To dislike use of the word 'sourced'?

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As in 'I sourced this top from a vintage shop'

Erm no you didn't 'source' it you bought it.

New -to- you sale thats on the same line as preloved isnt it .

I hate purchase. As in I "purchased some items". You mean that you bought some things. I can't think of any situation where purchase is better than buy.

In terms of.

I really hate the expression "I've been a bit sick in my mouth." Horrible.

Aboutlastnight - I love mums on the school run, it's the best thing in that magazine (that I have on subscription and can't work out how to cancel!).

Don't know about a colloquial use of sweet spot but its original meaning is the part of the cricket bat which, when comes in contact with the ball, will send the ball flying.

Mums on the school run is the sort if thing that I will roll my eyes at but then have a sneaky look, rather like the DM website and I've got to say the mums at our school do not dress like that.

You are wrong, the worst phrase of all is WOW-FACTOR

Everything has to have a bloody wow-factor, dress, house, haircut. Wow-factor is another word for Arse Ugly.

Aboutlastnight - I only love it because of the snigger factor!

kitty happy for use when discussing cricket (I.e. never) but not when discussing anything else

I once asked the difference between 'sourced' and 'bought' on here.

My tongue was firmly in cheek. I got a very serious reply that 'sourced' meant that more trouble and thought had gone into the buying process.

Hence you can 'source' cheese by pondering in front of the deli counter at Waitrose (or better still a Farmer's market) but if you fling it into the trolley at Asda you have only 'bought' it

YANBU, it's hugely pretentious and makes the speaker sound like a total eejit. Up there with diarise, actioned (aaaarrrrgh!!!) and myself/yourself when actually it's just me or you. Oh and 'revert to' instead of 'respond/reply to'. Oh really, you're going to revert to me? Well as far as I'm aware you've never been me in the first place. I'm me, you're you, how about we just stay that way and stop talking like some weird shape-shifting has been going on.

Office life is not a happy one for pedants.

Haw, haw - more trouble ! In that case, I truly sourced a clear plastic pencil case for ds today! Exam time means they'd sold out everywhere.

Agree about office speak. Dh works in a meedja-y sort of place and comes home with a new one every week. Although he can cope better with ludicrous new phrases than office touching . He says the workplace is now a hotbed of awkward "man hugs".