to be sick to death of wanky language?!

[PyongyangKipperbang]

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!

I haven't read this thread given the length of it but honest to god the overuse of the phrase "deep dive" at work makes me want to dive off of a fucking cliff.

The over-use of "to which" every second sentence, e.g. "To which I was shocked" or "to which I asked".

The over-use of "myself". It doesn't make you sound more sophisticated, it makes it obvious you don't know how the English language works.

The use of nouns as verbs, such as "gifting". "Sourcing" also falls into this bracket after a fashion, but it's wanky in other ways as OP points out.

"Colourway". It's just a colour. Your cheap trousers made in China don't become any nicer just because you say you've sourced them in three colourways.

Or secretary!

"Community"

No, there is no "intelligence community".

Icannoteven · Today 11:30

Last week I watched a YouTube video that asked if I had considered adding micro drinks to my hydration journey.

I'd consider pugilistic dentistry, for the person who came up with that shite!

'Life admin' bothers me in a 'the rock' eyebrow raising style.

Now come on OP, youre just not connecting with your authentic self. Once youve done the right amount of navel gazing, you'll be able to use all the wanky language you like.

Right I'm off to procure an aromatic hot beverage extracted from the camelia sinenis bush, lovingly harvested by hand and cured to preserve its essence.

I may add a splash of milk

No Lord Byron for you then, 'and his cohorts were gleaming in purple and gold'.

Why on earth I remember the opening lines of that poem I can't think, I'm not a poetry fan.

I drive through a village called KImberley and I always say Kimberleeeeee in my head and don't even mention sash windows, makes me want to roll on the floor laughing.

Also 'speaking with' one of my least favourite terms and why do we now 'fill out' a form rather than 'fill in', we're putting information into boxes though that's been common for so long that many MNers won't remember filling in forms!

I am actually quite joyful at the irony!!

@SinnerBoy

I have to say that Pugilisitic Dentistry is utter genius!

People who come up with business ideas that they think 'will wash its face' need to be locked away in their offices with a plague of ants.

PyongyangKipperbang · Today 01:30

I have to say that Pugilisitic Dentistry is utter genius!

Thanks! 😄

Pretty much all the above from pps...

And 'inside/outside of' - the 'of' is redundant. I think this is another bit of American mimicry. Sometimes I've even heard 'off of', as in 'I got this phone off of my mate', but I think that's more home-grown - possibly London?

There are some words/phrases that you find mainly in journalism which always make me laugh, such as something being 'atop' something else. I've never heard it used in speech but it always tickles me.

There's a Mitchell and Webb sketch - Grammar Nazi, I think it's called - which has a few frequent offenders such as pacifically for specifically etc. Worth a watch!

I haven't read the full thread, but what I cannot abide at the moment is the excessive and seemingly constant use of "forever".
Eg:
"Forever smiling with you"
"Forever thinking about"
Usually forever followed by a verb.
Similarly, "never not".

Watch on, instead of "watch," or "look on."

Having had a snip at their IG it appears to be in a pie dish and they have referred to it as a pie, so I’m not sure they even know

Lift and Shift.
For example said recently,
The merging of 2 departments will.not change anything as it will be a lift and shift.

"Leveraging" was once in vogue.

I think the idea is that, once you have had a "journey," you can delight us all with a "narrative" of said journey. So losing a stone becomes something like Shacketon's Trans-Antarctic Expedition.

Using told instead of said, as in I told him goodnight.

"You've been on a weight loss journey? Great - now I don't have to go around the Horse Latitudes to pass you in the corridor".