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It's not 'at the minute' - it should be 'at the moment'. I first noticed people starting to use that phrase about 15 years ago now. Also, why is almost everyone who's interviewed on the television these days seem to always start the answer to any question with the word 'So'.
DOH!!!
DOH!!!
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Well, you know, like I say, at the end of the day, lessons will be learned.
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I thought they always start with "Well" or "Basically"!
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....or "Erm"....
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It used to be 'well', 'basically' and 'erm', but now it's 'So'!
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'to be perfectly honest' implies the rest of the time youve been lying to me
people who say its not a quantum leap meaning its not a big leap when quantum actually means very small |
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...or the politician "Let me make one thing perfectly clear"...that before the next ten minutes of waffle that don't!
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politicians and 'hard working families'
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The worst one, unquestionably, is "Our hearts go out to the family of…." when there has been some unexpected incident involving deaths(s).
No-one, but no-one, ever used terminology like this until someone off the telly (possibly a politician) said it, and it has subsequently been repeated like parrots by everyone and anyone having a microphone shoved into their face after a 'tragedy'. For best results, use the phrase with a fake-sincerity look on your face when you are discussing someone you never ever met, and haven't got a clue who their families are either. |
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'hard working families' a great shout, got to be in the top 10 along with "Our hearts go out to the family of…."
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It's not rocket science, ffs, I prefer it's not rocket salad.
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... the winner is, without going the extra mile, or even any blue sky thinking or even spinning my wheels, but obviously gaining traction
yes the winner is STRAIGHT A STUDENT |
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^^^^Photo with Promising footballer. |
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i try not to listen to d beckham talking but when i have had to every sentence seem to contain multiple use of 'you know what i mean' and/or 'at the end of the day'.
i hate it when people who i dont know refer to me as 'boss', everyone who has ever said this to me would have been sacked if i had been their boss! |
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I thought it hilarious years ago when straight faced he told an interviewer he was teaching his Spanish team mates English.
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I can just about accept "like" in the spoken word
as its a substitute for erm, but it seems to be used more and more in the written word (well Twitter). Stop it, like, now! |
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"That's what I'm talkin about"!!!!
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The single most irritating word has to be "Awesome"
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i never saw that boxingthefox, i think my right foot would have gone through the tv if i did! i imagine he and his wife must have some amazing conversations
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Yes mate it was a truly mindbogglingly beautiful moment
 .I think the fly on the wall in their gaff committed Hari Kari |
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not megatastic ?
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A place in the sun in Spain seems incapable of getting through the show without the now obligatory "It looks very Spanish"
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someone earlier said blue sky thinking. years ago i had a boss who used that along with downsizing and then rightsizing to describe the act of sacking people. he would often say 'lets do lunch so we can touch base and bounce ideas off each other'. i imagine nowadays he is 'thinking outside the box' when he's not 'picking the low hanging fruit'.
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Also, never could stand the word 'mate' being used - it's too heterosexual!!
And one that's been around what seems like forever is a favourite of the media, and that is .... 'it's too little too late'. That phrase is well over used in all sorts of applications. |
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I rarely get the opportunity to say this any more (after some one declares he's a self made man).... Yes and you love your creator!!!!
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"not being funny" and "they had a little boy/girl" (is it supposed to be a giant then?) are a few that irritate me.
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The phrases that really bug me are
"many congratulations" Nick Luck uses tis all the time to winning connections, surely it is just congratulations. " Arsenal are entertaining Spurs this weekend", are they laying on a Comedian, Jugglers and some dancing girls to keep them entertained. |
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Every place that has something bad happen seems to be a
'close knit community' Then there is a Police favourite ' Wrong place at the wrong time' |
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I'll give you all a heads up on my favourite disliked phrase ...
it's, err, err, giving someone a "HEADS UP" (Shirley not the opposite of giving someone HEAD (down) is it?) |
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"Going forward" seems to be the new w@nky faux business term of the moment.
"It is your job and your responsibility to take leadership going forward.” |
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At this point in time
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Listen.
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From the get go......ffs.
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Director of one of my client companies liked "How does that sit with you"?
Very difficult to give an answer to that, be it pandering or attempt at humour! A quick sidestep "I hear where your coming from" would give a neutral answer and buy some time! The later one was "How does that float your boat"? Even more difficult to answer. Having said all that, when we first met he was a bankrupt. Couldn't sign a cheque, so his co-director and ex wife had to do it, but she was dyslexic so I wrote my own cheque and she signed it! That was 1995. Now they are both millionaires, with a hugely successful main business, and own a manor house in fifty acres, with stabling for twenty horses plus a successful trainer, and currently expanding the site. All that, let it be said, on borrowed money!!! |
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How does that sit with you?
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I don't mind it sitting with me.
I just had to share it with you ... it's an imperative. And sooo strategic. |
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Well not that bothered frankly SD
The MD used to say to me "You've got more money than God"! That because he knew I made vastly more than he did, but for far less effort. Not in the least envious of the owners lifestyle, as I think I am far more chilled out than they are, but that's their choice. BTW, every time his first co-owned horse ran, I laid it and probably made more than he did or, then again, maybe not! |
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Two for me. Both said by a berk which I see most days.
1) I'm not going to lie....... 2) I'm not being funny but..... |
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"where did you lose it?" always makes me smile. If I knew, then ....
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A favourite by all the presenters on breakfast tv when they are greeting a guest is "A very Good Morning to you." What is wrong with "Good Morning"?
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