What words / phrases don't you like?

[[FnG]magnolia]

'Perpendicular to my requirements' is just an obtuse and bad way of saying "no" without having the balls to just say "no". It sounds like badword from a film but I have experienced it in the real life.

 

[Stu999]

“Muriel” instead of mural. Did you go to school?

 

[Mobius 1]

When people say they’re “out out”

 

[Stu999]

When people say they’re “out out”

1:26

 

[iron_monkey]

"I'm here for this" yeah no **** you are.

 

[throwaway4372]

another one came up today:

"by enlarge"

'By and large' - the meaning and origin of this phrase

The meaning and origin of the phrase 'By and large'.

www.phrases.org.uk

 

[Pawnless Endgame]

Pre-prepared....!!

It's like pre-heat the oven to 200C in cooking instructions. Just say - heat the oven to 200C, then bung yer shizz in

ATM machine.

Agreed on 2 points here. AT-machine-machine (like PI-number-number), and also the term ATM itself. I prefer cash point as that's what I've always knew them as before the Americanism started making its way over the pond.

"sick" (i.e. that's amazing/great)

I don't mind that actually. I still use "wickiiiiiiiiiiiid!" from the early 90s.

Emails that start with 'I'm reaching out'

I despise emails that start with "I hope this email finds you well." It boils my ****.

People talking about WiFi when they actually mean the internet connection.

Yeah, the same crowd that says I either have a PC (implying a desktop) or a laptop, when in fact both machines can be PCs, unless one of them is an Apple Mac

Red sauce - it’s ketchup.

People who pronounce broccoli as broc-o-lie. It’s broc-o-lee

+1 on ketchup and +1 on broc-o-lee.

The acronym "GOAT" which has inexplicably become cool in recent years. It's not only that idiots often hyperbolically/erroneously apply the term to concepts that are inherently subjective, but also that it's frequently used in the most nonsensical ways. "This bowl of Weetabix is goat, fam". Er, what?

I did look up GOAT and got the answer but I have already forgotten what it means! I know it's gaming-related, and the related term is POG which I later found out means play of the game. I still don't know what it really means, except I see POG (or POGGERS) in the streaming chat when something good happens in the game like a big win or score or a big hit rate.

Paedos need accommodation too, you know.

I recently heard paedos being referred to as "MAPs" which apparently mean minor-attracted persons. Like with online gaming (meaning online gambling) and gentlemen's club (meaning strip strip), MAP is trying to down-play what the person really is.

"Due to the fact that"

Because....

Agreed. I heard the phrase and used it a few times in the mid-90s, but it seems to be everywhere now.

Based.

What is it based on exactly?

Apparently it means the opposite of PC gone mad ("woke") but I don't know why they chose to use the word "based".

"Just stop oil" , I hear as "please punch me repeatedly in the face" whenever I do hear it.

"How dare you!"

 

[Mekrel]

STOP SAYING THE WORD no one, IT ISN'T A WORD!

I honestly see this incorrect word used so much, especially on this forum.

Is 'no one' one word or two?

No one (two words) is an indefinite pronoun meaning 'nobody'. People sometimes mistakenly write 'no one', but this is incorrect and should be avoided.

www.scribbr.co.uk

"Hi Mekrel, fancy a few pints tonight?", "Sorry mate, can't make it tonight I have nomoney". It's no one, as in no one person. Arghhhh

 

[Pawnless Endgame]

STOP SAYING THE WORD no one, IT ISN'T A WORD!

I honestly see this incorrect word used so much, especially on this forum.

Is 'no one' one word or two?

No one (two words) is an indefinite pronoun meaning 'nobody'. People sometimes mistakenly write 'no one', but this is incorrect and should be avoided.

www.scribbr.co.uk

"Hi Mekrel, fancy a few pints tonight?", "Sorry mate, can't make it tonight I have nomoney". It's no one, as in no one person. Arghhhh

I heard that the rapper Notorious B.I.G. recently released a single called Momoney Moproblems

 

[FoxEye]

'Perpendicular to my requirements' is just an obtuse and bad way of saying "no" without having the balls to just say "no". It sounds like badword from a film but I have experienced it in the real life.

The answer to the OP's questions is, "Any and all management buzz-phrases." And there are a metric **** ton of them. All nonsense, all the time.

 

[Kelt]

People who say "There is no I in team"

My usual response is "No, but there is a U in **** off".

Usually works.

I used to say, yeh, but there is a me.

Loved the look on some faces when I said that!