To be sick of pretentious use of “said”

[Driftingawaynow]

Increasingly I notice people using the word “said” where “the” would do fine.

for example:

asked my husband to take out the washing, he left said washing in the dryer.

it’s really bizarrely irritating

I love "methinks", especially when it is repeated unnecessarily (not that it's ever necessary). Methinks, methinks! 😂

I get increasingly irritated by the dumbing down of language and anyone using anything more complex than text speak being seen as pretentious. It goes hand in hand with a trend toward the "ordinary person" as opposed to anyone with an education or expertise.

Same goes for 'disgusting'.

Shit on your shoe is disgusting .
Waitrose running out of avocados is a bit disappointing.

'the washing of which I spoke' might be even worse!

Also, everyone on social media needs to stop using the word ‘ilk’ in weirdly aggressive and accusatory ways. ‘The country is going down the pan because of you and your ilk!’ ‘You and your ilk make vulnerable people’s lives a misery!’ ‘You and your ilk WOULD say that!’ It’s awful.

It's slang, to emphasise someone's wording! Obviously used differently if you are dictating a legal letter etc

'Steve said, quote unquote, "This room smells of feet"!'

A MN-specific one that grinds my gears is 'beyond'. It seems that for some contributors nothing can be a bit cheeky or inappropriate or unprofessional, or even cheeky or inappropriate or unprofessional to a moderate-but-not-particularly-remarkable degree, rather it has to be 'beyond' cheeky etc. Just calm down a bit.

Also, 'said' replaces 'the'. 'The said' really is a hanging offence!

Agree with vile. 'Grim' has been slang for 'gross' for ages though

Who's arsed!

yes 🤮 “methinks” @NOTTHEHOUSEPLANT @Wadadli is worse but it’s along these lines for me. Cringe

i think it’s pretentious as it’s an excessively frilly way to speak which no one apart from Jacob Rees-Mogg wouod use irl. And I have seen it crop up on Mn a lot recently.

Gets on my fucking nerves that one.

((°))

😂😂😂

But,

'Steve said, quote unquote, "This room smells of feet and I love a delicious ripe camembert, so I think I'll stay a bit longer".

And

'Steve said, quote "This room smells of feet" unquote, and love a delicious ripe camembert, so I think I'll stay a bit longer unquote'.

Tell you different things about Steve and me and how we feel about feety rooms.

I think you are probably right! 🤣

Me: Can you empty the bins in the kitchen please?

Him: Yep.

Me, 6 hours later: The aforementioned bins remain in the aforementioned kitchen; if they're not taken out soon people will be referring to you in the past tense as well. Love you kiss kiss.

Now this point I don't get 😅feels like an extra or a missing unquote in there

'Steve said, quote "This room smells of feet" unquote, and love a delicious ripe camembert, so I think I'll stay a bit longer unquote'.

Definitely extra! I checked it before posting too! Thanks for noticing! 🤣

I get very irritated by people who answer with “absolutely “ each time they answer a question. What is wrong with “yes”?

I do think there is no need to use the word said like this but there is also no need to call it pretentious either

there seems to be a new thing where people have to decide or put things on to other so it appears they have a chip on their shoulder, if it is not people using words it is feeling constantly judged or others dont have enough going on so come of with backgrounds to people ''they are jealous'' or " they are looking at me and judging me becasue I have some issue going on and don't want to deal with so blaming others'' or ''I have decided that person thinks this about me because I have made it up'' or ''they use this word and now I have decided that are doing it just to annoy me and think they are better than me''

Im fed up of the overuse of the word "narrative".

I'm quite wordy so stuff like this doesn't bother me. What does irritate me is people using words they don't really know the meaning of in slightly the wrong context.

So only Jacob Rees Mogg uses it. Make up your mind

It does mean the same thing.

What difference are you seeing between the two statements?

OP, I agree fully. It’s overused, pretentious and annoying.

and journey or dream when not actually meaning those 2 things