Words that have become fashionable for no apparent reason.

[camberwell70]

win?ning?est 

 ?adjective Informal .

1. winning most often: the winningest coach in college basketball.

2. most winning or charming: the winningest smile in town.

[steveo]

On my kid's life (isn't that just a tad strong?)

Let me be clear (said relentlessly by obfuscating politicians being anything but)

[bonniebird]

I can't stand "Can I "get" a coffee" not can I have or I'll have a coffee please. HATE IT!

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

'Mentee' What ignorant arse started that one?

[new mother]

"The most" plus any superlative... As in " usain bolt isthe most fastest runner".

Of course no-one has any clue now about comparatives and superlatives...

[TillieTrotter]

My mate says "I'm just going to take a pee" grrrr, bothers me every time.

[HonaloochieB]

'Ginchy' - I never saw that making a come back, I mean, who knew?

[paphio]

How come so many people confuse "was" and "were" as in "we was doing..." how can it be that so many brits cannot conjugate the simplest of verbs.... appalling

[pk]

paphio Wrote:

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> How come so many people confuse "was" and "were"

> as in "we was doing..." how can it be that so many

> brits cannot conjugate the simplest of verbs....

> appalling

and how come so many people don't use questions marks when asking questions anymore?

[David Mc]

Or make three mistakes in a sentence criticising someone else's errors?

[maxxi]

David Mc Wrote:

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> Or make three mistakes in a sentence criticising

> someone else's errors?

It's called Muphry's law.

ETA: No that's not a joke - it really is called that.

[pk]

David Mc Wrote:

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> Or make three mistakes in a sentence criticising

> someone else's errors?

isn't this thread about commenting on trends in the use of language that irk you, sometimes irrationally?

my comment wasn't personal criticism, it was commenting on a personal bugbear of mine (in line with the rest of the thread)

if you don't like people failing to e.g. use a capital letter at the start of an informal comment on a web forum why don't you just say so? it's not something that bugs me personally

[mockney piers]

If we're all getting pedantic then that was really just a bugbear rather than anything to do with trends.

I'm pretty sure you'll find instances of that vernacular grammatical horror, characteristic of the underclass, in Dickens.

[pk]

mockney piers Wrote:

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> If we're all getting pedantic then that was really

> just a bugbear rather than anything to do with

> trends.

> I'm pretty sure you'll find instances of that

> vernacular grammatical horror, characteristic of

> the underclass, in Dickens.

are you trying to start an argument or something? i've said nothing to suggest 'horror' or 'underclass' associations, i've said it's a personal bugbear

and i'm 100% sure that i won't find any examples in Dickens, as i won't be looking

[mockney piers]

*sound of wooshing*

Nope indeed, it was I what said those things, calm down dear.

It is a bit of a grammatical horror though innit, and it has been used idiomatically and in a somewhat clich?d manner to characterise a poorly educated type for a very long time (plus the hard lads at school were a bit prone to usage when I think about it). I've no idea whether it was in Dickens or not, did Dick Van Dyke use it Mary Poppins?

I was really just lightheartedly pointing out the gulf in your sentence:

"isn't this thread about commenting on trends in the use of language that irk you [snip] it was commenting on a personal bugbear of mine"

I'll remember to use the tags next time ;-)

[maxxi]

mockney piers Wrote:

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> I'll remember to use the tags next time

> ;-)

Aren't those the colourful little thingies people sewed onto jeans back in the 70s? like...:)

[David Mc]

Capitalisation makes the difference between "I helped my uncle Jack off a horse" and "I helped my uncle jack off a horse".

Anyway, to bring things back on-topic, most of those already mentioned, plus:

Meh.

Webinar.

My bad.

Laters.

Raise the bar.

Push the envelope.

Deep dive.

[Jah Lush]

Jokes

Not

Long (what the feck is that all about?)

Chillax

Awesome!

I shall personally slap the next person who uses any of the above mentioned in front of me.

[BrandNewGuy]

There's the weird new verbal tic of answering a question or responding to an opinion with, "No... yeah..." What's that all about?

"Don't you think this beer's a bit warm?"

"No... yeah..."

Well, is it or isn't it?

[David Mc]

"Ask" used as a noun.

"Task" and "exit" used as verbs.

"Utilise" and "incentivise", though they're usually spelled with a "z" rather than an "s".

"Yeah, yeah, yeah"

[mockney piers]

Solutioneer. Aaaagh.

Actually a 'solution' rarely is one.

[paphio]

pk Wrote:

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> paphio Wrote:

> --------------------------------------------------

> -----

> > How come so many people confuse "was" and

> "were"

> > as in "we was doing..." how can it be that so

> many

> > brits cannot conjugate the simplest of

> verbs....

> > appalling

>

>

> and how come so many people don't use questions

> marks when asking questions anymore?

I suppose a rethorical question is not really a question...or is it ??

[Annette Curtain]

I bridle at middle management "target driven" speak.

( though thankfully I don't have to work within earshot that often, which is a joy )

I've tried to analyse why. Is it just the very people saying it or, Is it the terminology employed.

I conclude that it's a combination of both, the "ying & the yang" ( see how easy it is )

Anyway I was on the lovely L.O.E.L train last night & we stopped at Canada Water; dangerously near to Canary Warf.

I witnessed the following phone call.

"Hi Dave, yeah"

"Just want to touch base"

"I've a window in my diary"

"Just wanna knock an idea about"

"Like outta the box, blue sky"

"Click me in on that"

"Gotta go"

In my mind I punched his BlackBerry down past his teeth, BUT breathe I thought.

"In with anger out with love"

* must dash now as I'm having a deep tissue massage *

" Have a nice day "

NETTE(6):))

[BrandNewGuy]

"Man up" - ugly, arrogant and bloody annoying.

[RosieH]

Come on Nette, you KNOW he was on an iphone.