Words/phrases that should be banned for our own good

Paddy2eyes

"...according to a report in the Daily Mail."

Cissi

"at this present moment in time"

chewmylegoff

stephen163 wrote: »

Spanish flu started mildly. It went on to infect one third of the world's population and kill 40 million.

In fact, there are striking similarities between the current swine flu outbreak and the origins of spanish flu. This is why the authorities are genuinely scared.

what people think happened with the "spanish flu" outbreak is that the initial form mutated into something much more likely to kill you.

this is just as likely to happen to "normal" flu as flippin' swine flu. in this case, in order for it to get really bad, it is going to (a) have to mutate into something much more likely to kill the people it infects and (b) much more likely to spread from person to person.

better to worry about that bus that might run you over.

stephen163

chewmylegoff wrote: »

what people think happened with the "spanish flu" outbreak is that the initial form mutated into something much more likely to kill you.

this is just as likely to happen to "normal" flu as flippin' swine flu. in this case, in order for it to get really bad, it is going to (a) have to mutate into something much more likely to kill the people it infects and (b) much more likely to spread from person to person.

better to worry about that bus that might run you over.

Spanish flu started like swine flu then very likely mutated over the summer. By the end of the winter, the world was at its knees. Pandemics like this happen roughly once in a lifetime, so it's inevitable really, like an earthquake waiting to happen on a faultline.

chewmylegoff

stephen163 wrote: »

Spanish flu started like swine flu then very likely mutated over the summer. By the end of the winter, the world was at its knees. Pandemics like this happen roughly once in a lifetime, so it's inevitable really, like an earthquake waiting to happen on a faultline.

that's what everyone said when we were all going to die of avian flu. there probably will be another flu pandemic at some point. however, the fact we haven't had a flu pandemic for a while doesn't mean this swine flu nonsense is any more likely to end in a real pandemic rather than a handful of people coughing a bit. if the media wasn't so bored of talking about broken banks, and the politicians weren't so keen on trying to avoid talking about broken banks, there would be rather less pandemic talk, me thinks.

Sapphire

reduceditem wrote: »

I'll kick things off with....

''negative growth''

Well, all those hideous words that have come into use in business – uttered by bureaucrats, marketing people, management consultants, those people who hold 'management' courses, and their ilk.

Also the words that have been manufactured to comply with the political correctness that has been imposed on us in recent years.

And: 'Britain is well placed to [fill in the blank].'

While I'm at it, I cannot stand the way some people appear to have adopted the kind of chav-like speech that ends every sentence with a question, as in 'I'm going home now?' and so on. They say this inflection was adopted by Brits from Australians. However, I know quite a few Aussies and they don't talk like that as a rule, whereas I have the misfortune to have to listen to at least two Brits at work whose every sentence sounds like a question. Why do they do it, for heaven's sake? It sounds ridiculous.

stephen163

Misuse of the word 'random'. "I saw my cousin on the bus yesterday, it was so random!"...

chnelomi

Not a word exactly but people that say the letters I E instead of for example or they could just say what they mean. And the constant use of BUT forty times in a five minute conversation. and people that talk over you saying "i see where you are coming from BUT" and then don't let you finish what you were saying.:mad::mad:

And why do people feel the need when you are telling them something to constantly say uhuh uhuh uhuh (oh shut up and let me speak).
Another thing that drives me nuts is when people tell me my opinion is wrong....:mad: It's my opinion if you don't like it find someone that share's yours.

Pobby

People saying " cool " every other word.

Zeitgeist

Global. It's overused, globally. What's wrong with worldwide?

Fight the bull, use Bullfighter. Great with corporate announcements... :-)