What's your least favorite word or phrase?

completedit · 12-08-2020 11:54pm

Sgt Hartman wrote: »

"The narrative " I'm seeing this literally everywhere these days. Everyone talking about "The narrative "

What's a better way to describe what they're talking about?

Some of the words mentioned here are perfectly acceptable. I get they can annoy you for whatever reason but actually think, what's so annoying about it?

McGinniesta · 13-08-2020 12:08am

It's not so much of a word or expression but the lingo that wine snobs use gets right on my man knockers.

Fruity woody bouquet and all that bollixology.

dog slash is more appropriate

thebronze14 · 13-08-2020 12:16am

Dubs using I was at a hens or a stags....Always plural but don't know why it annoys me. I was at a hen or a stag party sounds better to me!

Errashareesh · 13-08-2020 12:26am

McGinniesta wrote: »

It's not so much of a word or expression but the lingo that wine snobs use gets right on my man knockers.

Fruity woody bouquet and all that bollixology.

dog slash is more appropriate

It tastes like fecking wine and it's gonna get you pissed and barely able to tell what all those "notes" are reminiscent of after a few glasses.

Bob Harris · 13-08-2020 8:08am

completedit wrote: »

What's a better way to describe what they're talking about?

Some of the words mentioned here are perfectly acceptable. I get they can annoy you for whatever reason but actually think, what's so annoying about it?

What did people say before "narrative" because not that long ago you never heard it.

bonzodog2 · 13-08-2020 1:17pm

Edutainment
Mockumentary

etc

Bob Harris · 13-08-2020 10:48pm

'outlier'....heard everywhere now...the word 'exception' is dead it seems.

Potential-Monke · 13-08-2020 11:03pm

boardise wrote: »

Americans use 'coworker' -with no hyphen.Always visually confuses me when I come across it.'
Otherwise we need 'workmate' or 'fellow employee'.

Yeah, coworker to me reads as cow orker, which is both insulting and doesn't make sense. Workmate and fellow employee have a hint of friendship about them, especially workmate, when 99% of the time I wouldn't piss on them if they were on fire. Fellow employee could get you in bother with the non-binary types.

I also don't like it when people use unusual, older or "more intellectual' words for replacing common words. I can't even think of any now, but you know the ones, happens a lot on boards, someone posts a reply and you've to Google a certain word to see if it's an insult or something else. Just reeks of superiority when there's a perfectly acceptable more common and vastly more understood alternative.

Edit: I Googled. It would be like saying the 2 girls in Galway were very doughty for surviving like they did.

tuisginideach · 13-08-2020 11:33pm

I know someone who still talks about people having their own ‘pad’. &#55357;&#56873;

.anon. · 14-08-2020 2:29am

sparkledrum wrote: »

Bye bye bye bye bye

How else are you supposed to end a telephone conversation?

Seamai · 14-08-2020 8:07am

McGinniesta wrote: »

It's not so much of a word or expression but the lingo that wine snobs use gets right on my man knockers.

Fruity woody bouquet and all that bollixology.

dog slash is more appropriate

Man knockers ðŸ˜‚ I like that.

KrustyBurger · 14-08-2020 8:12am

Through the lens/ prism.
Going forward.

Old one back in the FF days was copperfasten. Hate that one.

Seamai · 14-08-2020 8:14am

Cognisent.

It's not so much that the word bothers me, I mainly hear it used in the political sphere by people who are trying to sound more intelligent than they actually are when "know" or "aware" would be fine.

pickarooney · 14-08-2020 9:00am

Sardonicat wrote: »

How on earth can it be grammatically correct? It's using the wrong preposition. It makes as much sense as saying 'speak from' or 'speak at'. You speak 'to' someone 'about' something. It isn't interchangeable. When grammar starts getting hazy so does meaning generally. It's a sign of the times, I think.

'speak to' is a specific phrasal verb meaning to confirm the veracity of a claim. You may not like the expression, you may deride its misuse as in the example above, but you can't just say it's grammatically incorrect.

'Speak from' and 'speak at' are both also perfectly grammatical. 'speak from the heart/podium/position', 'speak at length/a conference/high volume...'

DMcL1971 · 14-08-2020 9:13am

‘You had one job!’

No one’s job consists of only a single action. Just because the result was wrong doesn’t mean there wasn’t a lot of work put into it.

Sam Hain · 14-08-2020 9:20am

Vajankle.

Gamer Bhoy 89 · 14-08-2020 7:31pm

"You're blowin the head off me"

I'm Scottish, and my accent can get to people :pac:

bertiebomber · 14-08-2020 8:11pm

LIKE ( PRONOUNCED LOIKE) YOU KNOW LIKE.LIKE LIKE LIKE

Larbre34 · 14-08-2020 8:38pm

Early doors.

Reach out to (as in get in contact with).

Basically any bullcrap phrases from British or American english adopted by Irish people. Hanging offence.

McGinniesta · 14-08-2020 10:51pm

.anon. wrote: »

How else are you supposed to end a telephone conversation?

say it once then hang up

Macdarack · 14-08-2020 11:03pm

Let's be havin ya
Yo-Yo
Holiyors

McGinniesta · 14-08-2020 11:07pm

Sam Hain wrote: »

Vajankle.

fo shizzle yo

Munstergirl854 · 15-08-2020 9:05am

I think this is a very Irish thing....When someone has a relatively good job and people say " oh he has brains to burn that fella".

Most people just work really hard and consistently to get to where they are,less to do with excess cerebral matter.

surferdudz · 15-08-2020 9:11am

The overuse of "I suppose...
". Listen to any interview/ commentary

Hamsterchops · 17-08-2020 10:17pm

"Have a nice day"

To which I reply with either silence or bye!

It's just too American for me I'm afraid.

Kaybaykwah · 18-08-2020 5:18pm

Hamsterchops wrote: »

"Have a nice day"

To which I reply with either silence or bye!

It's just too American for me I'm afraid.

Setting---Blazing afternoon sun/ Walmart parking lot/ Bubbaville, Arkansas.

Cindy Lou- "Have a nice day Bobby Joe!"

Bobby Joe- "Same to you Cindy Lou!"

Deebles McBeebles · 18-08-2020 5:33pm

Restrictions.

bnt · 18-08-2020 7:43pm

"At the end of the day" ... the sun goes down? :rolleyes:

whisky_galore · 18-08-2020 8:06pm

Roadmap.
Unless referring to the one in the glove compartment.

Sardonicat · 18-08-2020 8:09pm

whisky_galore wrote: »

Roadmap.
Unless referring to the one in the glove compartment.

Yeah. Especially when the said 'roadmap' is more like a broken sat nav "take the next left and drive the country off a cliff "

EmmetSpiceland · 18-08-2020 9:29pm

“Wet” pubs.

StevenToast · 18-08-2020 9:36pm

"Cluster"....unless describing a clusterf*ck...

"The reality of the situation is"
"Kicking the can down the road"
"Literally"
"New norm"

Tony EH · 18-08-2020 9:39pm

Uncle Pierre wrote: »

A horrible, unnecessary, and stupid Americanism.

Pretty much any Americanism is an assault on the ears. That office jargon that masks a lack of knowledge or, even worse, the internet slang terms that become common usage out of the mouths of people over here, some of which I have been guilty of myself I have to admit.

The office nonsense has been around for decades, since the 50's in fact. But the internetisms (<- there's a new word to be fucked off about :pac: ) are an ever changing catalog of inanity that drives me crazy.

One other thing that gets to me, is the habit online that some people have of not spelling out their words. Honestly, I saw a post somewhere yesterday that started with "FWIW, IMHO and AFAIK, blah blah blah...."

and it wasn't done in an "ironic" way either.

Worst thing is, I have also been guilty of using the odd LOL here and there.

:mad:

Tony EH · 18-08-2020 9:43pm

Littlehorny wrote: »

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

I see your Banter and raise you a Bants.

BanananaBread · 18-08-2020 9:57pm

I never realised it was a thing until recently but the phrase "speak to" or "speak into" on work zoom calls.

"Mary, would you like to speak into the 4th point on this slide"

Mind boggling. Maybe it's just my organisation.

Kaybaykwah · 19-08-2020 2:36am

BanananaBread wrote: »

I never realised it was a thing until recently but the phrase "speak to" or "speak into" on work zoom calls.

"Mary, would you like to speak into the 4th point on this slide"

Mind boggling. Maybe it's just my organisation.

How about just: "Mary, would you just speak into the microphone, please?"

Aglomerado · 19-08-2020 7:00am

"Inspo" instead of inspiration.

I weep for humanity. And puke in my mouth a little.

wonga77 · 19-08-2020 8:13am

People that say or write FYI drive me nuts

whisky_galore · 19-08-2020 8:28am

Crossover.

I guess it takes up less space than ugly car/pretend SUV.

waynescales1 · 19-08-2020 3:16pm

"Learnings"

"There are so many unanswered questions with this virus, and the learnings we gain will likely transform..."

Atrocious use of English.

rednoggin · 19-08-2020 3:22pm

"It would be rude not to"

Literally in half of every social media post

murpho999 · 19-08-2020 5:07pm

Awesome. Drives me crazy when people say that

Sheep/sheeple. Seen here and on other internet forums regularly when something becomes popular and poster wants to appear superior.

murpho999 · 19-08-2020 5:14pm

thebronze14 wrote: »

Dubs using I was at a hens or a stags....Always plural but don't know why it annoys me. I was at a hen or a stag party sounds better to me!

But there's usually more than one hen or stag there so makes sense to me.

whisky_galore · 19-08-2020 6:57pm

waynescales1 wrote: »

"Learnings"

"There are so many unanswered questions with this virus, and the learnings we gain will likely transform..."

Atrocious use of English.

Borat standard of English.

What's your least favorite word or phrase?

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