Maybe you've been lucky enough not to hear 'jab' in every second sentence.
Indeed. My current geographical location has no doubt helped.
― pomenitul, Thursday, 25 February 2021 19:19 (three years ago) link
No very good entries since tbh soz folx
― e-skate to the chapeau (darraghmac), Thursday, 25 February 2021 19:45 (three years ago) link
I hate the word "the", do we really need it
― Red Nerussi (Neanderthal), Thursday, 25 February 2021 19:46 (three years ago) link
Ilx specific one but “thanking you”. It adds 3 unnecessary characters for the sake of doge-esque flare or something.
― Evan, Thursday, February 25, 2021 9:35 AM (two hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
Some British people actually say that though
― kinder, Thursday, February 25, 2021 9:42 AM (two hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
this is classic wee old woman in a shop patter when you pay for your morning roll and newspaper
― himpathy with the devil (jim in vancouver), Thursday, 25 February 2021 19:51 (three years ago) link
Also annoyed by the misuse of 'campus'
What's weird to me is that the latin word 'campus' was ever chosen to represent the vicinity of a college or university. In latin it usually referred to a military encampment, although its oldest meaning was more like 'a relatively flat area of ground', which also happens to be the type of spot where you'd want to place a military encampment.
― Judge Roi Behan (Aimless), Thursday, 25 February 2021 19:55 (three years ago) link
For "jab" let's just substitute "prick."
― display names are for n00bs (Ye Mad Puffin), Thursday, 25 February 2021 20:36 (three years ago) link
by all means, let's go Dutch!
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Thursday, 25 February 2021 20:49 (three years ago) link
(don’t think my lack of enthusiasm came across very well here)
― Long Tall Arsetee & the Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Thursday, 25 February 2021 20:55 (three years ago) link
"learns" is so unnecessary
― fbclid=fhAZ3l (f. hazel), Friday, 26 February 2021 06:31 (three years ago) link
It's February 2021 and a colleague just used this in an email: "Awesome-Sauce!"
― Andy the Grasshopper, Friday, 26 February 2021 17:46 (three years ago) link
That’s good not bad imo, especially in a professional context.
― pomenitul, Friday, 26 February 2021 17:47 (three years ago) link
"amazeballs" is even worse
― Red Nerussi (Neanderthal), Friday, 26 February 2021 17:59 (three years ago) link
I was re-watching Kim's Convenience and it struck me how much you all must despise Shannon from that show
― fbclid=fhAZ3l (f. hazel), Friday, 26 February 2021 18:12 (three years ago) link
"cool cool cool"
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Friday, 26 February 2021 22:29 (three years ago) link
"hustle and bustle"
especially in listings for apartments, spelled "hussle and bussle"
― maelin, Sunday, 28 February 2021 16:52 (three years ago) link
I just deleted this sentence from a report I've been asked to edit: "There are though a number of ways of structuring that body though and our ‘starter for ten’ approach will need further consideration."
I want to feel glee about deleting it but mostly I'm just annoyed it was even in there to begin with
― salsa shark, Tuesday, 2 March 2021 18:36 (three years ago) link
My GF works for a big tech giant and says "Let's park that outside" is in common parlance these days.
― Andy the Grasshopper, Tuesday, 2 March 2021 18:41 (three years ago) link
"There are though a number of ways of structuring that body though and our ‘starter for ten’ approach will need further consideration."
OK, this sends what I thought was just a slightly twee conversational catchphrase into very strange territory. What the hell is that meant to mean? I suspect it wouldn't help much if I knew what kind of body we were talking about.
― Alba, Tuesday, 2 March 2021 20:12 (three years ago) link
I think it translates as: "There are a lot of ways the landowners involved in this project can structure a partnership. Our report offers some options to consider."
― salsa shark, Tuesday, 2 March 2021 21:00 (three years ago) link
"quote-unquote" followed by the thing you want to quote, which is by now outside of the quote marks and thus not quoted. Happy to see an example of this upthread!
― regression toward the meme (Matt #2), Tuesday, 2 March 2021 21:49 (three years ago) link
that logic doesn't make any sense, quote-unquote is used the same way "said" is, at the beginning of the utterance that is its referent. this, for example, is not what we do in English:
The other day John said I'm going to the store said.
...although some languages probably do exactly that.
― so tonight that I might ramona quimby (f. hazel), Tuesday, 2 March 2021 22:08 (three years ago) link
(object is probably a better term to use than referent there)
― so tonight that I might ramona quimby (f. hazel), Tuesday, 2 March 2021 22:09 (three years ago) link
Inspired by reading this: https://www.theguardian.com/football/2021/mar/01/us-soccer-removes-seth-jahn-speech
“I’m sure I’m going to ruffle some feathers with what I’m about to say, especially given the athletes council that I’m on, but given the evolution of our quote-unquote, progressive culture where everything offends everybody" blah blah blah
He'd have been better off waggling his fingers in the air and affecting a sneer as he said it. Maybe he did that anyway, to be fair to the lad.
― regression toward the meme (Matt #2), Tuesday, 2 March 2021 22:48 (three years ago) link
yes, it's often employed by jerks, it's just not syntactically problematic for an English utterance
― so tonight that I might ramona quimby (f. hazel), Tuesday, 2 March 2021 23:03 (three years ago) link
"house" as a verb
even worse: housed/unhoused
― groovemaaan, Thursday, 11 March 2021 11:56 (three years ago) link
I worked in housing for several years i mean i dunno what to tell ya the job is housing ppl
― Marry and Neghim (darraghmac), Thursday, 11 March 2021 11:59 (three years ago) link
Jungle Brothers to thread.
― Vernon Locke, Thursday, 11 March 2021 12:09 (three years ago) link
I've had it up to here with the word 'to'.
― Alba, Thursday, 11 March 2021 13:03 (three years ago) link
yeah, not sure what the issue is with "housed"?
― Red Nerussi (Neanderthal), Thursday, 11 March 2021 15:39 (three years ago) link
to house is not a home
― Blick, Bils & Blinky • Let's Skip The Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Thursday, 11 March 2021 15:49 (three years ago) link
― Marry and Neghim (darraghmac), Thursday, March 11, 2021 11:59 AM (four hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
<3
― Ima Gardener (in orbit), Thursday, 11 March 2021 16:03 (three years ago) link
― Blick, Bils & Blinky • Let's Skip The Shaker Intros (breastcrawl), Thursday, 11 March 2021 16:31 (three years ago) link
― groovemaaan, Thursday, March 11, 2021 3:56 AM (four hours ago)
unhoused is often a more accurate term to refer to "homeless people" -- as what they actually lack is a physical structure designed for long-term residential habitation (i.e. housing) as opposed to a fixed area where they have friends, family, accounts and community services that bind them to that area (i.e. home).
― sarahell, Thursday, 11 March 2021 16:55 (three years ago) link
An interesting difference between US and UK English is that the UK has the term 'rough sleepers' to describe homeless people who are actually sleeping on the streets, rather than the wider group of homeless people who are couch-surfing etc. As I understand it, there's no simple way of referring to rough sleepers in American English.
― Alba, Thursday, 11 March 2021 17:03 (three years ago) link
I think the American custom is to refer to "rough sleepers" as "homeless", as well as people who sleep in cars, whereas the couch-surfing people have "housing instability"
― sarahell, Thursday, 11 March 2021 17:12 (three years ago) link
"Housing instability" is quite a euphemism!
― Alba, Thursday, 11 March 2021 17:53 (three years ago) link
There's also 'street homeless', which includes all the rough sleepers plus people who "routinely find themselves on the streets during the day with nowhere to go at night. Some will end up sleepingoutside, or in a derelict or other building not designed for human habitation, perhaps for long periods. Others will sleep at a friend’s for a very short time, or stay in a hostel, night-shelter or squat, or spend nights in prison or hospital."https://england.shelter.org.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0011/48458/Factsheet_Street_Homelessness_Aug_2006.pdf
― Alba, Thursday, 11 March 2021 17:56 (three years ago) link
One of the flats I lived in Glasgow had housing instability, that was down to subsidence though.
― Wrote For Lunch (Tom D.), Thursday, 11 March 2021 17:57 (three years ago) link
"House" as a verb is almost a different word, it's pronounced differently... a bit like "read" (present) and "read" (past tense).
― Andy the Grasshopper, Thursday, 11 March 2021 18:09 (three years ago) link
Hows that
― Marry and Neghim (darraghmac), Thursday, 11 March 2021 18:11 (three years ago) link
"Any more for any more?"
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Wednesday, 17 March 2021 10:50 (three years ago) link
80s prog band Twelfth Night prominently used that phrase in one song so I have a soft spot for it.
― fuck this for a game of soldiers (Matt #2), Wednesday, 17 March 2021 11:04 (three years ago) link
"I just want to cover off some key points"
― Li'l Brexit (Tracer Hand), Thursday, 18 March 2021 14:53 (three years ago) link
TH you gotta stop or I’ll never make it through a meeting again
― stet, Thursday, 18 March 2021 16:19 (three years ago) link
"no recipe" recipes is some bullshit I keep seeing amongst my spam email. I'm capable and confident enough to a bit of improv in my kitchen - but even if you are making it up as you go along - It's always a FUCKING RECIPE!
― calzino, Thursday, 18 March 2021 22:35 (three years ago) link
“It’s _____’s world now, we’re just living in it.”
― Mr. Snrub, Monday, 22 March 2021 23:59 (three years ago) link
what if, as i increasingly suspect, it's snrub's world
i mean the browns are sort of good now
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 23 March 2021 03:56 (three years ago) link
"aged like milk"
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Wednesday, 24 March 2021 18:16 (three years ago) link
get a new simile
impactful
― sarahell, Wednesday, 24 March 2021 18:21 (three years ago) link