Words, usages, and phrases that annoy the shit out of you...

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Probably means lazily scratching your arse.

Inclusive for those of us without balls to scratch!

Inclusive for those of us without balls to scratch!

Inclusive for those of us without balls to scratch!

thanks zing, point made

I have never heard that phrase without the ass part.

And of course, the inverse:

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It's a very very common British phrase. Without the ass/arse that is.

I know and it’s….. pretty gross!

Like I’m in a meeting and somebody says that. Hmm okay I didn’t really plan on imagining you with your finger up your own ass but hey I guess I didn’t have a choice

wait so was that System of a Down song that goes "pull the tapeworm out of your ass" parodying this phrase

Something I’ve recently noticed that I find grating is referring to workplace training programs or courses as just “trainings.” eg “This is a full day training that will teach you to…”

it's just a harmless gerund, ed

“Learnings” - which I always imagine in a yesssss masssster accent.

lol suzy

That one's pretty pedantic. Everyone knows what it means when you say that

Still hate it.

I won't defend the jargony register that people might say these words in, but. It's not an unprecedented type of word formation.

We use the word "feelings" all the time, and it has exactly the same etymological pedigree (that which is felt).

What's in an art museum? Paintings. What's in a city? Buildings.

Scientists speak of findings, musicians speak of bookings, formal institutions speak of proceedings, botanists speak of cuttings, decorators speak of furnishings, publishers speak of bindings.

Trainings and learnings (for instances of training and learning) may annoy you but they exist in a venerable tradition.

I've got a learning, a learning deep inside

Oh yeah

lots of venerable traditions are annoying too

Those traditionings are notes.

I think what makes “trainings” and, more so the singular “a training” grating is less grammatical objection and more it’s close resemblance to verbal tics I associate with my parents (eg referring to soup as “a soup”), which aren’t linguistically objectionable either but, I think, are more about the unconscious dynamics that make kids oppose, or want to control, innocuous things their parents do. I guess?

I feel like 'learnings' has already faded from my world of nonprofit gobbly-jarg

prefer munchings and crunchings

Everyone may know what is meant by ‘learnings’ but a) it’s still annoying jargon and b) I don’t think ‘lessons’ needed an overhaul.

It reminds me of the Fonejacker call centre sketch.

See also: when people spell it FONE

Have we talked about vibe and vibing yet

Yes.

Words, usages, and phrases that annoy the shit out of you...

What is the estimated expiration date? I really hope this one doesn’t stick around.

why do people think this is a new thing haven't you ever heard of hippies

vibesy in cited context isn't meaningless even if it's annoying, you know what to expect from a vibesy record - focus on groove, texture, timbre, mood rather than traditional songcraft or compositional structure - does anyone have a better way to describe it

which isn't some pretentious bullshit like hypnagogic or hauntological (my nominations for thread)

I actually quite like the proliferation of vibe/vibing/energy as a way to describe a feeling of being on the same wavelength (or not) and connecting ephemerally (or not). It’s usable and easily understood.

As for musical description that’s another issue. People use all kinds of inscrutable terms and one referring to vibes is the innocuous tip of the iceberg.

I’d also like to agree w tracer about not wanting to think about where ppl put their fingers/thumbs while in a professional meeting.

As for musical description that’s another issue. People use all kinds of inscrutable terms and one referring to vibes is the innocuous tip of the iceberg.

lol

the room is punchy, the quitar tone is orange, and the vibe is skronky

Peaches tried to help you all but nobody listened

look if Fantano shows up itt you all have nobody to blame but yourself

music is pretty vibesy tbf

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ib01_vWRpx0

Hero, as in "the hero ingredient" or "the hero image".

As a verb too… “Can we hero that next week?”

You've got to be kidding.

'hero image' has graduated to a technical term in web design.

Tracer, serious q, do you work in Hell?

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Wow, I thought my highly corporate and jargonophilic background would inure me to all kinds of usage, but "hero that" is new to me.

In my business we speak of "heroics" with some ambivalence. Like, you praise people for isolated heroics but you strive for a process that makes heroics unnecessary.

Like, last-minute, late-night, and weekend heroics are great - but it also means that someone failed to plan. With good time management you shouldn't need heroics. Business should not be an emergency. Is the mantra.

What does heroing something even entail, Tracer?

Making it the big thing at the top

Marketing it, sending out newsletters about it etc