Words/phrases you hate to hear

[Cobra]

ad nauseaum.

One of my favourite responses

 

[DorsetDude]

One of my favourite responses

Thought you'd be sick of it...

 

[Cobra]

Thought you'd be sick of it...

 

[andyscott]

built from the ground up!!!!!!

FFS you haven't redesigned a PCB and capacitors etc, you haven't built it from the ground up, you have assembled parts!!!

 

[Cobra]

built from the ground up!!!!!!

Tis the only way to build a house, unless you have a supply of sky hooks?

 

[andyscott]

Tis the only way to build a house, unless you have a supply of sky hooks?

http://www.dicksclimbing.com/produc...nt=335694497&gclid=CJ7I-P3Z2c0CFUieGwods-EPNQ

Got a few

 

[Graham W]

"Fact." at the end of a statement. Interchangeable with "End of."

 

[dejongj]

"Fact." at the end of a statement. Interchangeable with "End of."

That's true that is!

 

[stumac]

People that use trending words

The one at the minute for me is lad

"Ok lad that's fine lad"

Never ever heard it used until about a year ago now I see it everywhere

 

[DorsetDude]

"It's your round"

 

[ianp5a]

Good point. "trending".

 

[Cobra]

Good point. "trending".

Yeah every time I hear Steve Wright say that on his show, I want to slap him!
Come to that, every time I hear Steve Wright, I want to slap him.

 

[Llamaman]

One of my favourite responses

Even better when it's spelled correctly

 

[Cobra]

Even better when it's spelled correctly

Who cares about the spelling when its verbally transmitted?

 

[tom24]

Yeah every time I hear Steve Wright say that on his show, I want to slap him!
Come to that, every time I hear Steve Wright, I want to slap him.

Reminds of this phrase. well jingle, 'Steve Wright in the afternoon', how on earth is he still broadcasting the same show 30 years later? Good grief, he's so full of himself, imo.

 

[ianp5a]

People just use these words in a desperate attempt to sound cleverer or cooler than they actually are. Which is not very cromulent if you ask me.

 

[Cobra]

cromulent

I had to Google that

 

[Graham W]

People just use these words in a desperate attempt to sound cleverer or cooler than they actually are. Which is not very cromulent if you ask me.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOSYiT2iG08

 

[LASTOLITE]

GALVANISED

In a conversation thats not about metal treatment or coating metal for longevity.....

 

[tom24]

People just use these words in a desperate attempt to sound cleverer or cooler than they actually are. Which is not very cromulent if you ask me.

A rather floccinaucinihilipilification example wouldn't one agree.....lol

 

[Cobra]

A rather floccinaucinihilipilification example wouldn't one agree.....lol

Completely agree on that
No idea how I know what that means, I guess its just another useless piece of information stored for some reason or another

 

[tom24]

Completely agree on that
No idea how I know what that means, I guess its just another useless piece of information stored for some reason or another

Been waiting on a reason since primary school....I knew computers and forums had a reason for existence and this was mine!...

 

[ancient_mariner]

A rather floccinaucinihilipilification example wouldn't one agree.....lol

My wife once used that word in an exam (before she was my wife) which was a pretty worthless thing to do.

GALVANISED

In a conversation thats not about metal treatment or coating metal for longevity.....

And ignorant comments like this make me TWITCH!

 

[tom24]

Shocking, the youth of today...

 

[tom24]

That was an answer for the rebels amongst you btw...

 

[B1ts]

People that use trending words
"Ok lad that's fine lad"
Never ever heard it used until about a year ago now I see it everywhere

People that see words

 

[ancient_mariner]

People that see words

Don't you see words? Flavours can be colours too: lychees taste pink to me.

 

[B1ts]

But do you hear colours?

 

[nickEnackEnoo]

But do you hear colours?

Hendrix did.

 

[B1ts]

ancient mariner is Hendrix??
Quick...off to the ghost thread.....

 

[Gremlin]

"RENDITION" :banghead::banghead::banghead:

 

[ianp5a]

"RENDITION" :banghead::banghead::banghead:

What? Like;
"the CIA choir gave an extraordinary rendition of 'I'm leaving on a jet plane' "

 

[SarahLee]

I find it's not so much particular words or phrases that annoy me but the people who say them.
Something that sounds utterly benign from one person can make me want to put my hands around the throat of somebody else . . . and come to think of it, there are a few people who don't even have to say anything in order to annoy me.
Breathing too heavily (or even breathing at all in a few very special cases ) is enough to wind me up.

Apart from those notable exceptions, I'm pretty laid back really though honestly

 

[dejongj]

GALVANISED

In a conversation thats not about metal treatment or coating metal for longevity.....

Oh I don't know about that one. It worked for the chemical brothers.

 

[Box Brownie]

GALVANISED

In a conversation thats not about metal treatment or coating metal for longevity.....

Well this reference to that word lists the metal treatment as secondary to the "the troops were galvanised into action.........." type of usage

gal·va·nize
(găl′və-nīz′)
tr.v. gal·va·nized, gal·va·niz·ing, gal·va·niz·es
1. To stimulate or shock with an electric current.
2. To arouse to awareness or action; spur: "The country was galvanized in the weeks and months after 9/11" (DavisPhinney).
3. To coat (iron or steel) with rust-resistant zinc.

 

[Box Brownie]

But do you hear colours?

Yes, if you are unfortunate to suffer from one the specific forms of a condition called Synesthesia.

 

[Box Brownie]

I suppose the one (in)famous quote from George W, "why don't the French have a word for entrepreneur...." is just one example of 'americanisms' bastardising the English lanuguage, why oh why do they drop the letter "u" and have to spell centre as center!!!! The latter being adopted by a mainstream UK plumbing and building materials merchant ~ grrrr!!!!

 

[ianp5a]

The latter being adopted by a mainstream UK plumbing and building materials merchant ~ grrrr!!!!

Maybe you should 'reach out' to them?

 

[ancient_mariner]

ancient mariner is Hendrix??
Quick...off to the ghost thread.....

Absolutely.

Well this reference to that word lists the metal treatment as secondary to the "the troops were galvanised into action.........." type of usage

gal·va·nize
(găl′və-nīz′)
tr.v. gal·va·nized, gal·va·niz·ing, gal·va·niz·es
1. To stimulate or shock with an electric current.
2. To arouse to awareness or action; spur: "The country was galvanized in the weeks and months after 9/11" (DavisPhinney).
3. To coat (iron or steel) with rust-resistant zinc.

Has no-one else heard of Galvani?

 

[viv1969]

Well this reference to that word lists the metal treatment as secondary to the "the troops were galvanised into action.........." type of usage

gal·va·nize
(găl′və-nīz′)
tr.v. gal·va·nized, gal·va·niz·ing, gal·va·niz·es
1. To stimulate or shock with an electric current.
2. To arouse to awareness or action; spur: "The country was galvanized in the weeks and months after 9/11" (DavisPhinney).
3. To coat (iron or steel) with rust-resistant zinc.

Exactly.
People were being galvanized long before metal.