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AlwaysHopeful · 17/02/2012 11:06

What's wrong with the phrease "at all"? Why fill the air with unnecessary words? I'm sitting at my desk in an open office playing bullshit bingo with all the overheard conversations of my colleagues.

What phrases drive you nuts?

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blondie80 · 17/02/2012 11:45

'free gift'

and the 110% thing also!!

bejeezus · 17/02/2012 11:48

Hanging out the back end

Just giving you the heads up

Let's table it

Bottom it out

All industry jargon, just makes you sound like a wanker

Kayano · 17/02/2012 11:50

We all got wrong for saying basically at work...

Then the person who told us off started her next sentence with

'Well, essentially...'

We were all Hmm

StealthPolarBear · 17/02/2012 11:52

Weshouldopen going forward inspired me to start the little book of management Crap.
Where does it need to be used where 'from now' wouldn't do?

maddening · 17/02/2012 11:53

my dp can't stand my use of "actually" and I didn't realise how much I actually say it until it riled him.....actually Grin

Greenshirt · 17/02/2012 11:54

My teen daughter has taken to adding 'to be fair' at the end of every sentence.Arrrggghhh!

KatAndKit · 17/02/2012 11:56

"I'm not being funny, but..." No, you really aren't being funny. This phrase drives me up the wall.

Misuse of "literally". Saw a Jamie Oliver programme where he said about some raspberries "you can literally spoon them on" and then proceeded to spread these fruit around with his hands.

jesuswhatnext · 17/02/2012 11:59

'im not being funny' usually means the speaker is about to be rude to the listener!

UKSky · 17/02/2012 12:04

Anyone who uses "so" at the end of a sentence. Makes me want to shout "so, what?"

squeakytoy · 17/02/2012 12:27

"bring something to the table".. when they are not talking about food or anything else remotely dining related always irritates me..

I really do hate silly business talk with daft phrases that make people think they sound professional and Very Very Important... Grin

Just talk normally... it makes you sound much less of a twat.

BlueNails · 17/02/2012 12:30

I hate that I say "to be fair"

To be fair (Smile) I don't literally don't use it that often. You get me?

"You get me" pisses me off too but I don't say it

thefurryone · 17/02/2012 12:54

"Can I get...?"

No but you may have

Makes me want to stab people in the eye with my fork.

But then I used to say "no problem" far to often when I should actually have been saying you're welcome.

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AlwaysHopeful · 17/02/2012 13:13

RealLifeIsForWimps do you "connect"? We "reach out" in our industry.... across the effing Atlantic!

Anyone know what a "turnkey" solution is? I always read it as "turkey" Grin

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AlwaysHopeful · 17/02/2012 13:15

squeakytoy you read my mind with that last sentence. I think that same thing at least once a week Wink

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AlwaysHopeful · 17/02/2012 13:19

bejeezus when would anyone say "hanging out the back end"?! Shock can't even begin to think of a scenario that would make it appropriate that didn't include poo Grin

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BlackLashes · 17/02/2012 13:20

WHATEVER!!!!

ginmakesitallok · 17/02/2012 13:23

"Literally" - when it's not "literally" at all. And when people use "significantly" when the change/difference isn't significant at all

TremoloGreen · 17/02/2012 13:25

Moving forward...

All business jargon really. Makes me think of David Brent.

And I was like, [insert something you were thinking/ you said]

turnkey solution Grin Not heard that one.

Asinine · 17/02/2012 13:26

'I don't want to sound racist/snobby/rude but...'.

If you're going to air your predujices just get on with it- you do sound like a bigot anyway btw.

beanandspud · 17/02/2012 13:26

"We need to deep dive that idea" or "go granular" Hmm

And "singing from the same hymn sheet", "touch base" also annoy me.

I do also have a colleague who frequently asks "Who has the 'A' for that project?" instead of "Who is accountable?".

jenny60 · 17/02/2012 13:29

round circle: is there any other kind Confused

And 'turned around' as in 'So I turned around and said... and then she turned around and went ...' STOP IT.

Pandemoniaa · 17/02/2012 13:29

"Myself" - the misuse of "myself" when the correct word is "me" currently drives me mad enough to think out of my own box.

ujjayi · 17/02/2012 13:30

"let's put something in the diary"...particularly with reference to arranging drinks with friends or getting the children together.

"going forward"...ugh

"innit"

or just generally finishing your long drawn out "I'm soooo tired I can barely speak" sentences with an upward intonation, leaving your gob hanging open like a guppy (or perhaps that's just the teenagers on my course) and generally looking & sounding gormless.

CailinDana · 17/02/2012 13:31

UkSky, I use "so" at the end of sentences. It's an Irish thing, and it actually means something. I really can't do without it. To an Irish person "so" means "in that case." For example, DH might say "It's raining" and I'll say "Take the washing in so," which means "Take the washing in, in that case." My English friends used to mock me about it until I explained what it meant, now a lot of them use it!

GhastlyBespoke · 17/02/2012 13:31

DS has started using the phrase "change it up".

IT'S JUST "CHANGE IT".

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