01:05PM

"SO" When using it at the start of of a sentence, when did that become a thing? Tony Holohan and a few of his colleagues at the DOH press briefings seem to be incapable of starting a reply to a question without "So"
I called a company recently and got a recorded message starting "So, you have reached *******& Co." WTF!

Seamai · 13-06-2020 01:06PM

fonecrusher1 wrote: »

Its better than "MOM".

Mummy's a bit precious too, my own mother, hates it, not that pushed on mum either so we always go out of our way to find cards saying Mam or Mammy.

fonecrusher1 · 13-06-2020 01:22PM

Seamai wrote: »

Mummy's a bit precious too, my own mother, hates it, not that pushed on mum either so we always go out of our way to find cards saying Mam or Mammy.

Yeah but at least mum, mam, mammy is Irish. When did people here start saying mom ffs. Hey MOM did you see my sneakers and I can't find my sweater. Soda.... soda? Like baking soda? Oh you mean a fizzy drink. Cop on.

When did all this American sh!te sneak into common parlance here?

Rodney Bathgate · 13-06-2020 01:22PM

Cis

Flickerfusion · 13-06-2020 01:26PM

Going forward

In multiple geographies

Ticking all the boxes

All the annoying business phrases that have slipped into real life.

completedit · 13-06-2020 01:29PM

Barnet. Such an annoying word

Seamai · 13-06-2020 01:32PM

fonecrusher1 wrote: »

Yeah but at least mum, mam, mammy is Irish. When did people here start saying mom ffs. Hey MOM did you see my sneakers and I can't find my sweater. Soda.... soda? Like baking soda? Oh you mean a fizzy drink. Cop on.

When did all this American sh!te sneak into common parlance here?

I hate MOM with a vengeance, have a friend from Kerry that uses it, sounds even more ridiculous in a Kerry accent.

Rodney Bathgate · 13-06-2020 01:35PM

It is strange how so many seemingly rational people have such a problem with how someone else refers to or addresses their mother.

Seamai · 13-06-2020 01:41PM

Rodney Bathgate wrote: »

It is strange how so many seemingly rational people have such a problem with how someone else refers to or addresses their mother.

Well often it's the mother herself who will dictate what they liked to be called. We always called my grandmothers granny or gran when we got older, some of my cousins started calling one nanny but she was having none of it. She used to say "A nanny is a female goat, they smell, don't call me that"

13-06-2020 01:51PM

"Life hack"

Gerry T · 13-06-2020 01:52PM

Seamai wrote:

"SO" When using it at the start of of a sentence, when did that become a thing? Tony Holohan and a few of his colleagues at the DOH press briefings seem to be incapable of starting a reply to a question without "So" I called a company recently and got a recorded message starting "So, you have reached *******& Co." WTF!

I do that all the time, I might read a message before sending, if I see the "so" I remove it, annoys me too !

CosmicFool · 13-06-2020 02:00PM

Rodney Bathgate wrote: »

Cis

Beat me to it

Gregor Samsa · 13-06-2020 02:07PM

Seamai wrote: »

"SO" When using it at the start of of a sentence, when did that become a thing?

“Become a thing?”

A thing is a physical object. A linguistic concept, in this case the filler “so”, can’t be a thing.

BorneTobyWilde · 13-06-2020 02:08PM

The word '' black'' to describe people in US. African Americans are very light skinned compared in reality. Compared to parts of African that have never seen a caucasian person.

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Alf Veedersane · 13-06-2020 02:13PM

Guesstimate.

You can't have it both ways. Pick one.

13-06-2020 02:13PM

fonecrusher1 wrote: »

Yeah but at least mum, mam, mammy is Irish. When did people here start saying mom ffs. Hey MOM did you see my sneakers and I can't find my sweater. Soda.... soda? Like baking soda? Oh you mean a fizzy drink. Cop on.

When did all this American sh!te sneak into common parlance here?

Mum is a bit too British.

Rodney Bathgate · 13-06-2020 02:17PM

BorneTobyWilde wrote: »

The word '' black'' to describe people in US. African Americans are very light skinned compared in reality. Compared to parts of African that have never seen a caucasian person.

America has both with all the variations in between those extremes. Apparently the lighter skinned black people (like the first photo) can experience prejudice from the darker skinned black people.

Gregor Samsa · 13-06-2020 02:21PM

Rodney Bathgate wrote: »

America has both with all the variations in between those extremes. Apparently the lighter skinned black people (like the first photo) can experience prejudice from the darker skinned black people.

I think the poster just wanted to post the photos.

The Tetrarch · 13-06-2020 02:22PM

the likes of
Y'know (GAA speak)

Mattdhg · 13-06-2020 02:27PM

Rodney Bathgate wrote: »

America has both with all the variations in between those extremes. Apparently the lighter skinned black people (like the first photo) can experience prejudice from the darker skinned black people.

Yeah, someone described as "high yellow" (fairly sure its a derogatory term btw) is light skinned enough to pass for white but they have black parents/grand parents somewhere in the mix. Its pretty sad because theyre seen as neither black nor white, and so don't fully belong in either community/face racism for it from both sides.

tayto lover · 13-06-2020 02:38PM

Millennials. Detest that word but don’t really know why.

Oh and also “Your round” even though there’s two words in it.

rosmatt · 13-06-2020 02:52PM

I use Mom and I am called Mom by my kids because that is the Irish for Mother.

I'm gobsmacked by people who think it's an American thing.

And we do NOT use Mum in Ireland - that's British.

Rodney Bathgate · 13-06-2020 02:57PM

Gregor Samsa wrote: »

I think the poster just wanted to post the photos.

Well the first lady is pretty stunning (in my opinion) so I won’t complain.

marklazarcovic · 13-06-2020 03:30PM

influencer

13-06-2020 03:34PM

black,
lives,
matter.

whisky_galore · 13-06-2020 03:44PM

Frontline "heroes".

Fair enough for HSE staff actually caring for sick but it is such a throwaway term, even a drain unblocker or a burger flipper at Maccas is a "hero" now.

Hamsterchops · 13-06-2020 04:22PM

rosmatt wrote: »

I use Mom and I am called Mom by my kids because that is the Irish for Mother.

I'm gobsmacked by people who think it's an American thing.

And we do NOT use Mum in Ireland - that's British.

That's quite a statement, but it's not true.

My Mother is my Mum, my wife is Mum/ Mummy to our children, and most of their school friends are Mums to their children too...
On saying that, we have noticed a bit of MoM creeping into the what's app groups in recent years :cool:

That whole Irish Mammy thing annoys me.
Hope you're listening Ryan Tubridy.

Rodney Bathgate · 13-06-2020 04:25PM

whisky_galore wrote: »

Frontline "heroes".

Fair enough for HSE staff actually caring for sick but it is such a throwaway term, even a drain unblocker or a burger flipper at Maccas is a "hero" now.

Anyone who works with burgers is a hero in my book.

biko · 13-06-2020 04:30PM

"Challenge" when you're too PC to say "Problem".

JoannieG · 13-06-2020 04:37PM

Utilise. What's wrong with "use"?

What words should be banned?

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