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Words and phrases I will not use/hate
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Originally posted by Bagpuss View Post"Australian rising question tonation?Gas masks don't fit snails...Comment
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I hate it when my wife and her friends say things like Spag Bog. And describe things as Mega.
Am I just a f**kin snob?Comment
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Originally posted by Bagpuss View Post"off of"
"like" instead of said
Australian rising question tonation?
"Oh my God"
another vote for "Movies"
"Minger" = horrible scouse wordLet us not forget EU open doors immigration benefits IT contractors more than anyoneComment
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Originally posted by Doggy Styles View PostI hate it when my wife and her friends say things like Spag Bog. And describe things as Mega.
Am I just a f**kin snob?Let us not forget EU open doors immigration benefits IT contractors more than anyoneComment
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Originally posted by dwm009 View PostBecause everything's a question?Let us not forget EU open doors immigration benefits IT contractors more than anyoneComment
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Phoning somebody and saying "it's me". Who else is it going to be?Will work inside IR35. Or for food.Comment
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"Peeps"
CojakLet us not forget EU open doors immigration benefits IT contractors more than anyoneComment
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Originally posted by DodgyAgent View PostI meant on the phone. I get irritated by sales people opening the conversation with "how are you?"
I usually just tell them to get on with it or ask them what they're selling.
Alternatively say "not very well, my wife died of cancer last week".
That throws them.Comment
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"Going forward"
What the hell does that mean, and when did it come into common usage amongst pimply junior managers and wannabees?
As well as sounding utterly spastic, the phrase is often used as some kind of immutable and unanswerable closure to a conversation. As in...
"I'm sorry Mr Bogey, that we at Dire Co. have not satisfied your customer service expectations this time, but we will take your comments on board and will improve our call-handling process GOING FORWARD".
In reality most the the imbeciles that utter this drivel are generally pretty backward.
You've come right out the other side of the forest of irony and ended up in the desert of wrong.
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