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  • I fear I may be alone in being irritated by this...

    'See you later' said by someone who is definitely not going to see you later, e.g. (a) someone you helped put their suitcase on a train to Edinburgh before you boarded your train to Penzance  (b) a barmaid as you leave the pub at closing time and she seconds later gets into her boyfriend's car  (c) a doctor as he turns off your life support machine.

    It's irritating me so much that I am now replying, 'Ok, I may have to rearrange my plans but what time are you thinking of?'

    It doesn't go down very well.
  • A frazzled mother of three kids in the queue behind me at the supermarket checkout, turned to her kids who were barging into her and said, 'Will you stop it? You are literally getting up my arse now.'

    I just about resisted commenting that from the angle I was at, I hazarded a guess that she was speaking figuratively.

    Instead, I said, 'See you later', and left.
  • BR3red
    BR3red Posts: 1,715
    Hello “Boss”

    How you doing “Boss”

    Hi “Boss”

    Employ a lot of people but no one calls me “Boss” - other than this one bloke who says it all of the time to me. Good guy as well. 

    Proper pisses me off.

    On hindsight and all that said, after 9 years with me, probably should have broached the subject with him.....duh - shit Boss 🙄

  • AddicksAddict
    AddicksAddict Posts: 15,783
    People that use the word "Literally" in every other sentence when it has no purpose. "I was literally shitting myself" Sometimes interspersed with"Like" which is equally as useless. "Like I thought like I was having a really shit day" or "You know what I mean like, I was like, literally having a mare like, I mean like, I was, god's honest truth, literally."

    These people do exist.
    But hopefully not for much longer. 
  • IdleHans said:
    "Hopefully" is almost always misused. It means "in a hopeful manner", not "I hope".
    I hope you've got that.
    Literally makes my blood boil. Hopefully people will get the message, but the proof is in the pudding.
  • Buddy. Chap. Used to me, not about me.

    "Alright chap?"

    You unmitigated tosser.
  • UEAAddick
    UEAAddick Posts: 512
    "I'm entitled to my opinion" Said by people when denying a blatant fact

    "Banter" Said by Lad Bible divs, used to excuse racism, homophobia and sexism

  • UEAAddick
    UEAAddick Posts: 512
    UEAAddick said:
    "I'm entitled to my opinion" Said by people when denying a blatant fact

    "Banter" Said by Lad Bible divs, used to excuse racism, homophobia and sexism

    'Chav' is another one, it's 2020 ffs
  • Rizzo
    Rizzo Posts: 6,431
    UEAAddick said:
    UEAAddick said:
    "I'm entitled to my opinion" Said by people when denying a blatant fact

    "Banter" Said by Lad Bible divs, used to excuse racism, homophobia and sexism

    'Chav' is another one, it's 2020 ffs
    Chavs are still (sadly) alive and kicking.
  • UEAAddick
    UEAAddick Posts: 512
    Rizzo said:
    UEAAddick said:
    UEAAddick said:
    "I'm entitled to my opinion" Said by people when denying a blatant fact

    "Banter" Said by Lad Bible divs, used to excuse racism, homophobia and sexism

    'Chav' is another one, it's 2020 ffs
    Chavs are still (sadly) alive and kicking.
    It's a classist term used to demonise anyone who is working class
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  • i_b_b_o_r_g
    i_b_b_o_r_g Posts: 18,948
    "That's so Brexit"
  • Hat
    "The proof is in the pudding."




    You know who you are.

    JiMMy 85 said:
    People that use lastminute.com within a sentence about how they've not organised something they should have organised earlier. 

    eg> 'i'm so lastminute.com' 

    You're just $hit and a $hitter human being for saying that line. 
    Any use of an advertising slogan in conversation can fuck off. Simples, should have gone to specsavers etc. 


  • Like what it says on the tin.
  • cafcfan
    cafcfan Posts: 11,198
    Often to be heard coming from the mouths of both football pundits and the idiot Jake Humphrey.  Just a word but to start every sentence with either Look or Listen just grates.  Doesn't it Rio?  Look, we need to assume they all went to the same speaking coach.  Listen, it doesn't improve the importance or accuracy of what you are saying:  it merely makes you sound like a fool.  I needed to draw this to your attention so you can all suffer as I do.

    Now, on to different to.  No one would say similar from, so why do they say different to?  Even Americans manage to grasp this, although they frequently use than rather than from.

    Finally, data;  the word is the plural of datum.  So, all BBC journos and whoever writes the BBC website news, it is not alright to say the data is indicating....  Not one BBC journo would say the World Cup stadia is nearly finished.  They know that the word stadia is the plural form of stadium.  How can they not know about data?
  • Dazzler21
    Dazzler21 Posts: 51,344
    edited January 2020
    Oriental.  It often causes offence when the term Oriental is used to describe a person of East Asian race.
  • orpingtonRED
    orpingtonRED Posts: 3,474
    UEAAddick said:
    "I'm entitled to my opinion" Said by people when denying a blatant fact

    "Banter" Said by Lad Bible divs, used to excuse racism, homophobia and sexism

    Banter = racism,homophobia and sexism? 
    Fuck me we may as well all stop talking each other
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,021
    edited January 2020
    UEAAddick said:
    "I'm entitled to my opinion" Said by people when denying a blatant fact

    "Banter" Said by Lad Bible divs, used to excuse racism, homophobia and sexism

    Banter = racism,homophobia and sexism? 
    Fuck me we may as well all stop talking each other
    You might want to re-read that and see what was actually said.
  • orpingtonRED
    orpingtonRED Posts: 3,474
    edited January 2020
    I have re read it? Seems to me he said banter is a word used by divs to excuse racism , homophobia and sexism.
    Banter is banter
  • AddicksAddict
    AddicksAddict Posts: 15,783
    I have re read it? Seems to me he said banter is a word used by divs to excuse racism , homophobia and sexism.
    Banter is banter
    Your conclusion is erroneous.  The defence of "banter", or it's illegitimate offspring "bants", being used by some to try to excuse racism, homophobia and sexism does not mean those who partake in banter are indulging in these abhorrent practices.
  • LennyLowrent
    LennyLowrent Posts: 2,705
    'I believe'


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  • Baldybonce
    Baldybonce Posts: 9,640
    He/she’s not in a good place
  • thai malaysia addick
    thai malaysia addick Posts: 18,333
    edited January 2020
    He/she’s not in a good place
    I said that to someone at Millwall once - I’m not in a good place. 

    Also, been heard as a fish pun at fish & chip shops
  • AddicksAddict
    AddicksAddict Posts: 15,783
    "I feel" when talking about factual situations, for example, "I feel global warming is going to lead to chaos".  I don't care what your emotions tell you, I want to know what you're thinking.
  • IdleHans
    IdleHans Posts: 10,961
    Dazzler21 said:
    Oriental.  It often causes offence when the term Oriental is used to describe a person of East Asian race.
    Can you explain why it does, @Dazzler21?

    As far as I'm aware, oriental simply means 'from the east', but I appreciate there must be cultural sensitivities associated with this word.


  • iaitch
    iaitch Posts: 10,225
    Journey seems to be used quite a lot.

    People talking about their lives or careers, 'it's been quite a journey'.
  • KiwiValley
    KiwiValley Posts: 3,379
    Are you in yet?
  • IdleHans
    IdleHans Posts: 10,961
    Wowsers!


    Just grow up
  • We move on.
  • North Lower Neil
    North Lower Neil Posts: 22,949
    edited January 2020
    Haven't read the whole thread so apologies if someone else has said it, but in football when someone talks about "Your Lampards, your Gerrards, your Rooneys..." etc

    There's one of each.  Just say "Players like Lampard, Gerrard and Rooney...."
  • Fumbluff
    Fumbluff Posts: 10,126
    There’s still three days of the window left, the prices will surely go down, let’s wait and see. Chip anyone?