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to be sick to death of wanky language?!

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PyongyangKipperbang · 19/04/2023 01:51

Late shift so cant sleep and this has been bugging me.

Loads of examples I am sure but the two that are currently pissing me off is "curating" and "sourcing".

When did "buy new clothes" become "curate a fresh wardrobe". I do not curate, I am not a curator. I need clothes, I buy clothes, I wear clothes. End of. Also clothes do no go off, they go out of fashion but if that is the case then you are buying the wrong clothes, timeless classics never go out of fashion. You do not need "fresh" clothes.

When did "going to do the big shop" become "sourcing ingedients". Has anyone ever said "I am going to Tesco to source our ingredients"? Have they fuck! If I am making stew or salad or lasagne or.....dog shit on toast (an option I have occassionally offered the kids when they were pissing me off about dinner options) I will go shopping and buy what I need. I do not "source" beef and vegetables, or lettuce or bloody pasta. I will concede that the dog shit may need more in the way of sourcing.

You need stuff. You buy stuff. Why the need for bullshit language to make this boring life task into an "experience".....actually that's another one, I didnt "experience" a restaurant or a stately home or whatever, I visited it.

Now I cant sleep even more because venting has made me more angry!

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Spanielsarepainless · 19/04/2023 21:16

Passing. It's dying.

Box set. Unless you have a group of four or six matching boxes, it's boxed set.

Now I won't be able to sleep, thinking of all these.

sweatervest · 19/04/2023 21:24

LlynTegid · 19/04/2023 19:50

@sweatervest if only Victoria Wood was still here to make fun of some of the expressions on this thread and many others.

I agree. I miss her lots.

Lysianthus · 19/04/2023 21:35

@SinnerBoy FlowersWine

summersanchez · 19/04/2023 21:38

YANBU

FatOaf · 19/04/2023 21:45

and he's invited to "partake in the experience"

Yes, when did people start "partaking" in things rather than taking part or participating? At some point, people seem to have decided that "take part" was too simple a construction and it had to be pulled apart and bolted back together as "part take".

Swingoutsistersledge2 · 19/04/2023 21:50

The buzz word at my place of work amongst the higher ups is "collaborative " Does my head in !! It used to be "Tranche" but that's died a death all of its own .

Dontsayyouloveme · 19/04/2023 21:54

The ‘narrative’ just drives me up the wall!! 🤬

Ooolaaaala · 19/04/2023 22:04

SpreadableCheeseOnEverything · 19/04/2023 09:14

Style and Beauty on here is a good place to find Wanky language.

'A black trouser'
'A red lip'
'A ballet flat'

🤮

A white tee

IsaiditwasLighthearted · 19/04/2023 22:22

mach2 · 19/04/2023 21:10

BellePeppa · Today 18:51

I hate when people say ‘silly o’clock’ when they mean very early in the morning (or very late at night).

I use "death o ' clock", which feels more accurate.

Definitely stealing "death o'clock" now!

JennyWren87 · 19/04/2023 23:19

"Creating content" Oh my God I'm just taking a picture of some skincare for my Instagram leave me alone.

Arket23242829 · 20/04/2023 00:05

Waitlisted…… ughhhhhhhhh…
“ we have been popped on a waitlist for this or that school..” what???
Waiting list.

Thursa · 20/04/2023 00:10

Reset the room, instead of tidy up.

I don’t know if you get Top Chef in the UK, but when the judges taste the food and say “mmmm, it eats well” I feel myself go tense…

sleepwouldbenice · 20/04/2023 00:23

Hand cut chips. No you used a knife

But the latest one.... reimagining...... bollocks

mach2 · 20/04/2023 06:42

SpreadableCheeseOnEverything · Yesterday 09:14

Style and Beauty on here is a good place to find Wanky language.

'A black trouser'

Zambians say "that trouser" instead of "that pair of trousers", but it's a colloquialism rather than wankery.

My favourite Zambianism is "minisparat" for "council", derived from "municipality".

Kucinghitam · 20/04/2023 06:58

One that I think is an Asian/SE Asian thing (feel free to correct me) is referring to members of the public who post comments on social media/websites as Netizens.

For some reason, I bloody hate that word

SinnerBoy · 20/04/2023 08:49

Lysianthus · Yesterday 21:35

You're very kind, can I wait until this evening for the wine?

Ofcourseshecan · 20/04/2023 08:58

I love this thread! It truly speaks to me. Thanks everyone for reaching out Grin

UnDruidlyWords · 20/04/2023 09:31

The DM article is full of digital 'bleeps' to hide the swear words 😂

FatOaf · 20/04/2023 09:31

Anyway, PyongyangKipperbang - you've made it to the Mail

I wonder whether Jessica Green has ever considered actually writing news stories herself. I'm really sick of lazy "journalists" copying & pasting from Twitter, Mumsnet, etc., and passing it off as their own work. The further irony is that her colleagues will be spitting out loads of stories about benefit claimants and calling them lazy, when many are working parents who don't earn enough for their families to live on. Meanwhile, the laziest, most worthless part-time members of the human species get paid for peddling this shit.

AutumnCrow · 20/04/2023 09:46

KimberleyClark · 19/04/2023 16:51

No one talks about a red nail though.

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That is a trend just waiting to be started in Wankiland.

toastandmarmaladeandtea · 20/04/2023 10:03

Probably been said already but "speaking to" an issue rather than talking about something 😡

Ericaequites · 20/04/2023 10:47

Gotten annoys me. The elimination of past perfect forms such as leapt and dove are aggravating. I’m an American who has never heard “park up”, but I talk like a Swamper grammar totalitarian. America is a very big place, and some accents are still almost mutually unintelligible. Accents have been dying for a century, but they aren’t dead yet.

toastandmarmaladeandtea · 20/04/2023 10:52

sweatervest · 19/04/2023 19:09

there was a thing in a victoria wood sketch a million years ago and they called the new shopping centre "a pickwick-style purchasing experience" it still makes me lol now.

victoria wood was wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy ahead of her time.

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