Words or phrases that drive you mad

fleagle21

'Sick' - unless being used to describe someone unwell (that makes me sound so old! I'm clearly not 'down with the kids'!!!)

And, one that really irritates me - people saying pacific or pacifically when they mean specific!!!

kathleenryd

wendy_the_goat wrote: »

Touch base
Chillax
It's got the Xfactor/ wow factor (on property programmes)

The other thing that drives me mental is lazy spelling. Not text spelling just plain lazy spelling. eg. ov instead of of. It's the same amount of letters and the letter V is directly BELOW the F.
Other ones include: cnt (can't) wudnt (wouldn't) tym (time) da (the) etc...

Using amount instead of number - less instead of fewer

CathWales

kathleenryd wrote: »

Using 'lend' instead of 'borrow'.

Also when someone says (to mean taught) "I was learnt...l"

I hate "of" instead of have "could of, should of" ITS HAVE!!!

I hate Americanisms like "my bad", 'sick' to mean Fantastic, 'Dude' patronise with an A!!!

Pacific instead of Specific!

wobblegobble

"You're my guilty pleasure" - especially when Cheryl Cole says it.

Also when someone is a "national treasure"

Nugget for nougat -not being posh or anything but nugget is just so wrong..............

durham_girl

'To be fair....' - AAAAAARRRGGGGHHHH!!! I just want to beat whoever is saying around the head

vyle

You guys must really hate me, as I say loads of these (but usually when taking the !!!!, or pretending to be down with the kids).

The one that annoys me the most, though, is 'obviously.'

Such as when a customer approaches me (in the audio section) and says something like:

"Hi, I obviously want a tv, so obviously I need to know if, obviously, sky will work with it. I obviously want a 32 or 40 inch screen, but I'm not sure.... I might, obviously, go bigger or smaller, obviously."

Since when has obviously become a substitute for a pause?

williacg

CathWales wrote: »

Also when someone says (to mean taught) "I was learnt...l"

I have a similar term that a work colleague uses "That'll learn ya"

And I think to myself "Will it, will it really?"

williacg

vyle wrote: »

You guys must really hate me, as I say loads of these (but usually when taking the !!!!, or pretending to be down with the kids).

The one that annoys me the most, though, is 'obviously.'

Such as when a customer approaches me (in the audio section) and says something like:

"Hi, I obviously want a tv, so obviously I need to know if, obviously, sky will work with it. I obviously want a 32 or 40 inch screen, but I'm not sure.... I might, obviously, go bigger or smaller, obviously."

Since when has obviously become a substitute for a pause?

For quite a while, OBVIOUSLY!

vikingaero

I hate most office speak. Even worse are the number of numpties who insist on using it.

Blue Sky Thinking, Touch Base, Solutions. Synergy. End to End. Think outside the box.

People who use office speak think that just because God gave you a mouth doesn't mean you have to use it. In fact I'd go further to say that if you use office speak with me, my immediate thought would be: "You utter c*ck."

williacg

Hit the ground running.