Phrases/words that set your teeth on edge.

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  • muzzer
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    • Nov 2013
    • 1190

    Thanks for reaching out on this.

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    • Serial_Apologist
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      • Dec 2010
      • 37602

      Social media.

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      • LMcD
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        • Sep 2017
        • 8410

        'Trending'

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        • cloughie
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          • Dec 2011
          • 22115

          Originally posted by LMcD View Post
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          I absolutely agree - awful word!

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          • gurnemanz
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            • Nov 2010
            • 7381

            Originally posted by LMcD View Post
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            I hadn't noticed I disliked it till mentioned above - both word and concept. BBC news is on the bandwagon.

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            • Stanfordian
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              • Dec 2010
              • 9309

              'What's not to like?'

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              • ahinton
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                • Nov 2010
                • 16122

                Originally posted by Stanfordian View Post
                'What's not to like?'
                Any particular reason for your objection? Just curious...

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                • Stanfordian
                  Full Member
                  • Dec 2010
                  • 9309

                  Originally posted by ahinton View Post
                  Any particular reason for your objection? Just curious...
                  Any particular reason for your objection to my suggestion? Just curious...

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                  • vinteuil
                    Full Member
                    • Nov 2010
                    • 12793

                    Originally posted by Stanfordian View Post
                    'What's not to like?'
                    .



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                    • LMcD
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                      • Sep 2017
                      • 8410

                      'Going forward'
                      'We can take lots of positives from this'
                      'Robust recovery plan'
                      All the above seem to be particularly popular with misbehaving Health Trusts (once they've been caught out)

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                      • LMcD
                        Full Member
                        • Sep 2017
                        • 8410

                        'Know what I mean?'

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                        • french frank
                          Administrator/Moderator
                          • Feb 2007
                          • 30250

                          Originally posted by vinteuil View Post
                          That seems a good reason to heartily dislike the phrase - which I do too, because I wrestle with the grammar. Can you just juxtapose any key words of an idea and expect everyone to understand the phrase? Goo' say quick meaning.

                          I don't hold to the view that life is so short and that events move so quickly that one needs to find the fewest number of words/syllables to convey one's thought, cutting, perhaps, a second or two from your utterance and reducing speech to a string of clichés.

                          What is there to dislike? Why use a cliché?
                          It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.

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                          • cloughie
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                            • Dec 2011
                            • 22115

                            Rock up

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                            • Stanfordian
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                              • Dec 2010
                              • 9309

                              Originally posted by cloughie View Post
                              Rock up
                              I know what you mean! - I think 'Rock Up' tends to apply more to say several men arriving somewhere rather than a group of nuns rocking up at the church fete.

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                              • Richard Tarleton

                                (Probably been on before)

                                "We take (x or y) very seriously."

                                When asked why they have done nothing about x or y up till now.

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