Phrases/words that set your teeth on edge.

[french frank]

Upmost

[oddoneout]

Upmost

I would have taken that as a version of uppermost, but not an alternative to utmost which I am assuming was the context. However it seems that they could be synonymous - sort of. https://www.dictionary.com/e/upmost-vs-utmost/

[french frank]

I would have taken that as a version of uppermost, but not an alternative to utmost which I am assuming was the context. However it seems that they could be synonymous - sort of. https://www.dictionary.com/e/upmost-vs-utmost/

I didn't know 'upmost' could be the same as 'uppermost' but I've never come across that. This was a BBC online news story reporting what a judge had said ["This is clearly a case of the upmost gravity "], and where he would have said 'utmost'. Presumably it was the reporter who got it wrong and the BBC probably doesn't have sub-editors who are paid to correct the mistakes of illiterate journalists.

[Stanfordian]

'Wem-ber-leee' commonly said instead of 'Wembley' as in stadium.

[Serial_Apologist]

I didn't know 'upmost' could be the same as 'uppermost' but I've never come across that. This was a BBC online news story reporting what a judge had said ["This is clearly a case of the upmost gravity "], and where he would have said 'utmost'. Presumably it was the reporter who got it wrong and the BBC probably doesn't have sub-editors who are paid to correct the mistakes of illiterate journalists.

I would have thought he should have said "downmost", given that this was a case of gravity!

[smittims]

'Back in the day...'

'If I'm honest ' (aren't you usually?)

and of course 'incredible'. It was used four times in two minutes on 'Woman's hour ' today to describe a song which , er.., wasn't incredible at all.

I'm told Mr T*m S*rv*ce was taken on one side and told to stop over-using this word.

[smittims]

Yesterday on 'Woman's Hour' the presenter, reminiscing about childhood, said 'I had only one book. I used to go to the Library and rent them out '.

I think what set my teeth on edge here was not the inaccuracy (we don't 'rent' books'; we borrow them ), but the suspicion that she knew this , but still chose the term because it sounds as if she's imitating a supposedly carefree, in-the-swim fashion for trendy expressions.

[Bryn]

Yesterday on 'Woman's Hour' the presenter, reminiscing about childhood, said 'I had only one book. I used to go to the Library and rent them out '.

I think what set my teeth on edge here was not the inaccuracy (we don't 'rent' books'; we borrow them ), but the suspicion that she knew this , but still chose the term because it sounds as if she's imitating a supposedly carefree, in-the-swim fashion for trendy expressions.

I wonder who she rented them out to. Perhaps she had a 'nice little earner' going.

[kernelbogey]

'I had only one book. I used to go to the Library and rent them out '.

Are you sure she didn't say 'rant them out' - like, shouting at the stacks of books that no one had borrowed?

[Cockney Sparrow]

Yesterday on 'Woman's Hour' the presenter, reminiscing about childhood, said 'I had only one book. I used to go to the Library and rent them out '.

I think what set my teeth on edge here was not the inaccuracy (we don't 'rent' books'; we borrow them ), but the suspicion that she knew this , but still chose the term because it sounds as if she's imitating a supposedly carefree, in-the-swim fashion for trendy expressions.

I used to do the morning routine or other tasks with R4 - and therefore Woman's Hour - playing. However, with the change in presenters, content and more confrontational style, I've stopped listening. (Which is not to say I'm not sometimes aware of it when Mrs CS has it on within earshot). I now look at the day's R4 schedule, listening on catch up or turning on for specific programmes. A letter in Private Eye encapsulated my feelings - radio 4 "the misery channel". I don't live in a bubble of happiness, but I read newspapers (2 + brokenbottleboy, online; the Eye) and current affairs programmes. I don't need a constant aural backdrop to add to my awareness.

My approach also helps to avoid "slow radio" (i.e. the sound of anything and everything you might think of) and limit exposure to the extremely annoying over-loud, audio compressed BBC cross platforms "adverts" which crash into the airwaves far too often.

[gradus]

'Clearly', crops up repeatedly in replies given by politicians, union leaders etc etc. trying to justify their actions.

[oddoneout]

Yesterday on 'Woman's Hour' the presenter, reminiscing about childhood, said 'I had only one book. I used to go to the Library and rent them out '.

I think what set my teeth on edge here was not the inaccuracy (we don't 'rent' books'; we borrow them ), but the suspicion that she knew this , but still chose the term because it sounds as if she's imitating a supposedly carefree, in-the-swim fashion for trendy expressions.

Ancient enough to have used the Boots Library Service? Although even then the phrase used is not accurate.

[french frank]

'Clearly', crops up repeatedly in replies given by politicians, union leaders etc etc. trying to justify their actions.

It means: "It is clear to me " I use 'clearly' a lot too, but only when something is clear to me.

[Alison]

‘Long story short’ seems a fairly recent utterance which sets my gnashers on edge.

[cloughie]

‘Useable weather’ use by weather forecasters - surely this depends on what you wish to use it for.