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My new most hated phrase.

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  • #52
    whisky_galore
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,528 ✭✭✭✭whisky_galore


    odyssey06 wrote: »
    Roadmaps and new normal been knocking around for at least a decade...
    Dont think you can pin that one on NPHET.

    And we all know who to blame for cocooning... you know, the same people who made Steve Guttenburg a star...

    The only roadmap I know of is in the glove compartment. Never heard of new normal before the covid shıtshow.


  • #53
    El_Duderino 09
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,557 ✭✭✭✭El_Duderino 09


    bucketybuck wrote: »
    I thought the purpose of language was communication?

    If everybody knows exactly what is meant by the term "Wet pubs" then what exactly is the problem?

    Same as that. If you use a term in common use then it creates confusion because the term has 2 common meanings. If you use an analogy like a cocoon, then the meaning and the imagery are strong and clear.

    I don't get upset by language changing while I'm use it. Language changed before I started using it and that doesn't annoy me, and language will continue to change after I'm finished using it and that doesn't annoy me either.


  • #54
    El_Duderino 09
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,557 ✭✭✭✭El_Duderino 09


    BattleCorp wrote: »
    My pet peeve is the phrase 'Reach Out' as in "Reach out to me" or "I reached out to him/her". Fcuk off.

    What should they say? "I initiated communication with them"?


  • #55
    PhilOssophy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,114 ✭✭✭PhilOssophy


    Wet pubs became a phrase when somebody heard of the wet markets in Wuhan. Never heard the term before and also used as a sort of boogeyman term for those evil pubs serving only drink....


  • #56
    BattleCorp
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,789 ✭✭✭✭BattleCorp


    El_Duderino 09 wrote: »
    What should they say? "I initiated communication with them"?

    I phoned them/emailed them etc. Give me a call etc.

    Reach out sounds sh1te, to me anyway.


  • #57
    ThewhiteJesus
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,714 ✭✭✭ThewhiteJesus


    Drill down or worse still my bad !


  • #58
    El_Duderino 09
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,557 ✭✭✭✭El_Duderino 09


    BattleCorp wrote: »
    I phoned them/emailed them etc. Give me a call etc.

    Reach out sounds sh1te, to me anyway.

    It's just another way of saying the same thing though, isn't it?

    It's not a phrase I use but I'd like to know why these things annoy people so much.


  • #59
    ThewhiteJesus
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,714 ✭✭✭ThewhiteJesus


    El_Duderino 09 wrote: »
    It's just another way of saying the same thing though, isn't it?

    It's not a phrase I use but I'd like to know why these things annoy people so much.

    I can't answer for Battlecorp but to me it immediately tells me the person is up their own a*se, pretentious ect .


  • #60
    El_Duderino 09
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,557 ✭✭✭✭El_Duderino 09


    ThewhiteJesus wrote: »
    I can't answer for Battlecorp but to me it immediately tells me the person is up their own a*se, pretentious ect .

    I think most people I hear use these phrases are just using the popular term that gets their point across.


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  • #61
    whisky_galore
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,528 ✭✭✭✭whisky_galore


    El_Duderino 09 wrote: »
    It's just another way of saying the same thing though, isn't it?

    It's not a phrase I use but I'd like to know why these things annoy people so much.

    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.


  • #62
    El_Duderino 09
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,557 ✭✭✭✭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.


  • #63
    mojesius
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,362 ✭✭✭mojesius


    Pissy pubs


  • #64
    whisky_galore
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,528 ✭✭✭✭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 ****.


  • #65
    El_Duderino 09
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,557 ✭✭✭✭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


  • #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, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,442 ✭✭✭Riddle101


    Make America Great Again
    MAGA


  • #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!!


  • #69
    odyssey06
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,278 ✭✭✭✭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)



  • #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 !


  • #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, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,958 ✭✭✭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


  • #73
    kevcos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 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.


  • #74
    storker
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,688 ✭✭✭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


  • #75
    dxhound2005
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,416 ✭✭✭✭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).


  • #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.


  • #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?


  • #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


  • #79
    imme
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 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.


  • #80
    Badly Drunk Boy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,709 ✭✭✭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


  • #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


  • #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.


  • #84
    Quantum Erasure
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,782 ✭✭✭Quantum Erasure


    "lived experience"


  • #85
    gozunda
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,996 ✭✭✭✭gozunda


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

    :rolleyes:


  • #86
    banie01
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,943 ✭✭✭✭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!!!


  • #87
    whisky_galore
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,528 ✭✭✭✭whisky_galore


    "Rescue Dog"

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


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


    Flatten the curve is another rather annoying phrase


  • #89
    dxhound2005
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,416 ✭✭✭✭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.


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


    Could we all agree on un-dry pubs?


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  • #91
    odyssey06
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32,278 ✭✭✭✭odyssey06


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

    Boozers?
    Bars?

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



  • #92
    Seamai
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,250 ✭✭✭Seamai


    POTUS was bad enough but I came across FLOTUS (First Lady) a few weeks ago, that really took the biscuit.


  • #93
    Infernum
    Closed Accounts Posts: 249 ✭✭Infernum


    I keep misreading it as 'wet pubes'
    I should probably keep doing that. It sounds more rational at least.


  • #94
    Infernum
    Closed Accounts Posts: 249 ✭✭Infernum


    Seamai wrote: »
    POTUS was bad enough but I came across FLOTUS (First Lady) a few weeks ago, that really took the biscuit.

    Them Flotus biscuits are actually quite nice!


  • #95
    El_Duderino 09
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,557 ✭✭✭✭El_Duderino 09


    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.

    It's a word that describes a sharp increase when looking at a line graph. And since there are loads of stats and graphs and figures around COVID, it's probably fair enough to use the term uptick as it's both brief and descriptive. It's shorter and contains more specific description than the word "increase"


  • #96
    Quantum Erasure
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,782 ✭✭✭Quantum Erasure


    there's been a noticeable uptick in the use of graphs....


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  • #97
    littlevillage
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,182 ✭✭✭littlevillage


    You can't fail me now


  • #98
    Hamsterchops
    Registered Users Posts: 3,281 ✭✭✭Hamsterchops


    Imagine if they did away with wet pubs, permanently!
    ... there wouldn't be a dry eye in the house ;)

    'Wet pubs' is a stupid name anyway.


  • #99
    Dempo1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 27,024 ✭✭✭✭Dempo1


    Roadmap
    Wet Pubs
    Our People
    Stimulus
    Level 2 & A Bit
    We're in this Together
    Pent up demand (wtf is that exactly)

    Is maith an scáthán súil charad.




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