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Americans who say the word 'iluminum'
no for gods sake its aluminium (the metal)
no for gods sake its aluminium (the metal)
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What words / phrases don't you like?
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"That is literally ..."
To compound the annoyance factor the word's meaning was flipped to make it the very opposite of what it originally meant
To compound the annoyance factor the word's meaning was flipped to make it the very opposite of what it originally meant
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Literally described what I was thinking, noobs"That is literally ..."
To compound the annoyance factor the word's meaning was flipped to make it the very opposite of what it originally meant
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“That’s dope”
The first time I heard it I thought, what’s this, the 60’s? It sounds so dated
Users will be calling everyone a cool cat next and saying groovy
The first time I heard it I thought, what’s this, the 60’s? It sounds so dated
Users will be calling everyone a cool cat next and saying groovy
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"minorities"
look at the world, they're actually the majorities
look at the world, they're actually the majorities
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There’s more to that issue than you think.
The (British) chemist Humphry Davy couldn’t settle on a name and kept changing it.
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For me, anything that comes under Buzzword Bingo at work.
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Bees.
Street food. It irrationally drives me freaking nuts... Just cause you sell food on a market stall, it's not any different to restaurant or bbq.. Its almost like the food becomes somehow artisan or hippy chique because you have a market stall. It's just food, a burger is a burger whereever you sell it.
At most it should be reserved for the type of food you find in places like Thailand that charge less and are more likely to give you the trots.
At most it should be reserved for the type of food you find in places like Thailand that charge less and are more likely to give you the trots.
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"Practice makes perfect" - I may just be pedantic but practice equates to consistency in my mind. I think we should correct this by saying "Perfect practice makes perfect".
I think you need to practise your spelling first
Street food. It irrationally drives me freaking nuts... Just cause you sell food on a market stall, it's not any different to restaurant or bbq.. Its almost like the food becomes somehow artisan or hippy chique because you have a market stall. It's just food, a burger is a burger whereever you sell it.
I always assumed street food was called that because you eat on the street, not at a table.
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Metaverse, meaning an online world, as a concept used to be called Cyberspace or Virtual reality.
I get annoyed at brands becoming the ubiquitous word for something.
Hoover.
iPod/iPhone/iPad.
Tesla (Some older people think every electric car is a Tesla).
Meta[insert online thing here].
ChatGPT (people have started saying this when other LLM chat based services are being used).
Google it (no, I've just watched you used bing FFS).
Hoover.
iPod/iPhone/iPad.
Tesla (Some older people think every electric car is a Tesla).
Meta[insert online thing here].
ChatGPT (people have started saying this when other LLM chat based services are being used).
Google it (no, I've just watched you used bing FFS).
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"Pre-order" when it is actually ordering.
"Source" when people mean get.
"Iconic".
"Source" when people mean get.
"Iconic".
I eat Bbq"d sausages in my garden. I don't call it Garden food.I think you need to practise your spelling first
Street food. It irrationally drives me freaking nuts... Just cause you sell food on a market stall, it's not any different to restaurant or bbq.. Its almost like the food becomes somehow artisan or hippy chique because you have a market stall. It's just food, a burger is a burger whereever you sell it.
I always assumed street food was called that because you eat on the street, not at a table.
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looks like something Harry Potter would say
It generally isn't used correctly as it isn't a word. People don't know the difference between 'irrespective' and 'regardless'.
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Diaspora. Reeks of "woke" students to me. There are several other words and phrases that do similarly. Oh, yes, the linguistically awkward "people of colour" where some unknown has managed to infiltrate the media to proclaim that it's different to the now allegedly offensive "coloured people". What...?? 
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Saying 'gpu' when they mean a graphics card.