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Post by Tibidabo on Sept 9, 2017 6:55:22 GMT
"I literally died." Really? Are you speaking from beyond the grave? Guilty as charged! (Well, not the second bit, obvs.) I will own up to really liking that expression and think it's one of the better teenage nonsenses around at the moment. You have to say it whilst wearing a belt for a skirt and flicking your long, severely straightened hair back over your shoulder, whilst a gaggle of clones surround you chorusing "Ohmygodohmygodohmygodohmygod" for it to have the desired meaning. "It is what it is" has me wanting to (at the risk of annoying longinthetooth) literally kill someone. Aaaaaggghhhhhhggghhhhh!
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Sept 9, 2017 8:23:00 GMT
I'm super hungry/tired/happy/excited right now
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Post by TallPaul on Sept 9, 2017 11:43:14 GMT
I get mildly annoyed with people who confuse anything with nothing. "The council/government/police don't do nothing for us." To compound matters, they usually pronounce is as nothink.
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Post by tmesis on Sept 9, 2017 11:46:05 GMT
I hate the word artisan (and the very clumsy sounding artisanal) - not the word itself, and it's true meaning, but it's now used indiscriminately to indicate often a spurious, faux authenticity and usually with an unjustified price hike over something else that is supposedly more mass-produced. Also, it now seems that if you stick the word 'craft' in front of anything you want to drink or eat, a similar smug, superiority of quality and purpose is implied. This obviously comes from craft beer (I still prefer proper real ale myself) but I've now seen the ludicrous term craft coffee at some cafes in London. and the pretentious use of 'bespoke.' There was a time when only tailors used the expression but now anything that's a little bit individual is bespoke. bespoke kitchens bespoke itineraries bespoke insurance policy
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Post by Dawnstar on Sept 10, 2017 20:46:14 GMT
^That reminds me of the current over-use of "curate". As far as I'm concerned you curate a museum exhibition but nowadays people seem to curate such trivial things as a Spotify playlist. Pretentious.
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Post by Backdrifter on Sept 10, 2017 21:39:32 GMT
This might be a tad off the topic of the language as such but one of mine would be getting well-known sayings wrong, such as "it was a bit of a damp squid"
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Post by tonyloco on Sept 11, 2017 13:47:25 GMT
This might be a tad off the topic of the language as such but one of mine would be getting well-known sayings wrong, such as "it was a bit of a damp squid" And what's wrong with us damp squids?
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Post by peggs on Sept 11, 2017 21:23:52 GMT
walked past a sign today advertising hand crafted somethings, well I looked what it was it was sandwiches, is this why my sandwiches are a bit naff because I don't craft them?!
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Post by sherriebythesea on Sept 12, 2017 1:26:38 GMT
Have noticed particularly amongst Americans a tendency to say that they *could* care less when they mean couldn't. Don't know why but it drives me insane. Most of the time it does mean "we could care less, but you aren't worth the effort"
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Post by Stasia on Sept 12, 2017 8:53:33 GMT
....and people who are passionate about everything. Any website that begins 'I'm passionate about...' doesn't get my business. What would be the correct way of saying the same thing?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 12, 2017 9:08:46 GMT
I think in this case it should be a bit more "show, don't tell". Instead of a cake decorating company, for instance, taking up valuable space on their website saying they're passionate about cake decorating, they'd be better off showing you a great portfolio of previous decorations. And really, it's a bit silly for a cake decorating company to feel like they have to tell you that they're into cake decorating, because... well... they're a cake decorating company. It's fairly obvious.
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Post by TallPaul on Sept 12, 2017 12:19:11 GMT
What would be the correct way of saying the same thing? It's correct, but a cliché, really, Stasia, and clichés must be avoided like the plague. Otherwise we'll be up the creek without a paddle!!!
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Post by Stasia on Sept 12, 2017 14:04:27 GMT
What would be the correct way of saying the same thing? It's correct, but a cliché, really, Stasia, and clichés must be avoided like the plague. Understood. Oh, and I caught the reference to the Self-Contradicting rules of Writing and really proud of it!
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Sept 12, 2017 15:18:01 GMT
It's correct, but a cliché, really, Stasia, and clichés must be avoided like the plague. Understood. Oh, and I caught the reference to the Self-Contradicting rules of Writing and really proud of it! But the one about not starting sentences with a conjunction is very old fashioned now. 🙂
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Post by tonyloco on Sept 13, 2017 13:16:22 GMT
And the one about not ending a sentence with a preposition is a rule up with which I will not put.
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Post by Backdrifter on Sept 13, 2017 14:34:11 GMT
And the one about not ending a sentence with a preposition is a rule up with which I will not put. Excellent! Yes following that rule can turn you into Yoda.
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Post by showgirl on Sept 14, 2017 4:05:36 GMT
People who evidently cannot spell and/or write grammatically correct English, but who for some unknown reason do not bother to use tools designed for them, e.g. spellchecking. And some of the offenders are those of whom you would expect better...
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Post by tmesis on Sept 14, 2017 6:52:26 GMT
All the euphemisms for second hand, like pre-owned, or worse, previously loved or previously cherished.
There's one shop in the village of Westcott not far from me; this is a place that's so up itself even the bus shelters are thatched. (true)
In this village is a second hand shop with the hilarious name of 'Second User Centre.'
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Post by The Matthew on Sept 14, 2017 7:01:42 GMT
All the euphemisms for second hand, like pre-owned, or worse, previously loved or previously cherished. "Pre-loved? You mean you've shagged it or something?" I have to admit that I do like the idea of vomit being pre-loved food.
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Post by BurlyBeaR on Sept 14, 2017 7:04:29 GMT
Gourmet.
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Post by showgirl on Sept 14, 2017 10:49:16 GMT
All the euphemisms for second hand, like pre-owned, or worse, previously loved or previously cherished. There's one shop in the village of Westcott not far from me; this is a place that's so up itself even the bus shelters are thatched. (true) In this village is a second hand shop with the hilarious name of 'Second User Centre.' Interested to learn that there's more than one Westcott; I knew only of the Dorking village.
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Post by shady23 on Sept 14, 2017 15:11:45 GMT
walked past a sign today advertising hand crafted somethings, well I looked what it was it was sandwiches, is this why my sandwiches are a bit naff because I don't craft them?! They had to state they were crafted by hand too. Unlike those "sandwich artists" crafting with their feet/ears/noses.
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Post by ptwest on Sept 15, 2017 6:20:10 GMT
Adverts claiming that their prices are "up to half price". I was once feeling particularly pedantic and had a debate in one shop as to why everything wasn't half price or less.
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Post by emsworthian on Sept 15, 2017 6:46:50 GMT
Lists of 50 books or places to visit that "you must do before you die." As opposed to after you die? Anyway, why must I do these things? What will happen if I don't?
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Post by The Matthew on Sept 15, 2017 6:59:28 GMT
Lists of 50 books or places to visit that "you must do before you die." [...] What will happen if I don't? You never die. Ask any number of people who haven't done those things. 100% of those who reply will not be dead. You can't argue with statistics like that.
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Post by Backdrifter on Sept 15, 2017 7:56:13 GMT
Lists of 50 books or places to visit that "you must do before you die." As opposed to after you die? Anyway, why must I do these things? What will happen if I don't? On a different part of the same spectrum: "If you only see one film this year, make it this one." There are various levels of stupid with that.
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Post by Backdrifter on Sept 15, 2017 8:11:27 GMT
I was already finding it mildly irritating when people talked about someone doing something really well as "smashing it". Now I notice they are "crushing it". I look forward to their pulverising, shredding, vapourising and generally destroying it in various other ways.
And anyone who talks about someone "rocking a look" should be repeatedly poked in the eye and subjected to high-frequency noises until they agree to stop.
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Post by showgirl on Sept 16, 2017 13:36:29 GMT
I entertain similarly uncharitable hopes for those who talk about "cheeky" this, that and the other. What do they mean? Do they imagine they are badly-behaved small children or what?
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Post by Tibidabo on Sept 16, 2017 13:48:08 GMT
Boo to those T.V. adverts announcing: "Get this 3 seater sofa for only three nine nine!"
NO! It's actually three hundred and ninety nine pounds and we are not fooled, thank you very much!
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Post by TallPaul on Sept 16, 2017 13:56:52 GMT
Boo to those T.V. adverts announcing: "Get this 3 seater sofa for only three nine nine!" NO! It's actually three hundred and ninety nine pounds and we are not fooled, thank you very much! Can I ask a question please, Miss? Shouldn't you be Tibidabo BEd? Love from TallPaul BA (Hons)
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