Expressions you hate

Wtf ?

Run it up the flagpole (idea) and see if anyone salutes. I hate corporate speech with a passion. We should have a work/corporate speech section !

Doctors room ghost

Going forward.
Can you not just say anymore or in future Ffs

FindersKeepers

1) It is what it is
2) Going on me hollibops
3) Right I'm gonna be honest with ya
4) Me Ma/Me Da
5) Up the Parish

I could go on and on and on....

Some great ones listed already!

Ash.J.Williams

Qelres. wrote: »

Knock yourself out

when the missus is knackered?

Scotty #

1. It is what it is
2. I'm not going to lie...
3. Cheers

Caegan

It's wine o'clock (arsehole)

Bertie Bassett

From the Getgo


There, I've said it!!

votecounts

I'm not a racist, but....

Wtf ?

Let's call a spade a spade...........

realdanbreen

God never closes one door without opening another!

realdanbreen

Wtf ? wrote: »

Run it up the flagpole (idea) and see if anyone salutes. I hate corporate speech with a passion. We should have a work/corporate speech section !

We're recruiting at the moment and apparently we're looking for somebody that is 'outcome driven' !

mistersifter

^^^ 'Outcome driven' ?! They must have really wanted to distinguish themselves from all those companies looking for people who couldn't give a f*ck about the consequences of their actions.

I got an email from a company a while back confirming I was on the waiting list for some job.

The term reach out appeared at least twice. The manager who wrote it also had a serious hard on for exclamation marks, which were after every second second sentence. Just to make himself sound super excited (and super unhinged) about reaching out to me.


(I didnt respond to the email)

elfy4eva

"But I digress." We all know a cringe head who's fond of that after waffling

Airyfairy12

Was told by someone recently - while referring to himself 'if you mix with the rich, you will be rich" - cringe!

HorseSea

Jog on

H3llR4iser

"Company speak" has to be the worst form of torture invented for the common folk; Been enduring it for the last 2 decades and it doesn't get any easier.

Outsie of that, abbreviations where the original word ain't that long to begin with - hubby, telly, brolly and by far the one I hate the most - "leccy". What the hell is wrong with "ELECTRICITY"? Do people realize they sound like a 5 years old pr1ck?

Finally, not an expression per se but a common mistake / misspelling: the word wreckless used instead of reckless. Not only the former simply does not exist, you're just showing the word how much of a brain dead twat you are by using it: it technically means the very opposite of what you are trying to say - "wreck" + "less" -> not having caused or been involved in a feckin' wreck. You don't get that by being...reckless

HopsAndJumps

The Dubs tend to pluralize things, it drives me mad.

E.g. - I'm going on a 'stags' party this weekend.

Muahahaha

Not an expression as such but the print media always describe people going to concerts as 'revelers' yet nobody actually ever uses the word in every day speech

Another one is tabloid media hyperbole such as 'Slams' as in 'Trade Union slams Ryanair over pay talks'. No, they didn't 'slam' them.

RhubarbCrumble

HopsAndJumps wrote: »

The Dubs tend to pluralize things, it drives me mad.

E.g. - I'm going on a 'stags' party this weekend.

My mother in law goes to 'Tescos', 'Lidls' and 'Aldis'.
She's not even a Dub!

I’m not gonna lie

You’re not wrong

Wtf ?

Some Company ''Buzzwords'' for you.....
Scalable, Life Cycle, Markets, Timeline, Restructuring,
Risk Management, Off-line, Sales Driven, Penetration, Drop the Ball,
Benchmark, Proactive, Free Space, Customer Value,
Paradigm, Strategy, Disruptive, Schedule, Cost,
Review, Granular, Facilitate, Touch Base, Out of the Loop,
Etc Etc....

CoBo55

Fell over.
As in I was trying to change a setting in my router and it fell over, eh no it didn't you Muppet, it stopped working, just look it's still standing there...

bmc58

When a sportsperson is being interviewed on TV and they start with "Yeah,no"..what does this mean?

bmc58

Ciaran Cuddihey on Newstalk when he's being superior,"Give me a break".Does my head in.

bmc58

loudymacloud wrote: »

Divil the bit

Absolutely enrages me beyond belief

It's an old Irish saying.Part of what we are.Don't loose the head over this.

BDI

HopsAndJumps wrote: »

The Dubs tend to pluralize things, it drives me mad.

E.g. - I'm going on a 'stags' party this weekend.

Im going on a stags

I’m going to a stag party.

You either arnt listening or arnt hearing

bmc58

wally79 wrote: »

Jesus wept

I like that.It shows how stupid/ignorant a comment someone made was.

bmc58

Dr. Bre wrote: »

Ya Langer

That's an old Cork saying.

bmc58

storker wrote: »

#Me too

# Any bloody thing.

Your Face

bmc58 wrote: »

When a sportsperson is being interviewed on TV and they start with "Yeah,no"..what does this mean?

bmc58

LCD wrote: »

Can I double or triple like this one?

Never heard of this one.

bmc58

suicide_circus wrote: »

when i am king, these people will be first against the wall

That's a cracker.I love it.Who said that ?Idi Anim?

HopsAndJumps

BDI wrote: »

Im going on a stags

I’m going to a stag party.

You either arnt listening or arnt hearing

Sounds like you are a dub. Why you say I'm going on a stags? Rather than stag.

bmc58

Stevieluvsye wrote: »

When someone uses # in a sentence verbally

Snowflake speak.

iamwhoiam

HopsAndJumps wrote: »

Sounds like you are a dub. Why you say I'm going on a stags? Rather than stag.

You are not going on a stag you are going on a stags( party . )

HopsAndJumps

iamwhoiam wrote: »

You are not going on a stag you are going on a stags( party . )

This is the difference from the pale and beyond the pale. They use stag in UK, well Manchester too.

Redneck Reject

I am in me hole.ie, has to be a new one for me.

huey1975

The drive for five

Captain Slow IRL

"Let's take that offline"
"Going forward"

Middle-management speak in general.

Sardonicat

bmc58 wrote: »

That's a cracker.I love it.Who said that ?Idi Anim?

Thom Yorke ( 'When I am king you will be first against the wall. With your opinions that are of no consequence at all).

Radiohead: The sensitive soul's inner fascist voice.

gammygils

And it will be rolled out across the value streams going forward

CoBo55

Overheard a new one from an eye tee dude. "It looks like we have our first sale in the pipeline guys, that should wash our faces" I had to leave the room.. Where do they think of this tripe?

smilerf

bmc58 wrote: »

When a sportsperson is being interviewed on TV and they start with "Yeah,no"..what does this mean?

Sonia o Sullivan was a divil for that

Gwynplaine

"Isn't it well for ya"

Fanny Wank

- convo
- use of hashtags in written or spoken word (except in a piss take sense)
- adding letters to words for emphasis (e.g. Soooooooo, aaaaand)
- I'm done (no you're finished)
- calling sectors "spaces" (the insurance space, the banking space etc)

Pretty much all the Americanisms that have Irish people talking like US teenagers. Pretty much all the corporate bull that's proliferated in the last few years

I'll be back later with more as I think of them

Edit: when did "what the f*ck" become "what the actual f*ck" or even worse "what the actual"

Cushtie

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Cushtie

Ah no need for that now!!

FishOnABike

bmc58 wrote: »

When a sportsperson is being interviewed on TV and they start with "Yeah,no"..what does this mean?

You know?

FishOnABike

CoBo55 wrote: »

Overheard a new one from an eye tee dude. "It looks like we have our first sale in the pipeline guys, that should wash our faces" I had to leave the room.. Where do they think of this tripe?

Watching too many reality TV auction shows? If something has washed its face it has broken even.

CoBo55

FishOnABike wrote: »

Watching too many reality TV auction shows? If something has washed its face it has broken even.

AHH, so that's why his captive audience were looking so relieved.

Scotty #

"Axe" when it should be "Ask"