Your most hated phrase, saying or expression

[C C Csiders]

Mine is:

Bobbies on the beat

AAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!

Also, I cannot bear Irish American.:guns: :guns: :guns: :flamer:

 

[MK Shrimper]

Any Americanisms spoke by a Brit.

It's flupping ZED not ZEE!

 

[Xàbia Shrimper]

"That magic night in [insert European city here]"

 

[MK Shrimper]

That advert where the couple say "We NEED to go to Barcelona RIGHT AWAY!"

No, you'd LIKE to go to Barcelona...no one NEEDS to go to Barcelona.

 

[Yorkshire Blue]

'political correctness gone mad'

'Southend relegated'

 

[Matt the Shrimp]

Nothing annoys me quite so much as the BBC's total abandoment of the word "fewer".

"Well," says the Beeb journo, "there seem to be less fans in the ground today than when I was last here..."

No, no, no, no, no... you f***ing moron. You're supposed to be protecting our language, not massacring it!

:guns:

While I'm at it, the widespread habit of using the comparative adjective in an adverbial phrase p*sses me off as well. "We can get there quicker..." or "We can buy it cheaper..."

No, no, no again! More quickly, more cheaply. Stop being so bloody idle!

:flamer:

....and breathe....

:(

 

[Davros]

'Lets Touch Base'

 

[NZamba Legend]

Yep, it's "PC gone mad" for me too. Used nowadays as an excuse for all kinds of bigotry.

I also dislike "nanny state" and "postcode lottery".

 

[chadded]

'Lets Touch Base'

That's an army term.

Even worse is

I'm going to establish comms with 0A (Zero Alpha) translates as I need to ring the Mrs.

 

[Firestorm]

"Can I get" when ordering food drink etc....
No you cant get it, otherwise why have you asked someone to do it for you !!! its "may I have". What p***ses me of is I have heard it used frequently by two Oxford English graduates !!!!!

 

[Xàbia Shrimper]

One for Chadded: "Ease Springs"!

 

[Xàbia Shrimper]

"Can I get" when ordering food drink etc....
No you cant get it, otherwise why have you asked someone to do it for you !!! its "may I have". What p***ses me of is I have heard it used frequently by two Oxford English graduates !!!!!

HA! HA!

As I work in a bar, I get this all the time!

My normal response is: "I don't know; give it a try."

 

[Firestorm]

That's an army term.


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Blimey , you learn something everyday, I had always assumed it was something to do with baseball and making sure you couldn't be out......

 

[MK Shrimper]

"No worries mate" as if you're an extra in Neighbours.

Trouble is I say it myself :(

 

[Xàbia Shrimper]

Blimey , you learn something everyday, I had always assumed it was something to do with baseball and making sure you couldn't be out......

It could be both.

"To ensure everyone has the same information. In baseball, a player who is touching a base is not in danger of being put out. May also be a military term. Another explanation is that a player briefly touches each of the bases when he runs around after hitting a home run; therefore "touching base" is briefly checking in."

 

[chadded]

Blimey , you learn something everyday, I had always assumed it was something to do with baseball and making sure you couldn't be out......

May well be, is certainly used a helluva lot in the Forces though.

 

[Ricey]

"Colchester are doing well!"

GRRRR The amount of people who used to say that to me I could of killed them all. Be like a Rambo film.

 

[Reg Martin]

Next up, First Up, Heads Up, Give it up for....:mad:
Think I spot a pattern here.

 

[Crabby Shrimper]

"Tactically naieve" when refering to any manager who's not doing well. It was first used, and arguably appropriately, for Kevin Keegan. Now it's just used whatever the managerial deficiency.

Also, "he did brilliant" or "He played excellent" it's brilliant/excellentLY!

I seem to remember Alistair McGowan spoofing Gary Linneker trying to educate Trevor Brooking on this once.

 

[Ailsa Road Shrimper]

I don't like the repetitive use of 'you know' - this normally occurs in interviews with footballers and even our much loved manager seems to splurt out at least half a dozen of them when speaking for a couple of minutes