IRRITATING words and expressions 3

[Ladyazh]

UNDOCUMENTED ALIEN -- "If they haven't followed the law to get here, they are by definition 'illegal.' It's like saying a drug dealer is an 'undocumented pharmacist.'" -- John Varga, Westfield, New Jersey.

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[rjoubert]

GOING FORWARD...

I used to make a game of counting how many times certain managers used that phrase.

 

[Dagon]

At the end of the day", the most over-used and utterly pointless phrase in existence.

Grammatically, it's the inability of people to get the right spelling of its/it's that most annoys me. I've even seen letters from solicitors saying things like "the society will receive it's payment at fortnightly intervals".

 

[chiph]

Human Resources

What, like we also have an "Alien Resources" department, and need to differentiate the two?

Plus, they're people, not resources. Call the department "Personnel" like it ought to be, and show some respect to your employees.

Chip H.


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[Dagon]

What, like we also have an "Alien Resources" department, and need to differentiate the two?

I've never much liked HR as a term either, but I think there are reasons for it. You do have non-human resources such as buildings, equipment or guard dogs. Also, not everybody who works for a company is an employee - there are contractors and other temporary staff. Hence, "personnel" (which tends just to mean permanent staff) doesn't adequately cover the full range of people working for a company.

 

[SantaMufasa]

At this point in time..." = "Now..."
"utilize" = "use"

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[SantaMufasa]

Also..."He's all..."/"She's all..." = "He said..."/"She said...".

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[jsteph]

I've said it before in a similar thread, but it bears repeating:
It's real-tor
not re-la-ter
...and I've even heard it from real realtors,
--Jim

 

[carp]

If you think about it ..." really irritates me. This phrase takes the position that you arrived at your (oppossing) position without thinking!
And, as Dave mentioned before: utilizing the word utilizing when "using" is so much more to the point.
And "at the end of the day" is guaranteed to get a grimace out of me!

 

[BJCooperIT]

and besides"

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[flapeyre]

We don't write a group of programs anymore - it's an "application". Sounds like something you apply to a rash.

Tibi gratias agimus quod nihil fumas.

 

[MeGustaXL]

Santa Mufasa will know the name for this? When you have a rising inflection at the end of every sentence? that makes it into a question? Australians are particularly adept at it?

So are Valley Girls? When they, like, you know?

I find I am irritated and insulted, almost to the point where I am clenching my fists, ready to batter the perpetrator... then they look at me expectantly, because they've asked a real question, and the Red Rage made me miss it

Chris

When his pin is pulled, Mr Grenade is not our friend - USMC Infantry Manual

 

[LadySlinger]

The sick thing MeGustaXL is that I WOUND up speaking like that.

I use to speak my sentence in an appropriate manner and only use the ? speak when I had a question.

Then I was sat down by a former boss and was told that I sound too "witchy" in the manner I speak and that could cause some of the users to avoid me.

I started the valley girl talk as a inside joke after that and my boss sat me down and told me how much better I sounded.

Ummm...like totally?

I'm working on getting rid of it and going back to my "witchy" ways of speech.

 

[MeGustaXL]

LadySlinger, You are so like, totally right, you know? I was like "Yeah, so?" and then he was; "Awesome, dude!" Like, gag me with a spoon!

But "Witchy"???? What the Sack-O-Spuds is that?

Chris

When his pin is pulled, Mr Grenade is not our friend - USMC Infantry Manual

 

[KornGeek]

I want to give a brief apology to each of you, because at the end of the day, I know that I'm guilty of many of these from time to time. Going forward, I'll try to do better. You know what I mean? If you think about it, we all do some of these sometimes.

I was all "I'm sorry." And they're like "Its OK." So I was like, "You should go out for a beer with my wife and I?" And they're all "Whatever.

 

[imnotcourtney]

The truth of the matter is...

 

[ascotta]

For sure. It will slip in at some point, bound to I suppose. That'll be the new paradigm then eh?

I suppose if language didn't (d)evelove then we would still be speaking Shakespearian English or heaven forfend French.

Either of whom would like really suck man.

[blue] A perspective from the other side!![/blue]

Cheers
Scott

 

[KenCunningham]

One of my bosses uses the phrase 'purely and simply' in almost every sentence. Drives me crazy, let me tell you.

G'day Scott, bye the way, hope you're keeping well.

 

[AJ1982]

In Employment Re-structuring...

SYNERGY.... Means CV

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[2ffat]

We had an analyst who always said, "cool beans." Drove us nuts!


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[SantaMufasa]

Have you ever literally encountered someone who literally used the word "literally" in literally ever sentence?

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