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Phrases/Idioms that do yer nut in

I will kick it off with some of the ones that drive me insane and that have already heard at work today:

 

"by the by" - what the fuck does that even mean!

 

"different animal"

 

"with all due respect"

 

sentences that being with "in theory..." or "basically..."

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"So" at the beginning of a sentence when it's not needed.

 

Also hate when folk say they fell on the floor ootside, that was the ground you fell on, the floor is inside.

"Going forward"

 

"Im just asking the question"

" Early doors"

 

"textses"  ( a frequent occurance on the Jeremy Kyle show)

 

"thinking outside the box"

You know

 

Issue

 

 

 

The minute someone uses the word then I can't ever hear anything else

 

Haha I'd not seen that clip before. Brilliant  ;D

Pretty much all "WMP" phrases.

 

(Wanky management pish.)

"It is what it is"

 

Pointless waste of oxygen

Basically the over use of the word 'basically' grips my shite...

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In theory

 

When folk use the world literally when its clearly not needed.

 

Nature of the beast

'Just about...'

 

'He just about squeezes it over the line.' when he clearly did because it was a goal.

 

'He just about manages to tip it over the bar.' when he clearly did because he tipped it over he bar.

 

Ian Crocker is the worst offender and it does my hut in!

The word 'squished'....

 

I don't remember that word at all when i was growing up. If something got stuck between two things then it was 'squashed', but it seems my kids and my Mrs describe all squashed things as being squished.

 

Am i wrong?  :dunno:

Starting a sentence with 'So' makes me reach for the glock.

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