Re: Overused / irritating words,phrases
Did you put in brackets "you tw*t"
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Re: Overused / irritating words,phrases
Originally Posted by Bahtatboy
(Post 12273139)
I used "with all due respect" in a letter to our client today. All pleased with myself. :sneaky:
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Re: Overused / irritating words,phrases
Originally Posted by Millhouse
(Post 12273182)
That's a phrase that is underused.
Edit: Its overused in the sense that its usually used without the appropriate degree of unction. |
Re: Overused / irritating words,phrases
Originally Posted by Bahtatboy
(Post 12273260)
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. |
Re: Overused / irritating words,phrases
Originally Posted by Bahtatboy
(Post 12273260)
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. |
Re: Overused / irritating words,phrases
Originally Posted by weasel decentral
(Post 12273405)
I don't think I have ever used that phrase as it is honestly interpreted, it's always been delivered either ironically or sarcastically.
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Re: Overused / irritating words,phrases
Originally Posted by moneypenny20
(Post 12273414)
You mean people really use it in a non sarcastic manner? They're weird.
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Re: Overused / irritating words,phrases
'Thus far.'
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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. |
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....... |
Re: Overused / irritating words,phrases
Those are all from a business environment........
More generally, I hate "actually"............ |
Re: Overused / irritating words,phrases
Originally Posted by Millhouse
(Post 12273182)
That's a phrase that is underused.
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Re: Overused / irritating words,phrases
" take it to the next level "
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Re: Overused / irritating words,phrases
Originally Posted by Miss Ann Thrope
(Post 12271733)
Signature (as an adjective)
Boutique (as an adjective) Iconic Cooked to perfection Chic |
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. |
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