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what two words in one/sayings irritate you?

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  • Softstuff
    Softstuff Posts: 3,086 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    A few phrases from my last job:
    "Non-negotiable" - this was the way any directive was described, which was quite redundant since all directives had to be done without discussion.

    "Blue sky thinking"

    "Thinking outside the box" - They encouraged this until there was no-one thinking inside the box where it mattered.

    "Going forward" - used when they meant in the future rather than as a directional instruction.

    I know there were others, but I've been doing my best to forget.
    Softstuff- Officially better than 007
  • Norma_Desmond
    Norma_Desmond Posts: 4,417 Forumite
    I don't know if it's been mentioned already, but the phrase 'He won't hurt you' coming from dog owners who've just let their darling pet leap up/slobber/run at you drives me insane. :mad:
    "I'm ready for my close-up Mr. DeMille...."
  • Maxjessdru
    Maxjessdru Posts: 178 Forumite
    inappropriate use of the word 'myself' when it should just be 'me' - drives me insane every time I hear it - especially on TV - does no-one check grammar any more!
  • skipsmum
    skipsmum Posts: 707 Forumite
    Softstuff wrote: »

    "Thinking outside the box" - They encouraged this until there was no-one thinking inside the box where it mattered.

    :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:
    With Sparkles! :happylove And Shiny Things!
  • Elsewhere
    Elsewhere Posts: 752 Forumite
    "Meet with" instead of meet. For instance. "I'm going to meet with my son" Surely if you "meet with" someone it really means you and that person are going together to meet a third party!
  • tea_lover
    tea_lover Posts: 8,261 Forumite
    edited 2 April 2012 at 12:26PM
    Another vote for 'going forward'. Whenever my boss starts talking we start a tally of how often he says this, he's usually up to double figures within a minute.

    ETA: and 'my bad'. I could slap people that say that.
  • NickyBat
    NickyBat Posts: 857 Forumite
    "sorry for your loss"

    When my dad died people kept saying "sorry for your loss" until one day i screamed at one poor person "i haven't LOST him, i know exactly where he is" .
  • Gloomendoom
    Gloomendoom Posts: 16,551 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    hemophobic wrote: »
    My girlfriend sometimes calls crisps "crips" :mad:

    She will probably stop when she starts school.


    :D
  • BugglyB
    BugglyB Posts: 1,067 Forumite
    I dislike it when people say 'in any way shape or form' which seems to be very popular. It doesn't add anything to the sentence!
  • Ginger_Poodle
    Ginger_Poodle Posts: 230 Forumite
    JEGGINGS & TREGGINGS

    Even typing those non-words makes me feel a little uncomfortable
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