Phrases/words that set your teeth on edge.

[LMcD]

A large notice in the window of our local independent stationery store announcing that the business is for sale includes the following statement - presumably an explanation for the decision to sell:
We are re-aligning our value expectations (=?)

[gradus]

Potus.

[Pulcinella]

Potus.

Surely it has to be POTUS, in capitals, like most of his tweets?

[oddoneout]

A large notice in the window of our local independent stationery store announcing that the business is for sale includes the following statement - presumably an explanation for the decision to sell:
We are re-aligning our value expectations (=?)

"We want to do more than just scrape by paying the bills each month"?

[Nick Armstrong]

Potus.

And FLOTUS

[Pulcinella]

And FLOTUS

Indeed!
Potus and Flotus sound like two characters in I, Claudius (or perhaps Up Pompeii?).

[french frank]

Indeed!
Potus and Flotus sound like two characters in I, Claudius (or perhaps Up Pompeii?).

There is even Ffotus (Balbulus).

[cloughie]

Indeed!
Potus and Flotus sound like two characters in I, Claudius (or perhaps Up Pompeii?).

Could almost be G&S!

[teamsaint]

An odd use of language.

" We are building up a backlog of future deaths.".
From a Bristol Uni academic quoted in the Guardian.

Wrong thread I guess though.

[Triforium]

And FLOTUS

And, the family pet, SCOTUS

[oddoneout]

An odd use of language.

" We are building up a backlog of future deaths.".
From a Bristol Uni academic quoted in the Guardian.

Wrong thread I guess though.

Sounds like something from the undertakers' annual conference...

[LezLee]

The constant use of 'convince' instead of 'persuade'.
An article about a meatless farm says the firm wants to emphasise the versatility of meat alternatives and 'to convince more shoppers to take the plunge'.'Persuade' rarely appears any more. Just sounds so wrong.

[Serial_Apologist]

The constant use of 'convince' instead of 'persuade'.
An article about a meatless farm says the firm wants to emphasise the versatility of meat alternatives and 'to convince more shoppers to take the plunge'.'Persuade' rarely appears any more. Just sounds so wrong.

It's all down to Conviction Politics, I'm certain of it...

[Serial_Apologist]

It's time to launch a campagin to reinstate the word. And there's a crack team who can help...

Bumper to bump off, so ter speak...

[oddoneout]

I don't know if it's a generational thing or another trans Atlantic difference of usage, but I simply cannot accept the use of 'pimp' as a positive term. I first became aware of this alternative usage it when I saw TV listings for something called, I think, 'Pimp my wheels', and it now seems to be used quite happily in the sense of titivating or blinging-up something.
Given that it is still in use in what I consider its correct meaning, in connection with prostitution, and still appears as such in crime reports that seems a bit odd to me.