Phrases/words that set your teeth on edge.

[ahinton]

- looks like they should make a wish!

Or told some porkies...

[Stan Drews]

BBC Singers.

There - I feel better now!

[Beef Oven!]

'Heads up'.

[teamsaint]

"Customer care, "on NHS websites .

[Pabmusic]

"Customer care, "on NHS websites .

"Customer care" on any website.

[Beef Oven!]

"Customer care, "on NHS websites .

What bit don't you like? For me, it's the 'care' bit, mainly. But oh, to actually be treated like a customer would be wonderful.

[Serial_Apologist]

Obviously it's a misprint for customers care.

(Or, even, customer scare )

[teamsaint]

What bit don't you like? For me, it's the 'care' bit, mainly. But oh, to actually be treated like a customer would be wonderful.

I wouldnt want to be treated the same way that BT treat their customers , for instance.

[Keraulophone]

The unwise and inelegant suffix -wise, despite its centuries of use. It just seems such lazy use of language.

Much-loved of weather forecasters: weatherwise and temperaturewise.

[Flosshilde]

"Fry them off for three minutes", "cook them off" or "cook them down"

That's the problem when specialist vocabulary seeps into general usage. You wouldn't want them to dumb down, would you?

[Flosshilde]

(ditto, Hand Raised Pork Pies).

Again, a technical term for a specific type of pork pie (the Melton Mowbray type). Nothing to do with 'hand crafted'.

[Don Petter]

Again, a technical term for a specific type of pork pie (the Melton Mowbray type). Nothing to do with 'hand crafted'.

A sort of Svengali act?

[MrGongGong]

But oh, to actually be treated like a customer would be wonderful.

You obviously never went to eat here

[Stanfordian]

Back in the day we didn't say 'Back in the day'.

[ferneyhoughgeliebte]

Back in the day we didn't say 'Back in the day'.

Actually, that's a phrase I rather enjoy (and use far more than I ought!) - combining regret and mock-pomposity, it's perfect for communicating an affectionate, self-mocking sense of the loss of one's youthful vigour.