[NSC] Most Irritating Phrase

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Most Irritating Phrase

  • Tekkers

    Votes: 12 24.0%
  • Spursy

    Votes: 3 6.0%
  • Trackie Bottoms

    Votes: 4 8.0%
  • All of the above

    Votes: 7 14.0%
  • Other

    Votes: 24 48.0%

  • Total voters
    50


Wellesley

Well-known member
Jul 24, 2013
4,973
"Ooooh, my GOD you've got a small cock!"

Sick of hearing it quite frankly.
 






Barrow Boy

Well-known member
NSC Patron
Nov 2, 2007
5,786
GOSBTS
One of my old bosses was the king of management speak bollox, one of his favourites if you disagreed with him at a meeting was "Well if you took off your victim glasses for a moment".
I always wanted to reply "Fine, as long as you take off your rose tinted glasses", prior to punching him. :clap:

It's these little things that make me realise that it was definitely time for me to accept the offer of early retirement. :lolol:
 




surrey jim

Not in Surrey
Aug 2, 2005
18,105
Bevendean
In relation to food people saying Yummy

'Oh that looks yummy' or
'Im after a recommendation for a restaurant for a yummy lunch'

You're not 4 FFS
 




crodonilson

He/Him
Jan 17, 2005
13,575
Lyme Regis
Dither and delay
 


RossyG

Well-known member
Dec 20, 2014
2,630
“I had a cheeky pint”.

Usually said with a smirk as if they think it’s daring and naughty for an adult to buy beer.
 


BlockDpete

Well-known member
Oct 8, 2005
1,144
A recent bosses use of the phrase "What does good look like", used to grate quite a bit.

Though people who use advertising slogans such as "Lastminute.com" or "Confused.com" to describe when they did some last minute or were confused really do need rounding up for re education.
 








dazzer6666

Well-known member
NSC Patron
Mar 27, 2013
52,834
Burgess Hill
We are where we are
Can I get.....
It’s all a bit Lastminute.com
Can we put a timeline on that ? (Preserve of wanky project managers)
Let’s take that offline
With all due respect
X more sleeps
Holibobs
 




hart's shirt

Well-known member
Jul 8, 2003
10,256
Kitbag in Dubai
Any variation on "we can all learn something from this", "we're seeing this as a learning experience", etc.

A frequently-used poor substitute for a genuine apology. Very popular among politicians across the political spectrum.

What I've learned is that invariably the person using the plural pronoun isn't big enough to admit they themselves were wrong and had individually failed.
 


Weststander

Well-known member
NSC Patron
Aug 25, 2011
64,574
Withdean area
“I’m sorry, that you were upset about that”.

= a faux apology from a bully, slyly intimating that the victim was oversensitive and their upset is an inconvenience. I’ve seen this in real life from a nasty boss to someone he’d mistreated.
 


Weststander

Well-known member
NSC Patron
Aug 25, 2011
64,574
Withdean area
' At close of play'. When applied in business tense when it should only be applied to cricket.

' With all due respect' which in reality usually means the exact opposite.

The same club cricket bores bring these to life outside:

“On the front foot”.
“Put him on the back foot”.
“Keep the score ticking over”.
“Sticky wicket”
“Played with a straight bat”
“Bowled him a googly”.
“Hit him for six”.
 




Pavilionaire

Well-known member
Jul 7, 2003
30,698
Bubbly personality = she's overweight, insecure and likes a drink.
 


Weststander

Well-known member
NSC Patron
Aug 25, 2011
64,574
Withdean area
“Revellers”.

We just used to say people out on the piss or out clubbing in a town centre, whereas “revellers” was reserved for 100,000’s seeing in the New Year in Trafalgar Square. Now it’s a gathering of two or more dickheads in any village or town centre at night,
 


Bwian

Kiss my (_!_)
Jul 14, 2003
15,898
Let's hear what Mark Bright has to say.

Let's go over to Clinton Morrison.



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goldstone

Well-known member
Jul 5, 2003
7,132
None of those in the poll. The most irritating is the term "go to" as in "the Star is my go to pub". Awful term. What's wrong with favourite??
 


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