Words that have become fashionable for no apparent reason.

[Brendan]

Jah Lush Wrote:

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> "Can I get" ...I really @#$%& hate that. In fact I

> can't stand any Americanisms that have crept into

> our language.

I know. Don't people know how to say, "Gimme!" anymore?

Simples.

[wee quinnie]

Don't know if anyones noticed - but there seems to be a slightly strange way of saying "thank you" from shop workers in ED. Everyone in Pretty Traditional seems to do it - it sounds a bit like a sneeze - the "than" bit is really drawn out, and then the "k you" bit is really brief.

Fashion eh?

[ruffers]

Agreeing with the above

"Can I get a pint of lager?"

"Yes you can, this is a pub." Ideally the bar person then walks off and serves someone else.

[flapjackdavey]

"Going Forward"

f*ckin grrrrr

[flapjackdavey]

someone I used to know would say " to die for " all the bloody time . watched far too many episodes of Friends.

Power Walking - do people still use that one ? someone once said to me they were power walking somewhere , yeah off the end of my f*ckin boot thats what . gnnnnrrr

[northlondoner]

Off the back of - meaning 'after' or 'as a result of '. So :Bob shot Dave off the back of Dave's use of the phrase 'simples '. End of.

[northlondoner]

Oh yeah - around. As in: Sheila strangled Debbie after Debbie kept talking about problems 'around' parenting.

[PinkLady]

'Friended' meaning added to one's list of Friends on a social networking site. This is one I don't mind too much. The one I hate is:

'burglarise'

What's wrong with 'burgle'?

(I'm not that keen on 'disrespect' either.)

[wee quinnie]

One thing that I heard on telly in Australia which really amused me was some telly designer suggesting that people could use pictures to "decor" their homes! ha ha!!!

[louisiana]

KidKruger Wrote:

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> "Resource. Do you mean person?"

>

> Resource can be people, cash/funding, space

> (factory space, desk space), raw materials, skills

> (again, implying people), time, knowledge - any

> input to an activity which can be consumed and

> therefore needs to be obtained and lined-up. So

> in the wider sense when running (say) projects or

> planning, a 'person' is one kind of resource and

> during conversation about that kind of 'resource'

> the term will be used interchangeably with the

> normal descriptive word. admittedly, often by

> folks half way through their part-time MBA.

>

I think 'resource' has gone out of style. People are now using 'asset'. So they talk about the assets they are going to deploy in any given project. I think we can blame the military.

[SteveT]

Yeah no, ......used as a partial reply to a question.

[charliecharlie]

"I'm good" as in "how are you" - "I'm good"

what the hell happened to "I'm fine" or "I'm OK/well/not great" etc..

awful thing is I catch myself saying now...

help... I'm slipping

http://www.swifteconomics.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/slippery-slope.png

[Ridgley]

cos I like they way I speak you get me!(tu)

[Hobbes]

Starting a sentence with "I really must say...."

[david_carnell]

Ted Max Wrote:

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> Quality.

>

> Used as a universal blokey term of approbation.

> Absolute quality, mate. In football, a good pass

> was always a quality ball.

>

> Then "quality" became a value in itself. Spain,

> for instance, have "quality" all over the park.

> I'm pretty sure I've heard one pundit describe a

> team's "quality" as quality. "Their quality is

> just quality."

>

> Anyway, that's enough qualitative analysis from

> me.

Pirsig would have a field day.

[cate]

PinkLady Wrote:

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> 'Friended' meaning added to one's list of Friends

> on a social networking site. This is one I don't

> mind too much. The one I hate is:

>

> 'burglarise'

>

> What's wrong with 'burgle'?

>

> (I'm not that keen on 'disrespect' either.)

Burglarise is used in the US. Never heard it over here.

[Annette Curtain]

suzisoo Wrote:

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> Why does everyone now go around saying 'Really?'

> in answer to things they might find unbeleivable?

Really ?

[Dee Woffaz]

"At the end of the day" - My most hated expression.

Caracterful - One for the estate agents.

Disingenuous - Just say what you mean.

I heard a great conversation between two seemingly 'it' girls. It went.

1st girl "Hes like really cool"

2nd girl " Yah, i know hes like so hot its unreal"

So if he is only like hot he must be something else but not actually hot & if hes only like cool similarly hes not actually cool. Does that make him just warm and is that cool or hot?:-S

[maxxi]

would of... could of... should of... AAAGH!!

[Townleygreen]

I am a little bit fed up with people saying

OH MY GOD

all the time

[randombloke]

I'd forgotten I'd started this thread 12 months or so ago. Perhaps this should be the last word?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/clips/p008xy8j/mongrels_scott_mills/

Like, quality.

[flapjackdavey]

"Going Forward" AAAARRRGGGGGHHHH !

"and then some" AAARRRGHHHH !

[Frankito]

What is worse than Oh my God is OMG...

[maxxi]

Quite right... surely it should be OmG?

*ducks*

[Senor Chevalier]

Here's a small sample of the crap I get to listen to at work:

"quote unquote" - for emphasis, but overused to the point of worthlessness. "That's quote unquote interesting" when it really is anything but.

"so to speak" - added to the end of a perfectly normal sentence for no reason whatsoever so to speak

"beachfront" - as in "it's all about building our beachfront" used when justifying expenditure that has no tangible benefit by implying that it is clever forward planning, positioning us for some future mystical opportunity or another that only stupid people would not understand.

Groan.