Annoying Popular Expressions....

[pelam123]

Right now mine would be....



"Toxic Assets" (Isn't this what used to be called bad debt?)



"Not Fit For Purpose"



"A Political Football"



"(He's) lost the dressing room". (For non football fans, refers to a manager who no longer has the confidence/respect of his players)



"It's not rocket science". (Very few things are, except of course,rocket science itself)

[faginsgirl]

Mine would be when someone tells you off saying ` Its not politically correct`, sure we shouldn`t have racism etc, I`d be the first to say that, but who came up with that annoying phrase?



Its now used to put other people down for the simplest comment which just shifts the blame for something to another group or individual i.e the world is bad because people dont use poiltical correctness!





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[Lord Brett]

Moving forward, or going forward, generally used by lying politicians or business leaders about to sack a bunch of people.



e.g. 'We must take these difficult decisions to ensure our future going forward'.



Lots of business expressions get on my wires, such as Blue Sky Thinking and the latest nonsense: On the Piste.



e.g. 'These difficult trading conditions effect everyone on the piste'



NO THEY DON'T! YOU ARE NOT SKIING! THIS IS REAL LIFE! IN ENGLAND! IT ISN'T SNOWING!



Also the news-y expression Hike, which has been inported from America



e.g. A price hike or a tax hike.



Nobody talks like that in real life so we shouldn't have to put up with this absurd language in the news.



And finally, referring to Manchester United as simply United. Football commentators and pundits know full well how this hacks off every supporter of another club called United, and outside of Manchester nobody, but nobody calls them United.



Here in West Yorkshire they are popularly referred to as The Scum, but those trying to be polite refer to them as Man U, which is what every football supporter in the land knows them as.



Hey, here's a thought - what if we called every football commentator John Motson - they wouldn't like that, would they? It's not the same, I know, but perhaps it would get the message across.

[Amethyst_Isle]

name='faginsgirl']Mine would be when someone tells you off saying ` Its not politically correct`, sure we shouldn`t have racism etc, I`d be the first to say that, but who came up with that annoying phrase?

PC is in a right 2 n 8.

[doebag]

" I'm gutted "



What an annoying phrase, it shows a total lack of imagination





A bit like the word 'nice'

[Straff]

These expressions are sending me totally off message

[ZannahBT]

"Thinking out of the box."



I rather like "A Political Football" (first time I've heard it) Brings G Brown immediately to mind in light of recent 'scum' email reaction!

[Mark O]

'Laters' seems to be a new saying, abbreviating 'see you later'........what's wrong with just saying plain old fashioned 'Goodbye'?



"Be seeing you"

[ican]

"coming to terms with"

"the soundtrack of our lives"

[faginsgirl]

name='Mark O']'Laters' seems to be a new saying, abbreviating 'see you later'........what's wrong with just saying plain old fashioned 'Goodbye'?



"Be seeing you"

Or as Harry Hill says to Paris Hylton `Talk to you never`



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[Moor Larkin]

Proportionate Response



Public Finance



Tax Credits



Weapons of Mass Destruction



Terrorist Threat



Brave Boys



Heroes



Britain's Got Talent



Quantitative Easing



! Don't Get Me Started !

[ShirlGirl]

name='Lord Brett']Moving forward, or going forward, generally used by lying politicians or business leaders about to sack a bunch of people.

e.g. 'We must take these difficult decisions to ensure our future going forward'.

They don't listen to themselves do they? The future might go backwards?

Also the news-y expression Hike, which has been inported from America

e.g. A price hike or a tax hike.

Nobody talks like that in real life so we shouldn't have to put up with this absurd language in the news.

"Price hike/ tax hike" - we get that in Australia, too, have for many years; also jobs are "axed", and people or things are "set" to do something or other.

[ShirlGirl]

name='faginsgirl']Mine would be when someone tells you off saying ` Its not politically correct`, sure we shouldn`t have racism etc, I`d be the first to say that, but who came up with that annoying phrase?

The origin and nature of political correctness.



"The Odious Nature Of Political Correctness

To attempt to point out the odious nature of Political Correctness is to restate the crucial importance of plain speaking, freedom of choice and freedom of speech; these are the community's safe-guards against the imposition of tyranny, indeed their absence is tyranny (see "On Liberty", Chapter II, by J.S. Mill). Which is why any such restrictions on expression such as those invoked by the laws of libel, slander and public decency, are grave matters to be decided by common law methodology; not by the dictates of the mob."



Hear hear!

[alan french]

Hi.

The first time I took note of the expression 'politically correct', it was referring to red indians as native Americans. I disagree. The red indians and eskimos were settlers from Asia, as far as I am aware. Plus I gather that there is evidence of a civilization that was in North America before them. Therefore they are immigrants. Therefore my logic states they are no more native than the people that followed. Is my logic wrong?



I am also intrigued by the expression that it is too cold for snow.



Alan French.

[LukeAFB]

How about "respec". Those who use this word are the last to deserve respect, even supposing they could spell it!

[Mark O]

name='alan french']Hi.

The first time I took note of the expression 'politically correct', it was referring to red indians as native Americans. I disagree. The red indians and eskimos were settlers from Asia, as far as I am aware. Plus I gather that there is evidence of a civilization that was in North America before them. Therefore they are immigrants. Therefore my logic states they are no more native than the people that followed. Is my logic wrong?



I am also intrigued by the expression that it is too cold for snow.



Alan French.

Would a case of PCness be that it is the correct thing to call Eskimos 'Innuit', and not Eskimos anymore?



It was always Eskimo when I was growing up and when I asked a question about Eskimos on a Q & A forum answerers referred to Innuits "they're not called Eskimos anymore"



I don't see anything sexist, racist, or any other 'ist' in the word Eskimo!

[batman]

I always believed that Inuits were a particular 'tribe' of Eskimos. The others being being Yupik and Aleut.

[samkydd]

name='Mark O']'Laters' seems to be a new saying, abbreviating 'see you later'........what's wrong with just saying plain old fashioned 'Goodbye'?



"Be seeing you"

The most oft used word these days, usually when responding to a question in a TV interview or in the workplace is "Absolutely!"



"Whatever!" is still used as a negative response by a mardy b*stard, and also "Ohhh, right!" in response to someone's explanation.



Thank goodness that Australian Questioning Intonation (AQI) is on the decline, although many younger folk who grew up watching Neighbours and Home & Away still seem to slip into it without thinking. " I went out last night to that, (higher pitch) new restaurant in town?"



Aaaaaaargh!

[Bernardo]

Good read everyone, I am off into the garden now so.....

Have a nice day

[Steve Crook]

name='alan french']Hi.

The first time I took note of the expression 'politically correct', it was referring to red indians as native Americans. I disagree. The red indians and eskimos were settlers from Asia, as far as I am aware. Plus I gather that there is evidence of a civilization that was in North America before them. Therefore they are immigrants. Therefore my logic states they are no more native than the people that followed. Is my logic wrong?



I am also intrigued by the expression that it is too cold for snow.



Alan French.

But by that logic there are very few native peoples anywhere in the world

Take it back far enough and just about everyone came from somewhere else. Usually from the rift valley



"Red Indians" may have come from Asia, but did they come from India?

An they're not really very red are they?



The word "eskimo" is considered derogatory because was thought to be derived from a term meaning "eater of raw meat". i.e. not a civilised person.

Although as other have pointed out, not everyone living in the Arctic region is an Inuit



Steve