Useless words that people say

lisaj

First time starting a topic so I hope I have it in the right forum.

This is something that I’m starting to find a little grating, the use of buzz words all the time, be it in everyday conversation or on radio/TV.

The buzz word of the Brian Cowen era was “Going forward”.
The words of choice on shows such as Jeremy Kyle are “at the end of the day” and “basically”.
Some Irish favourites are, “you know what I mean like?”

I heard some debaters on radio the other evening starting a sentence with “we categorically and emphatically…”

What I find annoying now, is the use of “Absolutely” all the time, and the fact that it is now used as a replacement for the answer to any question in the affirmative.

What other words or phrases do you find annoying? (Apart from the obvious “like” of course)

Nothingbetter2d

quare... carlow people use it alot....

example: it was quare hard to do that job

Battered Mars Bar

Anytime the word society is used in a debate annoys me. It's always used by those with a fairly basic grasp of the language.

aaronjumper

Totes

EDIT: Awesome sauce.

Scioch

The reality of the situation.
At the end of the day.
With all due respect.

SunnyDub1

"great weather out there ain't it ?"

I've heard that at least 50 times in the last week...

thanks for stating the obvious

CardBordWindow

Amazeballs. :mad:

lisaj

LordSmeg wrote: »

The reality of the situation.
At the end of the day.
With all due respect.

There has been a lot of those type of phrases being used at the minute, especially by the same person that likes to "categorically and emphatically".

flutterflye

Don't know if this is the same thing, but when you've come home from a sun holiday - "you've brought the weather with you" - wtf is that?!

mrsdewinter

'Shovel ready
Really, Pat Rabbitte, I expected more of you...

mikemac1

"no reccession in your house"
Can't book a holiday without someone saying that
Was pissing rain one day, Dublin Bus nowhere to be seen so I flagged a taxi, the three old biddies said that about me


"lucky to have a job"
I'm not lucky, I applied and was the best candidate
Other people are unlucky and I wish them well but I won't feel grateful for a job and feeling like a serf, I deserve it

"in this current economic climate"
It's used by everyone from top economists, moaning housewives on Joe Duffy show to lads haggling in shops
Most overused phrase around

Funnyonion79

Totes amazeballs

delta_bravo

I always hate people that throw in a "mate" or "my friend" when talking to someone. Its always usually when you're talking to someone that isn't your friend or your mate in any way.

Pherekydes

I literally died last night on the way home. A car pulled out in front of me and I got a terrible fright. Irregardless, I'm ok now. Going forward, I'm going to drive with my lights on. Unless I'm reverting back [to you].

Nothingbetter2d

delta_bravo wrote: »

I always hate people that throw in a "mate" or "my friend" when talking to someone. Its always usually when you're talking to someone that isn't your friend or your mate in any way.

damn right mate

westies4ever

'Obviously' - bugs the hell outta me.

thebigbiffo

'no insult but...*insert insult here'
'fundamentally' used to start a sentence
'lets spitball this' - what a f'ucking stoopid term
'amazeballs' as aboove. every time i hear a colleague say that word i want to kick the s'hit of of em.

admiralofthefleet

loike and dude

hightower1

Several - wrecks my head when people use this when speaking about multiples of anything at all.

Single = 1
Couple = 2
Half dozen = 6
Dozen = 12

Several = 7.

Edit: Also, amazeballs , totes, FML and anything that has a hashtag. Go back to your T4 programs if you want to talk like that and fcuk off.

mikemac1

not being racist but.......

Lollers

When someone starts off with "no offence", they are guaranteed to offend you. I hate this phrase it has come to mean the exact opposite of its original meaning.

SunnyDub1

"I don't mean this in a bad way but ......."

Nothingbetter2d

"promise me you wont laugh"

they know damn well your gonna laugh if its funny

frag420

meh??

chin_grin

"'kind of'. That's a phrase that doesn't make any sense, but in some cases it could mean a whole lot. Like after 'I love you' or 'You're going to live'" - Demetri Martin.

dearg lady

hightower1 wrote: »

Several - wrecks my head when people use this when speaking about multiples of anything at all.

Several = 7.

Nope, several is a number more than 2, but not too big. It's not specifically 7.

I HATE when people misuse literally, drives me crazy!

Bad Panda

After a movie in the cinema and the credits begin to roll and some gimp says 'Aah, <insert movie name> 2!' :mad:

tricky@

I lose all respect for anyone that tags on the phrase "D'you know that kind of way?" to the end of every sentence.

mikemac1

I call a spade a spade
I tell it like it is
I don't hold back, I just lay it all out
I'm not one of the PC brigade, some things just need to be said


No, you're an asshole who just goes around offending people with hurtful comments :mad:

joolsveer

Amount of people meaning a number of people.

Thwip!

"now don't tell anyone but..."
"ah sure"
"irregardless"

uch

You're a Shítehawk

smash

"n'anyways"

Seriously, just shut up and talk properly.

St.Spodo

People should need a licence to use the word 'literally'. It's so annoying when people use it in the wrong context.

mikemac1

You could even say annoyed.com

lisaj

mikemac1 wrote: »

You could even say annoyed.com

That's a good one! Adding dot com to the end of a sentence, or even worse, saying the word 'hashtag'..!

Battered Mars Bar

Not really related to the thread but another thing that annoys me is when people either blink a lot or close their eyes when trying to make a point. Pompous arseholes. Simon Coveney was doing it on Vincent Browne last night.

Cee-Jay-Cee

People who start sentences with "But no, blah blah..." when they werent asked something that required a yes/no answer and in many cases werent asked anything at all, it just seems to be some peoples way of starting a sentence and drives me nuts!

Another really annoying one is "I dont care what anyone says, I'm......" Generally used when about to give out even though what ever it is they dont care about wasnt being talked about. Its sort of a defence thing but angers me to the point where i'd love to punch the person saying it and say "well next time you'll care what i say!"

Bruthal

mikemac1 wrote: »

"lucky to have a job"
I'm not lucky, I applied and was the best candidate

There is luck involved though. The best person does`t always get the job. Or even get called to the interview.

DoesNotCompute

LordSmeg wrote: »

The reality of the situation.
At the end of the day.
With all due respect.

Also:

Going forward
Soft landing
The fundamentals are sound

68Murph68

KNOW WHAT I MEAN
The way to deal with morons who use “you know what I mean like?” as a conversational place holder, is to answer the question immediately they use it.

Jump in with either an immediate Yes or No and it will confuse the hell out of people and trip them up. Basically use whichever answer will be most confusing to their question. This will force them to stop in their tracks and consider why they used it.

Had a numpty of a client who used to use this all the time in order to take up space/place holder in the conversation.

After a while leaping in with an answer, he stopped using it.

The thing that bugs me now, is I'm not sure if he picked up on what I was doing or if it was an unconscious thing and the guy doesn't realise what happened:P Sadly he is still a numpty.

Also this guy aside "know what I mean?" isn't something I would associate with Ireland all that much but would consider it more of a London thing.

LITERALLY
Similar to "know what I mean" jump in and when someone use literally, just jump into the conversation with "figuratively" when someone uses literally incorrectly. Basically trip up the person speaking and point out they are wrong.


REVERT
Also there is a whole segment of the financial community who don't know how to use revert properly in emails.

I've spoken to friends who work in and around the IFSC and there are a whole host of people who use it incorrectly. Some people seem to use it in the exact same manner as reply, which leads to nonsense. We believe that people who don't understand the correct usage started using it to some more professional. Ironic that is ends up showing them up.

DoesNotCompute

mikemac1 wrote: »

"no reccession in your house"
Can't book a holiday without someone saying that
Was pissing rain one day, Dublin Bus nowhere to be seen so I flagged a taxi, the three old biddies said that about me


"lucky to have a job"
I'm not lucky, I applied and was the best candidate
Other people are unlucky and I wish them well but I won't feel grateful for a job and feeling like a serf, I deserve it

"in this current economic climate"
It's used by everyone from top economists, moaning housewives on Joe Duffy show to lads haggling in shops
Most overused phrase around

First World Problems, to be honest.

tommylimerick

perfect i think is one of the most over used words around here anyway
everything is perfect like when you give someone money to buy your groceries they say perfect
or maybe i just notice it a lot more now that i am thinnking of it

dmcronin

When people add 'pal' on the end of a sentence they're usually not being very friendly.

Personally I hate 'bro', meathead expression.

lisaj

Another one to tag on to Absolutely, is one hundred per cent.

I used to work in sales and we were told to use such buzz words when the client was saying something that we didn't agree with. They'd finish their sentence and then we would be told to say, "I hear what you're saying, absolutely, one hundred percent", and then we would proceed with our pitch.
Sentences with no meaning. Plámásach if you will..!

Mr Benevolent

Enda.
Kenny.

See? Completely useless.

paul_mcshane

Nothingbetter2d wrote: »

quare... carlow people use it alot....

example: it was quare hard to do that job

people in northern ireland and in donegal and monaghan use that expression as well

she,s a quare job alright = something is good - impressive

paul_mcshane

more a slogan than a word but " the most vulnerable "

its purely designed to imply how compassionate and civilised the person uttering that faux concern - drivel is

link_2007

Two that bug me are:

"methinks" - Friend of mine says it a lot and I squirm everytime I hear it.

"guesstimate" - Guesstimate? GUESSTIMATE? **** off

Nothingbetter2d

link_2007 wrote: »

"guesstimate" - Guesstimate? GUESSTIMATE? **** off

a guesstimate is something esb do with meters

they make a guess of how much units of electricity they think you have used... more often than not its wrong.

krudler

"revert" especially when used by management who dont understand what it actually means.