Overused / irritating words,phrases
Jun 14th 2017, 5:21 pm
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Re: Overused / irritating words,phrases
Did you put in brackets "you tw*t"
Jun 14th 2017, 5:55 pm
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Jun 14th 2017, 7:46 pm
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Re: Overused / irritating words,phrases
I think to get just the right nuance its got to be said to a Brit to a non-Brit (I include our antipodean and Irish friends as Brits in this context). I'll await the response to see if it struck home, although its not quite past the censors yet. Or am I unjustifiably laying a cultural-appropriation claim to it?
Edit: Its overused in the sense that its usually used without the appropriate degree of unction.
Edit: Its overused in the sense that its usually used without the appropriate degree of unction.
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Jun 14th 2017, 9:43 pm
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Re: Overused / irritating words,phrases
I think to get just the right nuance its got to be said to a Brit to a non-Brit (I include our antipodean and Irish friends as Brits in this context). I'll await the response to see if it struck home, although its not quite past the censors yet. Or am I unjustifiably laying a cultural-appropriation claim to it?
Edit: Its overused in the sense that its usually used without the appropriate degree of unction.
Edit: Its overused in the sense that its usually used without the appropriate degree of unction.
Jun 15th 2017, 2:46 am
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Re: Overused / irritating words,phrases
I think to get just the right nuance its got to be said to a Brit to a non-Brit (I include our antipodean and Irish friends as Brits in this context). I'll await the response to see if it struck home, although its not quite past the censors yet. Or am I unjustifiably laying a cultural-appropriation claim to it?
Edit: Its overused in the sense that its usually used without the appropriate degree of unction.
Edit: Its overused in the sense that its usually used without the appropriate degree of unction.
Jun 15th 2017, 3:23 am
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Re: Overused / irritating words,phrases
'Thus far.'
Jun 15th 2017, 4:08 am
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Re: Overused / irritating words,phrases
The fail had an article in 2013
From not bad to quite good, how trait of being polite stops us from saying what we really mean | Daily Mail Online
that though its not so much about overused expressions does help to translate what a Brit (I think specifically) means when they say certain things. Could be useful if you deal with the the less perceptive.
From not bad to quite good, how trait of being polite stops us from saying what we really mean | Daily Mail Online
that though its not so much about overused expressions does help to translate what a Brit (I think specifically) means when they say certain things. Could be useful if you deal with the the less perceptive.
Jun 15th 2017, 4:49 am
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Re: Overused / irritating words,phrases
Where do I start...........??
24/7
Outside the box
Sub-optimal
Push the envelope
Buy-in
Verticals
Reporting line (or line manager, etc)
Brainstorming
Leveraging
Need-to-know basis
.... blah, blah, blah.......
24/7
Outside the box
Sub-optimal
Push the envelope
Buy-in
Verticals
Reporting line (or line manager, etc)
Brainstorming
Leveraging
Need-to-know basis
.... blah, blah, blah.......
Jun 15th 2017, 4:50 am
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Re: Overused / irritating words,phrases
Those are all from a business environment........
More generally, I hate "actually"............
More generally, I hate "actually"............
Jun 15th 2017, 6:20 am
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Re: Overused / irritating words,phrases
" take it to the next level "
Jun 15th 2017, 7:42 am
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Re: Overused / irritating words,phrases
The utterly ridiculous acronym bae and other millennial nonsense like totes when they mean totally instead of referring to multiple bags, my bad (presumable grammar is the missing word) and cray cray. No, you or your pathetic activity are not crazy, just ignorant and lazy if you cannot manage that single extra letter.
Also the appallingly twee hubby, hubster, wifey and other vomit-inducing terms.
Also the appallingly twee hubby, hubster, wifey and other vomit-inducing terms.