Words that grind your gears

littlegreenman

chillidoggy said:

Also used by American airline staff, and it's a real piss-boiler for me, gentlemen I give you the God-awful:-

"Deplane".

"Please remember to collect all your belongings before you deplane."

AAAAAAARRRGGGH!

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RocknRollDave

grungebob said:

I hate mindful , just say your f@cking concerned or worried but mindful wtf

I've never heard "mindful" used as a synonym of either of those words, though......

I would say "aware" would be more suitable.

grungebob

^ then You've been lucky to not work with the f@ckwits I have to put up with.

speshul91

Best case scenario is 2 hours and 195 quid. That's BEST CASE THOUGH.

Sambostar

Posh or wannabe posh people who say 'Homosexual' and a host of other words with far too many syllables than they actually have.

BigMonka

speshul91 said:

Best case scenario is 2 hours and 195 quid. That's BEST CASE THOUGH.

I get annoyed with the number of people at work who use "worse case" rather than "worst case". If you say worse then it needs to be compared to something, worst is the definitive version.

thermionic

"Top draw"

It's DRAWER FFS! IT'S NOT AN EFFIN SKETCH!

richardhomer

Faulty Synchromesh....

speshul91

richardhomer;956899" said:

Faulty Synchromesh....

Swap you for knackered anti roll bar bushes.

kjdowd

"Can I get..." from a British person when ordering from a menu. No you can't get, because you're not allowed in the kitchen, you cretin. You may *have*, but you cannot *get*. 

Also - and I don't know whether this is particular to my work - but "gleam" for "glean". Aaaaggghh!

And to the OP, I've always thought that a better portmanteau for web and seminar would be seminweb 

kjdowd

and +1 for pups instead of pickups. Although I fear I may have used that myself in an attempt to fit in. Must try harder.

Reverend

I've always been happy putting pups in a guitar.

RSPCA however, think otherwise.

Handsome_Chris

Proactive.

chillidoggy

'On-costs'.

Another bullshit management-speak favourite of mine, that to my eternal shame I confess to have used in the past.

Dopesick

Judging by this thread, if I met you I'd probably have you seething with rage in the first five minutes.

octatonic

"Man flu" when referring to actually having flu.

A friend's girlfriend wrote it today on FB: "Thanks Mike, I now have your man-flu".

No you don't.

You have Mike's flu.

Phil_aka_Pip

People referring to DOS/Windows executables as "Eee Ex Eee" files instead of "eksy"

Nitefly

"Open" and "transparent", as spouted by (usually left-wing) politicians:

"We need an open and transparent inquiry", or "We need an open and transparent process".

Never a day goes by without one or the other!

Moominpapa

"Legendary", as in a stupid poster I walked past this morning advertising a revival of "THE LEGENDARY MUSICAL MISS SAIGON". No no no no no.

Children have not gathered around fires to hear the elders tell tales of Miss Saigon.
Robin Hood is a legend. Miss Saigon is just a musical show. Learn the difference, advertising industry fucks.

ROOG

Handsome_Chris said:

Proactive.

Slightly different spin on this, One of my favorite words is "Subactive" when describing a colleague's level of activity at work.