Phrases/words that set your teeth on edge.

[Pulcinella]

Matthew Parris, in today's Times, comments on the latest piece of stupid jargon (his words) that he has come across: stood up.

In a letter from NHS chiefs, GPs are told that "each site stood up would need to deliver 975 doses to priority patients". NHS England boasts of "hundreds of ... vaccination centres stood up across the country". The vaccines minister, Nadhim Zahawi, bafflingly exclaims that "we stood up a unit across government ... which was a Covid disinformation unit".

He goes on to conjecture if this is a counterpart to business-speak burble about a project or a person "falling over".

[LMcD]

'Content' is now in vogue with younger folk, and appears to mean any thing available from an onine source - video, music, photos etc.

I'm afraid I've never read, or even glanced at, a single issue of Vogue.
I happened to walk past our local surgery yesterday and noticed the absence of the usual vaccination queue - presumably it has been stood down, at least temporarily!
Perhaps Mr Zahawi's Covid disinformation unit is staffed by former Home Office personnel who helped Priti Patel in her fight against counter-terrorism.

[cloughie]

Covid denier - is this to do with the gauge of stockings/tights required to prevent exposure to covid via the legs?

[LMcD]

Covid denier - is this to do with the gauge of stockings/tights required to prevent exposure to covid via the legs?

This phrase is an anagram of 2 Italian words that might be considered apt, which translate as 'to share' and 'we meet again'

[oddoneout]

Covid denier - is this to do with the gauge of stockings/tights required to prevent exposure to covid via the legs?

And climate change protection?

[Nick Armstrong]

“Must-have”, “must-see”, “must-buy”, “must-hear”...

(All of them 100% guarantees that I’ll do none of those things)

[LMcD]

“Must-have”, “must-see”, “must-buy”, “must-hear”...

(All of them 100% guarantees that I’ll do none of those things)

Not dissimilar to 'required reading/viewing'.

[cloughie]

“Must-have”, “must-see”, “must-buy”, “must-hear”...

(All of them 100% guarantees that I’ll do none of those things)

...and all those things that are ‘trending’ I couldn’t give a monkey’s about!

[vinteuil]

“Must-have”, “must-see”, “must-buy”, “must-hear”...

(All of them 100% guarantees that I’ll do none of those things)

... and I'm sure you love the French anglicisme 'un must'

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/french-english/must

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[cloughie]

... and I'm sure you love the French anglicisme 'un must'

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/french-english/must

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Sur lie non!

[vinteuil]

Sur lie non!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KM2K7sV-K74

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wlpxl0WzaXg

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[Serial_Apologist]

I'm afraid I've never read, or even glanced at, a single issue of Vogue.
I happened to walk past our local surgery yesterday and noticed the absence of the usual vaccination queue - presumably it has been stood down, at least temporarily!
Perhaps Mr Zahawi's Covid disinformation unit is staffed by former Home Office personnel who helped Priti Patel in her fight against counter-terrorism.

Was she ever stood up?

[french frank]

Sur lie non!

May we!!

[Nick Armstrong]

... and I'm sure you love the French anglicisme 'un must'

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/french-english/must

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....and I have seen Le must des must south of the Channel

[LMcD]

Sur lie non!

Muscadet sur lie - oui!