Words or phrases that drive you mad

hansi

Level playing field

kittykirsty

williacg wrote: »

My absolute favourite has to be when we attend training sessions, you can guarantee the following phrase comes up at some point "Come on guys, let's all work together, because there's No 'I' in TEAM, we're one unit" [there is one in TWIT though].

Love this, although we (in the office) have taken to replying to "There's no 'i' in team" with "no, but there is a 'u' in c**t"

Red_Cat

When people say "K" instead of "OK".

I could smack them with a frying pan when they say that.

anamenottaken

margaretclare wrote: »

'Decimate' used not in its correct and original meaning which would be 'reduce by 10', but implying total destruction.

Decimate originally meant to reduce by a tenTH.

However I think you will find that "reducing by a high percentage" (or similar meaning) is to be found in recently published dictionaries in addtion to the original meaning.

celyn90

I work with a lot of Americans - they are all really good sports so I can forgive them for most things

Except using "legos" for more than one lego brick.

And wanting to "lend" something off me. I got very confused with that one. It was kind, but I didn't want to borrow my own tech manual. I already have one.

Money_User

I think one that drives me mad is "op suggest you esculate and complain to...." :rotfl:

hansi

In a pub:

"Can I get a beer?

Instead of one beer please!

SHIPSHAPE

gratefulforhelp wrote: »

"solutions" "logistical solutions" "solutions for life" "legal solutions" "storage solutions"

This really bugs me, there was an explosion of this around 10 year ago and appeared everywhere.

I have even seen 'Steel Tubular Solutions' on the van of a....scaffolding truck!!

What the...?

kathleenryd

Slight diversion but this bugs me - whenever someone orders a pint of beer in the Rovers Return they get a pint - but of what? Beer, lager, bitter, cider. They're not all locals. The bar staff never ask.

lovebargainshatewaste

The grammar and spelling issue gets to me too. English isn't my first language, so if I can do it, why can't the natives do it?

The "Baby onboard" signs in cars winds me up. I'm a careful driver, so I'm not going to change my driving just because I see such a sign. Even worse: "Princess onboard" etc.

"Was you? Was you really?". I know this comes under the grammar issue, but it really annoys me.

I think the words "I love you/it/this/etc" are bandied around far too much. A colleague asks for a lighter, I provide a loan of mine, colleague says "thanks darling, love you". Ehm, no, s/he doesn't love me. I didn't save a life or anything, for crying out loud!

Sorry, I'm very grumpy this morning. I do know how to smile - honest