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To cringe when people say...

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Dalmore30 · 14/12/2020 23:39

Food being described as ‘beautiful’, ‘gorgeous’ or ‘stunning’ makes me wants to vomit.

I have to bite my tongue when people say ‘fry off’ rather than just fry.

And the word ‘secondment’ makes my skin crawl!

Is anyone with me on these?

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DappledThings · 15/12/2020 07:23

@Chailatte20

Disseminate Co-production Reach out - why can't you say connect or contact?

I was on a zoom training session & a guy kept asking for documents so that he could disseminate it with his team. I was itching to shout share, you want to fucking share it with your team.

I've been asked to socialise a document before. I think that's even worse.
dayswithaY · 15/12/2020 07:24

I've noticed the constant and irritating use of "quietly" . As in:-

"The couple announced they quietly got married."
"He has quietly launched a new range of home fragrance."

How? Were they whispering? Pretentious!

beckyboops · 15/12/2020 07:26

People that don't know the difference between bought and brought really really winds me up. I see it on Facebook all the time.
I brought this from the shop. NO you BOUGHT it
Getting wound up just thinking about it.

Fizbosshoes · 15/12/2020 07:27

Any time someone says literally when they dont mean it,i literally died, i usuallly reply with well your are doing a lot of talking for a corpse !

This is my all time pet hate!!!

Chailatte20 · 15/12/2020 07:28

*@DappledThings OMG that's much worse, how the hell do you socialise a document?

MagpiePi · 15/12/2020 07:29

@Bluesheep8

Gifting Hmm
...right up there with athletes 'medalling'

In the company I work for we are no longer 'staff'or 'people' or 'employees'. We are 'resources'.

Fizbosshoes · 15/12/2020 07:29

*Chailatte20

Disseminate
Co-production
Reach out - why can't you say connect or contact?

I was on a zoom training session & a guy kept asking for documents so that he could disseminate it with his team. I was itching to shout share, you want to fucking share it with your team.

I've been asked to socialise a document before. I think that's even worse*

I'm glad I dont work in these circles as I wouldnt have the faintest idea what people wre talking about!Blush

TheTinsellyLovelinessOfDemons · 15/12/2020 07:29

"10.30 huddle." Like they're standing around a candle for warmth.

TheTinsellyLovelinessOfDemons · 15/12/2020 07:31

Human resources.

wellthatsunusual · 15/12/2020 07:36

‘Devastated’ over something so minor, its barely worth a ‘tut’

I was once interviewed by a BBC journalist about something. It was worth a lot more than a tut but it didn't quite qualify as devastating. However...in my defence, I was extremely stressed because my father had just died. The word devastated slipped out. I was devastated, but it was because of the combination of my personal circumstances and the annoying thing that had happened. Anyway, my 'devastated' was quoted in the article (I had explained the bereavement and asked her not to mention it, which she didn't) and now for all eternity people will still be able to see me in the BBC archives being devastated. Which is...devastating. Wink

SwimSwim · 15/12/2020 07:43

@rosesandhellebores yes! That's exactly it! They're trying to sound professional (when it's an email) but I think it's exactly as you say.

DappledThings · 15/12/2020 07:43

[quote Chailatte20]*@DappledThings OMG that's much worse, how the hell do you socialise a document?[/quote]
I think you have to take it to the park so it can learn how to play nicely with all the other documents.

RedRec · 15/12/2020 07:46

Sheeple. Used for the sensible, law-abiding, non rule-breaking majority.

1990s · 15/12/2020 07:48

Unwell. Sounds like overemphasis. What’s wrong with ill. No one used to say unwell 25 years ago!

TheTinsellyLovelinessOfDemons · 15/12/2020 07:50

My granny was from Yorkshire. She used to ask "Are you unwell?" as a euphemism for "Have you got your period?"

lottiegarbanzo · 15/12/2020 07:51

I agree about food being 'beautiful' etc. It seems so strange to apply a visual descriptor to flavour. What's wrong with delicious?

Fry off is weird. It started being used in cooking programmes a few years ago, with no explanation. What are the onions coming off? What were they on? Does it mean 'fry until cooked'?

SwimSwim · 15/12/2020 07:51

@cheetasonfajitas onboarding is the worst! It seems so depersonalised.

Chailatte20 · 15/12/2020 07:54

SmileGrin yes I did ask for that, didn't I?

Mummadeeze · 15/12/2020 07:54

I hate people talking about the new normal. Most over used and unhelpful phrase ever.

Barmyfarmy · 15/12/2020 07:55

Any word influencer's (hate that word too) use
E.g.
-stunning
-obsessed
-literally
-omg

Or "omg I'm literally obsessed with this stunning dress I bought 5 minutes ago". No, you like the dress. You can't be obsessed with something after 5 minutes, even if you're a well-seasoned stalker with night vision goggles.

Jumpalicious · 15/12/2020 07:56

Apologies if someone’s already explained, but I can’t work out what’s wrong with “secondment”. Or does it have some secret foody meaning of which I’m unaware? Or is it just that you (@Dalmore30) don’t like the sound of the word. Which is fair enough. I don’t really like the word nostril.

stayathomer · 15/12/2020 08:01

Sorry that would bother me less than the pretentious way people describe their food now, they eat things pan fried, talk about crusty bread or rustic rolls, talk about having things with a side of something (eg chunky chips). Everyone's Nigella now!

Lovemusic33 · 15/12/2020 08:03

I use “fry off”, I’m a trained chef and it’s a phrase that’s use a lot in the industry and have noticed a lot of tv chefs use it too.

The only food that can be described as stunning and beautiful has to be cake 🤣

Katgolde · 15/12/2020 08:04

Enormity (extreme scale of something bad/wrong) when people mean magnitude or enormousness (size)

'Thank you SO much' (for something ordinary) can seem affected and overblown. What's wrong with just 'Thank you' or even 'Thank you very much'?

Dave35 · 15/12/2020 08:05

@Mummadeeze I've never heard that phrase x