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Phrases you hate

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  • IAgree
    IAgree Posts: 1,839
    bung a bob for a big ben bong
  • _MrDick
    _MrDick Posts: 13,103
    Alright Babe
  • Tom_Hovi
    Tom_Hovi Posts: 465
    Would of. Could of. Instead of would’ve or could have etc. Although I suppose that’s just illiterate grammar rather than an annoying phrase. 
  • DamoNorthStand
    DamoNorthStand Posts: 10,934
    “bet you’re fun at parties”....

    Fuck off
  • bobmunro
    bobmunro Posts: 20,842
    Tom_Hovi said:
    Would of. Could of. Instead of would’ve or could have etc. Although I suppose that’s just illiterate grammar rather than an annoying phrase. 

    Maybe - but still annoying.
  • DaveStorry
    DaveStorry Posts: 989
    "From the get go." WTF.?
  • WishIdStayedinthePub
    WishIdStayedinthePub Posts: 648
    My bad makes my blood boil.  Literally.

    People who say literally when they obvs don't mean literally.

    People who say obvs, particularly when they're olders.

    Olders who try get down with the kids.

    I could go on ...
  • Solidgone
    Solidgone Posts: 10,206
    You know what I’m saying
  • Solidgone
    Solidgone Posts: 10,206
    Absolutely 
  • Solidgone
    Solidgone Posts: 10,206
    Literally 
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  • WishIdStayedinthePub
    WishIdStayedinthePub Posts: 648
    Clearly
  • WishIdStayedinthePub
    WishIdStayedinthePub Posts: 648
    100%

    Do you mean 'yes'?????
  • SantaClaus
    SantaClaus Posts: 7,651
    Have you finished already?
  • Callumcafc
    Callumcafc Posts: 63,763
    EveshamAddick said:
    “Reached out” instead of contacted.

    Drives me up the wall.
    Touching base...
  • happyvalley
    happyvalley Posts: 8,996
    I reckon most of these stupid phrase originated in the good old US ofA.
  • Themightyath2
    Themightyath2 Posts: 930
    I also hate the term “reach out” used by my US colleagues. 

    They also often ask me “what’s the delta”?!???
  • McBobbin
    McBobbin Posts: 12,051
    I wish I stopped saying "Coolio" as a reply to just about anything anyone says to me at work. What I really mean is "go away, I'm not listening"
  • Wheresmeticket
    Wheresmeticket Posts: 17,304
    "I love you".

    What do you want?
  • Valley11
    Valley11 Posts: 11,983
    ‘I’m quite woke’
    and
    ‘Bed wetting’
  • captainbob
    captainbob Posts: 939
    Not necessarily phrases but mine include...
    Let's unpick the data.'
    'It is what it is.'
    Opening a sentence with 'Myself...'
    Ian Wright saying 'ee' instead of 'he' and also saying 'We was...'
    'Lol'
    'I'm good!' when asked, 'How are you?'
    'Give it up for...' when an audience are invited to show their appreciation for a guest. 
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  • IAgree
    IAgree Posts: 1,839
    Deep dive
  • CAFCOlly
    CAFCOlly Posts: 523
    People calling a colleague an “absolute legend”
  • Ormiston_Addick
    Ormiston_Addick Posts: 8,810
    Most of these vulgarisms are brought into our language by the bloody Americans of course.

    Exhibit A: I am super excited.

    Exhibit B: Can I get?

    Exhibit C: Gratuitous use of the word "totally" 
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,021
    People trying to make themselves seem more important at work by adding the words "strategy" or "strategic" to what they do. The vast bulk of what most people do isn't strategic at all, it's bog standard, humdrum, business as usual.  Stop trying to dress everything up.
  • Bangkokaddick
    Bangkokaddick Posts: 4,295
    "Cheap as chips"

    Last time I went to a fish and chip shop it was bloody expensive!
  • Ormiston_Addick
    Ormiston_Addick Posts: 8,810
    On reflection - and I am deadly serious here - I heard an American broadcaster describe NFL coach Vince Lombardi as, and I kid you not, the "most winningest NFL coach of all time."
  • MrLargo
    MrLargo Posts: 7,989
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  • Rossman92
    Rossman92 Posts: 3,650
    edited January 2020
    "Hope I Am Wrong"

    "Don't get mad, but"
  • iaitch
    iaitch Posts: 10,223
    This person has a great future ahead of them.

    Difficult to have a future behind you. 
  • Fumbluff
    Fumbluff Posts: 10,125
    “League one wouldn’t be a disaster”......

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