Annoying words that have cropped up in our language

[Sue]

ianr Wrote:

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> FJDGoose wrote:

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> > should of

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> Tell me if there's ever a posse ...

😂

And would of, could of .....🙄🙄🙄

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

Would it be too pedantic to suggest the use of

"Can I..." rather than the lovelier, but somewhat neglected "May I..."?

[DulwichFox]

OutOfFocus Wrote:

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> Eraser - a thing that is used for rubbing out.

Why is an eraser called a rubber?

In 1770, the word rubber was coined by Joseph Priestley when he observed that gum from the Hevea tree could be used to rub out pencil marks. In short, it was called rubber, because it rubs out pencil mark, you read it right.

Foxy

[Spartacus]

If you ask for a "rubber" in America, it won't let you remove mistakes after you've made them but may stop you making them in the first place 😱

[Seabag]

Brexit

[wordsworth]

Boris Johnson

[KidKruger]

?these people?

[WomblingFree]

Trope

[TheCat]

Well done mal....this thread took a whole page before it got political.....

[SpringTime]

Woke

[Jules-and-Boo]

Snowflake

[KidKruger]

Antifa

[Seabag]

Wallpapergate

[Alan Medic]

I've often wondered why so many people say 'we was' in England. Is it the lack of a good education?

[KidKruger]

Alan Medic Wrote:

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> I've often wondered why so many people say 'we

> was' in England. Is it the lack of a good

> education?

Nope, it?s the lack of a very basic level of education 🤣

[Seabag]

Oven ready.

[Nigello]

https://www.theguardian.com/media/mind-your-language/2011/sep/29/mind-your-language-buzzword-trope - how it started...

[ianr]

How what started?

[Spartacus]

Seabag Wrote:

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> Wallpapergate

Never heard this .. can you put it into context or is it a decorating related word ?

[Alan Medic]

Spartacus Wrote:

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> Seabag Wrote:

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> > Wallpapergate

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> Never heard this .. can you put it into context

> or is it a decorating related word ?

Downing Street.

[ed_pete]

We no longer have problems, difficulties or issues just challenges.

[Seabag]

Furlough

[Seabag]

Iconic

It?s been killed to death that word, often because the said ?icon? turns out to be a deviant/wife beater/psycho and ultimately gets ?cancelled? in the process.

Often rightly so tbf

[Seabag]

Oh and ?..

Cancelled

[Alan Medic]

We are where we are. I interpret that to mean that "we f**ked up, but lets ignore it".