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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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Frieswithanythin · 15/12/2020 08:06

An adult using the word yummy

BillywigSting · 15/12/2020 08:08

I can't stand 'of an evening' or 'on an evening'

It's bloody well 'in the evening' and that's that!

MagicSummer · 15/12/2020 08:10

@CheetasOnFajitas - I too hate the use of 'at the minute' instead of 'at the moment'. I had never heard it before I had a boss from Newcastle about 10 years ago and he used it - seems to have spread everywhere now (I am South Coast).

My pet hate is the incorrect use of the verbs 'to stand', 'to sit' and 'to lie'. I hate hearing 'he was stood/sat/laid there' - instead of standing/sitting, lying' - it is so ungrammatical - I don't understand how people can't feel it is wrong when they say it!

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Dalmore30 · 15/12/2020 08:13

These are brilliant.

I don’t have an alternative to offer for secondment, I’ve tried placement but it doesn’t really work. It’s the sound of the word and the way your mouth has to move to say it that I don’t like 🤦‍♀️

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dementedma · 15/12/2020 08:14

In work we not only talk about "piece" but also "space". As in, "this document is only relevant in the devolved space."
People also are "unsighted" rather than havent seen a document or plan.
I do work with the mitary, mind you, and they have their own language and abbreviations.
FYI isnt used, FYSA is used instead.( For Your Situational Awareness)

Sweetener12 · 15/12/2020 08:17

I've never heard people saying this about food but it's really strange. Not really cringe worthy but strange

TheRaccoon · 15/12/2020 08:18

People who refer to their mum as ‘mum’ and not ‘my mum’ in conversation. E.g. ‘I was on the phone to mum earlier’ - it’s your mum, not mine! Don’t know why it annoys me so much.

Also using ‘supper’ to refer to a meal eaten between 6-8pm. It’s dinner and I won’t be told otherwise.

soschreibfaul · 15/12/2020 08:19

people who say ‘3am in the morning’ wind me up. It’s either 3 am or 3 in the morning. You don’t bloody need to say both

That irritates me too.

Space, as in 'This is a lovely space' in programmes about houses. It's a room. What's wrong with calling it a room?

TheRaccoon · 15/12/2020 08:20

Also I hate the word cross!

It’s such a non emotion, you’re either annoyed or you’re pissed off. Being cross just makes me think of a 1930s child 😂

Reedwarbler · 15/12/2020 08:23

Bit late to the party, but my annoying offerings - 'horseback riding', well, it always used to be just 'riding'. As a keen equestrian, I have never told someone I am going 'horseback riding'. I mean, do they say that in case it is thought you were going hippo or camel riding? I think it is actually yet another americanism.
TV reporters now describe what always used to be referred to as the Irish republic or southern Ireland as 'the island of ireland', which is a real mouthful. Is it no longer a republic? To me, the island of Ireland means both north and south, but the reporters don't mean that at all.
And finally - global pandemic. Nuff said.

BeyondMyWits · 15/12/2020 08:24

"Its a big ask..." and "shop the Spring edit" are my "unfavourites"... as well as "unfavourite".

We all seem to be being encouraged to converse like children.

Dumbo18 · 15/12/2020 08:25

Touch base 🙄🙄 let’s all touch base in the morning... No just no

Ameanstreakamilewide · 15/12/2020 08:26

@Fizbosshoes

*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

At work they say that they'll 'cascade' the information to the rest of the team.

My LM knows that i'm not a fan, so when someone in the (Teams/Zoom) room, he gives me the side eye.

nannybeach · 15/12/2020 08:26

nothink,somethink, or mising the g off words, like Suzy Perry Gadget show, could of instead of could have, makes my skin crawl

Ameanstreakamilewide · 15/12/2020 08:29

@wellthatsunusual

‘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

It could have been a worse BBC interview! 😉

His face, god love him! 😂

Katgolde · 15/12/2020 08:29

'I politely declined.' Is it polite to call yourself polite? Why not just say 'I declined'?

Same goes for the smug 'Polite Notice'. If you wrote the notice it's for others to decide whether it is 'polite'. It isn't polite just because it's labelled 'Polite Notice'. 'Polite Notice: Get the &*%€! off my parking space!!!' is not a polite notice.

'Well-deserved rest/holiday/break'. Fine if you say it about someone else, but too self-congratulatory to say about yourself as if everyone else only deserves a break, not a well-deserved break.

theDudesmummy · 15/12/2020 08:32

My worst is "utilised". I don't know if this happens outside healthcare settings, but it drives me mad to hear "he utilised the quiet room", "she utilised the toilet" etc. It's USED.

movingonup20 · 15/12/2020 08:33

Just you ... fry off doesn't mean the same as just fry, and my dp often describes food I make as gorgeous, but the taste not the look - only cakes can really be described as stunning imho

Reedwarbler · 15/12/2020 08:34

@Katgolde I think the idea behind 'polite notice' is the vague hope that people will miss-read it as 'police notice' and so move along. Always seems a daft hope to me.

Ameanstreakamilewide · 15/12/2020 08:35

'Rock up' i will loathe until my dying day and I'll have no truck with it.

'Turns up', 'arrives', 'got there' - what's wrong with any of these perfectly fine phrases.
I'm sure they'll be acceptable again when the other abomination inevitably falls out of favour.

Piffle11 · 15/12/2020 08:36

I agree about the overuse of ‘super’. DS is at a really good school, but their social media posts leave an awful lot to be desired. ‘We are super excited to announce…’ ‘We are super proud of…’ Absolutely infuriating. Also, I know this one has been around for ages but it’s still really annoys me: beauty pages that describe someone as wearing ‘a red lip’. Don’t you mean red lipstick?

Longdistance · 15/12/2020 08:36

My mil says broccol eye for broccoli, like it’s an exotic vegetable. Makes my teeth itch.

JennyMY · 15/12/2020 08:37

People referring to having a "cheeky little" something ie cocktail/McDonald's/weekend away. Just really annoys me!

Doodlepip23 · 15/12/2020 08:38

This thing of saying “gifting”. Seems to be something retailers have started on in recent years. Oh it winds me up.

Chailatte20 · 15/12/2020 08:39

Curated should only be used for museum/gallery collections not when describing wine/cheese/chocolates or household goods!

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