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Words/phrases that should be banned for our own good

reduceditem
reduceditem Posts: 3,057 Forumite
in Debate House Prices & the Economy
I'll kick things off with....

''negative growth''


Only one word/phrase per post please!
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Comments

  • misskool
    misskool Posts: 12,832 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    "in our current economic climate"

    that's my favorite one.
  • iltisman
    iltisman Posts: 2,589 Forumite
    Carbon footprint
  • JayScottGreenspan
    JayScottGreenspan Posts: 1,008 Forumite
    "package of measures"
  • Ephemera
    Ephemera Posts: 1,604 Forumite
    "organic"

    Anything with a carbon atom in it's bliddy organic.
    If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always got.



  • Optimist
    Optimist Posts: 4,557 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture
    "Hardworking families"
    "The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, but wiser people so full of doubts."

    Bertrand Russell. British author, mathematician, & philosopher (1872 - 1970)
  • StevieJ
    StevieJ Posts: 20,174 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    rainy day and roof fixing.
    'Just think for a moment what a prospect that is. A single market without barriers visible or invisible giving you direct and unhindered access to the purchasing power of over 300 million of the worlds wealthiest and most prosperous people' Margaret Thatcher
  • StevieJ
    StevieJ Posts: 20,174 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Dervish :eek: Green shoots
    'Just think for a moment what a prospect that is. A single market without barriers visible or invisible giving you direct and unhindered access to the purchasing power of over 300 million of the worlds wealthiest and most prosperous people' Margaret Thatcher
  • tuggy12
    tuggy12 Posts: 1,314 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Gordon Brown
  • Ephemera
    Ephemera Posts: 1,604 Forumite
    buy to let
    If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always got.



  • chewmylegoff
    chewmylegoff Posts: 11,469 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    "look, this started in america"

    "we have to make hard choices"

    "it was the right thing to do"

    and re: expenses

    "i have not broken any rules"
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