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Points: 4160 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 18 2010 at 01:31
My perception might be skewed since I'm not a native English speaker, but I really dislike the term 'human resources'. It's a position for managing worker's strategies -- and it sounds like a penal labour in a camp.


Also, I hate the word 'celebs'. The context of usage is pathetic, but the word itself sounds like an exotic vegetable or salamander.
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Points: 37575 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 04 2010 at 13:37
^ tut-tut, not allowed to call it brainstorming any more (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2162568/Council-bans-brainstorming.html)
 
It's political correctness gone mad - no, it's deliberatily drawing attention to peoples disabilities by making associations that don't exist.
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Yes, a heads up,Angry brain storming sessionOuch to see if we are all on the same pageDead (Ciao)Pinch
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Points: 3449 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 04 2010 at 10:09

My friends, before we go any further with this thread...we need to have a pre-meeting, or I guess a pre-thread in this case, to make certain we're prepared for the actual thread. 

Can you tell me where we're headin'?
Lincoln County Road or Armageddon.
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Points: 512 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 04 2010 at 09:18
Originally posted by Henry Plainview Henry Plainview wrote:

Blah blah blah, "Not so much" It's not funny snarky internet people, stop reusing that joke.

That every single damn political scandal or controversy is appended with -gate. And all the fricking Czars. THINK OF SOMETHING NEW MEDIA! What's even worse is the right wing airheads who complain about the "unprecedented" use of Czars in the Obama administration, when there's no such thing as a czar! It's a title invented by the media!

The Onion has a classic, but vicious, article about battling with cancer.

 
I hope Bill Gates never gets involved in a controversy about gates....
 
We'd have Gatesgatesgate.  Would'nt that be hideous?  Wink
 
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Points: 512 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 04 2010 at 08:38
Time-Space Continuum.........hahahahahahahahahaha
 
Yeah................The Universe really NEEDS to know that it's 15 minutes older.
 
FFS.  Geek
 
"...the thing IS, to put a motor in yourself..."
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Points: 512 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 04 2010 at 08:30
Originally posted by Trouserpress <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> Trouserpress
 
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I also don't mind the use of "like". Yeah, it can dominate speech at times, especially the speech of self-conscious teenagers, but it's far from meaningless.
 
 
Dunno.......How can anything be 'Like, Wow' ?   'Like, Wuw', perhaps?
 
ie......'I was, like, petrified'...........  Shocked
 
What.....you mean you was'nt petrified, but in a state that was merely, like,  like it?  Confused
 
So you mean you was'nt petrified?  Ermm 
 
 
Surely the dumbest expression to ever plague the inhuman race. Like, gross.
 
Wacko
 
 
 
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Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:

 
eff-why-eye ...
 
 
Is that Geordie-speak?  LOL
 
"...the thing IS, to put a motor in yourself..."
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Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:

"don't shoot the messenger" ... actually sunshine we're going to keep shooting messengers until they learn not to deliver stupid messages.
 
I may have to tuck that one away for later use.
 
 
All the variations of
 
"I can't lie to you..."
 
"I'm not going to lie to you..."
 
Which mean that you're very used to lying and for this single time you're going to tell the truth to try and throw me off.
 
In any case, I've never heard this phrase come from someone who doesn't lie on a regular basis.


Edited by Negoba - September 04 2010 at 08:07
You are quite a fine person, and I am very fond of you. But you are only quite a little fellow, in a wide world, after all.
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Originally posted by Slartibartfast Slartibartfast wrote:

Not so much a phrase but my wife and I were at this restaurant and at the table next to us were four either college or high school aged girls and like they overused "like".  We're talking like severely overused.  I was very close to turning around and like telling them to like put a cork in it or something.


I was just about to post about how much that annoys me. LOL
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This is going to hurt me more than it hurts you.  - then don't Censoreding hit me!
I know what you're thinking - really? why are you still here then?
It's obvious that... - it's not obvious at all.
What you fail to see - is what you've failed to explain
We both can't be right - logic isn't your strong point is it?
Did you hear/read what I said - you said something stupid and I saw that.
Get a life... got one thanks.
Can you spare a minute? - and if I say no you'll waste even more of my time asking why - variants on this that use ever decreasing time intervals bug me - got a second? (I ain't got a first mate) - I've even been asked if I can spare a nanosecond - grrh!.
Using Quantum leap  to mean a big-step - sure it's a big step for an electron but on a human scale it's minuscule.
 
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Points: 11420 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 04 2010 at 05:37
There are some diabolical utterances that really 'rip my knitting':

I Know where you're coming from - your tired and jaded rhetoric fails to even summon my anger
You know what I mean ? - clearly I cannot articulate my ideas but I'm hipper than thou
Absolutely - I have absolutely no idea what you are talking about
Respect ! - I am white and ashamed of it
Can I ask you a question ? - that is a f**k*ng question
Do you have a spare cigarette at all ? - Yes, I always save my last one in the event of being propositioned by a beggar
The children are our future - No, uber wealthy/powerfull industrialists are our future
I just want to be allowed to get on with the rest of my life - Celebs in drug/sex/corruption scandals recite this mantra unfailingly (if it came true they would be reduced to the same status as the rest of us i.e nobodies)

Thanks, I feel much better now
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Points: 5964 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 04 2010 at 05:27
Ironically enough, I can't stand the use of "annoy" without qualifying who or what is being annoyed. My mum says it all the time "it's that sort of thing which really annoys". ANNOYS WHO?! If it annoys YOU then fine, say so, but if you leave it hanging it suggests some universal annoyment. Grr.

UK politicians and media are forever banging on about "hard-working families". What about hard-working individuals or childless couples?

Unlike some people on this thread I have no problem with internet slang (epic fail, lol, etc), especially as it's often used with a sense of irony that elevates it above a lot of equally stupid slang of yesteryear. I also don't mind the use of "like". Yeah, it can dominate speech at times, especially the speech of self-conscious teenagers, but it's far from meaningless. It's actually a pretty sophisticated and natural evolution of language. Reading this thread, I think some people here simply fear change. Language evolves. Deal with it. Lol.
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Points: 470 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 04 2010 at 05:03
Originally posted by KoS KoS wrote:

Well, considering one does not really fight cancer it is quite the bullsh*t statement
ever heard of metaphors?

Originally posted by James James wrote:

OK (I hate the word OK, it's not even a word!  Plus it is also the most said word in the world.  It doesn't really mean anything!  Grrr!
I fail to understand how you've come to the conclusion that okay or OK doesn't mean anything..(?). It has a lot of semantic content if you ask me. And surely it is a word.

I'm normally don't get 'annoyed' by any string of phonemes. Language is intriguing and interesting in all it's occurrences. 

Although I do understand the irritation here
Originally posted by Slatibartfast Slatibartfast wrote:

Not so much a phrase but my wife and I were at this restaurant and at the table next to us were four either college or high school aged girls and like they overused "like".  We're talking like severely overused.  I was very close to turning around and like telling them to like put a cork in it or something
You have my sympathy. The annoyance in such a case is eqiuvalant to a needle stuck in a groove. 

Also, I have to agree with Dean that business jargon actually is annoying, and also the abbreviation FYI. My former boss usually began his e-mails with FYI. I hated that... 


Edited by Paravion - September 04 2010 at 05:04
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Points: 29630 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 04 2010 at 04:55
Originally posted by Dean Dean wrote:

Originally posted by jammun jammun wrote:

Dude, you need to think outside the box Wink
normal reply - when you show signs of thinking inside the box I will.

I don't think you can think outside the box until you can master thinking inside the box...
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Edited by Slartibartfast - September 04 2010 at 04:56
Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Originally posted by jammun jammun wrote:

Dude, you need to think outside the box Wink
normal reply - when you show signs of thinking inside the box I will.
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Points: 3126 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 04 2010 at 01:44
   It's All Good..............It's not all good and if you think it is, you must be a very ignorant and stupied person.LOL

How can every Yes album be good? Mike Oldfield? ....Whoever it may be......how can every album that a band makes be good? Even an excellent band like POPOL VUH has a couple of stinkers.

How can everything be good?
 
Do you understand the meaning of the word good?

How educational is it to tell someone....".It's All Good"?  That seems like a cop out.

Or is this annoying phrase used for healing process?  For example......Okay the guy sitting with us has his opinion and you have your facts.....But,..it's okay dude, because it's all good.    Is it? How does confusing opinions with facts fall into the catagory of being good? How can any aspect of that be good when the importance of facts are often confused by people and thought to be more like opinions?  Are you trying to say that we both suck? And that intelligent points which are important to defend are a disease which goes against the grain of modern attitudes in today's society?

Can't anyone have a debate without the "It's all good" crowd going into a frenzy? 

"Agree to disagree"     Well dude,....you may agree to disagree but, this is the way I do things in life.

Is it?.....Even if it is morally wrong? Wow,...that doesn't really say much for me or the rest of the world who disagree.

"Chill Out".....Is this what you say to someone who is right? What if the person is not emotionally charged and they are just stating a true fact?  Are you just going to dismiss good advice or the chance of learning something new about life and say to the person....."Chill Out"?

How will you ever learn anything from anyone else on this planet if you say....."It's All Good?   "Agree to disagree"?  and "Chill Out"? 
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"Excuse me" (it's supposed to be polite, but always sounds smug)

"Defending marriage"

"My wife says I can't go"

"It's all about the kids"

"No offense, but..." (what follows is always offensive)

"Your cigarette smoke is bothering me"

"Stop hitting me with that stick'"
..::welcome to the shadow circus::..
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"It's my opinion"

Okay, I'm a hypocrite, I use this one, but I just hate when people use this when you're talking about facts, and NOT opinions.

"Bull in a china shop"

Damn you Mythbusters! Angry

"FML" or "I hate my life" etc.

See, I'm a teenager. And the worst part about being a teenager is that all your friends think their lives suck and are worse than everyone elses. They're never grateful for anything and think that they have it worse off than every other person in the damned world. I swear if one more person I know says they wanna die I'm just gonna say my thoughts on it right at them! Angry

"Say that to my f**king face"
My response is usually "I already did."

"Crunk"

DeadDeadDead

"I'll kick your ass"

What is so threatening about giving someone a kick in the rear end?

And last but not least, everyone who uses internet abbreviations in person. "ell-oh-ell" "bee-are-bee" "bee-tee-doubleyoo." I have a cousin who does this.


Edited by DisgruntledPorcupine - September 04 2010 at 00:25
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