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What's your least favorite word or phrase?

  • 10-08-2020 3:43pm
    #1
    ilovemuffin
    Registered Users Posts: 21 ✭ilovemuffin


    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?


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Comments

  • #2
    Aint Eazy Being Cheezy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,631 ✭✭✭Aint Eazy Being Cheezy


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


  • #3
    iamstop
    Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 12,528 Mod ✭✭✭✭iamstop


    Snog

    https://open.spotify.com/album/69JKwCcZGdLqX4Upj3DwP7



  • #4
    TheValeyard
    Registered Users Posts: 12,728 ✭✭✭✭TheValeyard


    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

    All eyes on Kursk. Slava Ukraini.



  • #5
    JohnnyFlash
    Registered Users Posts: 7,055 ✭✭✭JohnnyFlash


    Staycation at the moment.


  • #6
    TheValeyard
    Registered Users Posts: 12,728 ✭✭✭✭TheValeyard


    '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.

    All eyes on Kursk. Slava Ukraini.



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  • #7
    EmmetSpiceland
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,016 ✭✭✭✭EmmetSpiceland


    Holibobs.

    “It is not blood that makes you Irish but a willingness to be part of the Irish nation” - Thomas Davis



  • #8
    Sterling Archer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,252 ✭✭✭Sterling Archer


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


  • #9
    RandomViewer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,191 ✭✭✭RandomViewer


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


  • #10
    pgj2015
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,460 ✭✭✭pgj2015


    wine o clock

    sound out


  • #11
    Alexander Fancy Cheek
    Posts: 13,688 ✭✭✭✭ Alexander Fancy Cheek


    Capitalism.


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  • #12
    Wanderer2010
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,742 ✭✭✭Wanderer2010


    Coola boola
    Coolio
    Thats the job


  • #13
    Rodney Bathgate
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,445 ✭✭✭Rodney Bathgate


    cis


  • #14
    Wibbs
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,170 Mod ✭✭✭✭Wibbs


    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
    zombie-attack-plan.jpg

    Rejoice in the awareness of feeling stupid, for that’s how you end up learning new things. If you’re not aware you’re stupid, you probably are.



  • #15
    Uncle Pierre
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,544 ✭✭✭Uncle Pierre


    "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"?


  • #16
    pgj2015
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,460 ✭✭✭pgj2015


    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.


  • #17
    Edgware
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,874 ✭✭✭Edgware


    Staycation..FFS


  • #18
    Harry Palmr
    Closed Accounts Posts: 40,061 ✭✭✭✭Harry Palmr


    Impacted


  • #19
    Plumbthedepths
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,653 ✭✭✭✭Plumbthedepths


    "wash yer hands"

    Reason, that whineline prick says it at every opportunity.


  • #20
    tuisginideach
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,086 ✭✭✭tuisginideach


    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')


  • #21
    Uncle Pierre
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,544 ✭✭✭Uncle Pierre


    pgj2015 wrote: »
    Touch base is even worse, Id be close to throwing up if someone said it.

    Yup, that one is bad too. But I don't think it's as common here yet as that other one, which I can't even bring myself to type again......


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  • #22
    emeldc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,597 ✭✭✭emeldc


    Aint Eazy Being Cheezy wrote: »
    Mother-f*cker. It’s a disgusting horrible choice of word.

    Except when Samuel L Jackson says it :)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJSas8nwnnU


  • #23
    dirkmeister
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,664 ✭✭✭dirkmeister


    Staycation

    Living my best life



    They make my teeth hurt.


  • #24
    pgj2015
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,460 ✭✭✭pgj2015


    dirkmeister wrote: »
    Staycation

    Living my best life



    They make my teeth hurt.

    That is why im not on facebook, id imagine that is here people say $hit like that? they wouldn't say it in person?


  • #25
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 5,311 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    "Aligns with my/our values". Corporate bollocks.


  • #26
    whisky_galore
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,512 ✭✭✭✭whisky_galore


    Sustainable.

    Most overused officespeak bullshıt buzzword now gone mainstream.


  • #27
    Deja Boo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,681 ✭✭✭✭Deja Boo


    Happy Hump Day


    :rolleyes:






    ...really???


  • #28
    ShatterAlan
    Registered Users Posts: 2,807 ✭✭✭ShatterAlan


    Oftentimes




    Do you also say "seldomtimes" to describe a rare occurrence, you fucking spanner?


    Probably.


  • #29
    NomadicGray
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,433 ✭✭✭NomadicGray


    Staycation at the moment


  • #30
    ThewhiteJesus
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,714 ✭✭✭ThewhiteJesus


    The C word,
    anyone who uses it needs a lesson in class


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  • #31
    Immortal Starlight
    Registered Users Posts: 2,148 ✭✭✭Immortal Starlight


    Soiled


  • #32
    touts
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,536 ✭✭✭touts


    Socialism: Means you work hard so others couldn't be arsed.


  • #33
    Alexander Fancy Cheek
    Posts: 13,688 ✭✭✭✭ Alexander Fancy Cheek


    ThewhiteJesus wrote: »
    The C word,
    anyone who uses it needs a lesson in class

    Christ?


  • #34
    coolbeans
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,124 ✭✭✭coolbeans


    Cuck; used by those who can't make a point.


  • #35
    whisky_galore
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,512 ✭✭✭✭whisky_galore


    dirkmeister wrote: »

    Living my best life

    People who say this have "Live, Laugh, Love" in huge letters as part of their home decor.


  • #36
    Sardonicat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,408 ✭✭✭✭Sardonicat


    'Revert back' and 'reach out to'

    If that's how you speak, kindly don't bother.


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  • #37
    NapoleonInRags
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,269 ✭✭✭NapoleonInRags


    Two imports which a scaringly increasing number of people here are using:

    My bad (US)

    and

    Oh my days (UK)


    puke....


  • #38
    garbanzo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 742 ✭✭✭garbanzo


    Like.....yeah....no.... !


  • #39
    pgj2015
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,460 ✭✭✭pgj2015


    Like if said too much by a person is horrendous to listen to.


  • #40
    Littlehorny
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,351 ✭✭✭Littlehorny


    "Happy Holidays!" anyone who says this deserves to be minus a few teeth.


  • #41
    Gregor Samsa
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,088 ✭✭✭Gregor Samsa


    "I want to say..."

    Q: When was the contract signed?
    A: I want to say November?

    Not only did you want to say it, but you did say it. And not only did you say it, but you said it in a way that shows that you don't actually know whether what you said was true or not. So while you pretended to answer the question, what you actually said is "I don't know".


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  • #42
    cannotlogin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,172 ✭✭✭cannotlogin


    "Zara King, Virgin Media News"

    Insufferable!


  • #43
    pgj2015
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,460 ✭✭✭pgj2015


    Uncle Pierre wrote: »
    Yup, that one is bad too. But I don't think it's as common here yet as that other one, which I can't even bring myself to type again......



    I heard it said back in 2015 in Dublin, not sure if it is used much now as im out of the corporate game thankfully.


  • #44
    Rick_Rack
    Registered Users Posts: 46 ✭Rick_Rack


    parabolic


  • #45
    Edgware
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,874 ✭✭✭Edgware


    "We need to"

    Usually said by some Minister for stating the bloody obvious


  • #46
    Littlehorny
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,351 ✭✭✭Littlehorny


    Banter..what an insufferable word mostly used by insufferable people.


  • #47
    EmmetSpiceland
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,016 ✭✭✭✭EmmetSpiceland


    All Lives Matter. A tired “call” by knuckle dragging asshats.

    “It is not blood that makes you Irish but a willingness to be part of the Irish nation” - Thomas Davis



  • #48
    Rodney Bathgate
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,445 ✭✭✭Rodney Bathgate


    EmmetSpiceland wrote: »
    All Lives Matter. A tired “call” by knuckle dragging asshats.

    Well done E, you win the “woke” stakes again today. Have you ever had an original thought or opinion of your own?


  • #49
    RMAOK
    Registered Users Posts: 11,223 ✭✭✭✭RMAOK


    The word "chat" - hate it


  • #50
    Neames
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 953 ✭✭✭Neames


    Moist.


  • #51
    Edgware
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,874 ✭✭✭Edgware


    Neames wrote: »
    Moist.


    Especially if used in a sentence with "gusset"
    e.g. her gusset was quite moist


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