Expressions that annoy you

RogBrown (e2 Member)

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2 Apr 2010 - 9:45 AM

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Quote: "Up to 75% discount" on all items - except the one thing I'm interested in only has a paltry 5% discount applied to it

"Up to" covers a multitude of sins. As in " passive smoking/drinking/obesity causes UP TO 16 million deaths a year. Could be any figure.

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2 Apr 2010 - 9:46 AM

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'Absolutely!'

Used absolutely everywhere, absolutely all the time. Absolutely !

'Devastated' - at least until 'Absolutely' took over;

CORRECT - The small coastal town was devastated by the force 12 Hurricane

INCORRECT - Pauline was devastated when the taxi turned up late

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2 Apr 2010 - 9:48 AM

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'95% fat free'

For heaven's sake, it's 5% fat !

montechoro

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2 Apr 2010 - 9:51 AM

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At the supermarket checkout - "Do you need any help packing your bags?" - when all I've got is 3 tennis balls for the dog and a bottle of wine for the wife.

jken

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2 Apr 2010 - 10:04 AM

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"Absolutely" at the end of a sentence.
"Yeh Yeh Yeh" in answer to something.
"Think, outside of the box"
"Blue Sky Thinking"

All of them make me want to spit.

montechoro

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2 Apr 2010 - 10:06 AM

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My manager does a lot of "Helicoptering" over how best to improve performance and get things done

keith selmes

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2 Apr 2010 - 10:09 AM

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Quote: My manager does a lot of "Helicoptering" over how best to improve performance and get things done

ROFL (is rofl alright ?) Love that one. He can do some "blue sky thinking" while he's up there.

Ganto

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2 Apr 2010 - 10:14 AM

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Quote: "Yeh Yeh Yeh"

Whatever...