What's your least favorite word or phrase?

ilovemuffin · 10-08-2020 3:43pm #1

My least favorite phrase of all time is 'brain drain' also known as 'human capital flight'. More reading here:

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

The reason I dislike it, is that it treats humans like livestock and covets their precious brains, but nothing else. Not their character, personality, or their person-hood, just their (often encyclopedic) accumulation of knowledge.

A person is well within their right to emigrate and scout for positions in other countries. They shouldn't have to pledge an allegiance to the country that educated them. After-all, why educate in a certain field if there's no job guaranteed after, and people are forced to emigrate?

Aint Eazy Being Cheezy · 10-08-2020 3:44pm

Mother-f*cker. It’s a disgusting horrible choice of word.

iamstop · 10-08-2020 3:47pm

Snog

TheValeyard · 10-08-2020 3:48pm

Aint Eazy Being Cheezy wrote: »

Mother-f*cker. It’s a disgusting horrible choice of word.

Made a great bad guy in Kick Ass 2 though

JohnnyFlash · 10-08-2020 3:48pm

Staycation at the moment.

TheValeyard · 10-08-2020 3:50pm

'were all in the same boat'

Would ya fcuk off. Some people are on private super cruisers while the rest are clinging to life rafts.

EmmetSpiceland · 10-08-2020 3:58pm

Holibobs.

Sterling Archer · 10-08-2020 3:59pm

Prick ... Not sure why as I swear like a sailor but find that highly offensive

RandomViewer · 10-08-2020 4:00pm

Going forward, we are where we are, basically anything Biffo ever said

pgj2015 · 10-08-2020 4:03pm

wine o clock

sound out

10-08-2020 4:07pm

Capitalism.

Wanderer2010 · 10-08-2020 4:22pm

Coola boola
Coolio
Thats the job

Rodney Bathgate · 10-08-2020 4:23pm

cis

Wibbs · 10-08-2020 5:05pm

ilovemuffin wrote: »

My least favorite phrase of all time is 'brain drain' also known as 'human capital flight'. More reading here:

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

The reason I dislike it, is that it treats humans like livestock and covets their precious brains, but nothing else. Not their character, personality, or their person-hood, just their (often encyclopedic) accumulation of knowledge.

Bwaiiiinssss

Uncle Pierre · 10-08-2020 5:10pm

"Reached out to".

A horrible, unnecessary, and stupid Americanism.

I grimace very time I read "we reached out to .........". What's wrong with just saying "we contacted"?

pgj2015 · 10-08-2020 5:11pm

Uncle Pierre wrote: »

"Reached out to".

A horrible, unnecessary, and stupid Americanism.

I grimace very time I read "we reached out to .........". What's wrong with just saying "we contacted"?

Touch base is even worse, Id be close to throwing up if someone said it.

Edgware · 10-08-2020 5:11pm

Staycation..FFS

Harry Palmr · 10-08-2020 5:13pm

Impacted

Plumbthedepths · 10-08-2020 5:14pm

"wash yer hands"

Reason, that whineline prick says it at every opportunity.

tuisginideach · 10-08-2020 5:14pm

ec cetera (instead of et cetera)

going forward (instead of in the future)

meeting with (instead of meeting)

hoi polloi (when used incorrectly. It means 'the common people/great unwashed/ the masses'; it does not mean 'the high and mighty')