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 can't imagine getting so wound up over different ways of speaking to be honest...lol

No one writes anything any more, everything is 'authored'.

“I wanted to give you a heads up about……” Why not “I wanted to let you know about”. Grrrr……

@Crazyshihtzulady Well done! Have a medal!

' pre loved ' items instead of ' second hand '

I agree entirely, the world is mad, the crap that goes across my supermarket till every day, why do they buy it, it’s overpriced junk.

I'm fed up of
Gifting, it's giving.
Mocked, it's made fun of/teased.

But language changes of course. I just watched a YouTube video in which an expert did a recording in the changing accent of London every 60 years, so grandpa to grandson. Really fascinating. I'm not ready to bequeathe any of the shit words on this thread to my grandchildren though, and I'd be glad to do without so many fs and Cs.

Research. No longer restricted to academics and scientists.

I researched the transport options.

No, you looked up the train times.

Announce, as in pregnancy. Sounds so incredibly self-important. Assume this is because of social media. In olden times, we just told people.

@RedEyeBaby that video sounds really interesting - can you link to it?

' can I get '.
Instead of ' may I have '. Usually overheard in cafes and coffee shops or McDonald type places ( before the touch screens days!)

I noticed my M&S sandwich the other day was ‘handcrafted’ which is code for £1.50 more than the others and it’s in an obnoxious black bag (thank god for yellow stickers)

Businesses are tapping into this ‘elevated’ mindset social media users are now accustomed to, it’s no different to ‘luxury, rich, aromatic, infused’ etc, a way to charge more for marginally better. Remember these are people who are easily fooled into thinking staged photoshopped images are real life so the use of this type of language ‘speaks’ to them and seemingly works. The masses will follow any bandwagon.

I agree, OP. And why is everything suddenly an 'edit'? Online clothes shopping is guilty of this. 'Spring edit' - get lost!!

But apart from modish jargon it always irritates me when people use pretentious words in everyday speech when there's a simpler one. I'm not suggesting dumbing down the language - I'm a writer! But people who say they've 'purchased' something when they've bought it, or 'prior to ' when 'before' would do. It's a free choice, of course, but it sounds so pompous so say 'I went to the supermarket prior to my dental appointment' etc.

Winston Churchill, who was a great stylist, gave this advice: if you have a choice, shorter words are better than longer ones and English words better than Latin. There are always exceptions but I've found this to be a good guide to avoiding pretentiousness. So, yes - 'find' rather than source and 'before' rather than prior to.

I will froth at the mouth if I start on about 'gifting' and 'reaching out'.

You need to reach out to everyone, people on here can't stop themselves this week and must be walking about with their stupid arms outstretched looking like the wankers they are.

Concur? - No, you just agree
Conflate? - No, you just confuse
Opine? - No, you just give your opinion or thoughts on a matter
Purchase (verb)? No, you just buy something
And please don't get me started on tautology (for example, report back) or weird phrases like "park up", which probably came from the American via German.
However, you then get the incorrect use of disinterested, which means neutral or having no strong feelings on a subject, but is often used to mean uninterested, as in having no interest in something.

Drives me to distraction!

Ooooh yes I can't abide curate. It makes everything sound so wanky and pretentious. Curate a museum exhibition = appropriate. Curate a Spotify playlist = ridiculous.

I also hate 'valid' (especially heckin' valid, which makes me wanna boak), and 'relatable'.

Also, 'trauma' is now overused to refert to any vaguely unpleasant experience.

I had almost this exact conversation with my DH last weekend when he rolled his eyes at my latest charity shop pile. Or should I call it a Haul?!

Lol...I didn't ask for a medal....calm down a bit, you seem very unhappy and angry about something.

Defo lead by wannabe-influencers trying to sound authorative by dressing up a fairly normal activity as something exotic and difficult.

My favourite is the guy on Queer Eye who always talks about 'trying a jean' or 'exploring a trouser' because his job is basically saying 'why don't you wear some nice new trousers' but that's not fancy enough

Really really can't stand "reaching out".. somebody said that to me recently and and I actually burst out laughing. I realise that makes me sound quite rude but it was a natural reaction to such a ridiculous thing to say. Also " can I get". Just makes no sense in the context its usually being used.

But hardware is the correct terminology for those things (in a handbag context).

It could be argued that one wears a bag much like they wear clothing. I know it's a term I don't think is strange, but then it's a phrase I have heard/used for as long as I can remember.

The alternative would be 'buy shit you don't need while the world burns down around us because of capitalist overconsumption' though, right?

I can't bear 'Instagrammable' as if we live in a world where someone would go somewhere or buy something because it would look good on social media. I saw a hotel advertise themselves as this the other day and it made me books somewhere else.

No it definitely is "mocking"....that's the correct term and has been since the beginning of the English language.

I noticed Toby Buckland and Monty Don used the annoying term "curated" about a garden Toby visited in Gardener's World last Friday.

Monty slipped down a little in my admiration afraid to say.